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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1944)
8, 1944 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PACE THREI BOMBER FORGE IIS TARGET y N NORMAND , w. W. HEHCHER clIPWKMB I1KADCJUAHTERS. ILIKO EXPEDITIONARY erihCK. June 0 vrin. puwut- . Vnvy bonibum swept a . ore of south Normandy iniiuv. smasmng Driagos, Lirnmcs ana cr ...... i railroad yards In a vlgoroui or r . l.,n fl u K io clump an air seal on the !MlL 0,.aAH Libera- kiuunat aerial oner- !o. ho third day of ho in ton i hit hurd at Installations T'lOO to 180 miles behind lcy of bultlo with dawn at- A on Caen. .. The twin-engined mediums it iho city on the mam ran- I" " . .......... rii.rhniiril tr KryU. burning with at least 20 L from an attack at 4500 rU :... nMrllerl n,no blown followed RAF it.w Ll-I. ft.ib... lnl mum 111 which i,ti of rnll tiiigots near Park f t.n.nnit 1Q mill. Ihlnd Iho Invasion coast, were Eidlcd Willi Heavy cargoci oi L...1,. Tho trnnsnort targot L, 'concentration In tho for- t of Cerlsy wnero ine roaa ..,. (rnm UllVOUX tO St. Lo. i Allied pliinoii of all descrlp Li hnrl flown 22,000 sorties L ih imt 4B hours and air op. Entloiu wcro mounting today wenmer impruvcu. Thunderbolt and Lightning Ithtcr-bomlicrs lnco 6 p. m. riltrday flew so continuously Eat they "topped only to re Col and renrm between flight, dilnfl out on new missions tithout waiting to repair but I holos in their wings. Among tho fighter-bomber rjct lilt were IB bridge and chateau used at a German IriHnunrtora. More than 2000 of the 0000 fcrilts flown by the alllea In in. 24 hours ending at mid' Mht wero made by these fight. bombers which shot down six titmy alrcrnft and lost 21 of heir own number. The latest compilation of trill losses since tho beginning if the Invasion showed 177 al led planes missing and at least enemy pianos acsiroyea. Loises reported today, eover- ig mostly yesterday s opera om, totaled 104, Including 25 rltlih henvy bombers falling ) return from night missions, m Amerlcnn heavy bombers, nd 4B American fighters and Ightcr-bombors. Scot Kill Nazi nluht flahtera stalked lie British formations and bored their biggest kill of the nvislon, knocking down 29 of lie RAF big bombers. Targets attacked today by re neavtcs, which carried out lo missions yesterday, were rated roughly In the regions Chateaudun, Lemans, Rennes, pwios and Tours, all l lar( trench towns and strategic Mmunlcatlon Doints. They sere, accompanied by about Yank Tank Destroyer Mops Up in Rome r .1 (NBA Radio TehphotoJ i American tank-destroyer blasts out German machine-gun nest, whloh bad been slowing down Allied ad vance Into Rome. Signal Corps radlo-tdephoto lrom Italy. 500- Mustangs. Lluhtnlnas and Thunderbolts. . Besides the dawn attack on Caen, the Marauders wont to Leasay, Pontaubuult. vulotincs and St. Lo on the Cherbourg peninsula for other assaults, while Havocs pounded Pcrlors and Lahaye du Pults. The air ministry said tho well-hidden Ccrisy wood tar get was of great tactical im portance and had to bo attacked at low , level bocuuso of 7000 foot clouds. Other RAF formations attack ed, the Gorman city of Cologne at the crossing of the Rhine and. laid mines. Logger Deferment Appeal Rejected WASHINGTON, Juno 8 (IF) An appeal for draft deferments for more workers In the logging and lumber industries has been rejected by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,. selective service di rector. . Tho .': Interagency commlttoe which selects tho types of work ors to be deforred recently placed "high climbers" in tho deferred list and Senator Cordon (R-Ore.) and Rep. Norman (R-Wash.) ap pealed to Hershey to extend do ferment to other workers In the Statistics show that most men I of 25 marry women of 22, but most men of 35 of 28. marry women Investigation of Alaskan Highway Talked in House WASHINGTON, , June 8 (P) Belief that congress should "some day" investigate the) Alas ka military road project was ex pressed Rep. Engel (R-Mich.) in hearings on the military approp riation bill for the fiscal year stnrtina next July 1. The testimony was made pub lic today with introduction of the bill in the house. . i Brig. Gen. L. D. Worsham,. of army engineers,' testified the project had cost $140,000,000: to date for 1428 miles of gravel road. He said the cost was about $100,000 a mile. Worry of FALSE TEETH ; Slipping or Irritating? Don't be embrrMd - by Ioom fU teeth illpping. dropping or wabbling when you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprin kle a little FA8TKETH on your plates. tv, i . ni-mant nnwriap .1 ! remark able sense of added comfort and secu rity by holding plates mora firmly, iho gummy, gooey, pasty tasta or feeling. It's alkaline fnon-acldl. Get rASTZBTH at any drug store. Worsham said the men work' ing on the highway under com mercial contractors were guar anteed 24 u hours work a month and- if they did not work that much-they got paid for the total. The lowest wage paid was $1.10 an hour,- he said,- and the wage included housing but , the men paid $2 a day for subsistence. The officer said. the: highest rate paid the laborers was $1.75 an hour. He agreed with Engel that a man guaranteed 240 hours' work would draw $420 a month. Worsham said the original road was constructed by army engineers and that the public roads administration constructed the present road with clvillor contractors but under the super vision of the army engineers. - Much of the testimony was not included in that made public. EXAMINER APPOINTED SALEM, Juno 8 (P) Mrs. Car rie Gilbert, Pendleton, was reap pointed by Governor Earl Snell oday to a two-year term on the tate board of cosmetic therapy xaminers. , - , ; . For Wad H; Will Appreciate Quality Shirt Like a VAN- HEUSEN WHITE ,' From ' RUDVSS :'- Main St. How's Your Coaf Supply? According to the latest ; word from' the mines, the cool situation is better now. than we can expect it to be by' fall, NOW is the time to fill your storage bin to capacity, then you can forget the coal problem you'll know you have yours. Dont delay, do it today. FRED H. HEILBRONNER Office and Yard, 821 Spring St. Pkone 415 "Fuels That Satisfy" Plus Service Branch Yard Merrill, Oregon two Industries, Hershey replied that because of the urgent need of tho armed forces for young mon tho com mittee had greatly restricted the number of activities that could be placed on the deferred list. 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