Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1944)
filial Success von by Allies in nvasion Landings iontimicd From Pago Ono) Lis uBlnt possibly tho 1 In tho world. EhM mid wore slushing In E lotno of them actuolly Fn'ml In a advance. Tho Kill word ul hcadqiuirtcra m'd till!", while tho Vichy 'SltU'd the allied drive d wns lloliiK right ahead. i,, (linn 640 nuvul antui, iny loin of shellH uccur Into tlio coostnl fortlflca- i which the Gormans hud t four years preparing jnjt Uita dny. ,lmo MlnUter Churchill wus . to tell purliummvt thut tho n batteries hud boon "large uellcd." the undorwatcr ob ctlons Imd proven lew dang lit than fenrcd. and tho ,ie operation wwi "prococd. iccordlnR to Plim. Null Msko Clalmi lermnn nnval oppoltlon was lined to destroyer and or (orpudw boat which idmjartom said succinctly re being "dealt with." Tho rmana- i expected, blared their radios all sorts of .inn of vast destruction dono tilled flcot nnd forces, but ji no conflrmiitlon. ii one defiant gesture, iiome tho German cross - channel is opened a sporadic flro on itr during the afternoon, Hitler lo Franca? Unconfirmed report a a I d Hitler was rushing to Lice to try his Intuition EiMt the nlllcd operation. Pre- mibly Field Marshals Kurl td von Rundstedt and Erwln Himel were directing the do ts from their headquarters France. German account through itdta admitted that steady tuni of allied troops wore nUmilng to land, particularly the vicinity of Arromanchea, out midway between Ce Havre d Barfleur, and that tanks re whore at several places, ry said there was especially iter Hinting at the mouths of c Orne and VI ro rivors. The airborne troops' principal tnes of operations were placed the Germnns at Caen and irfleur. The Germans said the ncrlcan 82nd and 101st paro us divisions had landed on c Normandy peninsula, along Ith the American 28th and 100 iborne divisions. They said t British first and sixth air irne divisions were operating the Seine Bay area. The Gor ki)! complained that at some t au dummy parachutists were opned, exnlodlns on touch. the tenor of their accounts r.t wpport lo Prime Minister tarchlll's assertion that "there ready arc hopes that actual ctlcal surprise has been nltaln-l-and tlint "wo hopo to fur h tho enemy with a auccea n of surprises during the urse of the fiuhtins." I'f Uc Germans were correct ym mo locations, tho allied n apparently was to sclzo the ferbourg peninsula and make ormandy the Initial beachhead f' orivc up the Seine valley I Park. I The German radio began Joadcastlng a constant stroam invasion flashos almost as aoon P the first trnnna lanlnH anrl V nUnucd with oxtonslvo reporU I the gigantic naval and air pmoardmenta that covered the itlUU, .... flnta Fool Nasls Allied headquarters, however. went until 8:32 a. m. Brit time (3.32 a. m., EWT), when ucd 8 communlque wu "Under the command of Gen " ESCnllnW,lr nllUH r,o,,ol ft .sPPortod by strong air I, iu K"" '"naing aiuea arm in8 ,mrnlng on the north aTn coast nf f,nn. u d?h,?,ulcor plained that 5"' Eisenhower had kept ffiV'y ''lent until ha was wiutcly certain the landings '?. taken hold." I was disclosed that a num k. ..imannounced- 'cinU had rMplaco ,',n tne Pre-lnvaslon Ss?,that th0 Germans WaS , n .... ......... anJ lfii T uuln 11,0 xjriusn Kiim? StBtcs navles- includ es British and Amnion Knttin. IXi !SU,rled 8hellB '"to 'ho E.def?"ses whlcl Gor- Etars Ti, ; "uum ior lour h ,th Germans acknowl S,..lhat ilro waa tre- khoi. . na inat 11 had set tho I,,,0..16 by of the Seine area .The parachiitldio .nj SfM .In after a ne'rionai 5S tH Generflf El!,en- 'B Jr aormn ald they (lwuLCMn. and made deop Cth. vi"on" employed be- we Americana and Canad- 's feci .iflotlllM of mlncawecp )rffnii?Jway to e beaches he Jiod ground troops, and 'dSPhn$ operation alone iiurIb "the latest in Na8ffir?,mo. headquarters It N let i?.ihat the condition of "Xletv u r ea soma great Cay,'hut that th troops had 'easicl670". thUgh mny re"?r landl'nga on the beachea ' C,'"' various points ;ihah 8 f!re of shoro batter- od In tlie sea hava not proved so difficult as apprehended." Churchill called tho operation "undoubtedly the most compli cated and difficult which has vor occurred," Swedish correspondents re ported from Germany that tho nlllcs had landed at twelve points botwocn the Orne and Vlro rivers with the central as sault directed at Caon, 10 miles Inland and nt tho base of the Cherbourg peninsula. The Ger mans themselves called Caen the "centor of gravity" of the at tack. The Stockholm paper Aflon blndol snld, "The attack seems directed against tho most heav ily defended section of the French coast and aimed directly Bt Paris." Tho Gorman radio called it "a grand-style operation" both In area and numbers of troops and admitted Normandy had been penetrated by the airborne troops "In great depth." Thcro wos no confirmation from allied sources of a rumor that tho Caen airfields already had been captured. While tho allies described German naval activity as negll glble, the Germans claimed a furious sea battle had developed off Le Havre between nazl mo tor torpedo boats and tht In vasion fleet. Low-hanging clouds and arti ficial fog with which tho allied forces covered tho landings made It difficult to obtain a clear pic ture oi mo great assault. ino cnannct weather was somewhat unsettled, but sun broke through occasionally, and ino wmn nod moderated. Allied sources said the para chutists dropped through low ciouos, wniic the Germans com. plained that In some Dlaces dum mlea had been heaved over to contuse the ground defenses. The air assault hit new hi oh today, with constant streams of bomberi of every description dumping repeated loads on the chosen coastal area from which i rencn patriots had been warn ed by allied radios to withdraw at least to a depth of 35 kilo meters (22 miles). Whllo the French thus were warned away from tho Immedt ate attack area, an allied officer at headquarters declared, '"We have high hopes of the under ground in France which we have aided so long." General Elsenhower broad cast during the morning an an nouncement to the peoples of western r,uropc, toning mem oi tho landings and declaring, "All patriots, young and old, will imvo a part to play In Uie liber ation." He urged against premature uprisings, however, saying, "Be patient Prepare. Walt until I give you tho signal." Elsenhower also Issued an or dcr of the day to his forces, tell Ing them: "You ore about to embark on a great crusade. The eyes of the world are upon you and the hopes and prayers of all liberty loving peoples go with you. . . . Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely. . , . "I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill -in battle. We will ac cept nothing less than full vic tory." Invasion By the Hour And Minute l (Continued from Page One) planes bomb and strafe miles of normanay coast, 9i20 A. M. Marshal Patain broadcasts to Frenchmen to avoid reprisals. 9i34 A. M. Garmans report nasi counterattacks knock out OS Iliad tanks in Selna Bay area and making progress cast of Cherbourg, 9i40 A. M. Supreme head. quartars receives information beachheads established in Nor mandy with troops striking in. land. 10i40 A. M. Unconfirmed re. rort says Hltlar an route to ranca. Germans Identify four American and two British air borne divisions operating in Nor mandy and Seine Bay areas. lltlS A. M. Allies reported several miles inland in Norman. dy. Germans report penetration netwean catn ana isigny. 12:08 P. M. Headquarters dlt elosad invasion postponed 24 hours by bad weathari thai op position and losses war lighter man expected ana navai losses slight. 12i2l P. M. Qoerlna In order of day says "The invasion must be beaten off even if the Luft waffe perishes" but only 50 nasi planes are sighted before noon. 12:37 P. M. Churchill says landings were en broad front and that troops hava penetrated sev eral milas inland. Discloses fiohtina in Caan, nine miles in. land; says airborne troops seised several bridges and are well ea (abllshad. ' liOS P. M. Admiral King says Invasion is ."doing all right se lar.." ; GOVERNMENT DISSOLVED mler Marshal Pletro Badoglio dissolved his Italian government today and was charged by Crown Prince umberto with rorming a new government to include poli tical loaders In liberated Home. Pre-invsslon maneuvers such troops, shown rolling out of the American Editors Send Love To Girl Who 'Scooped' DNB NEW YORK, June OP) Joan Ellis, the 22-ycar-old British teletype operator who sent the false flash three days ago reporting the European Invasion was happily remem bered by newspaper editors when "a" Day finally ar rived. Newsmen found time to mes sage expressions of agreement with James P. Rosemond, managing editor of the Akron, Ohio, Beacon Journal, who said: "Based on Joan Ellis' state ment asking 'America to for give me,' suggest AP editors cable message to her. Ours would be 'No one In Ohio con cerned about invasion flash. Good luck and carry on'." The message was forward ed to tho London bureau. "Toll the British girl who flashed the Invasion Saturday that we all love her and that Klamath Thrilled But Calm as Long - Awaited Day Comes Klamath people greeted the announcement that . the long awaited D-Dny had arrived with comparative calm and quiet. Thore were a few Instances of excitement, but not as much as had been expected by some. Plans were being made to day for special church services to be held throughout the city. Mayor John Houston has issued a proclamation stating the ne cessity , fo the people of the community to attend church and support our men in the in vasion landings by prayer. Father Timothy Casey ot tne Sacred Heart church has an nounced that there will be spe cial D-Day devotions tonight at 7:30 o clock to which all cath olics are invited to attend. There will also be special pray er services at the Christian church. Arrangement has been made to obtain the latest news STATUTE MILES PRE-WAR BORDERS AS OF JAN. lj-1938 P!fiW iis.. 1 M ' ( R'9' ') ( K-Kf-NvW-Xs-lCM . ..VfJFratJtBLajai ivOT;.o;'tK-XvX-Nx-'v:W " a Jii.-NSiiv5i-fl piaV,L W. . - . . -w- ' y-T POLAND A RUSSIA :V,''ts;VvSf'C K , Dresden - tubha J ' -v. h "i . 5IBBf -c7 VjFrankiurr-.A V. A. - , TS. ' j-' fA. ' ' Dnopetrevakj k v ' ''I'M . r-iTj-Isl ' V' f' Cernautr Nikolaav J W0t 'Turin- fA 0V Buchat 1C-',anf8 ' SJ0'01" VM.rs.illJmiv SPlit lJ "'1 X BULGARIA - y h- ... I ' - . TWfei ' PescaraXS;V 's. -iSo''a ' . jfr$A- U:y HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Rehearsals Over XaAV as these have baen replaced by grounds of a British Islas castle. she scooped the world," said the Mayfleld, Ky., Messenger. The South Bend, Ind., Tri bune messaged "Please cable Joan' Ellis that Indiana thinks you knew it all the time." Comments from elsewhere Included: Paris, Ky Daily Enterprise: "Tell Joan' Ellis London no one here interested in flash. Al lforgiven. Good luck. Car ry on. Portland, Ore., Oregonian: "To Joan Ellis, to err is hu man." Hartford, Conn., Courant: "Today is another day. It's eyes front and good luck." The Herald and News joins In this sentiment on the 'false flash," and our message would be: "Congratulations you al most hit a bullseye. Without you DNB (Nazi news agency) would have scooped the. allies on the invasion news." Items as they come over the radio. A prayer room has been pro vided in the Christian church for all who may desire to use it on the Pine street side of the ground floor. Many residents were awak ened during the night when the first allied confirmation of. the invasion came by a man who seemed to go through a large part of the telephone directory; The invasion has been the main subject of conversation in offices, restaurants, and other places where there is a gather ing, and The Herald and News office has been deluged by phone calls from those wishing the latest news on the event. It is thought by some that the erroneous invasion rumor which came over the wires on Saturday has somewhat cut the excitement which might have accompanied the announcement. For Picture of i i ii .,.i,.M,..,.,,.,,.., , mmhu.m.i ..i ...... ..I. m. i . mmwx&MA. 1 .. ' M '.''f M RKST ' Oslo I WDN Jfl- o the real thing for these U. S. where they were billeted. By The Associated Press . Invasion Day found approxi mately 14,000 men and women idle in scattered labor disputes, but 4000 others went back to their jobs some in response to pleas to support the fighting forces. Production of finished air plane engines was halted at the Wright aeronautical plant in LockWood, Ohio, and at least 12, .000 employes were off duty fol lowing the transfer of seven ne groes from one shop to another. Company and CIO union officials sought to end tbej stoppage and agreed it was a protest against mixing white, and negro work, ers. The Timken Roller Bearing comDanv at Canton. Ohio, report ed nearly 1000 CIO unionists had left their costs in a seniority controversy. At Toledo, 450 Baker employes still were away from worK. - One thousand workers "who had quit because of curtailed oneration of a soft drink canteen. returned to their duties at the C. G. Hussey steel firm in Pitts. burgh after army and navy con ciliators declared: "You can't back up the boys by striking." A CIO leader strove to termi nate a walkout of 500 or more at the Simonds Saw and Steel company in Lockport, N. Y. Full scale production was resumed at the Illinois Ordnance plant in Carbondale, 111., where 860 had been idle. Four hundred striking spin ners, and more than 2000 others who had been out of work be cause of a lack of yarn, were back at their jobs at the River side and Dan River cotton mills in Danville, - Va. The concern announced it would abandon em ployment of negroes as spinners and doffers an issue in the All Europe, Study This 14,000 IDLE-" IN NATION ON INVASION DAY NAZ S FA LTD COME UP HDT STRUGGLE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. June 6 UP) German op position in all quarters was less than expected, it was learned at headquarters tonight, ana an op timistic tone was evident. It was disclosed that allied naval losses had been "very, very small." . American warships, particular ly one battleship, moved close in to the French shore and with the help of the air forces virtual ly silenced the coastal guns at the landing beaches. - German coastal gunfire was described as sporadic. In general, allied losses have been much less than expected. Between midnight last night and 8 o'clock this morning allied air craft flew 7500 sorties and dropped 10,000 tons of bombs on attacked areas in Normandy. Losses of aircraft carrying air borne troops were extremely small although the airborne at tack was on a very large scale, it was said. In the face of the powerful allied attack, the German air force flew, only SO sorties up to about noon, but allied airmen warned that a violent reaction by the German air force was expect ed soon. . An order of the day by Reichs- marshal Hermann Goering was cited in which the air force chief was quoted as declaring 'The in vasion must be beaten off even If the Luftwaffe perishes." r (Continued from Page One). Tiber bridges from Rome to the sea either nave Been Diown up or caDtured. ..- In still-jubilant Rome; how ever, 11 crossings remained in tact, and the fifth army poured across in a constant stream to chase the Germans fleeing north ward in disorder. Allied armored forces fanned out over a wide area. Infantry also has crossed the river in force and was reported driving ' due west of Vatican City. - The only resistance anywhere came from isolated rearguards. Air Force Busv - In the mountains east of Rome German rearguards threw strong opposition against the British eighth army in an effort to cover the northward withdrawal of the main enemy troops in that sector. The allied air forces gave the German columns no rest. In the area immediately north of Rome yesterday, more than 375 of their vehicles were destroyed or dam aged ,by fighter-bombers.. Heavy Domoers meanwnue pounded nortnern xtaiy rati lines, particu larly in the Po valley. Four en emy planes were destroyed and tne allies lost 13. Invasion Pronunciation Guide By The Associated Press Seine (river) Sehn. Cherbourg Shair-boor. Caen Kahn' (nasal). Le Havre Ler Havr . . Calais Kah-lay. Comprehensive Map YANKS DRIVE BEYOND ROME Bulletins On Progress Of Invasion (Continued From Page One) "there is even fighting proceed ing in the town of Caen." LONDON, Jun S (IP) Trans ocean in a Berlin broadcast to day said the allies had astab lished a lS-mila front from a mil to half a mile deep between Vlllers-Sur-Mer and Trouville. This area is about seven miles south of the big port of Le Havro w h a r transatlantic liners dockad in pre-war days and takes in the beach resort area of Deau ville. , . BARCELONA.' Spain. Jun. 6 W( German reports receivad here today said allied forces were' in full possession of Honfleur at the mouth of the Seine. ' Honfleur is ' iust across th river mouth from La Havra and the harbor was enlarged shortly oaf or the war. From-" Honfleur - the allied forces were said to be fannina out to the east and south toward Pont Audemer, 14 miles to the east, Beuseville, seven miles in land and Pont D'Eveque. LONDON, June 6 Fi Tha Vichy radio said tonight: "It must be admitted that the allied beachhead area has been considerably widened and that allied reinforcements are pour ing in." A German radio roundup of Berlin military commentary pre dicted further allied landings and suggested that there might be a sudden powerful stab for pans. . Further Angle-American transports are en route, partly in the channel, partly, north of Cnernourg," said one commen tator of transocean news agency. St. Malo Bight is thought to oa a particularly likely target for major sea and air-borne landings. The coastal area be tween the estuaries of the Sonr me and the Sine is another can didate for Invasion., . ; A (Continued From .Page One) - France was the "second front" for- which-1 h e Russians had called for three anxious years. But, the "second front"- already had ceased to be a political issue here before Eisenhower struck. The controversy amounted virtually to- a - crisis in 1942 when Stalin called for a front in western Europe of "first rate importance" and urged the United States and Great Britain to fulfill their obligations "fully and on time.! The "second front" talk, died down after the Teheran agreement on "the scope and timing" of blows from the east and west.- y -. Fresh forces of nazl infantry, and tanks attacking in the week-long German offensive in -the-Iasi. sector in Romania were repulsed yesterday, while red airmen hammered, the Bessarab ian railway junction of Chisinai, 70 miles east and a little south of lasi, Moscow reported today. Leningrad f" Novgorod . Staraya Ruts - Moscow vyazma Smolensk" . . TURKEY REDS COOKING V ' ' . ' PAGI NINI r NEW YORKERS, 'J TENNESSEEAHS I BALLOT TODAY By JACK BELL Associated Press 8taff Write With the fourth term pots! iu bility cited as an issue, voters no chose between democratic and oV republican nominees in two New 1 York City congressional elec 1 tions today as New Mexico clt- "i izens nominated governorship i-z candidates and Tennessee demo- i crats picked national convention " delegates; . t The fourth term question was . brought: into New York's 11th u district, congressional race by "t Ellsworth B. Buck, republican Ai .oposing Thomas B. - Cantwell, id democratic and American labor iw party nominee, for the seat mada ; vacant by the death of Rep. i james a. u L,eary, democrat. a: in. a district wnere the usual winning . democratic, margin of about. 20,000-votes ..was cut. to rii about 0000 in 1942, Buck has of asserted that the most dangerous. -.i of -what he -called -"steps on. the 1 unhappy road : to dictatorship" rn would be "the continued re- mi election: of one man lor pres ident.'.' -, Endorsing a - fourth m term,' Cantwell praised the ad ministration's policies. .& This racb attraoted much mora us attention than a similar contest in the fourth district, where Wil Ham G. Nolan, republican, opou posed John J. Rooney, nominee of the democratic and American ' labor parties. . The fourth dls trict ordinarily is democratic by J more than 10,000 votes.. v'a As New Mexico voters eater ;i elsed their franchise. Senator rn Chavez (D-N.M.) declared that if V the "real democrats" of the stato do not clean house "the repub-. licans will. p Chavez : commended Intra- .s party- opposition to Gov. John iW J. Dempsey 'opposed , by Mrs. w Edna Peterson, Albuquerque iz housewife, in his bid for re nomination. Nomination form two congress at . large posts, a -ft well as a full state ticket,- were; at stake in the voting. ' : a- Tennesee democrats gathe te) pick that state's 28-vote slat o .:o convention .delegates and to aa xo lect 12 presidential electors with- se out any- .outward storm signals that have marked similar meet. ings in . other southern states), m III ill uuiiMiuni uiiu- .. ...-..-.-i.. , ..... ..ut. jiv . ii . .. - .... -V..V. m LONDON; June-6 UP. Th al lied army of liberation- rammed Hitler's westwall today - with !" many secret, weapons la use lor ? the first time--' ;.r- vri"--: While not-disclosihg this type 93 and actual number xi these :wear- pons, the ministry o Supply said ". factories- had. beea.manufactur-r f ing them for many, months past under the greatest Secrecy Often: workers' themselves did not'i know what: they. .were making. ''-J The weapons,; many so vital thev -were ma3e in small narts .. at widely separated, plahfs,: were) ? brought together only for final... assembly: Workers in these - plants were pledged to secrecy "J and they kept the trust, -: ,1 AveryClaimi Conspiracy WA'SHINGTbS,'. June' 8 '& Sewell Avery, : chairman of Montgomery Ward and . com pany, .contended, today that tha national . larjor relations - noara and the war labor board "con spired together" to . bring about seizure of the. Chicago plant in order to ' enforce : instructions '"they - knew to ' be illegal and unfair.".' J , Moreover, r Avery v told ' 'the- house . special- committee investi gating the Ward case, President Roosevelt exceeded his authority in authorizing the. seizure.. Avery was ejected By soldiers when he refused to leave tha plant upon request., Stocks Move tip: In Fast Market NEW.' YORK; June 8 ; (PI 1 Stocks', particularly issue: with 4 good peace prospects, 'responded 'i to the allied European ' invasion ? today With substantial: upswings 3 in the 'fastest market-since, last J November. Some .selling -an-J peared at the opening but bios for ; motors; air.- transports and other inausmais soon Decame 2 urgent and. ;gain eventually 3 ranged from a few cents to mora than SI a share. A few rails, aircrafts. and liquors were back- ward. near, the close. - ,' ' C o-mm o d i t i e S ; exhibited strength afterr'initialr' hesitancy with-grains -at Chicago jumping j 1 cent to better than 2 centa a, bushel. - Bonds were only a A shade mixed. !; . ' "Tf. ... q 2700 Mexicans !j Planned For State . ! WASHINGTON, -June 8 (ITj ) iThe waf i food administration 3 plans to send an additional 1700 i ' Mexican workers to Oregon thla' month; Sen. Guy Cordon (B-OTf).)i; said today.' - v" ; ' ' ' This wUl be 700 .'mora than;! thef original allotment, he aald,;!' adding that 1100 Mexican labor--, , ers already are on Oregon farina,1 1 ; A fscientlst ha irueceeded !nt measuring time dowrfto one 600,' millionth of a second,- - ; - , ' -is- iu ..... 3J-4 M. or
