0
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s news
- .mW JENKINS
r .uurcmo headquarters In
Knaloncl (SIIAEF) announces
. .la "llm flrnt phase of tho
;j$aAS BEEN ACCOM-
lSjSluo tho first phnno .us
' Sri K of foothold and
dffcntlnK uf locul Gorman
trvo." , , , , . , v.
n SHAEF uclds that allied
.mods nro now entering the
J 'c, which to one of
"JiinL the German "tactical
JrW?' " concludes! "Tho
? l dIic, which muni bn won
'"r l.- nnHltlcin to com-
Eft secure, to that of defeat.
the licrmuii tinwuiu -f'"
L !'. -ii...,,,,t In nwikn thill
Element a Uttlo clearer, lot
LSiro tho troops tho Ocr
l7hd on hand AT THE
IDL "u". ii i,uln .turted.
ll.t..l 1rnuf ' uhnrn
Elblow would fall nd had to
Home sort of protection to
LlrSWJIUL.t' iiivoiuiii ".,
twlocnl force on hnnd at tho
Ciwcrc doubtless rather weak.
f-ftcUcal reserves" are the
Cenynnn7EACKfr-mtho
iii t point from which thoy
a be HUSHED QUICKLY
wherever Ihcy mlffhl b "ccd
I In hurry. . ,
"StrntcKlc reserves nro ALL
IB REST of tho Germun mil
iry force not nctlvely engaged
the moment on nny particular
onl. These reserves nro hold
r buck (perhaps Insldo Ger
jny) to bo sent wherovor a
lllcul threat by us develop!
Kclally to wherever It appears
Sour MAIN ATTACK may bo
Whcn"we defeat Gcrmnny'a
nttslc reserves, we'll havo the
lr pretty well won.
'HE dispatches today-mako-lt
pin In (as this Is written) that
ie big German counterattack
ain't yet begun. You may
onder why.
Keep this In mind: The Ger
unj havo to bo suro It IS the
nl thing before they throw In
irge bodies of tholr not-loo-Untlful
rcsorves nt - any par
cular point. If they do that
x ioon. nt the WRONG nlnce,
re may hit SOMEWHERE ELSE
tnd cntch them dangerously
k. .
That Is why Rommel Is holding
K until ho knows WHERE to
-''" '
nN this point, there's an oddly
r Interesting note In- tho dis
tiches today.
j John Moro.io, an AP corros-
tondent, cables : from London
ihit in splto of nil the talk of
lugcness the invasion attack In
li Initial phases Is NO LARGER
than the attack on Sicily.
I If that is- truo. we're' still
JIOIDING BACK . tho bulk of
fur forces, to bo usod whorovor
pt need (or want) them most,
fhero's another interesting hint
inmo dispatches of strong allied
javal nctlvllv In thn np ulihor-
Tood of the Ulfinrt ' nf Corsica.
From Corsica, we, could strike
Pi tho MEDITERRANEAN coast
i franco.)
The big Invasion battle hasn't
w really begun.
JN this invnslon, our first Job
n to GET ASHORE, on the
emv'fl rnnet fliii. nnvft Irtl-i la
hong onto our toehold and
Snd sufficient reinforcements
fend supplies ON THE BEACH.
Ipur third 1nb I tn ennturn n
portbecause port facilities are
r io gci in reinforcements
P"d supplies In sufficient volume
Kulckly enough.
I It looks today as If wo mny bo
glmlng first at tho port of Cher
Ijourg. Wo'vo cut tho Cher-pjrg-Paris
railroad at Bayeux
PM seem to bo thrusting soutli-
irom mere. It s a fair guess
nil "XT PurPso i to PINCH
; f the Cherbourg peninsula
laclliu h'gh,y deslrable. Prt
(Vou'li find a map on this
me today that will mako the
i-.uon ininy plaln.)
jVHY didn't wo attack Cher
L bourg and Le Havre first?
A 0 ai"wor to that there Is where
" enemy was strongest. (
' .
Gormnns roport today
, .no i me missions nave
'auiirnnri .
UROAD FRONT In RoinBnla.
I,,; uormnn broadcast says
i heavy fighting" s ln progress
S; Tho Russluns mnko no
K?"0" It, but thoy usually
(3' thelr nnnouncementB until
w offensives are well undor
Watdl II Wlii,l... J.,nlnr,D
m.i "ilas'nn iront now is lit
densely Importnnt. , .
JHE Germans are retreating
l pif1!y north ot Romp. There
' COns rlni.oUln .1-1 r e A
ffi Alon ai"on8 thdlr troops
many as foihty tin-
""it formations are Ireported
'nri.. H """"ira in tnefuorman
S""S lnkon' Breaking up of
SS. lln"s In a repeat is a
sure sign of badUroublo.
V
.'T'S not ffiroot Ihn 4nnflp
MnoArthur's men taike Mok
ItiTL aJreld on BfoW islbnd
PRICE 5 CENTS
COUNT! BUYS
BUILDING FOR
Former Soule Hospital
Bought For $25,000;
New Job Cancelled
Klnmath county court this
week negotiated the purchase of
the old Soule Minitnrium bulld-
lnu (Community llosnltnl) on
Main street, to be used as head
quarters for county hcalin unit
and detention homo for vcncral
cases.
Tho deal, papers for which
were being drawn today, cancels
tho plan for construction ot a
new building for tho same pur
pose nt Third and Klamath.
Tho Community hospital was
recently uurchnscd and renovat
ed by Mrs. Kathryn Wilson, who
to now selling tho building to the
county for $23,000, this amount
covering all equipment and
furniture now In tho hospital.
Houiei 20
Tho hospital has three floors
with a total of 28 rooms. The
second and third floors houso 20
beds. Tho first floor has been
(Continued on Pago Thirteen)
Avery Hit
In Ward Case
WASHINGTON, Juno 8 (At
James a. McArcy, secretary-
treasurer -of the CIO, i testified
today that Montgomery Wnrd
and ' company's resistance to
government seizure of Its Chi
cago plant demonstrated Hint
Sowell Avery- Is a petty ty
rant" holding his own Interests
'-jove the w e 1 f a r e of his
country." ' i
Appearing - before the house
committed Investigating the
seizure, Carey said that Avery,
Ward board chairman, persist
ently has denied employes the
right to organize and that the
collective bargaining in which
he did engage was a "sham and
pretense."
Recalling the NLRB' Is con
sidering a rule to give employ
ers the right to petition for a
new election, If they doubt the
status of tho union, within five
davs nfter a contract expires,
he said this would be n "deadly
wenpon"- which would disrupt
labor relations.
County
Yanks
HEALTH CENTER
: - y
V 'M
"' "'J'"
" r i
tm. well-built "brlcit hospital building on Main street near the canal' to to;be purchased by
v'l.IJ.h unJ as a headquarter, for the health unit and detention home for social disease
Klamath county a. a .ltructllr, lor,Tklrd and Klamath. The price -wai $25,000. The
Boul. ..rXtarium. and later the LlghUoot ho.piUl and
In The SliiiHla-Catnuide Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944
Take Biak Field
Terrific Gale
Hits Woodland
WOODLAND, Calif., Juno 8
(A) A gale of moro than 50
miles an hour struck Woodland
and Yolo county early today
and In more than three hours'
duration destroyed crops valued
by brokers In tho hundreds of
thousands of dollars, uprooted
fruit trees, damaged business es
tablishments and some resi
dences and Interrupted power
communication services.
Grain brokers said the dam
age to tho barley crop was pos
sibly the greatest loss. Dnmagc
to 20,000 acres of tomatoes, the
largest planting In the history
of tho county, also was report
ed great.
Street trees by tho score were
blown down, George Hazeman,
street superintendent, reported.
TO ALLIES IN ITALY
Bv NOLAND NOHGAAnD .
ROME. . June 8 , (A-)--Allied
SKST ay "troops '
west of tho Tiber today cap
tured Clvita Cactellana strategic
highway and rail Junction 32
miles north of Rome, after other
fifth army units had seized
Civitavecchia, Rome's principal
seaport 38 miles northwest of the
eternal city.
Clvita Cnstollana Is a Junction
of three Highways, and also of
electric railways to Rome and
Yiterbo . Vi"
Tho Germans still appeared to
b6 withdrawing, in a bad state
of demoralization, without any
Indication yet available a to
when they might turn and -attempt
a determined stand.
Disorganised
An officinl spokesman de
clared "the battered remnants of
tho. Gorman 14th army are In a
considerable state of dlsorgan
, (Continued on Pago Thirteen)
Woodsmen May Be
Accused In Death
From Falling Tree
LEBANON, Ore., June 8 (ff)
Three woodsmen faced charges
of involuntary, manslaughter to
day In tho death of three Ore
goninns, passengers on a bus
crushed by a falling tree near
Cascadia, Ore., Tuesday.
Charles H. Brown and William
G. Llghtle, woodsmen who felled
the tree, and their employer,
Glen Ohllng, were named on a
coroner's jury charge on the
ground they should have posted
flagmen on the highway.
Gets Hospital Building
MITH GET5
TO
PHILIPPINES
Japs Score Gains In
Drive on Changsha;
Bangkok Rocked
By WILLIAM PHIPPS
Asoc.nieu reis War r-ditor
uen. uouglas toacArthur own
ed an airbast today within bomb
er range of the Pnllippines the
nines' urst since Japan's steam
roller crusned tnem pack against
Australia, early ln tne racuic
war.
Toushencd American invaders
of BiaK, largest island of the
Schouten group off Dutch New
Guinea, outsmarted tho Japan-
nU MnL-mAF
. . la rfo f ,..
- "krner is" oky 880
mUes Southeast of- the. Philip-
mnna.
Jd Gain in China
Announcement of the Yanks'
Mokmcr triumph highlighted
Jnnnnese setbacks in every Paci
fic theater except Central China
where fierce Chinese resistance
was being overcome around
Changsha. ' . ;
Thi lcev HankowCanton rail
way center ln Hunan province
BASE
BUI
wSbeSg.atran
Japanese speajheaBsTn a"nvepP" .
to .split China from north to
souin.
But the Chinese pressed ahead
(Continued on rage inineen;
Mcintire.Says.:.
FDR Health Good
WASHINGTON, June'- (IP)
Vice Admiral Ross T. Mclntire
reported today President. Roose
velt s neaun is "exseuem iu
Detailing to reporters the re
sult of a-recent- physical- check
up the president underwent at
the naval medical center, the
president's personal physician
said Mr.. Roosevelt's present
weight Is about 180 pounds.
"HriMs In better physical con
dltlon than the average man his
age," said Mclntire.
As a result of the president's
spring vacation in the south, he
added, Mr. Roosevelt is now in
better health than he has been
at any time for a year "and
you know that is very gooa
shape."
Here
Chief Calls
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
in chief, gives hU order of the
to paratroopers somewhere in England Just before they, took off
in planes for the D-Day invasion of France.' (AP Wirephoto from
signal corps radio.) ;
War Bulletin
LONDON, June 8 (IP) A
commentator on the naii-con;
trolled Paris radio said to
night that 20 allied division
now have landed in Normandy
and added that the battle was
"growing in depth." . - ' .
Simultaneously the German
radio reported an allied tank
puin naa anven asmuva.aa
six miles south of captured
Bayeux, itself five miles from
the coast.
LONDON. June 8 WP) The
German radio reported - at
10 p. m. tonight (I p. m. PWT)
that two more allied airborne
divisions "in many hundreds"
of gliders had landed north of
on such a large scale.
- L6NDON, June 8 (P) The,'
German . high command said
today- that the allies hfd
launched ..an attack- to the
southwest in a direction that
would cut off Cherbourg
from their bridgehead between
Bayeux and Caen and that
heavy fighting was in progress'
with the Germans throwing
reserves into counterattacks.
The communique declared the
German counterattacks on the
flanks of the beachhead were
making progress, however. '
Reds Open Up
With Broad
Front Drive
LONDON. June 8 (IP) -DNB
in a Berlin broadcast today an
nounced that the Kussians naa
launched an offensive on a
broad front in the sector north
of Iasi, Romania.
A broadcast Romanian com
munique said-"heavy fighting is
in progress." , ' " " ; i
There was no connrmaiion- im
mediately from Moscow, but a
new offensive .on the Russian
front has been, expected to- put
new pressure on uermany s easi
while American and Bntisn
forces are attacking, in France
and Italy. '
Last night's Moscow com
munique' said German attacks
nortn ot iasi .nave aiminisneu
considerably." indicating the
Germans may have been stop
ped in- a- push wmcn iney an
nounced earlier.- -.t .
Wright Resumes
Limited Output
CINCINNATI. June 8 (IP)
Production of finished airplane
engines resumed on a very
small scale" at) the Wright Aero
nautical corporation plant' to
day on the heels of company or
der to strikers and absentees to
return to work by Friday or
stand discharged.
The assembly line reported
shortly before noon that a "few"
engines were being turned out
first since a racial dispute on
Monday caused a strike and
walkout that brought idleness to
15,000 workers. '
Company officials declared,
however,- that the full effect of
the "work or be fired" order
might not to ascertainable until
Saturday.
WEATHER
June 8, 1944
Max. (June 8) 70. Min. .........35.
Precipitation last 24 hours, trace.
Stream yea. to date 8.89
Normal 11.28. Last year 17.14
' - Forecast! Unsettled.
Invasion Pictures
On Page 12
Number 10128
For Victory
(left), allies invasion commander
day "full victory nothing else"
Associated Press Staff Writer -
; 'i'ne soutn hoisted new' demo
cratic storm signals today-with
Mississippi. Joining the ranks of
states determined to commit the
party to a. stand for .'white su
premacy" ; and Georgia demo
crats barring negroes from their
July 4- primary. ;. - : ; -I
Following almost:. exactly a
pattern-set-previously -by -Texas
democrats the anUtaaministra
tioa controlled Mississippi con
vention : voted; yesterday to ih
sfcruct.the party's 12-iectors in
ine siate 10 reject uie demo
cratic presidential nominee unless.-
.-the; national - convention:
neSts certain .demands.y -:)
. :Poll Tax Issue -J,:U'
. 'These demands, as outlined In
resolutions adopted by the con
vention, were- outlined -in reso
lutions adopted by . the conven
tion, were strongly reminiscent
of those previously approved by
Texas; and South Carolina con
ventions. They included opposi
tion to anti-poll tax and racial
equality, planks in the platform.
The resolutions also urged a
return to state's right ' and the
restoration of the two - thirds
nominating rule for national
conventions.: - .
. .:Thei regular Texas democratic
convention i previously had in
structed that state's electors not
to support; the party nominee
unless similar demands were
fulfilled by : the - convention
South Carolina democrats took
the same course, except that
they delayed choosing electors
(Continued on rage xnirteenj
Stalin Assures
Freedom,
SafsXange ,
"CHICAGO, June 8 (P) Prof.
Oscar Lange, University of, Chi
cago (economist who recently -interviewed
Premier Stalin; de
clared today .the. soviet marshal
"made it very clear that the in
dependence and sovereignty of
Poland will De iuiiy recognized"
by Russia after the war.
J "There will be no interference
in internal affairs," of Poland,
Lange quoted Stalin as saying.
Lange. Polish-born: - arrived
yesterday in Chicago from Mos
cow where he conferred as a pri
vate citizen with' Stalin on May
21. He made his first statement
of his trip at a press conference
today.- ...... i
Lange offered as support of
what .he said Stalin told him
these two observations:
1. The soviet: government is
arming the Polish army which
one Polish general said was ex-
pected to grow to 1,000,000 men
before the end of the war. :-
2. The Russians are permitting
In schools for Polish refugee chii.
dren new textbooks- written by
the union of Polish patriots, a Po
lish; organization in Russia, and
tne committee tor foiisn . chil
dren. These are replacing old
textbooks because they contain
ed communist teachings, ... ;
! Baseball Scores:
f - NATIONAL LEAGUE ' - '
Chicago 10 13 ', 2
Pittsburgh .... ....... i ... 6 12 3
: W y s e, . Vandenberg- (5), and
Holm. vRn.e. Cuccurullo (2),
Butcher (6), Strncevich..(9),,and.
Davis, Uamem (B), Lopez w
PhUadelphia- : t ;; 6 , 1
UlUUAljril w w w
I GerheauserjhHussill (2), Mat
lhewon.(5),ylngton (7), and
t'.r i mil Si
Finley; Head and uragan.
Allied Thrust
Aimed To Take
All Peninsula
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 8 (AP) Allied invasion troops, over the first?
hurdle of winning footholds in France and buttressed by re
inforcements, threw back repeated nazi armored counter-,
thrusts today, fought inland beyond Bayeux and menaced!
bomb-blasted Caen. , ,
A Berlin broadcast declared the. allies had thrust Into
Caen, 16 miles southwest of Bayeux, "with tanks, mounted'
infantry and mobile troops," and said violent fighting raged'
in the city. It also acknowledged .the fall of Bayeux, which'
it described as "reduced to a heap of rubble." :,'
German broadcasts indicated a developing allied pincers drive I
to the west to chop off the tip of the Normandy peninsula and
its prize port of Cherbourg, and placed the allied wings below
Cherbourg only 20 miles apart. ' r-
. American, Canadian and British troops repelled all the Ger--
man counterblows forerunners of heavier smashes yet to come
and were "getting along" all along the battlefront, a dispatch
from 21st army group headquarters said. . - - : j
FIRST PHASE FINISHED ;
Supreme headquarters said the first phase of winning Inva
sion footholds was accomplished, with the second step of defeat
ing nazi tactical reserves already underway. Gen. Dwight J3.i
Eisenhower asserted the ground troops were "performing. mag-
nificently." . , ., . ,
From 750 to 1000 U. S. heavy bombers' and other . planes
smashed 10 major rail targets in a wide arc below the Cherbourg
peninsula to hamper the flow of nazi reinforcements. Improving
weather sped the rush of allied strength by sea and air. -
ta ui me pincers inreaiening i-nerDourg itsell, Berlin reports
ed fierce house-to-house fighting in. Ste.- Mere-Eglise, 20 miles
southeast of the port, and said parachutists had landed on the'
west coast of the peninsula, south of Cherbourg and only 20
miies irom tne nattieline at Ste. Mere-Eglise. There was so allied
confirmation of these actions. ;
CAEN STRUCK :
Specific directions and progress in today's fighting were not
disclosed, but headquarters announced that medium bombers had
struck heavily at the town of Caen, IB miles southeast of Bayeux,
starting fires. The allies' have plunged near Caen, nine miles
inland on the peninsula's base.
Prime Minister Churchill said Tuesday that there was fight-:
ing in Caen, perhaps referring to parachutists who had reached
there. Nazi counterblows near Caen were repulsed . yesterday
headquarters said.
American heavy bombers blasted railway Installations at
Rennes, Laval, Tours, Le Mans, Nantes and Angers, in support
of the beachhead forces, flying out 750 to 1000 strong. - -..
. The Fortresses - and Liberators met enemy opposition and
destroyed seven out of one attacking iorce . of 12. ' . . -
Marauders arid Havocs also bombed railroad installations at
Valognes, Vieres, Lessay, Portaubault, Rennes and Laval, while,
fighters peeled off and raked thin-skinned and armored vehicles
of the enemy close behind the front.- ...... -
, , A.German broadcast, totally without confirmation, said 1300.;
gliders used .to rush in. a-huge air-borne - army,.-had been-de-stroyed
or captured. ; t- - - "
. ' Capture of Bayeux shipped the railway- between " Parla '-and.
Cherbourg, 45 miles to the northwest, and opened the way. tor ".
a thnist- deeperinlaha,''---" ""5 - ----- -i - -
' NEAR JUNCTION -
But farther west the -Germans pictured allied forces- already ;
within- 20 miles of a junction that would choke oif Cherbourg
itself; .Berlin declared house-to-house -fighting raged in Ste. Mere-
vlt . on . . , l. . . r . , i i - 1 . ... . .
i?s" iuca auubucdai -ui.uiH yvi t,- ana saiu paracnuusis -naa
landed on the west coast only a. score of miles, southwest-of
Ste.-'Mere-Eglise.,..- ; ;. ."' :' .". ' . ,.- '. .'.:..
- There-was. no allied confirmation of wesf coast; landings or
fighting at Ste.. Mere-Eglise,: on one of the two main -roads' to '
Cherbourg.-. .' .--:-'-.';'-' ,".;--':'?' -,' ;' '.':.."" :
Heavy .battles, with tanks and reserves sped "up by both sides,
flared over the peninsula. Allied' beachhead 'troops, are linking
up with airborne forces dropped, deeper inland, headquarters
said, and improvement in adverse weather aided reinforcements
irom guoer SKy trains. ; . . , . ... -
.Field reports declared British-Canadian troops had captured',
a number of French towns and villages,, advancing on open roads .
to points, some miles from the coast.-Infantrymen rode up to
battle on bicycles and tanks to speed the advance.- -
British Advance . ;
A Berlin broadcast said Brit-I
ish troops pushed through Bay
eux early today and are ad
vancing southwest toward the
Vire river, which, cuts across
the peninsula.
On the third day of the in
vasion. Supreme Commander
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower de
clared: .
"My complete confidence', in
the ability of the allied armies,
navies and air forces to do all
they are asked to do has been
completely justified." '
liven a s h e spoke, isernn
radio reported the Russians had.
launched an offensive north of
Iasi in . Romania perhaps . the
beginning of a coordinated nut
cracker blow from the east.
Eisenhower praised the naval
landing operations as surpassing
any. other amphibious operation,
he has seen, and lauded the
Allies Aim To Cut Off Peninsula
luthomstin . . . Portsmouth
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I I Coutanct, NORMANDY 'M1 ,
I Wrenvllle Vire ' ; ' ' Vmeillw
SfeOsu. ' .Fl.r- Af9""' D'w" '
' "-this map shows the major Invasion theater and points of
special interest in today's news. Allied forces, having landed on
the coast between Le Havre and Cherbourg, are driving lawtrd
arid today have taken Bayeux, cutting the vital .Cherbonr-PrU
railroad shown on the map. There are reports that Caen, Pertf
ward on the rail line, has been taken. Apparent allied purpose
is to swing southwest to cut off the Cherbourg peninsula, giv
ing them the great port of Cherbourg, and an ldeel bate ici.
'drive toward Paris.
"long and brilliant" aerial cam
paign that proved such effective
preparations for landings.
Defenses Attacked
' Powerful air armadas scourg
ed German defenses today, with
750 to 1000 Flying . Fortresses
and Liberators mauling bridges,
railroad targets and airfields in
an arc 100 to 150 miles south of
the beachheads, and U. S. Ma
rauders starting fires in Caen,
southeast of Bayeux, toward
which a beachhead force is
driving. ...
' Canadian and British troops
have captured several hundred
prisoners and shot up numerous
nazi 88-millimeter guns, field re
ports said. Canadian Press Cor
respondent Ross Munro, with
Canadians in an unidentified
sector, said the Germans were ,
f (Continued on Page Thirteen)',
! c0',,tne JiPS had held up our
CommvtnJty ho'p1"1" - -