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MMffll CT fo)RR) u w JnThi ShtiHla-VaHi'atlv XV ontlertand Wa 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1944 Number 10127 (la math Road Accident Takes Lives of 3 Men Three state highway employes were killed and a fourth Ijured when a car overturned ,on the Klamath Falls-Lake-ltw highway near Dairy late Tuesday afternoon. Toll of tne misnop was one or ino greaiesr in several years here. blrlklng a soft shoulder, the I ATTACK CASE WMirMl WrlKht. 24-ycnr-old stationed ut tlio Klam ath nnvnl nlr station, Is being Lid 1m mllltury custody pond- in navy invcstiwitlon of n civil :tiirc bk"'' ""; Im 01 me aimuiury rupo ui 2.year-old locol girl, It was an ounccd by District Attorney L. irlh Sitomoro toaay. . , Young WrlKht, who la mar cd and hu two children, has n living wiui ma lanuiy ai incut auto court, when not on Ltv mi Ihn alrbnse. I The llltlo girl, who was do scribed as emotionally upaet, (told her atory of the alleged at tack to the district attorney and ijuvtnlle officers m follows: I She said that Snturdny night filit went to a local auto court fto like euro of the children of air. and Mrs. Wright, while the Fcouplo went out for tne evening. When tne aouor ana nis wuc time home aomo time around midnight, Mrs. Wright went to mother cabin to visit briefly, While (he was gono, 1 Wright time In- and attacked her, the (in told tlio local officials. The 12ycar-old Hirl said she stayed al the Wright homo the remainder of tlio night, alio had been warned by . WrlKht not to mention the alleged act. The next morning, according to tne lilrl'a testimony, she went home, ILonunuou on fage iwo) . Reefs Ready to n Offensive Ope By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW. Juno 7 IA' Rus- li is prepared to throw tho treat weight of the red army Into the growing offcnslvo Ulnst Germany, Red Star, tho "ovlet nrmv nowsDnoer. aald to- ly. I A strong, mounting attack of 11 the armies of the United Nations will bo fully develop Hi," Red Star said. The Brent nrmlnit ' uhlrh nt Teheran gavo solemn promises 'w io make a separate peace ;ra beginning to movo forward for a meeting In Berlin, the newspaper added. Muscovites got up early this morning to read tho freshest Invasion bullotlns. -despite one 01 the wllrinl nlohta nt rn1n. oration during tho war.' Out- my window tho radio Is Waring forth the latest details, "id tho sovlot press. In an un precedented ' display, .turned ver whole paoos to tho mo- tjenlous , military.', operations inUMla had Ions' awaited. WEATHER Jun 7. iau'7 ' '." Max. (June 6) 73. Min'.-;U.i'.'..42. "clpltatlon last 24 hours 00. am year to data 8.69 Normal 11.24. Last vear 17.14. Forecasti Showers.' Klamuth-bound car first left the highway on one side, careened back to tho pavement, struck a soft shoulder on tho other side, and overturned. Killed almost instantly was Ralph C. Turner, 71, of Red mond. Oscar Lucas, 58, Bend, and William Frank Reed, 64, Bend, died Just after reaching tlio hospital here. Thrown Clear Fred Harvey Denham, 20, principal of a school at Harper, Ore., who was riding- in the back seat, was thrown clear and escaped with only minor injur ies. -The accident occurred at about 6:15 p. m., oa tho men were re turning to town after working on the highway all day near Beatly. Sccno of the crack-up la at tlio western foot of Bly mountain, at the place where uie HimeDrana logging roaa crosses tlio highway. , - Men In tho car were residing temporarily In Klamath Falls while working for the highway department, ; Passed Truck ' Lucas was driving the car, and sought to no around a slate highway oiling truck, alao west Bound, me sedan nit tne shoul der on (he left sldo first. Den ham, tho, only tisurvlvor, . went through' wo top ana innaca in a d e of sand about 30 feet away, Lucas camo out through 1 the door, and the other , two went through the top, which was torn wide open. : ' State nollce and Ward's am. bulancc rushed to tho scene, and Dr. Peter Rozcndal, county health officer, accompanied them. Turner died on uie pave ment at the sccno of the crash Dr. Georgo H. Adlor, coroner, said that all men died of skull fractures. The Klamath accident brought to eight tho number of persons killod In highway and logging camp mishaps in Ore gon in the last-24 hours. Big Tree Falls - Three of the deaths and all of the lnlurics occurred when a slant tree, .bio w'n from its courso bv a mist of wind as log' gers felled It, flattened tho front end of a Valley Stage Lino bus on the South Santlam highway near Cascadla late Tuesday,- The dead: Arthur Holmgrcen, 83. Waldport; ' P. G. O'Kclly, Mitchell; an unidentified wom an. . Treated at Lebanon General hospital . wore Hugh Klzer, Al (Contlnued on Page. Two) General Miller Talks, Demoted '. WASHINGTON, June 7 (IP) The mnlnr eeneral who was re duced to his permanent grade of lieutenant colonel and sent home for. Indicating In advance the tlmb of D-Dny was Identified to day by the war department as Lt, Col. Henry J. i , jvinier, or ouieiu N. J. Scene of Multi-Fatality Highway Accident i ' "' ''' I Thi. nirtnr. w talcan ihortlv after tha accident on the Lakevlew highway near HUdabrand lata Tuesday in which three.stata highway workers were fatally injured. Tha death car. -with a gaping hole In its side and top. is shown in tha foreground.. ' . . ' ". More LoimdiDinigjs Mode is IBeoch : Aireos CBeoiredl By WES GALLAGHER ' : - ': ' SUPREME ADVANCE COMMAND POST, ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, June 7 (AP) German armored counterthrusts. have been thrown back near Caen and allied forces are strikihef forward. on a broad front in which heavy air-borne reinforcements" have' been thrown .into heavy fighting, allied headquarters said'to" night.' " ' ; . At the same time German accounts told of new air-borne land-; ings,, not confirmed by headquarters. The Germans ". indicated ' a bold attempt to cut off the Cherbourg peninsula and seize the vital, trans-Atlantic port might be in progress. ; j V I' With the enemy cleared from fneir landing . beaches, many of which had been .linked into a solid front, the allies sent from 250 to1 500 Flying Fortresses and Liberators part of a day-long aerial pa-? rade to bomb. the : road intersections south of Caen and block off German, reinforcements . rolling northward. German radio, announcements declared a new allied tea- BULLETINS Oil PROGRESS OF INVASION IE v H.nn.nnMtim ' Ilia flnnDrl. ment referred to Miller's action as-a-violation of security. Ho is an air force officer. i (Additional Information, Page 12) j' By -WILLIAM PHIPPS -Associated Press War Editor , Japanese troops have ham mered into the . outskirts of Changsha, vital Hankow-Canton railway city -In China's central Hunan province, Chungking re ported today. ' The Japanese closed the final 22-mile gap to tho provincial capital against Chinese resist ance as fierce as that being put up by Japanese on Biak island whero American invasion troops were edging toward airdromes within bomber rango of the Philippines. . - In China's Yunnan province, however, Chinese troops knifing along tho Salweon front drove the Japanese from Chiaotou and reached ChlangUo and Watien. Yanks Gain . Americans on Blak extended one column within a mile and one-half of Mokmer airdrome, , (Continued on Pago Two) Japs Term Death 'Inhuman" Act NEW YORK. June 7 (fl1) The Japanese have launched what was described as a strong protest with the United States on the death of a Japanese last month at the Tulelake Internment camp, said a Tokyo broadcast hpnrri todav bv NBC. The broadcast claimed the death was a "shooting" and called it an "overt act against humanity." The Tokyo broadcast apparent ly-referred to an altercation De- tween a Jap internee and a sen try: at the Tulelake internment camp, in which the internee was shot. Fifth Army Pounds flfter I j , I, i-in- g'rr-f-n-rui ririnriiNHgn'f i Retreating German Troops 40 Miles North of Rome Ny NOLAND NORGAARD ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES, June 7 (P) Fifth army troops pounding after' the retreating Germans are advanc ing rapidly in the direction of Civitavecchia, ' 40 miles north west of Rome, it was announced tonight. 1 - ' ..-' Civitavecchia Is the' nearest important port -to-Rome on the Tyrrhenian sea. ... The. advance on this second parallels drives north and -west of Rome which had already reached more than 10 miles. It was noted that the German communique said the- allies achieved "a major crack" in the Workers Hold Big Aircraft Plant Idle CINCINNATI, June 7 (IP) An estimated 450 workers, described by a company official as Vbona f ide ' strikers" held most of the huge Wright Aeronautical cor poration plant idle for a third day today in disregard to an AAP officer's olea to "help the invasion and halt, this monkey- business. . . . ' ' . Between 12,000 and 15,000 workers have been absent since Monday, - stalling production of airplane engines and parts. The strike and resultant sym pathetic walkout as it was de scribed by the company result ed Monday after transfer under armed- guard of seven negro workers into a shop hitherto manned entirely by white per sonnel. flam nm Vast Allied Armada Carrie s Troops To French Coast - ? .x' V ' fi lif X , " - ' -. 5. s x Vk v ST t--, mm - i i l,i v .T'ls t.ltflraoh.d picture shows . part of the 9r.1t Heat of surlae. er.ft which curled allied troops across tha English chin " the attack os) HWtr'1 mn wtfl. , German lines on the' coastal road west of Rome, and had "again launcnea a Dig auacK mm su perior, infantry and tank forces.: One column pushing .behind Rome earlier Was reported onlys five miles from Lake Braccblano Another column has driven at least 10 miles northwest of the Italian capital after crossing the Tiber and still is forging steadily ahead behind enemy rearguards. Patrols probing west - from Rome reached points . three- to five miles from the sea and near ly a dozen miles north of the Ti ber's mouth. . , - Resistance Spotty -Only spotty resistance was be ing encountered bv the fifth army forces but the eighth army was engaged in brisk battles with strong German; delaying forces in the mountainous sec tors east of the capital. - New Zealand troops captured Balsorano, about six miles north of Sora, in their advance up high way 32 toward Avezzano. . The newest gains were report ed after Gen. Sir Harold Alex ander, allied commander-in-chief in Italy, in a broadcast to Italian patriots, declared that "in less than a month the strength of the German armies has been .bro ken." . Liberation Underway ' Alexander urged the patriots to rise against the nazis and do (Continued on Page Two) Local Man Held On Felony Charge Dan Robinson, bartender for the Rialto, who allegedly ab sconded with $300 in cash taken from his place of employment today, was arrested today in Medford. He is being held there on a felony, warrant holding him on charges of larceny by embezzlement. The sheriff's office here was notified of the alleged ' theft early today. Sheriff Lloyd Low then called Sheriff Syd Brown at Medford, who arrested Rob inson as he was boarding . a stage at the Medford depot. Cabaret Tax Cut By Congress WASHINGTON, June 7 (P) Legislation boosting the nation's debt limit from $210,000,000,000 to $260,000,000,000, and at the same time reducing the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 per cent, was approved finally by congress to day and s e n t . to the White House. 1 The measure clears a' legal path for the opening June 12 of the $16,000,000,000 . Fifth War Loan. The night club tax was tacked on the debt ceiling bill by the senate, but another senate pro vision exempting service men and women from payment of SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS. A L -L I E D ' EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, Juno 7 OP) Can.'. Eisenhower mada the journey across tha channel to day to tho beachhead vicinity in a royal navy warship- along with Admiral Sir Bertram ' Ramaay and savaral staff offi cers, it was announced tonigni. MEW . YORK. Juno 7 UP) -A brocJcVbT the anti-naii At lanta underground atatiod -in Germany, . Jiaara ,py w Ht;, aaia today ' nail force had given up tha. town of Bayeux. six miles inland on tha Cherbourg penin sula' and 16. mile northwest of Caan, after a night battle with the allies.' - SUPREME HEADQUARTERS. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June 7 (IP) Tha American ninth air" force'-announced 33 ' hours, after H-hour that its troop curler, command had completed. Its firit align Tho skr trains returned to Britain this morning after al most a day and a halt ot con stant movement across tha chan nel. More than 900 air-born sorties war flown in addition to those by tha Britiah. NEW YORK, June 7 (IP) The Britiah information service said today that the British sixth airborne division hat capiurea and is holding bridges north of Caen, France. - LONDON, June 7 (IP) A camp for allied prisoners has been aatabliahed at Rouen in tha invaaion area, the Berlin radio said today, adding crypti cally! "When ' t h prisoners were , (Continued on Page Two) Segregee Held For Attack on Soldier at Tule NEWELL, Calif, June 7 Har ry Hiroschi Kawai, 25, resident of the Tulelake segregation cen ter, has been placed under ar rest by WRA police tor-auacK-ing a : soldier and was turned over to Modoc county author ities. He is being held in the Alturas jail charged with assault with a deadly-weapon. The attack was made with a meat cleaver taken from the mess hall in block 15 of the cen ter, i The soldier warded off the blow aimed at him and was not seriously Injured. He was struck in the back by a glancing blow with the broadside of the cleaver which had a 6 by 9 inch blade. The name of the soldier was not made known. Kawai's home before evacu ation was at Independence, Ore. Agreement Made On Kimmel'Short WASHINGTON, June 7 (lP)- The house and senate approved today a comoromise bill which would extend for six months - until after - the elections the time in which Rear Admiral Husband E. Klmmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short could be court - martlaled in connection with the Pearl Harbor disaster. ' The senate acted after house democrats repulsed a republi can e f f o r t to reinstate the house's original three-month ex tension. ' Jf - The measure now goes to the white House for presidential ac- borne landinq off Le Havre, where a hundred or more- allied warships had been previously reported, had been beaten back by coastal guns. , ? . Report . Unconfirmed :J. , This report was not confirmed here, nor were other Ger man reports that an entire allied air division had been landed, on the west coast of the Normandy peninsula and other airy borne forces dropped at Lessay and Coutance, 30 and 44 miles below Cherbourg. ' . ; - (The British information service, in "a cable" from London, said air reconnaissance showed all railroad, bridges between,. Paris and Rouen were down and that only two high bridges" remained. Oniy one railroad bridge and five highway bridges?, over the Seine between. Paris. and Le Havre were said to beT intact).. '. ;: Reports from the Cherbourg peninsula invasion front j showed "decided improvement" at midday, and the allies. are?" making "considerable progress on the whole front" despite i. -bad weather and stiffening resistance, a headquarters officer., said.' - :-v. .v- .iO'T ' .Caen is at the base of the Cherbourg peninsula,. and: southwest ofc-Le Havre. ; '"...''.-Vv--. 'V:;V:-; .. Headquarters-said :fr6nt reports -showed '-imprevmentCbyr midday after, being' ."disappointing" .early, this -morning. 'J.. - Though "the initial- beachheads- which the Germans saic extended "over more tharr-a -50-mile stretch have. beerr cleared and some linked with those nearby, a few. may still be under German artillery fire. : : ", . 31,000 Sorties . . ' ; : Air headquarters declared the allied air, force-In mam-" moth support of the invasion thrust had flown more" than 31,000 sorties between June 1 and last night. , j. ..:..'';.' The huge numbers of airborne allied .troops seized key positions and helped throw back- nazi-led counterblows. Th Germans likewise rushed m parachutists. '. !. ' ! For four months the Germans have been building ah air borne army .for just this purpose, led by Lt.-Gen. Kurt Student," whp; engineered the landings "in-Crete.' RAF Mosquitos ;last night destroyed five Junkers-52 troop carriers. - . -.-'v i '.' The Germans said they beat off hew landing attempts -near Calais, 150 miles northeast of Cherbourg, but later their reports indicoted German coastal guns merely fired at allied ships - in the area, and there were - no indications supreme headquarters was trying' to invade there. . , J -.''ilfv-z ' Peninsula Aflame - ' Airborne troops have seized bridges and roads, and Joined sea-landed troops at some points, front dispatches said, and some towns have been captured. 7 . The peninsula, aflame with fighting again': supported by allied sea and air power, was strewn, with colored parachutes of troops and engineers, rations and equipment dropped frorn the sky. Two of the reinforcing air waves were. -two-pldna : alider combinations. . ,'":" ;: :.''- -.'--. !-W 't ''''i'y- I he (jerman high command, aamittea "superior torces ' had established beachheads more than 40 miles apart, at the mouth of the Orne river and north of Carentan, and- a DNB broadcast said American troops,, steadily being rein forced, were engaged near St. Mere Eglise, between Carerw tan and Cherbourg near the peninsula's, tip. ' ' ' ' DNB said the allied bridgehead at the Orhe river" was ;.' about 21 mile's wide and six miles deep-at points, but de- -dared a thrust to seize the town of Caen, nine miles inland, had been repulsed. There were consistent reports of heavy fighting at Caen. - ',- . .Headquarters has cautioned : that strong ; nazi' counter- : thrusts may be expected. -t- ' -: ' -.vV ; ; ; Improvement Shown .v;-'' ''' The British sixth air force division captured bridges north r of Caen, headquarters said. There was no official, comment on a German report that an .entire allied air-borne division had been landed on the-western, coast of the Cherbourg pen insula. .- -.. ;:..:';': ''C-y . (Continued on Page Two) ' ; ; Officials at Washington ',, Temper Invasion Optimism By JOHK M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, June 7 (IP) The first crisis of the invasion ended in . allied victory today. The second and final crisis has yet to develop. ' That is the reason Washing ton officials from President Roosevelt down are tempering their optimism with cautious words about the next few days. The president told a press conference late yesterday , that western front operations were "up to schedule"; that American naval losses- up to noon (EWT) had been two destroyers and. a tank landing ship and that losses of the airborne force had been bne per, cent of the force involved. - .- ' v You Don't Walk In But, he said, he hopes the country will not become over confident - and went on ' to em pnilw hli view that even this first operation isn't over. You just don't land oh the beaches and walk In, he said. There' haa to be a lot of hard fighting.'"! ' From the tactical viewpoint It is one continuous push . to ex pand the beachheads and broad en the local fronts into a single huge, line of attack, but strateg ically it - shapes upr somewhat differently in this way: 4 The Germans, as their nafne "west wall" -implied, planned their defense from Holland to the Bay of Biscay as a fixed defense In this. area they set up a belt of strong-point defense known on the Russian front as : "hedgehogs" running up to 25 to 40 miles deep. .; . .. ; Hold Back Pamai ' - ' To the "wall,", because, of Its vast size, they VMre compelled to commit most, possibly almost all, of the 54 or more division! (Continued on Pf Two)
