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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE THIRTEEN Fall s as ayeux - , . . . . . Allies Drive At All of Peninsula Mtlnucd From Pago One) ...H fullinu buck . in ono tta Vrslstont "Macks, P,lyfor tin lg battles which (id como "i 0U.,.. ... hluh command & from tho bridgohoud I cn Caen d Dnyoux, and Oiuolll" Htr trlln wla Amotiram who tfi foothold north of Car f Mino 27 mllos southeast rherbourg, hud suHured Vv unuultiu. H also claim ' 7" lit,, f lrno -tvr ijCCe-B U,, ubovo Coon, landing attempt In tho Buy I Martin ot tho norlliwc.it 01 I'M pt'lllllDUIMi "Wl LA liUIJUC, wm nuauuiuu, cnomy h'g" conimond auld. innur troops Joined the d i ulltud roiiuorcoments, finf In touring down Allan- I Air lort'O iruup Km i ivv ro ll flying In jcopa and guna lojtd the nines no a cod U or Imlll ut loait ono olr i un llio peninsula. Everything la going excel- y" .mm uoil. oir ucrnuru MontKoinery, ground forcea mumlcr. . . Take Beachheads ' ! now aDoaroiit too silica L utvcrnl bcuchhoada on a fjlo coastal stretch between i and Curonttin, with acme ta Joined togeincr. Icadquurtera was aiioni on i) in reports thut parachutist ! ilvmi. during thrust hud led ut Fululso and Argcnton, jillci southeast of Caen, with el Hunting (luring In Falulsc. Germans said eight to 18 ii divisions were fighting on cenlnstlla. .' thundering naval support of drive continued, unu uiiica ken destroyed 102 nazl planes fctrdny. - feungry French villagers fried liberating troops with hi snd kisses. - I Germans Rolniorco Ccn. Dwight D. Elsenhower Id his airborne troops to the lest, nnd an observer on a fa In tho channel sulci at ono jc "the sky overhead becamo Icllevnbly crowded with olr 1(1. Four lanes of two-plane flic going each way spanned channel." tho Germans llkowlso rushed new strength, nnd Prime Filler Churchill warned Inst over-optlmlsm, declar- 'cuormou exertions no bo- us." Some of the troops hnve been filing continuously since Way morning, and It Is ply thero may bo a short I In advances as they rest, roup, and bring up supplies. (Continued from Page One) used aa living quarters by tho nursea. Need for a now county health unit has long been folt In Klam ath county, and an appropriation of $110,000 was Included in tho 1IH4-4D proposed county buduct for tho purpose of erecting a now Duuciing. However, when tho opportunity for purchasing tho Community hosnltal arose. tho county court felt thai this would perhaps bo the boiler deal of tho two. ; Under the nrcscnt sulun tho health unit will bo nblo io movo Into Its new Quarters soon in stead of waiting several months tor a now one to bo built. Too. good deal of money was saved by Retting an alrcaoy completed oui.uiug. Tho now hospital should onv for itself In about two years, Judge hecder said. The county Is paying $100 a month rent at the present location and also hus io furnish tho heat. The Community hospital hus hot water heat, and after the in itial $23,000 outlay, there will bo no rent on tho building. Half of tho original SSuloOO appropriation for tho county heulth unit building set up In the now proposed county budget has been saved by purchase of tho hospital. ,- The remaining $29,000 will bo adjusted In the budget hearing, Rccdcr said. ffrcd Hnrvey Donhnm. only vivor ol tho auto accident Ich claimed three lives Tucs is ronorlcd getting along r . ..- . . .. my wen at the Klamath vol i noso ai. , IDcnhom Is nrlnolnal of fool at Harper, Ore., and was urea wnen the car in wnicn wos rlcllni! overturned on tho Nath Falls-Lakcvlcw... high ly Into Tuesday afternoon. Me n employe of the hlnhway partment and was living temp- putv in k nmnin h'nr . . lit Was stntorl hv Hat V W fhenor of the stnto police thot r c is considered closed and F will bo no further lnvcstl lons ol the accident. anninq Lecture fell Attended A larcn trrniin nf urnmAn at. Sided lllll rnnnlna .nhnnl r,n I Wednesday and Thursday "uitii mrsi Vivian freeman, ''Hand ennnino nvnprl ' lilmw W to process meat, cherries. '39. SnlmniV nhniU nrtA ..nn. . . , u WO Chnrrl fnp Thlmilnj'i rfom. Miration Ir;n of Mrs. Clyde Meado' of r;"aui rails. Mrs. Paul Landry assisted Mrs. eomnn on tho stago Wedncs- FJ, mid Mrc Mni-nlrl Tflnln no. tlM) 'PI. . - - 1 . - - fS7."'u?y. .... i- ii wnrrinn rn worinniriiiii N to Mrs. Henry Schmor of .wno came tho great tllsliinco for tho school, and "er wlnnera were Mrs. M. G. K". iwury Bngsett, Mrs, Lloyd wows, Mrs. Dnli) Mnttoon, A. II. MnT.nnii Mrs nnlnn Wlll,lm O. Graham, Mrs. 'cuter, Mrs. Annn Federhart, Clara Rimer, and Mrs. J. H, ?,?, T,lll"',sdny Mrs.. George f fti for coming tho longest dis l"w anil i ...... ttf.t . """-I w'"11 JrtN to Mrs. Clyde Meade. ;;K-II. Washburn, Mrs. Leo lr '."? ti. Liicntenstein 1VI. A I.Tnll-i. nir. m T pku wiiiiiuii, iviia. x, i f McMullon, Mrs. Svd Evans 'nt,n ""u ivirs, uGHso veriinK, W c?nnln8 sch001 will close f .fi'lclny',, demonstrations, It 111 unA. V0"auert by the Klam COUNTY BUYS FOR TER BUILDING HEALTH GEN TI Beachhead Landing In France 1 A f f t I i 1 f 1 x fit r M S r ; v.j.'. i h v '! Vis, I r "(" i M'AHTHUn GETS tV r ;J " 1 t J. 01 Men, barges, landing craft and assault vehicles reach the boachhead in France an D-Day: ol :the allied landings on the continent of Europe. This is the first picture showing the allies on French soil, (AP Wirephoto from signal corps.)- Ailcmttc Wall Biggest Bluff in War i Defenses E TO PHILIPPINES (Continued from Page One) of tne Salweea river front in ineir mrut imouku lunuii prov ince toward aunnu wnere other uiueu 101 ecu aie iighung to linx me tiurma ana Leuo roaas. . iiangKoK, capital of jupaneso heid iiiaaunu, was rockea in the Heaviest attack of the war by strong torces of heavy bomoers, aineu boutiieast asiu command iicauquarters announced today. Tno raid Monday battered rail way shops and marsnalling yards ana tne port "city's aefenseg ap parently were caugnt by sur prise," tne communique said. Guam Bashed Again American iliers, striKing from Central Pacific bases, carried new attacKs to Guam, pre-war U. S. naval base 1595 miles east of Manila, to Nauru and Ponape. Possession of Mokmer airfield came in a sudden drive - which outtlankcd tne Japanese. Held up on the coastal road west of their Bosnek beaenhead, MacArthur's infantry threw a column inland and stormed Mokmer from be hind. American losses were light, the communique said.- With Mokmer secured,.' the Yanks mounted a new assault to ward Biak's other airfields Borokoe, two miles west and a mile inland, and Orido, three and one-half miles west on the coast. (Continued From Pago One) izatlon. Upwards of 40 Wohr macht formations are represent ed In tho collection of prisoners taken In the exodus from Rome snd beyond. ' Apparently even battalions are attaching them selves' to whatever higher ccholon Is available. Allied forces driving due north of Rome captured Field Marshal Albert Kessclrlhg's former hendquarters, about three miles southeast or. uiviia i,as tellnnn. The headquortcrs, described os an "elaborate, tunnelled under ground stronghold, was put under a strong guard. Tho eighth army, meanwhile. minched into the Tiber valley above Rome nnd forged north ward along the cast banks of (ha river. Same Old Line Given By Prisoner TEkARKANA, Ark., Juno 8 (If) whllo allied troops swarm ed over tho beaches of France, a German prisoner of war pass ing through Texurkono clung to an old propaganda line. Bobby Joe Young, cmpioyea in railway yards here, said he saw a German prisoner toss a piece of paper out ot a train window. Young picked It up and rood: ' "Americans. Give us this wor. You will never beat Germany. Your fathers and sons die with out any reason for nothing. You never lost a war. This will bo your first." By RICHARD D. McMILLAN Ropresontlng the Combined Allied Press, Distributed by ' The Associated Press WIVri TnK ALLlbO INVAD ING tORUjiS In ritANCK, June H The so-called : Atlantic wail along this coast constitutes the biggest bluff of the' "whole war for it simply docs not exist. Somo prisoners said the Germans had been frantically trying to complete defenses but the task had been too cast for them. Although we have pushed far inland without encountering se rious opposition, it must not be imagined that the Germans will not react as soon as they have grouped their panzer forces. Thev tried to hold us in the re glon of Caen and Bayeux but our tanks were in greater lorcc, We have thrown into battle Brit ish and American tanks and self Dronelled guns. Somo of theso actions have been responsible for demoraliz ing the enemy, ah tne rencn people with whom I. talked spoke of the nazl loss ot courage, rney may not be beaten but tliey ore near to it. Prisoners also snld the defeats in Russia and Italy arc known to the rank and file and they realize It is all up with their cause. . Our tanks are rapidly widen Inn a great bulge. I have just completed a tour of the front line covering nearly 30 miles,' Wo have captured towhs ond vlllagei and the whole countryside' is bcflaeped with un ion lucks, stars and stripes ana the French tricolor, Crowds are cheering the Brit ish and other allied trooDs shout ing, "Brnvo Tommies, we knew you would como. we nnve ocn waiting for you. Now we will kill these hated Germans." Bnyeux Inhobitants were crazy with Joy. A squndron of our me dium bombers flew over low, "... Driving into Bayeux, the first French town, of consequence to -be liberated, I passed long lines of German prisoners. On the roadside tho bodies of German and -allied -dead .lay unburied. For the moment, every man was needed for. fighting, . . - (Continued from Page One) . until after tbe national conven tion acts on the platform,' ' Vote Shift Seen Because, it' seems obviously unlikely that the convention will restore the two thirds rule, the action , by the three states threatened to shift from -the regular democratic nominee a bloc -of electoral votes in areas where he virtually was assured of a large, nonular majority. In another offshoot of the "white supremacy," issue, the democratic state elective sub committee directed that Georgia party officials deny negroes the right to - participation .in that state's July 4 primary, in which interest-will center on tne-bid of Senator .Walter- George .: for renominotion. . The Georgia group held, that the.- supreme-court's -opinion .ODerurut... Texas, democratic-pri mary , to .negroes does not affect Georgia because the letter's elec tion rules ore party-made and not set by statute. ' " SHOCK KILLS MOTHER BISBEE, Ariz., June 8 (iP) A widowed war mother died from shock late yesterday be fore reading a message from the war department saying her Crowds pointed upwards, wnv-! son was missing in New Guinea. ing their hands as if the airmen could see them. "That is what frightened tlie Germans most," the French folk said. "They scurried under-, ground like rabbits whenever your fliers came over." Im afraid its bad news.' the messenger remarked to. Mrs, "Carmen Sotelo, 63, as he "deliv ered the telegram. Mrs. sotelo fainted as ;she reached for the message, and died without re gaining . consciousness. . Nazis Bag U. S. Destroyer CLARK, PIUS TIlLli BOiliPLY IT VATICAN WW. (NE.4 Teleohotol Lt. Robert Morgenthau Jr., D. S. N. R. (arrow), son of Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, and one of survivors of destroyer Lansdale sunk by German torpedo planes in Mediterranean, watches other survivors descend gangplank cl Cos-t C -rl ship which brought them to a North African port. Coast Guard photo. By ALEX H. SINGLETON LunuUW. June a Uf Prime Minister Chuirnill warned the house of commons today to guard against "over optimism" Iff the battle of Europe and against the idea that these things are going to be settled in a rush." "Although great dangers lie behind," he declared, "enormous exertions lie betore us." The stream of news from in vasion reporters temporarily de prived the stocky premier, once a journalist hi mseli, or -one.nl thai roles he likes best tnat of being able to give a first hand account of major developments and he said he did not plan to make any statement on the invasion battles during the day "unless something exceptional turns up." - The prime minister added that all points which occurred to him in connection with the campaign had been fully covered "in ' the excellent reports by our "able press." - "If this is the last time I speak to the house before tne week end," he said, "I earnestly hope that when the members go to their constituencies they will not only maintain morale so far as that is necessary but will also give strong warnings against over optimism. Churchill was asked by Sir Joseph Lamb, conservative, for an assurance "that the reason he is not going to make a statement in the near future is not that he is going to make a visit to the coast of tTance." There was no reply. Farley Resigns As State Chairman of Democratic Group NEW YORK, June 8 JP) James A. Farley announced to day his resignation as chairman of the New York democratic state committee a post he has held 14 years. He. said in a statement that business duties and obligations would not permit him to give the necessary time to committee affairs in the forthcoming nation al camnaign. - Farley, former national chair man, oppod a third term for president rtooseveii ana was known to, feel the same way about a possible fourth term. Invasion Vehicles Jam British Roads Tf St' tm . s, : jf. i J ts qz: t - -"-: ' J w. i Wi RulIn Tulonhnln) hi.i.'. ..j holr erews impatient for signal that will send them ogalnst Germans guarding At toVna'?ntlo wall. miXUmZlSuoTaii. English coastal vUlage. Photo radioed from London. Capt. Lilly man Drew No. 7 Spot By HOWARD COWAN A U. S. PARACHUTE CAR RIER BASE. June 8 (IP) Capt, Frank Lillymah. the first allied soldier, to touch France in the assault from . the west,, didn t know when the invasion would come but he had been informed days in advance that whenever it came he would draw xne no. 1 soot. " ' The cigar-smoking 29-year-old Darachuto troop officer from Syracuse, N. x., was tow ot nis trail blazing assignment along with Lt. Col. J. It. Crouch of Riverside. Calif., and their hand- picked crews. Crouch was the pilot of tne big uougias u-ti which was the lead plane of the narachute troou carriers. They all trained together with secret equipment which permit ted pin point precision landings so they could direct otner para chute troops and gliders to the "DZ" dropping zone. The par achute troop carriers went in bv light of the moon before the assault on the French coast from the sea. Rocket Ships Aid In Destruction . NEW YORK, June 8 (IP) Rocket shins used in the in vasion of France "discharge vast quantities of explosive onto beaches much more quick ly than has ever been done be fore by a warship," the British information services said today. USe of the rocket ships was dis closed at allied expeditionary heada uarters. ' "The rocket ships were de veloped as a result of exper iences in the Dieppe raid," the British agency said. "The actual destruction they cause is not so great as In normal bombard ment since there is no splinter, but a blast from these weapons has a terrific effect on the mor ale of personnel anywhere near the receiving end. Qreat naviga tional skill is needed to bring these ships to the place of ac tion." The ships were' described as a new secret Britisn navai weapon. Thomas C. Parker, assistant park" superintendent, has;an nounced that highway 62. to Crater Lake ' National park is open and in good condition for travel as far as Union creek, but roads have not been cleared to the headquarters or to the lake as yet Workmen are now. at the park headquarters and are clearing the roads of snow. It is ex pected thaLall roads will be PPgnJpJtheublic. shortly. Classified Ads Bring Results: ROME, June 8 WV-Pope piua xn and Lt. Gen, Mark W, Cterk, commander of the fifth ' army, talked for 10 minutes today' in the pope's private office in tha Vatican library. i ., Afterwards - the pope greeted Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Gruenthor, chief of staff for the fifth army, Maj. Gen. H. H. Johnson, Roma area commander, Brig. Gen. Ed gar E. Hume, chief of the Ameri can military government, and ' Col. (Chaplain) Patrick Ryan, 5th. army chaplain. After the audience, Gen. Clark visited St. Peter's church with Msgr. Walter Carroll, Pittsburgh, Pa., American representative in the office of the papal secretary. The pope had urged war cor respondents to let the ultimata general purpo -? ht- -witina be for peacr in i., . .ist press coruerenca since becoming pope, heldtin the throne room of the Vatican, the pontiff said yesterday: . . ,;.. "This war should be only j a means to a peace. Write a peace ' that can meet the approval of all well meaning peoples that, can assure, one and all those condi tions necessary: so that they'may live in a manner befitting":, the dignity of a human being.?; The pope, thin and pale- but appearing surprisingly strong, told the correspondents "Youvara most welcome, you have a -mission of tremendous importance. ! "If it would be well to 'have a -message for you, it would be those words-spoken bacx In 19J0 on the eve of Christmas: ";j 'if- "If a man is sincerely Interest ed in securing spiritual and'moT aV conditions for ruture-colliBber-ation between nati6ns,-!he will-direct his force toward doty,' truth, justice and . goodwill, and even more, toward the suoematural idea - of brotherly love . .that Christ gave to the world." - . ; He ended the conference with a "Goodbye and Bless You All." Production of 100 octane gas oline is exnected to double by tha end of 1945. ... r.-.i. . "- Air transport IS.Six: times Jtast. er "and 20 times safer In war time than water transport. - - 111 WASHINGTON, June 8 AIP) The senate campaign expendi tures committee -voted today to hear a statement from Sidney Hillman before beginning an in quiry Into spending by the CIO political action committee. The five-member committee voted unanimously to hear Hill- man, UlO committee cnairman, at a public session Tuesday, after rejecting three to two, a repub lican motion to complete the in vestigation in advance of Hill man's testimony. Senators Ball (K-Minn.) ana Ferguson (R-Mich.) supported the motion. It was opposed by Chairman Green (D-R.I.) and Sen ators Stewart (D-Tenn.) and Tun- nell (D-Del.). "Senators Green and Tunnell were fearful of hurting the feel ings of the political action com mittee,"-Ball-told reporters. 'I haven't noticed tnat Mr. ruiiman is so sensitive."- EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) advance for more than a week. The news from China remains bad. The Japs seem to have a stranglehold on Changsha, in their advance toward Canton. . GETTING back to the invasion, which unavoidably holds our attention right now to the ex clusion of almost everything else, Churchill warns the house of commons to guard against over-optimism and against "the idea that these things are going to be settled in a rush." Stimson, U. S. secretary of war, joins Churchill in warning against over-confidence - at this early stage of the invasion fighting. We simply must remember that the enterprise we've em barked on is the greatest of its kind since history began. It won't be over in a week, It won't even be well started., in a week. We mustn't jump)- to ANY conclusions now. .It's too soon, v -- ; The best we can say . is that a good start has been made.- , - .-' - ' A CENTURY and a quarter ago " Napoleon sat on thdse, chan nel shores with a great invasion fleet and muttered in his beard for months about what he was going' to do to the wicked Eng lish,, but he never got his nerve up to the point of trying and Napoleon loved bold enterprises. A few days less than four years ago, Hitler was doing the same thing. .He,' too, failed to get his' nerve up to the point of trying it. ' . We're TRYING IT and seem to have made an auspicious start.. That's all We're justified -in-'say-ing at this moment. : In some parts of Scotland, the finding of a four-leaf clover de notes bad Instead of good luck. mmm 9 -9 i 1 At its maximum size, the aver age sun spot is about as large as the earth, t WILMOT HERCHER Although he has been in Lon don less than a year, Wilmot Hercher has written more than . 300,000 words on the air war and is one of two Associated Press staffers in England train ed for combat flying.. Hercher admits that he can tell a Fortress from a barrage balloon without looking twice but the boys who have been around him know he is one of the best versed air reporters in Britain. '. Quiet, small of stature,- gray at 33, Hercher prepared for his . larger assignment by covering Wisconsin politics, Chicago gang wars- and midwest floods and . strikes.. ...... .... . ... READ HERCHER'S .. EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE ' AIR PHASE OF THE INVAS . ION. ' 1 ' . Member Associated Pros i-. j "ubiiuuii uuuueii.
