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ran
fUl
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la
alb
Cam pa
ign For
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rnANK JENKINS
u the fighting oulh oI nmo
iJiv th pl"co to watch
j(S from Vulmontonoto Pol-
' ' '
HE Succo valloy, whoro llic
tuttU' content. I s h oped
.Mv llko a lock. Viilmontone
"It th south Kle nd
i, the norlli sldo of the
i1?, month. The vnlloy I.
ilmcd In by mountiiln ranges
Stohn the ld of the sack,
ur.'vo taken Volmontono unci
.. REACHING for Pnluitrltia.
hVGormunn nro fighting stub
Sily to prevent us from clou
a the bug on whnl romiilm of
itlr force.
On this PKO today you will
Si mop that mukei tho sltuu
Shiny ccar.
'HIS dramatic nnd revealing
itntenco l culled from tho
iDtclie describing tho fight:
In'thelr advance northward
rom- Valmontone, tho Amerl
ini ro encountering tholr
raUut difficulty from n I
wm who hnvo to bo klllud
ntibY ono beforo the advance
in continue."
.ii
DONT draw wrontf conclu
ilpns from tho stubbornness
I ihe Germans' flKhtlntl.
Keuclrlnu's armlcg lire REAT
K. Hp In merely GETTING
HEM OUT with as little low as
otilble. At bent, It will bo a
idly-shaken forco of Germans
hit gets back homo to Rome
r beyond.
All that Is saving thorn from
out and demoralization In the
rim skill with which thev arc
rorklnn at their hereditary
fide of war.
WAT-wlll happen- at Rome?
re'As to that, our hluh com
and ai Nnolei todnv puis tho
tu on the Germans, in a formal
jtiltmcnt, It says: "If the Get
kins choose to defend Rome,
Iw lilies will be obliged to take
iDoroonato measures to elect
Mm. It Is the sincere hope of
III mulrstv's government 'mean
er 'British and the U. s. ov.
Iroment that the enemy will not
nine sucn an iii-consicicrca
Solce."
, ... , -HE
announcement of "shut
tle" bombing to Russia and
ck Is the most dramatic recent
rvtlopment of tho war.
Its advantages arc simple and
NUly understood, when we
komb from a single base, we go
put loaded and come bacK empty
-tjuii wasting the return trip,
h Shuttle" bombing, wo bomb
JOTH WAYS.
I It'll so obvious that It must
wvt been thounht of lone ago,
fnd'.lts actual . accomplishment
iurt have been woltlng merely
n Russian consent. The Russians
ive been generally suspicious
it ALL help from us and the
British ANYWHRRE on tho
? utern front and the Balkans,
Key want It distinctly under-
pod that eastern Europe Is
Ceif bailiwick.
The most significant point In
nnectlon with this first shuttle
tombing job Is tho statement
nt Its targets were PICKED
IV THE RUSSIANS. By nicking
r targets, they ACCEPT our
elp,
That must mean that wo hove
me to an ngreemont with them
to, who will bo boss In eastern
urope after the war.
T seems that our warships and
our planes couldn't entirely
ftOCk nut thft .Ton nneltlnna nn
(he ridge dominating the route
must follow to get at the air
rts on Blak Island, off the
w Guinea coast.
A New Guinea dispatch says
Odiy:
"Mop-up squads of cliff-scaling
nks are ferreting Jnp snipers
rom llmestono caves and hunt
is" down Jap machlno gun nests
the week-old Invasion of Bink
"'no,, stalemated since Mon-
Kf. moved back Into high gear
lay."
,Wc think of this as a WAR OF
MCHINES. Machines ARE 1m
rtnt. But In the pinches It's
w the loot soldier with his
" and his pocketful of hand
irenjdes who takes tho last and
''"My Important trick.
(SEP theso cllff-scallng Yanks,
.-walking Into the Jaws of
to finish off tho suicide
"Pi In their holes, In mind the
iMt time you're tempted to
Ink you're being DISCRIM
WED ngainst here on the
"mo front.
The DISCRIMINATION is be
n us safe and comfortable
'?S .':asy-llvlng home-frontors
w these boys who ore walking
the mouth of hell to , win
" War for us. :
. - . .' -
"'wo political front news here
.t home; we road of tho last-STOP-DEWEY
movement
' Is alleged to bo under way
Pn other candidates for tho
'Publican nomination for Pres-
lP'"'' scoff. Doh't sneer. That's
LiJI?RICAN way of choosing
!?Xates for office. Just be
S itUl lthat ,ome ve5tlges o H
mo othef s de of lh fence.
5!'h. movement Is dlscernl-
rs'J. e New Dealers are taking
:?.' and saylne: "Yes. mister."
ASSOCIATED
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Daughter of Navy
Doctor Kidnaped,
Freed At Seattle
SEATTLE, Juno 3 (I') Ten detectives sought clues to the
Identity of the limn who eurly today abducted B-ycar-old Florence
(Slslc) Miu-ks, naval doctor's daughter, from her bed and aban
doned her, huddled in u blanket, on a doorstep 14 blocks from
home.
A 10-foot ladder from tho household garage was found lean
ing ut the second floor window of her bedroom, but detectives
said the child was unublo to remember whether she was carried
down ii ladder or down thu stalrwuy.
She also was quoted us saying she only remembered "being
outside' mid then gelling into un nutomobllo In which she was
taken a short distance "to a kind of park that wasn't really a
park, by a big house."
: Nssr Cemetery
By DEAN 8CHEDLER
Associated Press War Editor
Allied forces in the Asiatic
theater of war are slushing hurd
ut Japanese forces registering
gains In Burma mid Indiu while
American troops on Bink island
In Iho Southwest Pacific were
gelling poised for new thrusts
at the enemy.
Americans and Chlnoso at
tacking from three sides are
making gains within and out
sldo tho North Burma Japanese
base at Myitkyina. Driving I rom
tho northwest one column
gained nearly a mile in face of
stiff opposition while in the
southern purl of the town itself,
allied troops inched forward 400
yards.
Tho allied communlquo said
British Chlncllt troops killed 700
(Continued on Pago Two)
Shuitle Bombing
Plan Bears Fruit
EXTERN COMMAND, U. S.
AIR FORCE, SOMEWHERE IN
RUSSIA. June 3 (!) Strong
formations of American Flying
Fortrosscs and Mustang fighters
escorts have landed at sccrctly
prcpured American bases In Rus
sia after bombing Romanian tar
gets, accomplishing west-east
bombings of Hitler's fortress for
the first time and establishing
joint offensive operations with
the red air force.
Tho historic operation, com
pleted yesterday, was disclosed
to be the fruition of a long-range
Amorlcan- Russian - British air
plan through which the three
powers, in Intlmoto collabora
tion, brought the most far-flung
portions of tho nozi domain un
der precision bombing.
(All indications were that the
shuttle bombing was launched
from bases in Italy. Tho Mediter
ranean air command announced
without details that its planes
had participated, but a detailed
story of the attack, written by
Associated Press Correspondent
Joseph Morton at Bari, Italy, was
held up by tho censors.
Bounding Home
Wins Belmont
NEW YORK, Juno 3 (IP)
Bounding Home, on outsider,
today defeated Pensive, Ken
tucky derby and Proakness win
ner, by a half length in tho
$50,000 added Belmont stakes.
Taking tho lead a quarter of
a mllo from home. Bounding
Home, owned by William Zieg
ler Jr., outgamed Warren
Wright's fuvorito and covered
tho milo and one-half in 2:32 1-5.
Mrs. Donald H, Peters' Bull
Dandy, another outsider In the
field of six three-year-olds, was
eight lengths back in third
place as Georgo D. Widener's
highly regarded combination of
Who Goes Thero and Platter
wound up fourth and fifths re
spectively. '
Indiana Republicans Touch
Off 'Stop-Dewey' Movement
By Tho Auociated Press
A last-ditch stop-Dowey movc-
. nnnnmntlir hflrl tnlfOTI Oil
new Ufo In tho republican party
today (saturanyj tis h rusuit ui
UIC WiHwl I Wl tivt . w -
vontion In shouting down yos-
JAttrlair a nrnnniinl in nloH0Q tllG
states 29 votes, to Gov. Thomas
E. Dowey for tne presidential
nomination. ' ' ;
. nnnnnanla DM O mM thfl Inrll-
ana sotbaok as the beginning of a
shift they believe; may prevent a
flmt hnllot nomination. With 64
votes previously pledged and
claimed for ineir canoiatuc,
PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
Tho Murks residence Is near
a cemetery in the Volunteer
park neighborhood on Capitol
hill.
Dr. Robert F. Ballard, In
terne, who examined her at King
County Horborvicw- hospital,
said Florence had been molested
but not seriously harmed, as
had been feared by Police Capt
William Feck who first took
churge of the case.
She was released to her par
ents and later today was taken
lo the Naval hospital for ob
servation.
Arthur L. Chaffee, assistant
chief of police, said ho believed
the abductor was a degenerate
alley prowler who became
frightened and abandoned , the
child. .
Tho federal bureau' of Investi
gation was notified by Captain
Feck but declined to enter the
(Continued on Page Two)
Nazis Say Rome
Free of Military
LONDON, June 3 (fl5) A Ber
lin Broadcast today quoted a for
eign office spokesman as saying
uiat Home is tree irom Uerman
armed forces. The broadcast was
recorded by Reuters.
Tho broadcast said the. State
ment was made in connection
with the pope's plea not to
destroy Rome, and quoted the
spoKcsman as saying:
"On tho German side .every
thing has been done for months
to preserve Rome from such a
fate. Romo today can be regard
ed as a city, free from armed
forces."
The allied command In Italy
declared today , that "the allies
have only taken and will only
take military action against
Rome in so far as the Germans
use the city, railways and roads
for their military purposes."
Portland Cabbies
Stay Off Jobs
PORTLAND, Ore.. June 3 (Pi
Portland's tsxl drivers voted nt
a mass meeting today to re.
main off the job until the city
repeals an ordinance which they
contend is unfair.
This city, which depends heav
ily on caos lor transportation
in the hours between 1 a. m.
and 6 a. m.. has been empty of
taxis since about 2 a. m. yester
day.
The 400-odd members of the
AFL Taxi Drivers union object
to provision of a city law re
quiring them to file photographs
at police headquarters, and en
abling tlio chief of police to re
voke drivers' permits upon the
recommendation of the city in
spector. Yes, It Really
Happened In Reno
RENO, Nov., June 3 (P)
Even in Reno it happens once
in a while:
A Washoe county judge yes
terday denied a Los Angeles
aircraft worker, Charles J.
Swanson, a divorce from Mar
ion L. Swanson, on grounds of
extreme cruelty.
backers of Gov. John W. Bricker
of Ohio, hailed the Indiana re
suits as a sweeping victory.
Dewey supporters came out of
the convention with a minimum
of two delegates to boost this
pledged and claimed total to
300. In addition, they claimed
the support of six others. .
' But the' contention of the
Bricker faction, and that of other
Dewey opponents, Is that there
are enough opposition votes
among the 478 delegates thus far
chosen who are unpledged ana
unclaimed, to tie up the nomina
(Continucd on Page Two)
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1944
J
'-"' if'--f x
l1
ii iiiiiiIi ri - ih.ni
The Liberty ihip Henry Bergh, Inbound with more than 1000 passengers from Pacific war
ones, ran aground on the Farallon islands, 30 miles off San Francisco in a heavy fog. The navy
later announced the craft was breaking' up and there .were no casualties.' Here rescue boats
are at work. (AP wirephoto from navy).
-'An':aloeaf!6n, diS50.000 foT
the . construction and establish
ment of a new Klamath county
health unit And detention home
is included in the new proposed
county budget just prepared by
the budget committee for the fis
cal year of July 1, 1944,.to June
30, 1945. :
The large Item-was made a
part of the estimated budget for
the health department as a re
sult of several earlier confer
ences of federal, state and coun
ty health authorities at which it
was decided that there is a defi
nite need in Klamath county for
a new health- center and treat
ment hospital for the venereally
infected. .'..
. ! . Backlog 1
Another $50,000 has been set
aside in the proposed budget as a
backlog to be used for the pur
chase of new county equipment,
etc.,' after the war. .
The new budget shows a slight
increase in the salaries of most
of the county employes, the in
crease being about ?5 a month
on an average. .
Estimates for equipment and
supplies run about the same this
fiscal year as last. Biggest equip
ment item is the allowance of
(Continued on Page Two)
French Coast
Smacked Again
T rxWT-ifW ' .Tnno 3 IIP U. S.
heavy bombers struck twice at
nazl coastal tortuications in me
Pas - De - Calais and Boulogne
'ai-aue nt ITi-nnpp toHflV. C&rrvin
the non-stop aerial assault of Eu
rope now unaer lmensmeu pica
sure after the shuttle raid to
Russian bases. '
Flying two missions from
Britain for the second day, a
force of 250 Flying Fortresses
and Liberators with equally
strong escort hit coastal em
placements in tne morning, auu
similar fleets roared back in the
afternoon to the same area.
These west wall fortifications
were hit Friday in their heaviest
daylight pounding of the war,
i enn DAV hnrnhnrc attacked
the west wall defenses and
crumbling German ran lacunies
last night.. ;
Russians Turn
Back Germans
LONDON, June 3 (Ger
man attacks north of Iasl in
Romania continued through the
fifth day tonight, but all were
repulsed, Moscow announced to
night. . '
The broadcast soviet com
munique said that 48 enemy
tanks and 24 planes were de
stroyed during the battle... j
WEATHER
June 3, 1944 :
Max. (June S) .. 32. Min. 33.
Precipitation last 24 houn .. .10
Stream year to date . 8.45
Normal ..11.13. Last year..l7.02
Forecast! Overcast.
Liberty Ship Aground
' 1'H 'nw&mk.itft?,MM4i.6,Afti&t?ft "rn'ilbnm
Invasion Fla sh Just Error
. NEW YORK, June 3 (P) A mistake by .an inexperienced
London telegraph operator caused the Associated Press to
move on its wires today an erroneous flash announcing .that
General Eisenhower's headquarters had announced aAUed land-.
'Atik3!p. m., EWE, the AP's London printer delivered
this urgent message, which moved .immediately on all wires:
"Flash Eisenhower's headquarters announced 'allied landings
in France." . .
Less than two minutes later came a message to '"bust that
flash" and, word went out at once to withhold ' publication.
' At 4:44 p.-m., after a further. London, message, ordering the
flash killed a "kUl" was sent. . ,
For-nearly an hour the AP in New; York was without any
explanation from London other than a service message as
cribing it to "a transmission error." Then came word that the
flash was sent in error by a new operator who was practicing
without authorization. . . ..
Baseball Scores
... , NATIONAL LEAGUE ,
R H E
Cincinnati ......'................7 .7.2
Boston 5 9 2
Batteriese Walters, Ferguson
(7), Javery (9) and Mueller,
Hutchinson and Hofferth.
' R H E
St. Louis : 5 9 0
Philadelphia t 3 7 0
Batteries Wilks, Jurisich (6)
and W. Cooper; Gerheauser and
Finley.
' V ' ' R H E
Chicago ..........0 5 0
Brooklyn -4 -8-1
Batteries Wyse, Alderson (8)
and Holm, Kreitner (8); Melton
and Owen. -
Pittsburgh 7 13 0
New York 6 10 1
Butcher, ' Starr (7) Resclgno
(9) and Lopez; Feldman, Adams
(8) and G. Mancuso. - .
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8 17 3
St. Louis 18 17 1
Flores, Hamlin (4) and Hayes,
Mills (4); Potter, Hollingsworth
(5) Scheibe (6) and Mancuso.,
New York
Cleveland
15
16
(13 innings). '
Bonham, Johnson' (10) Tur
ner (10), Zuber (10) and Gar
bark; Smith, Heving (9), Kleine
(10) and Rosar.
Washington 3 . 8 0
Chicago .-. i -5 13 2
Wynn and Ferrell; Dietrich,
Maltzberger (7). and Tresh.
Boston ..ll 8 1
Detroit 1 H ?
Hughson and Wagner; Orrell,
Mooty (3), Gillespie (6), Hog
sett (9) and Richards.: .
4 Persons Die in
Farm Shooting
T.ntJTSHURG. Kas.. June 3 (VP)
Four persons were shot . and
killed today on a farm two miles
southeast of Louisburg, Kas.,
Marshal Tom HiBBlns reported.
The dead were Ellis D. Faulk
ner, 61; his wife, Mrs. i'annie
Faulkner, 64,- their daughter,
Mrs. Georgia Kettler, 26, and the
latter's husband, Max Kettler,
84, .,.-.
Higglns said evidence indicat
ed that pettier nao snot nis wiie
and her parents, then shot nun
self fatally.
NEA FEATURES
Number 10124
,1
1,000.000 Get
Tax Refunds
WASHINGTON,!. June 3 (P)
The internal revenue bureau re
ported today it has made more
than 1,000,000 refunds since
March 15 on 1943 individual in
come tax returns, but cautioned
approximately 17.000.000 ner.
sons still entitled to refunds that
it will taKe several months to get
all checks into the mails.
Each refund check, the bureau
said, will be mailed as . soon as
possible by the regional disburs
ing office of the treasury in the
taxpayer's own district.
, The task of processing refund
claims is being handled by a
central unit in New York. Ap
proved 'claims then are sent to
the various collection districts.
Where Yanks
statute MlltS
... ... . .. .
Hard-ilgnting Americans nave laicen vaimomone ana eioiea m "" "i"7"
6) today, compelling Kesielring. the German commander, to get the remainder of his forces out
of the mountain-ringed Sacco valley by the narrower and rougher wute running to tho north
and coming out through Palestrlna. Americans are driving hard todty to reach Psleetrlno and
thus close tfep on the retreating Germans. (Thii map was drswn iieforo tho Amrlcsns took
Valmontone). '
Eterndl
On Final Lap
v ' ' By NOLAND NORGAARD '
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, June 3 (JP) An Amerl.
can in a jeep drove down the Via Casilina and met the British
eighth army east of Valmontone today while fifth army forces
south of Rome captured most of the Alban hills heights and
speared through the last mountain barrier to tho Italian capital. '
The fall of Rome appeared possible within a matter of hours,
with the possibility that it would be relatively bloodless.
A special allied communique- said the United Nations forces
"have only taken and will only take military action against
Rome insofar as the Germans use the city." The Germans in turn
issued a statement-that "Rome today can be regarded as a city
free of armed forces."
Allied headquarters announced the allies had "broken through
enemy positions south of Rome in many places."
At the same time the eighth army stabbing through the Sacco
valley to the southeast captured Anagni, seven miles northwest
of Ferentino, and a mile and a half above the Via Casilina, allied
forces of the two main armies are driving toward a junction on
the famed highway. .
ADVANCE UP HIGHWAY
Ampripnn irnnna ffmihaA (hmiiH). . u : i. . . i
. --"'.-J..
Lamivin weet nf Vollotri 4 nrl -n.
- . - '"""J . m.iviuiig uui une VI Mie must
heavily defended points in Rome's defense lines, and other -U. S.
farces ntlshpri tun milea nn tha Via fac-itl.,.. -ir-i .
on the right flank into the town of Labico.
In the Alban hills six miles north of Velletri, doughboy
troops had seized Monte . Castellacio, only 14 miles southeast of
Rome. - - - - ,
- The newest breakthrough jeopardized the whole nazl position
between the Alban hills and the seacoast, apparently, leaving the
nazui enarriino- tho Annlon ....... -a .l ... ..,
----- ,J , : -" j ".in jivuuic wiiu mi: alternatives
either of fleeing or fighting- where their rctreai route might
eaeilv ho nil.- kohin
J .mv UI.UUH. MlCill.
From the hnioha ImnrlmnE
f;w. miles to Rome s gates.
- - - FIERCE FIGHT CONTINUES
Infantrymen who had taken the nazis by surprise In smashes
through the hills instead of following the valleys now were in
position to link up with other U. S. troops toward the city along
the Via Casilina. , t
Headquarters said fierce fighting was continuing In the Alban
hills tonight, and progress is being maintained.
:' As the campaign for Rome entered its final lap, the allied
command declared the city would be spared as a battleground
unless the enemy chooses to defend it. .
"The allies have only taken and will only take military
action against Rome insofar as the Germans use the city, its
railways and roads for their military purposes," headquarters
pledged. ' ..... .., ;
At the same time, headquarters cautioned that' although Vel
letri' and Valmontone, bastions of the-Rome line, have been cap
tured, "the enemy's defensive position in this sector has not yet
been broken." ... . ; - - .... ..
. (An allied spearhead thrusting above Valmontone was '
-brought 'to-a standstill east of" Rocca di Papa 'and south of Panes
trina," five miles north of Valmontone, the Germans said).. - -'
THREE DIRECTIONS
United "States units which took Valmontone struck out in
three directions northwest along the Via Casilina toward Rome,
20 miles away; southeast along the same road to link up with
the French who are driving the Germans out of their lost foot
holds on the south side of the Sacco river, and due north along
an important secondary road toward a vital highway junction at
Cave, three miles from Valmontone.
The French, meantime, closed in quickly from the south on
Colle Ferro, four and a half miles southeast of Valmontone and
within pistol shot of both highway six and the river.
Farther to the southeast other French troops closed the re
treat route from the area south of the .Sacco river by slicing
across a secondary road at Sgurgola, 14 miles from Valmontone
and five and a half miles west of Ferentino, which, the eighth
army already had taken.
Gen. Alphonse Juin's French troops also were driving north-
ward from the village of Montelanico, 11 miles southeast of
Valmontone. Montelancio was taken the night of June 1.
IRON CLAWS CLOSE UP
Thus iron claws were closing in on whatever German units
were attempting to fight a rearguard action in the 13-mile sector
between Colle Ferro and Ferentino, looping south of the Sacco
river. -
From this bag the nazis had four unsurfaced country roads
extending northward, along which they could attempt to escape,
but close pursuit from three sides was certain to cost them heavy
casualties as well as the loss of all but their most highly mobile
vehicles. -.' , - . .
The enemy lost a thousand men in prisoners alone in the past
24 hours in repeated counterattacks, vainly attempting to halt
the Americans from widening the gap in their frontal defenses,
and advancing in the strongly-held Lanuvlo area. . , - ,
This brought the total prisoners taken by the fifth army alone
in the current offensive to more than 14,000.
The fifth and eighth armies together have taken over 20,000
prisoners. .
Fight to Close Trap On
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me 11.141 ablUIlgUUlU OX
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Germans In Italy
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