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PAGE TWO SERVICE MEN ENJOY SWIM, PICNIC HER E - (Continued From Page One) pltal In California and is now in the U. S. Naval hospital at Beanie, wash. Young Banks saw the finish of both the carriers Lexington and Yorktown. ' It is with pride the Commandos can have as their guests, men like Dana Banksl Submarine Mechanie Lanny Ward, 23, St. Louis, Mo., was a mechanic on the Spearfish, a submarine. He has been in the navy four years. Lanny has seen service on the east coast and the west coast of the United States, China, Phil Ippines, the Netherlands, Aus tralia, Hawaii, Midway, Ceylon Solomon Islands and Alaska. Lanny was wounded when his submarine made a depth charge. He has been at Mare Island three and one-half months, and nas many more months there, .Lanny is the "buddy" of Wayne Fogelstrom, who was here with the sailors. It will be . interesting to the many friends young Fogelstrom made while in Klamath to learn he is now off his crutches. He made many new friends when here and they send him their sincerest wishes. ; Fogelstrom and Lanny Ward are .'planning after Wayne's opera tion in August to return to Klam- , ath Falls on a vacation. On Guadalcanal . Sgt Oliver A. Rushton, 24, is from Salt Lake City, Utah. He arrived at Pearl Harbor on De cember 31,' 1941, and almost a year later landed on Guadalcan al. Rushton has not been home in three years. He said Just before coming to Klamath Falls on this trip he called his mother and , the long distance telephone bill ' was $25 but more than worth w : ......... ' Maria v 'Pvt. Gene Darr Is from San ' .Antonio, Tex. He joined the .' marines In 1940. The following September he was transferred to Honolulu. He was at Pearl Har bor at the time of the bombing and later went aboard the USS . Chicago. Darr was in the battle of the Coral sea. and another off Guadalcanal. He then transfer red' to a raider battalion and landed on Guadalcanal In the first wave on August 7. Paul Anchors, seaman 1c, 21, Is from Kansas City, Mo. He has .been in the navy three years and .seven months. He was on the ; Phoenix 'for nine months. Later .be transferred to the Philadel . phla, which was torpedoed while .on auty on the east coast. He ,was then on the USS San Pablo and was in the South Pacific. Young Anchors has been from Capetown, South Africa, to as rar norm as Greenland. , , Battle of Midway Pvt. HalTV Thnmn, marina from Little Rock. Ark., had his .first leave to go home last NoJ vemDer, alter i months active service. Pvt. Thomas has seen plenty of foreign duty, and is now located at the U. S. Naval hospital at Seattle, Wash. He , was at Pearl Harbor on Decern ber 7, and on March, 1941 went aboard the USS Astoria, a -heavy cruiser. He was in the battle of the Coral sea, stayed there for 104 days and then returned to Pearl Harbor. He then went back to Midway and took part in this famous battle. After that .they took the cruiser Astoria again into dock at Pearl Harbor for repairs and sailed from there for the Solomon Islands. The USS Astoria was sunk after two days at Guadalcanal. ' Thomas has received a Purple Mean lor bnverv tn action, "Perfect" "This is perfect what you are doing for us men. I wonder if ' my father would set me up in business here in Klamath? . I would like to come back here," said young Thomas, Saturday arternoon on the lawn at the Barnhlsers swimming party. - Corp. Charles (Don) Tuneate 32, Long Island, N. Y., has been in the marines two and one-half years. He went to Cuba in Ap- tu, 1841, then left the United . States for Samoa, then to Fiji Islands, Tongotabu, New He brides and from there to Calcut ta, India. On August 7 he hit with the first wave on Guadal canal. He was on the canal for four months and on December 25 was wounded. He was taken from here to Esplnto. New He brides' hospital, and then to New Caledonia. Later he was taken to Wellington, New Zealand. "New Zealand is just about the 'best place In the world," said Tungate. "The people there surely treat the servicemen jxeat." Tungate told stories of how the marines went without iood and supplies awaiting the arrival of the army and enforce ments. "The first ship that came in had a soda fountain on it, and they moved it on the beach. You can imagine how that seemed after eating Jap rice, lizards and anything else we could find." Malaria Experiment ' Pvt. Frank L, Sullivan, Chi cago, 111., has not been. home, to visit his '""y 1" two years. He spent IS months in Hawaii and landed at Guadalcanal on De cember 30, 1942. He was there during all the battles and after they were over. It was his regi ment that completed the battle. He took malaria fever on March S and was evacuated by plane to New Hebrides: then to New Cale donia, the Fiji Islands, and later Lettermans hospital, San Fran cisco. Sullivan volunteered at Letterman's to be treated "with the new experimental method of curing malaria. It is similar to an Iron lung. The medical men are trying this treatment on sev eral men at Letterman's who have malaria. "This entertain ment here In Klamath Falls is wonderful. It Is just what we need. We have too much time to think in the hospital," said Sulli van. Pvt. Howard Hill. Walla Wal la, Wash., has not seen his family for two years. He saw service in Hawaii, and on December 17, 1942, landed at Guadalcanal. He was evacuated from Guadalcanal and sent to a hospital at New Hebrides, then to New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands. Later he was sent to Letterman's hospital. Three Battles Sgt. Lonnie E. Bobbins, Hunt ville, Tenn. (Incidentally this is just 15 miles from where the fa mous Sgt. York lived,) said it has been 18 months since he was home. On April 7, 1942 he left New York for Tongatabu, Friendly Islands. It took 33 days to arrive and he stayed there seven months. He left Tongata bu in October and was scheduled to go to Santa Cruz, but was run out during the Santa Crux battle to New Hebrides. Then he went back to New Caledonia, stayed there three days, and landed on Guadalcanal on November 4. Robbins was in three major bat tles there. He was then evacu ated and sent to navy hospital at New Hebrides. From there he went to New Zealand, and later to Letterman s hospital In San Francisco. Lonnie has been in the army for 12 years. Seaman 1c Douglas Courte- manche, Portland, has been in the navy for one year and eight months. He was on the USS At lanta, which was sunk Novem ber 13, in the battle of Guadal canal. He also saw action in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and battle of Santa Cruz. He was sent back to the United States December 28. 1942. Yeoman 2c George Schimets- check, San Francisco, Calif., was injured 14 months ago in Califor nia. He has been in the hospital for 14 months, and will be intern- there for another year. This trip to "Ski," as his friends call him. is "marvelous," as he has been hospitalized for so many months. Dedication of Trtc Farm to Be Held (Continued From Page One) Klamath Falls highway has been selected as the location for the dedication at 3 p. m. of the en tire Weyerhaeuser timber hold ings as the nation's first tree farm. Both Weyerhaeuser and Governor Snell will speak at this occasion. Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock a banquet will be held at the Willard hotel, at which Governor Snell will be the prin cipal speaker, his address to be broadcast over station KFJI. Weyerhaeuser, too, will speak. Toastmaster will be Vera Owens, president of the chamber of com merce. Seating of guests will begin promptly at 8:30. The public is invited, but tickets must be se cured in advance. They can be purchased at the chamber of commerce, the Willard hotel or. trom members of the community advertising committee headed by Ed Bell. Albany Fire Destroys Cannery, Burns Fuel ALBANY, Aug. 2 MV-Fire destroyed the old Albany can nery yesterday, ate into 20 acres of piled hogged fuel and spread into nearby timber and brush before hundreds of townsfolk, wielding wet sacks and blankets, quelled the flames. Aided by a favorable wind. the firefighters prevented the blaze from catching in grass that would have led the flames to the Pacific highway. OBITUARY JAMES G. HENSON James G. Henson. a resident of Klamath Falls for the last 23 years, passed away in this city on juonaay morning, August 2, miJ. The deceased was a native of Walla Walla, Wash., and was aged 39 years, 8 months and 24 days when called. He is sur vived by his mother. Mrs. Dora B. Henson of Klamath Falls: one sister, Mrs. K. C. Downing of Spokane, Wash.; three brothers, Stanley R. of Seattle, Wash., Ray u. oi Berkeley, ualif.. and Gra ham P. of the U. S. armv. The remains rest at Ward's Klamath Funeral home, 925 Hieh street. where friends may call. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Civilian food consumption In the U. S. in 1941 was greater than during any year In history. First paper money of the small size U. S. bills was issued on July 10, 1929. ..Like elephants and many oth er animals, Ttorses - can sleep while standing. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Pag One) It MIGHT. Oil is Immensely important. We lost at least 20 bombers and several more have not yet returned to their base. We're sure we destroyed at least SO defending German planes. IEEP your eye on the war tn the air. It's going to get more and more Important a the days pass. It's already the big gest single factor. Witness the reported COMPLETE destruc tion of the great German city of Hamburg (leading the Germans to fear that Berlin will be next on the list for complete destruc tion.) Also keep your eye on Crete. Something's almost sure to hap pen there soon. Also note these stories of fighting that develops when the Germans attempt to DISARM Italian troops. They're signif icant. J)ONT disregard all these hints negotiations suppoeed to be go ing on in the Vatican, In Turkey, etc. You may be quite sure the diplomats are exceedingly busy, and you never can tell when something may come of their dickering. (Continued From Pag -One) of infantry and tanks, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy." Seventy-seven tanks were de stroyed or disabled yesterday on aU fronts, it added. MOSCOW, Aug. 3 CP) Red army troops, continuing the slow, relentless investment of the German defenses around Orel, yesterday hurled the naxis out of 100 villages and tightened the pincers threatening that base with advances at five to 71 miles, the Russians reported to- aay. Soviet troops operating to the north and northwest of the city Deat oil counterattacks in a drive which took 40 villages, leaving 3000 German dead on the field and smashing a num ber of tanks, mobile guns and trucks and heavy artillery, a communique said. . To Cut Railway ' " The spearhead operating to the riwrlhwest of the city is aiming at cutting the Orel-Bryansk rail way, feeder line for the Orel base. Soviet reports in the last few days have indicated that the line is under fire of soviet artil lery. - PLOESTI OIL FIELDS (Continued From Page One) to make "a coherent attack" on the oU district) The PloesU area, 35 miles north of Bucharest, Rumanian capital, supplies about one-third of the axis oil requirements and according to General Brereton has a daily production capacity oi aoout im.uuo tons. Special Sights The big bombers using sights swept in at smoke stack height to drop their cargoes on seven huge refineries and other instal lations, with the result that the oil field was reported left a mass of fire. Brigadier General Victor H. Strahm, chief of staff to General Brereton, praised the 2000 spec ially trained airmen who took part In the attack and predicted that the raid would "materially affect the course of the war." Bomb Refineries "We bombed the refineries, storage tanks, distilleries and cracking 'plants," General Strahm said. "Between 150 and 200 -big Liberators went Over their targets and drooped hiah explosive bombs and wrecked installations with machinegun fire." The raiding party was com manded by Brigadier General U. G. Ent who flew in plane No. 100 and was the sixth to return from the mission. Wednesday Last Day To Register for Junior Police Camp WEDNESDAY 14 o Boys or girls who wish to at tend the Junior Police camn at Lake o' the Woods are remind ed by Dave Bridge, recreation director, that Wednesday, August , is the last day on which they may register and turn in their fee of $6.50 and their 16 red and 11 blue food points. Registration will have to close on that day In order that final arrangements for camp may De'maae, . ; The boys who are going will leave from the high school at 9 a. m. Sunday? August 8. HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON 0 WARNS ITALIANS OF (Continued From Page One) Italian ears the ominous warning of Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower that aerial death and destruction would be the penalty if Badog lio's government continued to harbor German soldiers on Ital ian soil. - Italians Flee An Immediate psychological effect on the populace was re ported In Swiss-Italian dispatches through Bern, which said that some 3,000,000 Italians already had fled the cities. Officially, however, the gov ernment's position was no clear er than it was when first formed after Benito Mussolini was oust ed as premiert y March for "W" The Algiers radio reported that In one Italian town march ing women shouted "peace" and "set free our prisoners," but press reports and broadcasts from Rome continued to criticize the allies for railing to offer Italy "a place of honor" among nations after fascism was ended. "We want to negotiate but we don't want to capitulate," was the tenor of the Italian press and radio' reaction. - Reports that Badogllo's aim in holding out was towin a form of neutrality which would remove Italy from the war but avoid an allied occupation were met with a barrage of ridicule here. The press emphasized that Italy will be used as an Rallied base for sxrucing uermany wnetner sne surrenders or 'prefers to be taken by force, . 4 ALGIERS, Aur. 2 fP) Elmer Davis, head of .the office of war Information, speaking on the Al giers radio tonight, forecast that great Invasion would be launohed from England that would sweep Europe as Sicily had been swept. He said Americans would con tinue the war "until the last of our enemies are beaten down. Mew Commissioner of Reclamation Named I WASHTOr.TOW A us IB Secretary ickes announced today the appointment of Harry W, Bashore as commissioner of rec lamation in the interior depart ment, succeeding John C. Page, who resigned because of ill health. Bashore, in the reclama tion bureau for 37 years, had been assistant . commissioner since 1939. William E. Warne, the interior department's director of informa tion, was made assistant recla mation commissioner succeeding Bashore. Robert W. Horton, a special assistant to the secretary. was mad director of informa tion. Italian Foreign Office Headed by Veteran Diplomat LONDON, Aug. 3 (VP) A Berlin-broadcast DNB dispatch said today that Dr. Augusto Rosso, veteran Italian diplomat who has an American wife, had been ap pointed secretary-general of the Italian foreign office. The broadcast was recorded by The Associated Press, A dis patch from Ankara last Decem ber 1 quoted an authoritative source there as saying that Dr. Rosso's appointment as Italian ambassador to Turkey was can celled because of German pro tests. Courthouse Records Justice Court Paul Jackson Dalton. Allow ing minor to operate motor ve hicle. Fined $5.50. Clifford Laverne'Frost. Oper ating truck of excessive height. Fined $5.50. Arthur Edward Thill. Oper ating' truck of excessive width on highway. Fined $5.50. Walter Layton. Operating truck of excessive height and ex cessive load. Fined $25, $10 suspended. If you want to sell it phone The Herald and News "want ads," 3124. TODAY I DONALD JEAN CAW COLfMl-flraHAflOT LAND INVASION Six Dead In Wake Of Race Disorders In Harlem District (Continued From Page One) lice leaves were cancelled. Fire men patrolled streets where stores had been looted and spe cial subway police guarded stairways and subway stations on the interborough and inde pendent lines. Traffic Stepped All traffic was stopped in. the Harlem area and business there was at a standstill. Liquor stores were closed on the order of the mayor. The West 123rd street police station, established as h e a d quarters for operations of the authorities, was cluttered with meat, clothing, furniture, liquor, canned goods and grQ- ceries, picked up from the streets where they had been abandoned by looters. Mayor Speaks In his third radio speech, de livered after an unoccupied au tomobile had been burned and a white man attacked, but res cued by negro soldiers, in to day's fresh outbreaks, the may or said: "I expect from the people of Harlem the fullest cooperation today and tonight and until complete order is restored. Traffic will be limited. ... We want to keep people from other parts of the city away trom Harlem. Any who attempt to enter the damaged stores In Harlem will be prosecuted to the fullest." NEW YORK, Aug 2 (VP) After a night of clashes, fresh disorders broke out in Harlem today when negroes set fire to a parked, unoccupied automo bile. Flames. Smoke Flames shot 30 feet into the air and smoke rose 100 feet. Fire department apparatus was called to extinguish the blaze. There was another outbreak of looting. Negroes inside gro eery stores, having entered through broken windows, clung to shelves and tossed cans of fruits and vegetables into the street where other negroes waited. ' grabbed the cans and ran. A white man walking along Lenox avenue near 137U1 street was attacked by a crowd of ne groes. Two negro soldiers, walk ing nearby, ran to. the victim's aid, ordered the assailants to get away and then escorted the man to safety in a suoway sta tion; Soecial policemen were daced on duty on subway trains and in subway stations of the interborough and inde pendent lines. Planes Hack at Road to Munda; No Land News (Continued From Page One) ' New Guinea and the Coral Sea, may have extended as far east ward as the central Solomons and put a damper on air ac tivity. For the second consecutive day the communique from General Douglas MacArthur's headquar ters said nothing about now American troops were doing around Munda. Aside from bomb ing attack there, It told only of scattered air activity. Five barges were destroyed off Cape Gloucester, New Brit ain, and a reconnaissance plane bombed Lae, New Guinea, with unreported results. Fires were started In enemy oil installa tions at Boela, Ceram Island, northwest of New Guinea. Allies Capture Ten Thousand Prisoners ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 3 (PI Ten thousand prisoners fell Into American hands with the cap ture of Mistretta, six miles from the north coast of Sicily, it was announced today. NOW PLAYING IT'S THE TALK j VC53IN 1 JUDYG0ES CZL I OR AMERICA! XTl& 1 BIG TIME fJl - V f II MiW1fi Lr HI II HI I A .11 A liH ftlltjS M WTO3p Tiuraiui m(iwlrlfi I -4SWg COiEif ill Zy(SE mSvROONEY l-T mill i ii "111111 i ii 1 ZsZZ:Z - FRANK MORGAN RMi - IsJrWWNBIsf THRU ! ; Pr.duMd.ndDir.dby Y )V. X NORTH FLANK CRUMPLED U. S. ADVANCE (Contriued From Page One) ing Fortrosscs rained SUO-pound bombs upon dock areas of Na ples and the nearby Canodlch lno airfield Sunday to put Into action the warning given by Gen, Dwlght D. Eisenhower that Italy again would be rocked from the air because Premier Pietro Badoglio's gov ernment had temporized, and permitted the Germans time to strengthen their defenses. Naval Action Allied warships steamed Into the heightening and perhaps decisive action, shiitwring rait way communications in the foot of Italy and setting the port of Cretone afire, and American warships shelled enemy land positions in Sicily ahead of the advancing U. S. seventh army troops. This American advance also swept up Mistretta, six miles directly south of San Stcfano as the troops of Lieut. Gen, George S. Putton, Jr., cracked through the Etna defenses. Steady Progress Steady progress was rcpurted officially all along tho Siciliun front, and the eighth army was said to have repelled strong German counter-attacks with heavy losses. Cunadlans bat' tling ahead In the central area were engaged In heavy fight ing, but their advances con tinued. The Americans tqpk 10.000 more prisoners In the fall of Mistretta alone. The majority were nails, giving tho Amcrl cans their largest bag of Ger mans. On High Ground Both American and Canadian forces were battling through high ground frequently reach ing an altitude of 2500 feet, studded with German machine- gun positions and covered by axis heavy artillery. The capture of San Stefano put the Americans In full con trol of a major road' running from there-southward through Nicosia and gave them a strate gic artery for quick transport of troops and guns through the vital north central region. This news followed yesterday's an nouncement that the Americans had captured nlno towns and possibly turned the axis north flank. Support British Axis reports said strong American forces were veering southeastward from central Sic ily supporting the British drive, and a Rome broadcast said Montgomery was "methodically nearing" Catania. Montgomery, in a personal message to his troops reminis cent of those which preceded his great offensives In North Africa, said the allies hsd knocked Mussolini "off his perch," and "we will now drive the Germans from Sicily." His messago was dated July 30. A great push by Montgomery has been expected for nearly a week, and he has been probing the line for soft spots in the manner in which he customar ily feels out the enemy white massing his own forces. Decrease Seen In Oregon Milk Dealers SALEM, Aug. 2 (P) The num ber of licensed milk dealers In Oregon has dropped from 469 to 314 since January 1, 1942, State Director of Agriculture Ervln L. Peterson said today. He said the milk supply Is rapidly diminishing, while the demand Is Increasing steadily. Glider Smash In St. Louis Claims Life of Mayor (Continued From Page One) completing a flight over the city. ' Joseph C, Payne, business agent for a St. Louis labor union, said there was "a splintering noise and the wing seemed to fall away, The tow cuble snap ped and tho fuselage dropped llko' a rock." Another eyewitness, Edwnrd Austin, said the nolso of the crash was "like someone punch ing a huge air-filled bug." "Women became hysterical and tho men wero not much bet ter. They stared straight ahead as If thoy wero hypnotized." TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY y AMBITIOUS? Wa will employ at once, an office and saleswoman. Office experience helpful but not en tirely necessary. If you are de-tall-mlnded and ambitious, you should answer this ad. No sac rifice in present earning if you aro considering making a change.. Opportunity for ad vancement in proportion to your ability to take responsibility. Credit work, bookkeeping and accounting experience or an in terest will be helpful. This com pany Is expanding with 760 out lota at present. If you aro will ing to work hard In ordor to go ahead, apply afternoons only at Firestone Stores 527 Main St. 8-5 BARGAIN . Trade or sell. 2 hnum lm. mediate nossesslon. Prirrd tn sell. 11.000. Lnratlnn. nn ri.r street, Wocus, Ore. Would trade ror good cows. Courtesy shown to air real estate men. A. B. COLLINS 425 Pine Phone 8364 2154tf Near Mills School A modern home with concrete basement, automatic oil fur nace, fireplace, oak floor s. rock insulation, etc. This home Is in excellent repair and has nice yard with shrubs, lawn and trees.. Price $5750. Terms. $1750 cash. Balance less than rent. BOGUE DALE REALTOR 120 S. 9th Tel. 8B72 NEWLY RENOVATED Fine three-room and bath du plex with hardwood floors, in top location close to high school; with good one-bedroom house adjoining, Excellent Income; proposition. Only $7000 with reasonable terms. Chilcote ond Smith' REALTORS 111 N. 8th St. Phone 4584 Since 1909 WANTED Dry lumber handlers. Good pay. Phone 7700. 1205tf FOR THE BETTER grades of fuel oils, accurate, metered de liveries, try Fred H. Hellbron ner, 821 Spring street, tele phone 4153. Distributor Shell Heating Oils. 8-1 3m NOW PLAYING ? 4r I ,V "I 1 Augunt 2, 1943 COMMISSION ACTS 1 ON LUMBER WAGE (Continued From Page One) stock shops, but denied raise In detail shops, all Increases retro active to lust June 1. Refusod to vhang original order for Klamath basin opera tions, All decisions In the pin cases were unanimous, riSHINO EXPEDITION McGregor, ia m a month ago Betty Eichendorf lout a vnlunulo dluniond In tho mud dy Mississippi river, then at flood stage. So when the water level dropped to three feet, Herman Kranert went to the spot. With a mud shovel and wire honk, he fished up the ring In 15 minutes. MUST BE SOLD acre ofl Altamont drive about 3 blocks from state highway shop. Price $050.00. Courtesy shown to real estate brokers. A. B, i.uiiiilb. m&n vuin. rnnnfl n.int. 11B6K WOULD LIKE to contact party driving to Sacramento on fre quent business trips, Phon 3124 days. 1930tf WANT TO BUY one large and one small Into model National ensh register with penny keys. Will pay cash. Phono 3000. 7-31 WOMAN FOR HOUSEWORK Phone 7082 mornings. 8-7 FOK RENT To couple or two working women, cool duplox close In. Large electric re frigerator, new innersprln mattress. $32.50. Phone 308 8-2 FOR SALE One good young mare and colt. Will trade for any kind of butcher stock. Phone 5428. 8-4 FOR SALE 4 purebred yeor ling Hampshire bucks. Phone 5428. 8-4 FOR SALE One 2-hors single phase motor, pump Jack, 80 ft. of steel pump rod and work ing barrel. All for. $100. Phone 5428. 6 4 FOR SALE 1038 Ford panel pick-up. 2 new retreads, radio and heater, $475. Mars Hotel. 84 LOST Ration books 1 and 2. Floyd Culwell, Rt. 2, Box 884. G1KL for general housework. Good pay. Liberal time off. Mrs. Ben Henzel, phone 253, Malin, Ore. 8-5 FOR SALE 13 tons grain hay, 1 brood sow, 3 vealer calves, 1 Guernsey heifer IS mo. Rt 2, Box 817. Inquire Mallory's Market. B-3 FOR SALE 1940 Ford Deluxe In gcod shape, $800. Rt. 3, Box 278, Kcno road. 8 4 FOR SALE '41 Plymouth Spe clal Deluxe coupe equippod for radio, heater and defrost er. Price $1100. R. J. Ham ilton, Tulelake. 8-4 LAST DAY "Adventures of Robin Hood" ALSO "MISS POLLY" TOMORROW r THEY CAN'T RATION THAT "Old i " C0BURN f St MEREDITH KgjCijL I TREVOR 3nT "V PLATT
