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Newspaper Page TextPACE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON URIAH SLIPPING F ROM JAP GRIP (Continued From Page One) miles northwest, which snipped enemy communications between Lungling and Tengchung. American airmen of Gen Douglas MacArthur's 'command damaeed a Japanese heavy cruis er one of the few carefully-hus banded fleet units the enemy has dared' to risk in the Southwest Pacific recently. Liberator bombers planted two 500-pound bombs near the bow of the cruiser at Waigeo island off northern New Guinea, some 350 miles west-northwest of Biak island in the Schoutens where the Yankee invaders were rush ing the newly-won Mokmer air drome into operation. ROOSEVELT QUIET IL! (Continued from Page One) president nomination headquar ters of Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio announced that Bricker-for-President clubs have been form ed in 20 states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Mis souri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklaho ma, Oregon, South Dakota, Ten nessee, Utah, Virginia, Washing ton, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In Nebraska, Governor Dwight Griswold released the six con vention delegates pledged to him and urged them to support Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for the presidential nomination. Italy-Based Yank Bombers Batter Targets In Munich (Continued From Page One) :' the aerial operations supporting the invasion troops. ....-,.' German Attacks Germans made four fighter- bomber attacks against the in vasion beaches between early yesterday morning and late last night, employing some 60 planes, but were driven off each time. The first three attacks were handled by RAF Spitfires, which shot down three German planes and damaged more without loss. The last attack cost the Germans seven planes, again with no loss to the allies. v Yards Hit ; Several hundred RAF , heavy bombers, flying t hrough rain and thick clouds, hit the switch mg yards and rail junctions at Rennes, i ougeres, Alencon, May enne and Pontaubault last night, These lie south and west of the Normandy fighting front Two of the heavy bombers are miss ing from these operations. An air ministry announce ment said poor flying weather appeared also to be hampering the Germans, since the big Brit ish Lancasters and Halifaxes met fewer nazi fighters than on the previous night. Thgse British airmen had glimpses of the ground fighting and saw bright flashes from the sea west of the Cherbourg pen insula, where allied warships ap- peared to be bombarding the coast. They said the attack on the Fougeres yards left a column or smoke towering 2000 feet. Allied light bombers also struck at rail targets behind the oatue area during the night. Bucking the bad weather. English, Australian and New Aiealand Mosauito sauadrone shot up trains and bombed rail road stations, roads, bridges and German encampments. Return Mrs Levings, 623 East Main, and her sister. Mrs. Hotaling, returned last Friday from a 14 months' trip to Minne sota and Boston, Mass. : Developing - Printing ' Enlarging UNDERWOOD'S PHOTO SERVICE 211 Underwood Bldg. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) SPITE of bad weather, we seem to be Gaining so far. Our su preme command announces to day that -"progress is, satisfac tory." . TJE'RE beginning to get a few " details of the fighting. You must -have 'noted from the pictures that many of the landings were made on narrow beaches with an OVERHANG ING bank. As our men climbed this bank they were met by a blast of enemy fire. They then had to take shelter UNDER the bank . while other units got around BEHIND and wiped out the German gunners. Eventually our engineers bunt roads up tnese banks ana our forces poured through... SCANTY and unofficial reports indicate that we may have from 200,000 to 300,000 men ashore by this time. Compare this with the TOTAL of our forces available . in England. You'll see at once that we have VAST reserves available.. We need a port to get these reserves more quickly into ac tion. . - . ALSO we have plenty of forces with' which to strike SOMEWHERE ELSE if the Ger mans throw TOO MANY of their reserves into the Cher bourg peninsula fighting. . TTHE Germans say today the Russians have advanced "sev eral miles" in Romania. The Russians - say only that they have taken an "important height." v AP Correspondent Gilmore, cabling from Moscow, . says; "Things seen on this correspond ent's three recent' trips, to the Russian front tend to back The predictions of a new red offen sive. Preparations are being made for an attack which should shake Hitler from -Russian soil and drive the nazis BACK .TO BERLIN." IN Italy, the Germans are still in full nhviflf nnrth nf T9nma They've begun today to ( pull back their forces from the Ad riatic side. They're heading for a new, defense 1 Ine farther north. irytSPATCHES :- from Burma today to be slipping . from Japans' btid. The .Saiween Chinese -are still moving nearer a junction witn us at Myntcyina; A Jap CRUISER has been dam aged , by .our planes : oft. New Guinea. That's the first. Jap warship reported but in a long time. . : . . Inside China, the Japs are still gaining. Thev-are rerjorted only 7 H ' miles' from Changsha toaay. ... Nazis Retreat. As Allies Roll On Italian' Front " . . .... ...... (Continued from-Page One)-. area. Another element -'seized the town of Sutri, six miles north oi iake ttracciano. .- .. .. Slower. Progress . The eighth .army conformed with this drive -by a continued tnrust northward along the east side of the .Tiber,, but. progress there was slower due "to demoli tions and mines.- ' " 1 , Just east "of the Tiber, 20 -en emy anti-tank and self-propelled guns were knocked out in the vicinity of Monterotondo, whose capture was.' announced yester day. Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese's forces have gone several 'miles beyond Monterotondo. ; 'i : ' . Classified. Ads Bring Results DANCE SatNite F.O.E. Hall 9th and Walnut" . 9:00 to 1:00 .'. Sponsored by ' Aerie No. 2090 F.O.E., Auxiliary and Drum Corps Estin Kiger's Orchestra PUBLIC. INVITED ' ' ' E (Continued from Page One) ' ton, while other . settlements were reached in disputes affect ing workers at the Obearnestcr Glass company -in east St. Louis, III., and in the Passaic, N. J., plant of the Botany Worsted mills. Striking bakery drivers in To ledo called off a work stoppage which began May 28 in protest against what union leaders term- ed a delay of the regional WLB in processing their case, involv ing wages and overtime pay. Other labor troubles continued to slow production St a half doz en industries, affecting about 4200 employes. These Included 1600 AFL bottling department workers ' at seven New Jersey breweries; 1000 employes at the DuFont Rayon company s plant at Old Hickory. Tenn.: 750 AFL construction workers at two re finery, projects in Wilmington, Calif.; 450 bakers in Toledo, O.: 350 workers at the Victor Chemi cal plant in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.. and 52 men at the navy-operated special ordnance "plant in York, Pa. . Because of the interest shown in the canning school which has been sponsored here during the past week by ' the ' Klamath County Nutrition council, there will be one more demonstration on . Saturday morning in the Pelican theatre.- Mrs. Winnifred Gillen, Klam ath county home demonstration agent, will demonstrate how to process foods by freezing and drying. At the cooking school on Fri day, about 150 women wit nessed Mrs. Vivian Freeman, assisted by Mrs. John .McFee, prepare asparagus,-., raspberries and: venison. Mrs. McFee, assisted by Fran ces .and Marian, Pfefferle, made awards to Mrs. Estle James of Tionesta for coming the great est distance, and to Mrs. George Casper, Mrs.' Ethel Caldwell, Mrs.. .E.. R. Acton, Mrs. . Mike Kasper, Mrs. Harry Roland, Mrs. : J. , W. '. Haviland, Mrs. George Kepharty Mrs. W. S. McBride. Mrs. A. H. Kahnn, Mrs., Ray E. Williams,, Mrs. Ed win Xee." Patty. ".Teale,- and Lil liath Lund. ' Barbara Blackburn of Klam ath Falls was' rewarded for be ing at all four lessons and Flor ence Pryor and Phyllis Lynch were given an award for attend ing three of the meetings. These three girls are all members of the 4-H club. r k . . . , Barracks Receives Books From Library '-Klamath-county -library has contributed -184- books for the library, at the Marine Barracks, according- to CploneL B.. Dubel, commanding omcer. Colonel ' Dubel has -written -a letter of , appreciation' to Mary McCpmbcounJy librarian. ; - ;; t RESCUER DROWNS' - OREGON CITY. . June 9 W) Wesley Eby, 15-year-old son of Mr., and Mrs. Clyde Eby,- Mo lalla, drowned in a mill pond yesterday while attempting to rescue two small boys. Relieve that Tormenting '. PIN-WORM ITCH Too Embarrassing toTalkAboufl It U 'no Miter neeeesarr eojrat up with the titrable ceased br Pln-Wonne. Don't let ronr ohOd or remelt aoffer that tormenting-, rmbamulnf rectal Itehlnr, or take chances with the Internal distress. Medical eelenee hae now dbcoeered'a ffw and highly effeeUm mty to deal with thU atnbborn and' troublesome Infection. Tola Important eelenttfie discovery la m -remarkable dro known aa gentian violet. It lathe Tital element In P-W. the new Fln-Worra treatment developed br the laboratories of Dr. D. Jama a Son, Araer eaje leedlnrapeelaHsta In worm medicine. P-W tablets am email mnA ... .!,- and ther net In a special war to destroy the tlslr creatores. Watch lor toe warning ahmsi Itenlnc Tioaa and seat, uneaay atomaeb. bed.wtt tlnr. uneven appetite. Remember that now there Is treatment that works on Pin Worms aa BO old.fashloned "worm syrop" or worm candy" could. So If you even sus pect PlnrWorme, set a box of P-W riant away, and follow the directions carefully. r-Wmeana fln-Wormralltfl Alramont Property Owners Protest New Wood Yard A protest signed by 41 proper ty owners in the Altamont dis trict was presented to tho coun ty court Friday against the es tablishment of a wood yard be tween Cannon and Crosby streets on Altamont drive. The protest states that the wood yar,d would Increase fire insurance rates to homo owners in that vicinity, would result in dust and dirt being carried to the surrounding homes and would cause a decrease in property values of the homes in the neighborhood as well as being an unsightly addition to one of the main roads to the naval air base. WAVE QF LARCENY A wave of petit larcenies has swept the town the past couple of days. Lettie Carl Carney was fined $32.20 and 30 days In justice court after he had pleaded guilty to stealing a shirt from Mont gomery Ward store on June 7. The 30 days were suspended on good behavior. Jeff Hull pleaded guilty In jus tice court Friday morning to tak ing a green sweater belonging to Leslie Olscn. Ho was given 30 days in the county jail by Jus tice of the Peace J. A. Mahoney. , A fine of $32.50 and 30 days, suspended if the aggrieved party is paid back, was given James Bryan Stephens in justice court after he had pleaded guilty to taking 1 pair of gray trousers and a double-breasted blue coat from a James Brown on June 6. Ewauna Defendant In Damage Suit Ew&tinA finy rnmrunv Is tVi defendant in a $10,000 damage suit filed this week in circuit court by Lena Johnson, admin istratrix of the estate of Axel Johnson, deceased.. The suit has evolved out of an industrial accident on June 10, 1942. According to the com plaint, Johnson was crushed by a log as he was removing waste logs at his place of employment, the accident rr-eiilllnD In hie death a short time later. i-Attorneys for the plaintiff are Arthur Baines and Glenn Jack. '. FORESTERS MEET MOUNT ANGEL, June 9 (P) The annual convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters will open here tomorrow for a two day session. r OBITUARY KALPR CHE8TEE TUBVEB Ralph Cheater Turner. redden t of Klamath Fall for the past month, paucd away near Dairy. Or., on Tuesday. June S. 1&44. The deceased was a native of Wisconsin and was afed 71 rears. 3 -months and 4 days when called. He is- survived by his wife. Mary of Phoenix. Ariz.; four daughters, Agnes T. Daniel, .Chlco, Calif.; Marea Selander and Constance K. Turner, both of Phoenix. Arizona: Carol Hall of Knox vtlle. Tenn.; and one sister.. Mrs. Maude Darling.. Riverside. Calif. The remains were forwarded to Grants Pass. Ore., on Friday. June 0, where final rites took place at the Hlllcrest Crematorium. Ward'f Klamath Funeral Home In charge. STE, E (Continued From Pago One) i Sto. Mere Egllse ond astride the in In communications link ing Cherbourg with the rest of France. . With the "doughboy gener al," Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley ashoro and personally leading his American forces, hcadciuor tcrs disclosed that tho allied beachhead strength Included the Canadian third division. This was tho fourth allied di vision officially dUcloscd us on tho beachhead. The others are the sixth British airborne, the first American and tho SOth (Northumbrian) British divi sion. Troop Commander Brig. Gen, Paul L. Williams of' Detroit, was disclosed as tho commander of tho ninth air forco troop carrier command who helped plan and dlroct D-Day alrborno operations to the beachhead, which German reports pictured as moro than 10 miles deep at places. While guns roared along the front, allied warships roamed up and down tho coast as rov ing artillery spotting German pockets and strongpolnts. Bad Weather Deteriorating weather again Ua plinnni,!. hut hand quarters said the wind- was In a more lavoraoio auctinju nnlnnrllno streams of supplies and reinforcements. Field dispalcncs nisciosco that the British and Canadlnn landings on D-Day were in the lnre.Sur.Mer. at the moifth of the Orno river and north of Coon. Bcrnlcrs 1 In allied, hands. mi... n - m n n pnmmunlouo conceded tho loss of Ste. Merc Eglise, astride one 01 tno mum German arteries leading to ri I ...... t r hf Atm'rl. lncruuuiK, wja - . cans were pushing "north and south irom mo numm nv there. ... Near Valoonss m, - i.t.. nnplln hrnnflc&ni men a Mw..... w. sald U. S. troops had advanced a mile beyond the town toward Valogncs, 12 miles southeast on the- port that would form a great xunnei tor '" fat-cements and supplies Into the battle for France. American Bear Admiral jonn Leslie Hall Jr., on a tour of the beachhead, told correspondents .1 - ...nvn rtolnl, Wfll. bUt streiscd the necessity of quick ly building up our iorccs. At least 1600 nail prisoners i i ... L. An A flnlrl oia. natch said today Americans had capturca ouu, mtiuu..., ........ Russians and Poles. ' Other Berlin broadcasts re ported street fighting in Caen, and an allied push toward Car- II 71S MAIN aTBEET . I A ' 'For ; : O MOVing H.r.,' there and ronder." O Storage jf ,iorBbi,, w. stor . O JPadSIllg-.c,ful , mother eat with har kittens." ran6 "Most anything, wa haten't' said W yet." O Shipping You u,,.uf wh;rfc--w,,,, , h, d,UH,..e In these hectic times it it still our wish and intention to give you courteous, dependable service at reasonable cast, and we haven't forgotten to ap preciate your patronage. PEOPLE'S WAREHOUSE Pineapple Cream Cake A moist luscious layer cake made with pipeapple in the cake. Iced with a creamy pineapple icing. This cake will make any menu complete as it is' something different. Watch them pass, .their plates for a second slice of this delicious des sert. . . ; Only 69c For.the working men.and.wom ; - en in your family we feature a, nice assortment of cookies, do nuts and pastries to make the luhchbox both appetizing and wholesome. ; f ront nispau-iirs smo id um was duvcloiiliiB Into n race supplies, ami 'Mt looks UN It i allies are winning." There entail, I0 miles to tlio west, and 20 from Cherbourg. No Confirmation Supremo httailquui'tm'S gnvo no confirmation of thoso or other dotulls, but declared tho stoadlly-onginenlod allies wore holding firm u mlcr counter blows of Increasing weight uml "making progress" on all sec-'or- . . .... i . Front tllspnienes sm "o iwv tie for lh was a froshonlng brovxa today over the misty KtiHUMi cnannni after a hampering overnight rain. Horses Utsd The Germans rolled up more tanks, dropped parai-luito troops and sent sumo supplies charging to tho front behind horses. Tho Gormuns nmclo no men tion of parachutists earlier re ported lauded on the west coast 20 miles from Sto. Moro Kgllso In an effort to pinch t( the tip of the peninsula rnul Its port of 36.000 inliubitont.H. Ton Gurnian divisions now nro engaged, supremo headquar ters said, while the Germans said up to 20 allied divisions had been thrown In. Many nii.l pris oners have been taken. The allied command wus sllont on tho battle for Caen a town of 01,000 population. Caen was described as a pivot of German defenses. Stab 3 Miles Tho Germans said the allies had penetrated flvo mill's below and six miles west of fallen Uay cux, and sulci allied bcac-hhuad had been strengthened. The natl high command claimed gains cn.it of tho Ornc. Ono front dispatch said Ameri cans now hold a beachhead five miles deep on a broad scale, with smallor penetrntiuiis several miles farther Inland. U. S. para chute troops captured one town, It said, mid infantrymen drove tho nnzl.i .'rem another. Much of the fighting was waited on a trce-to-trcc and ditch-to-dUcli basis, it added. Other front reports said "It Is becoming tho most Involved battle" with local retreats ond advances having n very definite effect on the general plans both of our commanders and the en emy. Both nro solving every rliunco to tlrlva In u wedge when thera is the slightest faltering. Bombers Active ItAF blight bombers huinmorod German supply rails behind the Normandy peninsula. "Landings huvo continued on all beaches and by-passed strong polntH of enemy resistance tiiu being steadily reduced," said In. viinlon communUtuo No. 7, Tho weather, unstablo slnco trnfura the first landings ut duwn Tuesday, took unothor unfavor able dip lata yesterduy. ltuln fell steadily throughout the night from -low-lying clouds, bringing reduction In air operations, fur the first time since tho dawn of D-Day there was no official men tion of utrburno operations 'last night. ' " ' Many Divisions An official announcement hero mild 10 Gorman divisions now wni'o In action In Norman dy. Axis broadcasts have assart ed between 15 and 20 American, British and Canadian divisions have been landed. By German account, tank bat tles raxed all tho way from Caen on tlin east to tho Carontun area at tho base nf t h o Clierbouru peninsula on tho west. Trau.iocenn said In a Berlin hroiulc-ast that allied llberatlnu forces had made their deepest penetration In the area of cap tured Dayeux, Inland from the center of the Normandy Invasion coast. It declared "grim" flithl Iiik between German and British tanks wus In prouress four or five miles southwest of Uuyeux, Golf clubs In tho United Stales cover approximately half a million neres. 'MEXSANA Relieve! marling foment and wild prolactins eoot, Oeneroin lupply eoeri little. rvton Dm., k ..Wl,'o' lml.i... 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