M
Mil
Ml
STKH
: .; i
L FRANK JENKINS
n iinllim fighting tll dom
LiM llio war In Europe.
?c German .till Hold Vyl
Sonc, t llio Homo end of the
2 CMlHnn retreat route,
C counter-attacking WITH
IRYTIUNO THEY HAVE, 111
K tlmnc-llirowori.
t.r Fifth army t"0,r f cto"e
K oulsklrl of Um town.
P . . . .
Sit artillery ha practically
iloncd tli Vln Cuitlllnn (oftun
JJcd to I" tho dispatches in
K W but thero In ANOTHER
Fund railroad norno 7 or 8
L north of Valmontono by
Jh the German can net back
JcJ'ro fighting frantically to
SSELRINQ l doing a skilful
. - ....tlltit, mil nf th trim
c Jaws "re closing behind
but no mutter how hard hi
Jdc forces light nl Valinou-
he cnn'l lop our swarming
its from pounding hi ro
tint column from tho air
le seems to bo fatally hort
k luppori.
ilrty mile to tho southeast,
RHtlih Dili army I hummer-
rear iiuurd. It ccm
L .!... II... rif.rmnntt hnvn Inst
battle and aro now trying
lo wive a mucn u puiuiuiu
lof their iirmlcs south of
iivrui-n Herman division I
Mld to huvo been cnt In
t, ol Koine, muKiuii 10 in an
Irwhcro in oxce of 200,000
k) Of these 18 divlalon,
l arc said to hnvo been
pally destroyed. , , , .
i prisoner total Is up to
CO, the equivalent of one full
itiix division.
6
I Sunday ome 6000 plane
cw against Gormany from
nd and soino iuoo moro
Italv. Apparently about
aro lying again toaay.
to vlsunllze 8000 plane
tak nu orr. noi 10
ion tho damago they do on
missions. It win give you
Idea of tho massive site of
r war.)
BAY'S report tell of imooth
feai and hot summer weather
frcn Emiland and the contln'
iAII Is still cm lei on tho Ru
front. The German point
lomcwhat shakily that we'vo
idy passed ono Invasion date
the tides would bo most
pole for us.
e DATE will probably come
ever all, condition are
favorable for us to hit
any hardest and most of
ely, . -
RE Is still no now of ANY
oak In tho pro-German line.
mo neutral ana tno satci'
although wo mav be nulto
the diplomats are working
ishly.
icncvcr tho neutrals and tho
ites start Jumping off tho
an Danci-wagon ana man-
rush for ours you may bo
certain tho end Is near
he Pacific, wo landed on
urday on Blnk Island, lam
me benoutens which we ve
bombing for weeks. Biak
ree airfields and thero aro
a dozen on tho Schoutcns
ther. Blnk 200 m lie. ON
Wndkc. I 880 miles from
nlllhnrn 41 nt DMIIn.
and 600 from Palau, now
rs most Important base In
Kcncriu area, , .
IcArtinir snva nlnlr ulrfiinllv
i-ijuucs our campaign for
uumea, ail of tlint Dig !
ocing now within easy
oi our oombers.
f Myltkylna fighting (whose
flectivo Is the clearing of a
ruuio into china) goes on
y and bloodily against Jap
10 squads In dugouts. We're
within a half mllo of the
railroad station, ; '
IANWHILE tho China di.
batches Rnv in4nv .
" armies are fighting
ratoly on four fronts to
t mo MOST AMBITIOUS
oso offensives In seven
. Chungking authorities
H China, besot In the north
10 east, mnv Vtn oninrlntf
post critical period of her
f",uu wun tno japs.".
Japs aro reported today to
PUShinff rfnum tha Unnlrmu
N toward Changsha.. A
iiiii yr map will
-... uuuu. ill VUUI II11I1U
jneir nurnnsn l in oil no nff
PHOLE PACIFIC COAST
f to head us off from
f uilna as a base for at-
E , JRP home Islands, i
1 Tokyo radio crows that in
SIR Loyang the Japanese
.h , alll!d plans lor a
!blowalr "enslve
! ' '
'ERAL C H V. M V A TI T. 1
Ndlne our Chlna-hnscH bIi
Ii lon8 boen pleading
K tu00,plane5 with which
f". the Jans nut nt Chins '
got them., - l I
.happens whenlwa
,.ir i Jwo WBrs 8t onco
- oiues oi tne gious
ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
NEA FEATURES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAYMAY 29,. 1944
Number 10119
May 29, 1944
Max. (Mar 28) 78. Min 43
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Stream ytar to date 7.70
Normal .....10.99. Last year 18.25
Foracasti Scattered thunderstorm.
Local Millmen
Vote to Work;
Longview Hit
Local 012 of the CIO Inter
national Woodworker of Amer
ica voted ycHturday to continue
work under urcsunt conditions,
The bul lot wa unanimous at a
mcolliig called in connection
with tho recent WLB decision
rejecting a wane IncrciiKo pro
posal fur lumber workers, which
ha caused considerable work
stoppage elsewhere,
A largo crovd of workers at
tended tho meeting, held in the
old Hex theatre building. There
wa a long discussion of tho Issue,
with sentiment swinging to a fi
nal unanimous vote against a
strike,
3000 Men
Tho office of the IWA estimat
ed that the operations Involved
employ about 3000 men, In
WASHINGTON, May 29 0P)
Accompanied by a demand from
Rear Admiral Husband E.-Klm-mel
for an "open" trial oon,
legislation allowing more time
for court martial action against
the men In command at Pearl
Harbor when tho Japanese
struck moved swiftly forward in
both houses today.
, Tho house rules committee ap
proved a mcasuro extending for
one year from June 7 tho time
In wnlch tho proceedings might
start and "directing" that Uic
trials be held, rather than merely
permitting them. . .,
To Act Monday " .
' The senate Judiciary commit
tee voted to act Monday on o
resolution fixing September 8
as tho deadline for action against
Klmmol and MaJ. Gen. Waller
C. Short. .
The senate group also named
a subcommittee, headed by Sen
ator Hatch (D-N.M.) to meet In
closed session Wednesday . with
high military, naval and Justice
department officials and discuss
tho resolution. Senator Fergu
son (R-Mlch.), author of tho
measure, was named on the sub
committee along with Senators
O'Mohoncy (D-Wyo.), Chandler
(D-Ky.) and Wiley (R-Wash.).
. Free Open Trial
Ferguson disclosed receipt of
a letter from Klmmel In which
ho said ho wanted a "free, open
(Continued on Pago Two)
Warning Corps
Now "Inactive1'
PORTLAND, May 2B (P)
Plnclno the army's aircraft warn
ing corps and ground observers
on on Inactive status Wednesday
will bring an end to the work
of .some 4000 men and women
In- the Portland air region.
Letters from Secretary of War
Henry L. Stlmson and MaJ. Gen.
William E. Lynd, commanding
general of the fourth air force
aro in tho mall today to all mem
bers of both civilian corps, no
tlfvlnc them their services will
no longer be required except
in caso of an unexpected omcr
tfennv.
Secretary Stlmson said the
svstem was beliiK changed to
make more men and equipment
available for combat duty.
tho imnicdlato Klamath Falls'
area.
So far, there have been no re
port of "vacations" or walk
outs in the Klamath area by
members of either the CIO or
AFL unions in connection with
tho WLB order.
LONGVIEW, Wash., May 29
W) Tho world's largest saw
mills, tho Long Bell and Weyer
haeuser plnnts here, operated
today with what managements
estimated at 80 to 00 per cent of
their crews, despite a decision of
a mans meeting of Congress of In
dustrial Organization employes
last night to "go fishing."
There were no immediate
statement from union represen
tatives. Closure Seen
' G. S. Howell, president of the
International Woodworkers of
America local 8-38 which rep
resents a large majority of the
workers, had said last night It
was probable the mills would
close. ...
An affiliated union, local 107.
Boommen and Rafters, also; voted
"to-go fishing for a few.das, '
Approximately 80 men j. are -Involved.
. .' ...
' 2500 Mn - - ,
Approximately 2S00 men are
employed by tho two mills,
which would make It the largest
individual closures In the series
of walkouts which have spread
throughout Oregon and Wash
ington in protest against the war
labor boards refusal to grant
wage Increases asked by the IWA
and the AFL Lumber and Saw
mill Workers union. '
Another 1400 loeaers. employ
ed in tho district in the woods,
will meet today.
Flay WLB .
In Portland, Ore., the. Colum
bia river district council of. the
IWA charged that the war labor
board "has abrogated us ngnr to
Jurisdiction" and said it could
not "conscientiously" ' recom
mend that its members return' to
work as requested by the WLB.
The council also announced it
has voted to petition President
Roosevelt to appoint an aamin
istrator for the industry.
All local unions were request
ed to meet by tonight to con.
lrinr the council's action.
The Northwestern council,
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
(Continued on Page Two)
Woman Held in
Liquor Deaths
NEW YORK, .May 29 (VP)
Mrs. Sophie Krlsuinas, 31, was
held without ball today on a
charge of homicide following
tho death of six men in Brook
lyn who drank what police be
lieve was Doison liquor.
The wife of a candy store pro
prietor and mother of a five-year-old
boy was arraigned be
fore Magistrate unaries aoiomon
in Brooklyn felony court yesterday.
Victor FlllpkowskI, 88, was
found dead yesterday as ' the
latest victim after five men died
Saturday. A bottle of liquor
found near his body was sent to
city toxicologlsts for analysis.
Pol Icq said Mrs. Krisulnas ad.
mitted selling IS bottles of an
alcoholic drinK since last Tues
day and reDorted they had found
a 15-gallon . tank of denatured
alcohol as well as 30 gallons in
bottles at the Krisulnas home,
Moore Park "Comporee'
Sunday Attracts 200 Boy Scouts
APRILIA FALLS; ;
BOMBERS SEAR:
$IV7 Ai ' (ft
risfi 'Bltiliv 111'' ei
200 SCOUTS AT fii
More than 200 Scouts in ad
dition to their scoutmasters and
district - officers participated . in
Klamath district Boy Scout
Camporee over the past week
end. Jliking from the Riverside
school, the Scouts set up thirty
six patrol, campi In Moore
park. Under their own boy lead
ership, each patrol carried on
for '24 hours as a camping unit.
At the conclusion of the event
on Sunday afternoon, each pa
trol was rated according to its
camping proficiency. -.t) , : .
Seventeen p a t r o i s were
judged "proficient".' and
eighteen were awarded a' t'par
ttolpatlpnV plqu,. Th mUtq,!
rated proficient w e r e ', Flying
Eagle and Modoc -of - troop - 33(
Malln;' - Moose, ftawk, Dan
Beard, Lion and Panther of
troop 1, Klamath Falls; Wolf
and Cobra, : troop' 8,- Klamath
Falls; Wolf of troop 7, Merrill;
Flying Eagle and Pelican, troop
4,- Klamath Falls; Beaver and
Wolf, troop 18,- Weyerhaeuser;
Tiger and Eagle, troop 2, Klam
ath Falls. - '.
' Patrols that participated were
Flying Eagle, Cuckoo and Peli
can of troop 90, Klamath Falls;
Cobra, troop 44, T u 1 e 1 a k e;
Eagle, troop 17, Dorrls; Indian
and Wolf, t ro o p 1, Klamath
Falls; Owl, troop. 19, Modoc
Point; Panther, troop 9, Pelican
Bay; Eagle and Fox, troop 18,
Weyerhaeuser; Covered Wagon,
troop 1 8, Klamath Falls; Bat,
Wolf,- Eagle and Stag, troop 3,
Klamath Falls; Indian Head
(Continued on Page Two)
Army to Guard
Tule Italians
' Italian prisoners of war who
will be employed on farms of
this area will be fed, housed,
transported and guarded by the
army, Tulelake Growers associ
ation reports. ,
' The association, which urged
the use of prisoner labor after
it was learned Mexican nation
als would not be available to
help with spring work, will han
dle the payroll for the workers.
; Farmers will pay the govern
ment 70 cents an hour for each
Italian worker and one cent per
mils Der man for transportation
to the -fields. The government
will allow each Italian 80 cents
a day. -
Plans for use of German pris
oners have been abandoned tem
porarily, the association said.
Dewey "Doing Nothing to Discourage Talk"
Of Candidacy; Governors Hear Nominees
' By The Associated Press
To the long-standing fact that
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
has not come out for the repub
1 1 o a n presidential nomination
was added today the news that
ho Is willing to "express my
views" on platform matters and
Is doing exactly "nothing" to
discourage talk of his long pre
conventlon lead.
The new developments came
In a press conference on the
eve o' the national conference
of governors at Hershoy, Pa
where the New Yorker told
questioners that whether he
would accept the nomination, if
tendered, is "a hypothetical
.question."
- Deway Delegate
The- pre-convention delegate
listings show that Dewey to
date has at least 388 pledged
and claimed delegate votes to
64 for Governor John W.
Brlcker of Ohio,, his nearest
rival. ' . ,
; The New Yorker also was
asked by a soldier at Indian
town Gap,, Pa., w h e t h e r he
would vnn for president in 1844
or 1948. His reply was, "I guess
I don't have any control over
that." ' '
Special political 'significance
was given the governors' meet
ing by the speech-making ap
pearances of potential nomi
nees. "-, Discuss Issue
Governor Brlcker, an avowed
candidate, told a press confer
ence1', yesterday that in times
like these he t h(q u g h t candi
dates "should discuss all the is
sues vital to his country and
pertaining to the office he
seeks." ., V
Brlcker did not reply direct
ly to a question as to whether
he was talking about Dewey.
But if Dewey wants to take
up the matter, ho has another
opportunity tonight when he Is
on the program at Hershey for
a speech broadly entitled "Or
ganizing the State-for the Fu
ture." Speech Scheduled
' Other schoduled speeches in
cludo one today by Gov. Earl
Warren of California, who has
released his state's 80 delegates
from their pledge to vote for
him for the GOP presidential
nomination, and one. by- Brlck
er tomorrow night on "Tax and
Fiscal Policy."'
; Indiana 'republicans.' head the
week's state activity, meeting
In convention Friday to select
29 delegates expected to be tin-
instructed,' and also selecting
nominees for a senator and gov
ernor.' t
. Including Candidate
. Candidates for the senatorial
nomination are Homer E. Cape-
hart, Indianapolis manufactur
er,, and James M.'. Tucker, for
mer secretary of state who re
cently received a medical dis
charge from the navy. The sen
ate seat to be filled is .that of
the late Frederick - Van Nuys,
democrat. "Ralph Gates, lawyer
and former republican state
Chairman,; is unopposed lor .tne
subernatorial nomination. -
. Alabama has two democratic
runoff races tomorrow,' one be
tween Rep. Carter Manasco and
J. T. Deason. both of Jasper, in
the ' seventh district, and the
' (Continued on Fage two
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The wbod were full of Boy Scouts Saturday night nd Sun
day, when 200 Klamath- basin, youth Joined in the orernight
"camporee." Upper picture show the boy gathered at aiiembly.
Lower, William Hermsnt, nior . patrol leader', of troop 18. and
Wallace Horber, assistant patrol ' leader - of the BBTr. patrol,
troop 18, are shown before their tent-in the' park. - .
Desperate Chinese Battle
To Thwart Japs Crashing
Down Rails at Changsha
. By J. B. KRUEGER
Associated Pre War Editor
China's armies fought desper
ately on four points today to
thwart-the most ambitious Jap
anese offensives in seven years
of warring against the Chinese.
The Asiatic fighting overshad
owed all other Pacific war
fronts, including the progressing
American invasion of the Schou
tens, because it was the most
Police Pick Up
75 Juveniles
. Fifteen more Juvenile violators
of the curfew law were picked
up on Klamath streets Saturday
night by county juvenile officials
and city police who are contin
uing their night raids in an ef
fort to enforce the curfew ordin
ance. -
'; The youngsters, who were
picked up between" 11:18 p. m.
and 1:40 a. m.,, were taken to
the circuit courtroom, ques
tioned, warned against staying
out late at . night and then re
leased. Warning letters are also
being sent to the parents of; the
young curfew violators.
' County Juvenile Officer Har
old Hendrickson said Monday
that the youngsters; since the
first raid are much better about
staying home at night. - Only
18 Juveniles were found out on
the streets this Saturday as com
pared with 78 on the Saturday
before.
i He said that this was . an en
tirely different grouo of young
sters and that those who had been
warned last Saturday were not
found on the streets this time.
Most youngsters who were out
late this Saturday were accom
panied by their parents in ao
cordance with the curfew law.
Souths Join
Fire-Fighters
Two dozen red-hatted; enthus
iastic high school youths rolled
in trucks to summer fire stations
from the Klamath Forest Protec
tive association headquarters this
morning: ' ,
. The- fire-fighters were divided
almost equally between Penny
springs camp, on tho Green-
springs highway, and King's
cabin, north of Bly. They win
do road., trail end telephone
maintenance work, as well as
iire-ugnung.
'
ominous. Chungking authori
ties felt, that China, beset in the
north and east, may be entering
its most critical period of the
conflict.. : .. ..
' Piuh Down Rails .
Japanese troops pushed down
the Hankow-Canton railroad to
within 80 miles of Changsha, a
city the Chinese have seen fit to
defend with great effort on three
previous occasions, all . success
fully. , Four . enemy columns
pushed southward toward
Changsha, apparently, to -gain
full control of the rail line,
which would help sew up a great
segment of China fronting on the
racmc., . . : ; . ; ,
Coupled with Japanese drives
to win control of the Hankow-
Peiping or northern section of
the railway, the enemy objective
could be to seal off all of eastern
Chinas-richest cart of the coun
try against future. allied use as
a Base to bomb Japan. -
Airmen Aid Fight
' Ma j .-Gert. Claire Chennaulfs
14th U. S. airforce rushed into
Changsha fighting, strafing the
road from Yoyang to Puchi, de
stroying trucks, troops, ware
houses and- barracks. Farther
north his . airmen attacked bar-
(Contmued on Page Two)
f '
Marines Arrive
At Barracks Here
Fresh from .the South Pacific
combat areas, three contingents
Of United States marines arrived
at the Marine Barracks over the
weekend. ; .
Home was the chief thought in
the minds of the 3u0 marines in
the three parties, and a majority
of them will be given immediate
furloughs. After .a brief period
with their families, they will re
turn to the barracks here. .
The. marines who came -over
the weekend were just off ships
wnicn -landed them at coast
ports. Klamath Commandos
gave the marines a welcome at
the station, and they were trans.
ported almost immediately to the
barracks, where they were
processed by the, staff.
i": PAPER TUESDAY ,
' The Herald and News will pub
lish at - about noon on Tuesday,
Memorial Day, and the classified
advertising deadline has been set
up 10 10 a. m.
Business oftta of the new
paper - will . Be closed in the
afternoon. .
ECUADOR REVOLT
FLARES; 40 DEE
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May
28 (fP) At least 40 persons were
reported killed today as revolt
ing Ecuadorian troops- seized
control of Guayaquil, Ecuador's
leading commercial city, in a
move designed to forestall elec
tions scheduled for this week
end. . ,
Troops supported by tanks
seized the barracks of the Cara
bineros (military police), - Quiet
was restored later.
- - Farce Charged
The revolutionists, who
charged the elections would be a
farce because . former President
Velasco Ibarra had been forbid
den to return from exile .to par
ticipate, proclaimed that they
would. call new elections..
-There -have been no, reports
here ' from Quito, the ' capital,
since midnight, when that city
was reported quiet. Telegraphic
communications with the capital
have been cut since last night
and - radio- stations have been
silent.
First Report . .
(Previously, a disoatch from
Quito said tersely that "a revolu
tion broke out today among mil
itary forces and civilians.")
.The Rebel troops apparently,
were led by supporters of Vel
asco Ibarra, exiled former pres
ident ,who had been living in
Colombia, near the Ecuadorean
border.
- Firing Heard
Firing was heard in Guaya
quil, which is about ISO miles
from the capital, all last night
(Continued on jpage two;
Yank Tanks Hit Hills
16 Miles From
Eternal City
By RICHARD McMURRAY
Associated Press .War Editor.,
Rome reverberated to battle
thunder 16 to 17 miles awav to
day as the advancing allies cap
tureu tne dead factories ( ot
April ia, drove through flame
seared poppy fields within at
mile of Valmontone and Campo-
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
NAPLES. May 29 (Ameri
can tanks have struck to the
slopes of the Alban hills In than
lb mile from Home s outskirts,
and are attacking German mo
bile strongpoinis of armor, ar
tillery and infantry, a front dls-
paten said today.
Bly Airman
Killed in Crash
John T. Watts, 27, aviation
radioman 1c, of Bly,-was one
of seven . airmen killed in the
flaming crash of a Liberator
bomber in a landing Saturday
night at the Camp Kearney
Mesa, auxiliary air station, - ac
cording to an Associated Press
release Monday. The : seven
crew members, John ' Watts
among them, were identified to
day by the district naval neau-Quarters.
. Young . Watts, before, his en
listment in tne U.S. navy on
May 24, 1941, had lived in Bly
with relatives, Mr. and Mrs.
James O. Watts. For a time, be
fore entering the service, - he
worked in- Alaska. John was
born November 8, 1916.
Chinese Steamer
Torpedoed, Sunk
WASHINGTON," May 29 (JP)
The Chinese steamer cnung
Cheng. American-built Liberty
ship, was torpedoed and sunk by
an enemy submarine in the
Arabian sea early last February,
the navy announced today.
Survivors have been . landed
at United States east coast ports,
leone, and virtually destroyed
uiree more oerman aivisions of
up to 24,000 men.
- A thousand heaw' Amprlpan
bombers : and 1200 fighters!
foueht acrnsa the tantrth nf nr-
many. and bombed two aircraft,
lactones au mues inside Poland
and four others in central Ger
many at Leipzig, Tutow, Coti
bus and Sarau, 100 to 130 miles- '
south of Berlin. Other fleets
struck up from the south oi the
Vienna and Wiener Neustadt
areas. - - .
Record Fleet Seen
It annpnrpri hf nltff mtahfc.
have sent out another fleet as
large as the record number ot.
8000 warplanes which flew Suni
aay irom uricisn ana Italian?
bases. Polish targets were. Poz
nan and nearby Kreising. Sim
llltntlMlticlw hlinnul. . r9 1 "
planes struck repeatedly at tap? '"
ucai targets on tne - invasion
coasts of France and Belgium!'
Smooth -seas and hot summer,
weather .invited. Gen, Eisen
hower's massed invasion armies!:
The restive Russian,iront, atill
jihe- great area of decision, re-
mainea caim save for repulsed.
German attacks on the lower'
Dnestr-and in White Russia.) '
Flame Defense ' . . -
'All alnnff the Italian frnn an.'
proaching Rome, the allies of a
dozen nations pressed forwards
sometimes through desperata
flame-thrower defense. Prison-.
prs tntfllpH mnr . fhan 1Knnn
and headquarters said the Ger
man 1151, fui ana iiDin divi
sions had been backed into
bloodv insiffnifiranpc. Pniinlfwf
with the winning of enormous
stores of war gear, the picture
was one ot steady destruction
of the 18 German divisions orig
inally comprising the German.
10th and 14th armies below
Rome.
Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese's
8th armv mnvpri si'y mt1p w-d
from the main front through the
Liri and Sacco valley, bridging
both rivers. Arce was invested
(Vonunued on fage Two)
W. D. Miller Buys
Garage Building ;
A deal was closed Saturday
afternoon on the sale , of the
Wakefield garage at Second and
Main to W. D. Miller of the Wil
lard hotel. Revenue stamps on
the deed indicate that the sale
was approximately $32,000.
: rne Duuaing, containing about
20,000 square feet of floor space,
was built by H. S. Wakefield lrj
1925 at a cost of $42,000, on the
site of the old Houston opera
house, which burned in the biff
fire of 1918. ' -
The building at present Is o
cupied by the Klamath Bus com
pany. - Negotiations relating to
the transfer was handled through .
the office of John McFee, realtor.-
f
Memorial Day
Program
Tuesday, May 30
7 A." M. Decoration of
Veterans' graves, Linkville
cemetery.
9:30 A. M. Parade- par
ticipants gather at Link river
bridge.
10 A. M. Parade from
bridge to courthouse memor
ial shaft. . 1 '.' :
10:15 A. M. Memorial
service at shaft.
10:45 A. M. Parade to
cemetery for services.
Business : houses, ' banks,
etc. will generally be closed..
Flag displays requested!
Posthumous DSC
Awarded Dunham
The Distinguished Servica
Cross was awarded posthumous
ly to Major Don B. Dunham,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dunham
of Oak street, Klamath Falls, in
a ceremony held May 19 at
Camp Roberts, Calif. The pre
sentation was made to Mrs. Dor
is P. Dunham, the major's young
widow and. their - son, Don E.
Dunham, by General Laurence
and the citation was read by Ma
jor Brennen, who was one of Ma
jor Dunham's junior officers
when he was in charge of plans
and training at Camp Roberts.
The - ceremony was preceded
by a parade of one regiment
with the regimental band before
the reviewing stand and conclud
ed with the sounding of taps for
the young officer.-;The citation
reads as follows:, i : f -"Don
B. Dunh8mj"major, para
chute .infantry.,-For ' extraordi
nary heroism in action. On Sep
tember 17, 1943, abot! One-half .
mile northeast of AltaviUa, Italy,
when the headquarters of his
regiment had been surrounded
by enemy forces, Major Dunham
volunteered to go opt in the face
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