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.. ...V . ; X ' - a i - . rsrx .- r Sices cents Wslews FRANK JENKINS HIS l to'ly'a mMi Impof1""1 lnvDKloii news: The MAIN (o fur) Gorman toMitliick, in the noluhhor od of Cucn, hus been MET. fbn HELD (o fur) and OUND HAS BEEN GAINED. The flKlilltitf "I " J country, with tanks hcov u,cd by both sides . IIONT-LINE dispatches say the bottle is developing Into fr sunnllcs and rein- LccmcnU nnd odd hl L.w. Ilkn t ie ALLIES ARE fiHHiNp-.;; ... : The iioniiHiis uuu -mtono of Insldo communlca 7llrON LAND. All of our cn and material huvo to bo dcd from u rough, choppy i on beacheii. Tho normiiiiH. Vwuor, aro reported to be lori'of tranport, and pro using ttn horse-drawn vehicles to tt luppllct up to thu lighting That'a a tribute to the work I our planes which liavo been uiy destroying railroads, high avj and vehicles of all kinds uk of tho lines thus helping i neutralize tho Gorman trans ort advantage. T seems fairly definite today that our NO. 1 present ob (dive Is tho great French port ( Cherbourg, with its amplo oclci and unloading machinery. Americans landing on the eorby beach liavo taken Ste. !cre Eiillso (ogllso is French jr church) and have turned to iclr right toward Cherbourg, rom which they aro about 18 illes distant as theso words are irluen. " - 1 .'"! :', The British have pushed bout-11 miles west from Hay ux, and aro now nearly n third I tho way across the base of ho Cherbourg peninsula. East I Bnyeux, British and, Cnnad mi aro holding off tho German ounlcr-atUick at Cucn. ' (You'll find a mop on this ago that will help you to keep he situation In mind.) , .., THE weather, fteWo Judo as 1 always, Is- AGAINST us. The sea Li rough and choppy, naklng landings difficult. Mnny if our men , aro seasick when hey arrive on tho beach. They re wet from the surf, and much it their bedding has been lost n tho rouah landings. I Worst of oil, the weather Sampcrs the effectiveness of our lr force, low-hanging clouds In hering seriously witn visinu- ty. . . THE weather is always an -un-I predictable hazard In war. I Victor Huso credits bad feather with Napoleon's defeat pi Waterloo, somo zuu mucs frorthcast of today's fighting. Napoleon's favorite weapon was irtlllcry which, Victor. Hugo a', "ho liked to use like a ilitol In tho hand, swinging it low hero, now there, to meet "hatevcr enemy threat devel ped." Heavy rains for days iad made miaamlrcs of ' the (oads and fields, destroying tho nobility of Napoleon's horse- fiown guns. Without his artillery at tho Ight spot at tho rlaht time, ho vj'M unnblo to stand against i"c ungion s British. I OlEAT battles often turn on 17 ability or inability to bo at he right place at tho right tlmo flth tho right weapon.. Yot, in onunued on Pago six; is Recapture eitfi Argraves !, Corp. Keith L. Argraves, para, iroopcr. son of Mr. nnd Mrs !'.." Argraves. of Portland, Is a r-suncr oi war in a German Frlson comn In . Poland, accord- t"l! to a letter Just received by p parents, dated April 23. I Argraves was first captured l irumus 111 Airica, Jjeuciu- 28, 10u2, and in his letter ea that ho escaped from the & where he was held In Sep nbor, 1943, and was free for Di.i. pon'hs, roaming around fu-v. Din was unable to get out, I"6 Was recanturcd bv the Gor na pn January 9, 1044, and ml taken tr a camp In Poland. ' Argraves told his parents that J would recofvo' air mall, and ;jve his address as Keith Ar- rany. The letter which ho sent Pertland 88 recelved June B i'! The corporal has relatives and "any friends in Klamath where snd d for 8 numbor of years, tnL f. a lotter received here Hkei mther, Mrs. Argraves; ttoi.il. oi ms inenos J K"te him. He is a nephew of fills ch Mr' Vlrg11 yMch' ot iCttWaiWW Se. Mere H BURMA ARBAS SLIPPING P Stilwell M e n . Grab End of Myitkyina ; Field vV; Bv WILLIAM PHIPPS Associated . Praia War Editor , Mvltkylna. ureat North Burma base uthwart tho allies' partlally- compiuicd nnK uctween tnc L,cao and Burma , roads, was slipping from Jaoan s grip today. Lt. Gen. Joseph W. StUwell's slugging ground troops snatched one end of the North Myitkyina airfield. Airborno Chindits dis lodged tho Japanese from' Mola two miles northeast of Myltky Ina. And Inside the big city where house-to-house fighting has raged for days, Chinese In fantry grabbed the new positions. buna 14 mum The allied Southeast Asia com mand also announced a 14-mile lunse down the Kohlma road to ward Imphol, allled-hcld capital of the Indian province ot mant puro. other Briusn troops arove the Japanese from, positions five and seven miles southeast of Ko hlma. i - r Of all Pae fie war theaters. Ja pan was on the offensive only in Central China. One column of Nipponese estimated, at . 70,000 to 80.000 troons advanced with' in seven ana one-nan mnei oi Chsnisha.- capital of Hunan province,-in an aiiampt 10 vicave (j una ty ousnins souin aiong mo Ilankow-eanton-ranway.-; Chlhtta Pntratlon A Chincso army spokesman at Chunak Inc said the penetration to seven and one-half miles .was made by on enemy column Bear ing from ,the- north of 'the rail City whose defenders have;befln ordered by Generalissimo Chiang Ka -slick to stay to tno iasi. T Meanwhile. Chinese troops, knifing, westward. In .a Salween river 'offensive . designed to re open' the Burma road,' were nar rowinn tho gap between them and allied-forces in northern Bur ma, v. : ' " ' Enitr Lunsllna 1 Tho advancing Chinese burst into I.unalinu. next to Teng, chung, the most Important Japan ese base of Yunnan province; and expanded their toehold Inside the city's west gate. The Chinese high commana aiso reported ine capture of : Tenglungchlao.. , six , (Continued on Page Six) .-, Early Russian Offensive Seen rv EDDIE OILMOHE- MOSCOW: June 9 -UP) All; signs point to 'an, early opening ot an otrensive Dy me reu muu on tho eastern front to match the' blows against Hitler on L the western front. ' '; - :: !,' Tho Russian people are aviqly following tho progress of the. allies In France and Italy. , , Things seen on this .corres pondent's' three' recent trips '.to tho Russian front tend to back tho predictions of a new red offensive.- Preparations arevbcin made for an attack ,.: which should shako. Hitler fron Hus slan soil and drive- the-. nazls back to Berlin. i : - v;: ? Full of confidence, red-army soldiers aro anxious, to , get irito tho battle, and join the mighty struggle of the United, Nations to finish Germany and bring a , conclusion of ..the Kurppean war. ' ' RUM JAP GRIP Italy 'Based Yank Bombers Baiter Targets in Munich By GLADWIN HILL v SUPKEME HEADQUARTERS. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Juno 9. (P) U. S. heavy bombers striking from the south BOO to 750 strong battered prime targets in the Munich area of southern Germany today, in a new pincers attack on the nazl war machine coordinated with disruptive blows on German positions in France from the west .' ' ' f The bombers, flying intbthe Munich area for the first time from- Italy, and' their- escorting Lightnings, Mustangs and Thuiv derbolts fought through clouds of German Jighters to reach .their Swiss dispatches reported"ex4 plosives in the Munich and Augs- Eur? '. - ;:::. (A BBU DroaacBBi bhiu my In Th Shaata-Caacade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE FRANCE fJJi"' ' Fecamp. ! ti'jj ; ; - 'jJr t Itq parish It ' ' V ' I H ' f R M A N f Y 'j Thar nimi little doubt today, that our T1UV Invasion oblactiva is the important fryneh port of Ch.rbouro. Amaricans hava taken Sta. Mar rEflllsa and hava turnad right toward Cherbourg, from which thay art raportad about IB miles distant At th .am. time. Bntlih f orcw ara push ing to th southwst .from Byux along th BaIlroy-Coutancs road shown on th accompanyf ng map. Thy ar reported , to T dyanetd about 11 mUs from Bayjux. Th main counterattack has bn'launduid.rt..:Ci.iTo4' dlspatchSt say th Germans, usfag: .tanks.. U, larg numb.ii, bav bn- stepped and :Tn thrown back slightly. - ... - - . . I A lour day strike of some 18, 000 employes at the Wrlght Aer pnautical - corporation plant In Cincinnati apparently-had ended today, as . workers returned to their, lobs and a company execu tive reported'production was "al rno'st normal'' '', - i ! 1 ! Georges -Addes of ' Cleveland, international secretary-treasurer of -the'Unlted Automobile Workr ra. (CIO),. :and . Col. George K. Strbng "of .thevarmy air forces central . district procurement oi flee in Detroit.- said they con sidered the strike "over." .t Ultimatum . I The back to work movement rnmo on. the heels of a company Ultimatum.' that workers must re turn to their jobs by today or be discharged. S The work stoppage, -which had slowed ' production ' of finished airplane engines, followed a dis pute -involving the transfer- of seven negroes to a department manned: by white employes. : ! ' Conditions- along the rest of the nation's labor front -were somewhat improved, with four strikes settled. One of five days rfurallnn-ln -Ohio ended when about 1000 workers returned, to their" Jop';i'.tt. Tlmken Roller Bearing-company: plant in Can- . (Continued on Page Six) ! ... - ,: . ' Sherey fe$cher )n Qiiee Race - Fifth ' .candidate ' to :' be an nounced in . the race for. queen; of the Klamath Buckaroo days' is Sherley, . Elesoher. -.representing Bonanza. 1 Sherley, who is- -16 years , old", Js the daughter v pf Mr. and Mrs. Edward. Flescher of LangeU valley. . : - -. rtnrseback riding, dancing and swimming--are Miss Flescher's favorite noDDies. one nas oroi rnUari in Lnnffell valley and at tended sohools there, Sherley;is fiye ; feet ' four.- inches and is ; a brunette. - - v : .' destroyed all railway bridges on the Seine river between Paris and the sea.) Other American heavy bomb ers attacked Porto ' Marghera near. Venice, and lighter-bomb ers' harried the German retreat above Rome. . Allied ; planes of . all ', types struck from Britain against nazl positions in. France. Mum on Troops For the first, time since D Day official reports however, made no mention of allied air borne operations last night. - During operations of the past 24 hours, 52 German planes Were destroyed'in the air and 20 others were accounted . for on the ground,' as against an allied lost oi 33 ngnters ana nve Domo- weather cut ejown the scope oi 9,1944 Battle Developing For Port of Cherbourg Nazis Retreat Roll! Along - Ir-HObAnP' HOBS A ABO ": ROME, June 9 (SO Jlfth army troopsracing after thrtreating-p Germans ptured Vterbo, prize I'oad arid ' rail-Junction 40 - miles northwest of Rome, in Hi swift scven-mlle daBh today, arra also seized Tarqiiirtla -near "the -coast, 65 miles above Roriiei -.;.r; :;. " ' .there', were no' sighs the riazi command had-been 'able' to reor ganize: the fleeing remnants of the fourteeritlrand'-tehtH, armies Sufficiently . to attempt' .a . deter mined, stand. .' '.'..' u , . Envelop V.lla .: The- allied advance. also envel oped Vetralla, on a lateral road from Tarquinla and about six miles, southwest of 'Viterbo. The German - high - command earlier announced evacuation of Tarquinla, and' said its:-. rear guards were .withdrawn north of the town. - - ' So rapid was the' drive above Rome that German forces guard ing the Adriatic sector also began tn retreat to avoid encirclement, and-all troops' were rolling for ward along me enure in front;-.-"' -s :" ' . Slrlvlno to maintain-close con tact with the fleeing enemy, who hn shown no disDOsition as yet to make a determined stand, the allied. fifth army raced steaauy north and northwest irom Home, . -Tak Lak Aia v . T.t. Oen- Mark W. Clark's col umns', driving north from the capital, occupied the entire Lake Rmroinnn area and-moved on to capture- Caprarola, 34 .miles norm OI Itome on- vne, aiuc of -Lake Di Vico, and about 10 miles southeast or the ntgnway junction town or viieroo. An .allied-spokesman said that prisoners taken in the Lake Bracciano area were nazis Bonomi Forming Italian Cabinet HOME. June- 9 (Pt Ivanoe Rnnnml assumed today the task nf fnrmlns a new Italian camnet Which, it was said, will be whol ly anti-fascist in .-character and exclude any men who ever colla borated with Benlto.Mussollnl's fascist regime. . Marshal Pletro Badogllo, who Stepped down as premier Tues day, will not be Included in the new government. The marshal was said to feel he had per formed his duty in heading a gov ernment during the interim be tween Mussolini's fall ana tne at lied liberation of Rome. Bonomi, who is 71, was pre mier for a short period in the spring of 1922 before the fascist era. He lived in obscurity un rlor faactam and recently became head of the Rome committee of liberation. Formerly associatea with tha snclolists. Bonomi now is an independent.' though he Is cloe to the liberal party. Crown Prince Umberto, acting In his new caDaclty as lieutenant- general, of the realm, yesterday asked Bonomi to rorm a new nov prnment to-succeed that of Bad- bgllo.-. The prince took this step after a serles of conferences here with various Italian political Number 10129 15 STATUTE MILES as Allies Italian Front from" the 20th Germari' - JvIt waffe field division. -'.-- 'tsTHvision carte To Italy from Denmark, which; according to the prisoners, lt leit omy a week ago," said, tne spoxesman, "The 20th ' Luftwaffe. Held divl-sion-'differs from the normal In. fantiry division only : in the-fact that its personnel is drawn irom the Luftwaffe ground staff, as in le case . of the Hermann Uoer g panzer -division.".. - . . - Ends Standstill '. ' The five-month standstill On the lines in the Adriatic sector ended with the Germans starting a withdrawal between the coast and Crecchio. five miles inland. Eighth army forces moved up two mues ana occupied 10110, which' is .only seven and a half miles from the provincial capital of Chieti. The nazis- promptly began shellh.g the advance, v' In the fifth army surge north of Rome, the troops moved seven miles north to win -the Bracciano (Continued on Page Six) ; ; Soldier Shoots : Tavern Operator. SEATTLE, June 9 (P) John Bangert,-45, Kenmore. district tavern operator, was shot and killed early today by ' a soldier as he accompamea: tne soldier s Wife to her. home. - Sheriffs Deputies Elrnp Hud gens and Ira Wilbur reported Corp. Ross M. Evenstad, 27, shot Bangert through the. heart as he and Evenstad's wife,. Florence, 26, walked up the .driveway of her Bathell home about ' 2:30 m. ' . ': Corooral Evenstad said: Ban gert was a close friend, the dep uties related. He did not recog nize who was with his-wife, -he said, and believing her being pur sued, shot . in the darkness. She worked as. a barmaid in Ban gert's tavern. They left , there about 8:30 p. m.,. she said, and made some calls before going home. . Fife Destroys Jefferson Mill LYONS, Marion County, June 9 (Pi The Mt. Jefferson Lum ber company here was destroy ed -by fire today at a loss oi $175,000. The fire, of unknown origin, was discovered at 4:25 a. m. Most of the lumber and the planer was saved, but a South ern Pacific section house and water tank, and a f latcar also were riestroved. ' The owners of the mill, Or voiilo Millpr and Norton Cow- des, both of Portland, said they would rebuild immediately. The plant shipped between 50 and 80 carloads of lumber a month,: and employed 70 persons. -, WEATHER June 9. 1944 Max. (Jun 8) 57. .Mln 47. Pracipliatlon last 24 hour ... .04; Stream year to dat --;? Normal 11.29. Last year 17.14. Forecait: Unsettled. TarsiCcs UtoDI $ Caevi By WES GALLAGHER ; - . SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE; June 9 (AP)--U.'-S. troops, pressing - toward the strategic port, of Cherbourg haye, seized Ste. Mere Eglise and cut the road and rail road to Cherbourg, leaving the Germans only a secondary and pert haps already threatened road oh the west. German broadcasts placed the .Americans: within 18 miles of Cherbourg itself. ';' Z J. S. parachute troops seized Ste, Mere Eglise,-hanging on until seaborne infantry -joined 'them. : ; 1 i i German accounts have already . reported allied parachutists landing on the western coast pf the Cherbourg peninsula; in action: near Lessay -bottleneck, of the west coast road to Cherbourg and a spur rail line. . ! . " 'i ,' British and Canadianforces at the other end of the 60-mile-long steadily-expanding beachhead joined for an assault on pivotal Caen; fighting a ..fierce armored battle fori the large city where the. Ger? ; mahs apparently planned a ma- . ! IMA :. hncis j." KELLY - Associated Piei Stuff -Writer " -The -resignation of - Jamesi A. TTnif l sv'S New York democratic state -chairman was regarded by Waohlnirtnn nnliticians today as an - inevt vaoie TOuaojuww. wuho known "opposition to a lourtn trm for anv president and his apparent belief that President ftooseveit wui.ruu agaui.. .:,-r The president declined today tn comment on- Farley's action. He said,-he had just .gotten news of ihe resignation from the news naners. He save the same answer n niiMtiorv or comment- on a threatenentWourt.term split among ivussiasj '.: i -''plans for Chicago " " ' Woloo t11 nlanp to bo to Chi cago- is ,a convention delegate. ThM - ml (K h Ik ''Phenomenal cer- cr.nn'1 nrmiaintanceshlo. he could be in :a position' tp keep in' tduch with trends as -they,- develop, inrlndlne the budding movement in a group of southern states to. prevent their electom -from vot ing for we oemocrauc iiuuuiice if the. convention1 disregards the' ,ichoe nf that. section-of the nar tion as to state's rights and racial matters. i - V, ' On the reDublican side, the (Continued on . Page Six). ; Refugees to Be Brought to U.S. ": WASHINGTON.. June 9 (iP)- President Roosevelt said today 1000 European war refugees will be brought .to this country -and housed In an unused military es tablishment at Fort Onttfrio, near Oswego, New York. - - : -The. one thousand, Mr. Roose velt said, represented the total number of refugees now destined for this country. ' ' in a caDiegram. to AmDassaaor Robert Murtihy in Algiers, the president disclosed that refugees from, southern Italy are being moved to temporary Havens m the' Mediterranean' area.' , "At the same time,': the cable gram -continued, "I feel that it is important that the United States indicate that it is ready to share the burden of caring for refugees during the war. ' IT :: -.a Slxt.n-yarld Jimmy HoWard of 189 E. Maln.couldn't wait till: Jun 12 to do Wi art . in ,,! . J? Loin Siv Hr h i at bond hadquartrs handing ovr nough cash for a 1909 bond-h" l ruSu-vl driv. Givln Jimmr hU bon I. (n, H DaVis Parsons who want to follow young Howard' axampl should com to bond hadqu Ur, 11 735 mX Th. war bond drlr.'offici.Uy opens Jun J-V but any bonds, thoufll purchased bTort that dat. will count lath driv.. , . ., , . ., t. jor stand. American parachute and in fantry troops, linking up, gained at both ends of - their 28-mile salient in the Ste.- Mere Eglise sector at the narrowest neck pf the" Cherbourg peninsula and headquarters announced satisfactory- progress" on all fronts with battles against nazi armored thrusts reaching new intensity. :'.- - ' Para Landings Told (Berlin radio has reoorted al lied parachute landings on -the west coast of the peninsula and threat to cnoKe oil tne tip. Today- a German.- broadcast heard by NBC said allied forces that had landed Thursday near Granville, 15 miles southwest of -Coutance, had been . wiped out:"- There was no confirma tion). ';---.- .v. i r, !. - At least Z400 -prisoners nave beipri taken, - 600 f -them by Americans. - 'X'iJ -Gen.-- Dwieht D.- Eisenhower In a proclamation called on :the French underground to continue in .present duties '"unless otherr. wise "instructed," and; pledged: that.Vwe shair destroy the.nazi tyranny; root and branch so that, the-oeonle of Europe may; have a -new birth of freedom -J - Counterblows Repulsed Headauarters said the main nazi ; counterattacks had . been repulsed In the Caen sector and ground trained there.. - --f"-, c ieid aispatcnes - toia . hadian tanks firing at point blank 200-yard range into massed German formations; - . -- Thsp - Hfsnatches ' described the,-tank battle as the biggest vet; and the Germans said hand-to-hand ugming' was tail ing place in-Caen. : r: Towns Totter inpntral snearheads caDtured Fbrmigny, between Bayeux and CContinued on i-age bix; French Genera To Visit FDR WASHINGTON, June 9 (P) President .Roosevelt said . today he is expecting a visit from Gen eral Charles. De Gaulle of' the French national committee of lib eration Mr. Roosevelt told a news con ference he has sent word to .De Gaulle,-who- is now in London on the invitation of Prime Min ister Churchill, that he would be glad to see him this summer and siiBsested 'two- dates. . between June 22 and. 30,. or between July ! 6 and 14 First Klamath Fifth War Loan . - ... . '.. ginse; ; W WAR BULLETINS WASHINGTON, Jun 9 (Ph Prsidnt RoosTlt today an nounctd th arrival in London of Gnral Gaorg C. Marshall, Admiral -Ernest J. King and, Ganeral H. H. Arnold, top army, navy and air fore command! . : NEW-YORK. Jun 9 (IP). NBC- said -today that Berlin radio lr "apparently gattinfl ready . for posslbl : f all ot th Vichy ' goTinmnt : which, .. at mttng today," ' 11 xcoxdd...a.: Berlin, broad. . cast saying "ih popl's na tional government is ready . to tak over if h French govern mnt dots not do its duty' LONDON:.Jun 9 UP) Th Berlin radio assarted today that "th thlrd.wave of ih-invasion' had begun with freih allied sir. born landings, near uaranian. -Caen and Bayeux and addition al naval landings at previously established., bridgeheads. :- - . War Loan Drive Oiled for Action ; A round-up of -committee r. ports at noon today showed that the ' organization machinery fo the Fifth War Loan is oiled an ready for high-speed bond sale production when the drive opens Monday-. ? Executive committeemen met at the-Willard, vvith Joe Hicks, general chairman - of - the Ki wants -club sponsorship, presid ing. In addition to local work ers, Ed Crawford of Merrill and A: Kalina and Dick Henzl of Malm were present. All phase of the- campaign . plans were shown to be in working order, : Important announcements con cerning the drive will be made Saturday, it was brought out at the- meeting." Opinion was that the invasion of- Europe" will stimulate sales, and Klamath' total bond buying for the Fifth; War " Loan is - expected to hit S4.000.000. or considerable over I the quota. Bond Buyer $1 ..... '' ..'.. liewWaslS mJTtW. J 1. leaders. -' -.'.VI
