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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
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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
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.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
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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
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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!
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