Illffl m mM w dew a D dD Cn MSI w i
flVnlUV .lKNICINR
tM bench head lighting si
jmorTcrn"C?orcc re pushing
Itwsrd across, tho narrowest
i f the Cherbourg peninsula,
iUi. hottest fighting center
,. round Carentan (sea map),
,5, Is an Important rail June-
They are reported closo to
hird of Hie way across.
Their nrouress Is hampered by
3J released by the Germans.
?Sve captured the floodgates,
that In tlmo wo will bo able
control this situation.
rt'RE evldontly using para
' troops extensively in an erf.
i'io leup-frog across to the
htrsldo of tho peninsula. The
nnan sent in parutroopors of
Town today In an effort to
J U. but tliolr luck wasn't
Si Their sky troops drifted
Tn practically on Jp t a
IEVIOUSLY LANDED Amcri-
Jormatlon and half of thorn
.re cPi"'d and, tho rest "dls-
( his counter attack at Cuon,
Rommel Is reported to have
rown In three, armored dlvi
ni in an effort to push spear
ids through to the beach and
t ud our forces Into segments
t could bo destroyed. Ho
lied. British and Cnnadlan nr
l.rymcn STOOD FIRM, flrlnu
open sights at his tanks
ij 300 yards away and stop
nithem. ...
'HE REAL Gorman counter
sllack on our beach head,
iwevcr, hasn't yet developed
e either to German Inability
lot In rcsorves In sufficient
imber or to Gorman fears of
King caught off base some-
When'tand If) It DOES come,
will probably bo In much
tiler forco.-Our Job is to got
lough men, weapons and sup
ie, ashoro IN TIME to meet
i itop It., , i,
HE weather hat turned slight
ly bettor, enabling our
tnes to get back Into action
Imt tho Germans rear linos,
niily northwosf wind, how;
cr. lsslIU keeping the channel
ugh and choppy and making
:ach landings slower Bnd more
Mailt. ' - , . :'
A considerable nurribor of our
ihllng planes aro now oporat
I .from hastily constructed
rips within our beachhead,
iui eliminating the time-con-iralng
trip back and forth
:rou tho channel to refuel and
urm.
fw're also evacuating our
bunded by air.-
m these early days of the lnva-
Inn tir.miit himp rnnntantlv
I mln'd tho fact that our lob is
fcly. BARELY BEGUN. We've
fctilned a toehold on the French
baches. We must HOLD It. To
Inlri H tun mutt ' But rfllnforCC-
lents ashore - faster than the
Jtrmans can BRING- UP rein
trcements to drive us back into
li tea, .
f HERE Is nothing new from
' tho Russians in nomania.. in
ct, there Is no word from them
;a!l as this Is written. '
The Finns say today that the
uulsns have launched a "gen
l offensive" in tho Karelian
t some 300 miles north of
cnjngrnd supporting It with
uvy artillery barrages and
ink attacks:
The Finns claim to have done
jood'job of stopping, the reds.
N Romania, swift American P
'. acting as , FIGHTER
OMBERS, sweep down on the
AST major oil refinery in
loetl, damaging, it heavily,
trman fighters come up In
lrgo . numbers, Indicating the
nporlanco they attach to.Ro-'nlan-
oirinstallations, but fall
itop our planes.-' . ' '
Today's dispatches assert that
' total output of the Romanian
" fields la. estimated to have
w cut 00 per cent; ,'V. '
That, if true, isn't an easy pill
T Hitler to swallow at this mo
lenV when he needs all the gaso
n he can lay hands on.
r . ., ..
" Italy, Clark's pursuing' 5th
rmy is advancing at the rapid
"of. 13 miles per day, but
ill catch up with the fleeing
mans. (,,
An official spokesman for our
"Mys today that von Macken
ja 14th German army is with
S &f ln this aroa in a COM
S?LY DISORG A N I ZED
P.""'0" retreating so fast, in
'CV that it is uncovering the
i.-7,0,'1,th slower-rpovlng Ger
W lOth army ' just to the eajt
Qernian ; 14-ycar-olds aro re
tly arnP8 -the.captlvcs in
J .. ' V;.'' V, ' -; "
'HE JHps tried ' to"' reinforce
, troops 'on Biak ;Island
i.WPi'Pomlera, attacking ' . at
"'ihclght ,sa,nk' four of .their
joying destroyers and .'dam
i,,Lan?ther and chased, off a
;'r: and, a destroyer. In
: other ' separate actions
laS4 week, our bombers
!;? unk a Jap destroyer, dam
Sjynother ;. and damaged- a
fc are thq?flrst Jap war.
ioiitlnued on Page Threo)
PRICE 5 CENTS
'
Th"handiomt';Kiamath Falls.
picture,, provides the them for
Monday, Kiamatn tpunty s. r inn,.
i
c t : r1 ..LA'?!;
Marine Barracks Cost Goal
Of Klamaih War Loan Drive
Klamath county's Fifth War
Loan drive opens Monday with
the Klamath Mnrino BarracKs
cost nearly $4,000,000 as its
goal. , ,
Joe Hicks, general chairman
of tho War Loan drive, ' an
nounced today that the commit
tee had selected tho barracks as
tho theme around which the cam
paign will be built. . ;
$3,815,000 Quota
The Klamath quota is $3,815,
000, or approximately tho an-
2 More Queens ;
Enter Race J
Two new candidates Friday
entered tho race for queen of
the Fourth of July Buckaroo
Days celebration. They are
Phyllis Staples and Helen Smith,
both of Malin. ;
Slxtccn-ycar-old Phyllis is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A.
Staples. She has dark hair and
blue eyes and is 5 feet I'M
inches tall. Riding and danc
ing are her favorite hobbles.,
She was a student nt Bonanza
high school last year and will
be a senior at Malin high this
fall., Besides horseback riding,
she also knows something about
haying and raising potatoes.
' Helen Smith Is 18 years old
and she is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Smith of Malin.
Helen was raised in Malin and
received her schooling there.
She has light brown hair, blue
avC nnri Is S feet 11 inches tall.
Rlrline and dancing are her
xhninn hobbles and 'she also en.
Joys helping her father. on the:
rancn.
Dewey Supporters Back
Taft for GOP Chairman
By The Associated Press
Supporters of Gov. Thomas
E Dewey of New York were re
ported today (Saturday), to have
thrown t he 1 r weight behind
Senator Robert Taft (R-Ohlo)
for the chairmanship' o 'tho im
portant platform committee of
the. republican national- conyen-,
-Toft heads air Ohio dolegatlon
pledRed to support Gov. John
W. .Brlckor, of: that state, for
tho presidential nomination, and
the reputed i action of some-ot
Dewey's friends. was regarded
generally as, a : pre-convention
"harmony" move by those who
expect.the Now-York governor
to be named on-the first ballot.
-M Moots Juna 21 v -
The resolutions . committee,
consisting of two members from
u -ir,f w 11- meet in Chii
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1944 . v. Number 10130 ' '.- - : 7 I
"mmmi sac mgBgaa g 's : - ' .' ... ...... . '
BUYTHE BARRACKS WITH BONDS
i t x
Marina Barracks, showr, abOTt
tha FHth War. Loan -eampaian
.vtar; yon.,augi, jnt H.uiK -
nounced cost of the Marine Bar
racks, newest navy installation
on me Pacific coasi which is just
beginning to receive men home
from the Pacific fighting. '
"Buy the Barracks with Bonds
Back the Boys Back From the
Pacific," are the slogans adopted
for the Klamath drive.
Barrack Tour Planned
' Special feature of the cam
palgn will be tours of the Ma
rine Barracks, thus far closed to
public inspection, by all purchas
ers of $25 or more ln bonds dur
ing the campaign, whether the
bond be purchased by payroll de
duction or any other source. '
The date for these tours has
been tentatively set for Sunday,
July 2, through arrangements
with Colonel B. Dufeel, com
mandlng officer of the barracks,
who is-cooperating closely With
the Xlwanis-led' bond organiza
tion. . .
( i : Many Expected - '
. It Is expected that many hun
dreds of bond buyers will take
. (Continued on Page Three)-,
Benes Sees End
OtNaiiRule
" LONDON June 10 (IP) '
President Eduard Benes of the
exiled Czechoslovak govern
ment said in a broadcast to his
people -today that a "'new, pow.
erful - and final" soviet offen
sive was imminent and we
shall; not . have to wait long,"
for an allied attack from north-
ern Italy upon the Balkans and
"We can now really say that
the-end of nazj . Germany's dom
ination, has begun," ho declared,
and' begin hearings on the plat-
form to be recommennea to ine
convention opening June 26. .
Taft would bring with him a
senate record of sharp criticism
nt the new deal's domestic poli
cies, softened by attempts to
compromise -with administration
leaders on such major issues as
price- control.
He headed the republican
postwar advisory committee on
domestic problems which called
for relaxation of government
controls over private enterprise
as soon as tnc war is over.
Nevada Picks Today
with the . convention only a
little more- than two weeks
away.-seleotlon of delegates was
to be concluded today with Ne
vada republicans picking- six
at a state meeting. .
Without takirtfe those six into.
I Tito Shata.Caeade Wonderland I fa VV22CI 11 IT M f
m
T -
in thU new ntlrj cost of
'woicn opans tnuM inp rftwitv. . . '
wn.rMini
1 WASHINGTON. June 10 m
The office of price administra
tion today slapped price ceil
ings on all used passenger cars,
whether sold by dealers or pri
vate owners, at the levels which
prevailed in January, imm.
The order is effective July 10,
the month's delay being allowed
for the trade to make its adjust
ments. OPA set forth specific dol-
lars-and-cents prices for 23
makes and about 6000 models
manufactured from 18J7
through 1942. Older cars may
not be sold for. more than the
comparable 1937 model. ? '
surprise Action
The action came as a surprise,
although OPA has been work
ing actively toward price con
trol of used cars for more than
a year, in which time the price
level has soared' zu per ceni.
Ceilings were opposed by
spokesmen for dealers, who had
lost their . revenue from , new
cars.
'In some sections of the coun
try, used cars three years old
brine today two or three times
more than similar cars brought
before the war," OPA Adminis
trator. Chester Bowles said in
announcine the action.
- "I think that indicates wnat
nressures there are today to
push prices up and what might
. luonunueo on rage inree;
Reds Crumpfe
German Blow
.LONDON, June- 10 (fP) Mos
cow announced today that sov
iet troons had crumpled a local
ized German attack northwest
of Tarnopol In old Poland as
red army preparations for a
new eastern front offensive
broueht more indications of un
easiness in Germany and among
the nxls' Balkan satellites.
In a broadcast communique
the Russians announced that a
tank-sunnorted n a z 1 infantry
'regiment broke into one inhab
ited locality In tne xarnopoi re
gion but had been ejected from
tho position by a night counter
attack. Ten German tanks and
two - self-propelled guns were
declared to have been crippled
nr. hurnnrl. .
The war bulletin said soviet
units also have taken another
height north of Iasi in Romania,
Wiping out more uiau a turn
pany of the enemy,
WEATHER
Juna 10, 1844 :
Max. (Juna 8) ......62. Min. :.....44
Precipitation lait 24 hour 02,
Stream year to date .8.72
Normal ,11.31. Last year ..17.14,
-',
thH JJHami(tl tea UUattoa, ad
Bombers Fire
Last Ploesti
Oil Refinery
FIFTEENTH AIR 'FORCE
HEADQUARTERS, Italy, June
10 (P) Swarms of American
P-38 Lightnings streaked across
the Balkans at tree-top levels
today bombing and strafing the
Romana-Americana oil refinery
at Ploesti, last major refinery
left operating in Romania. The
target was left enveloped In
black smoke. '.
Nearly 100 - Messerschmitts
and . Focke-Wulf s . pounced on
the darine raiders when they
finished the attack and started
on the last lee of the journey.
A number of enemy planes were
shot down.
The - lone ranee assault was
tried after. Fortresses and Lib
erators , in three '- earlier raids
attempted unsuccessfully to
bring the Romanian refining in
dustry to a standstill.
All other, major refineries on
the Ploetsl area have been ren
dered inactive ' by . the - heavy
bombers, and the total output of
the Romanian producers Has
been; cut an ;estimated. 90 per
cent. .
Machine Shop
Blast Kills Two
VALLEJO. Calif., June 10 (fl)
Two civilian's were killed and 34
injured, four of them seriously,
in an explosion in the Mare Is
land navy yard macnine snop
earlv today.
The dead were listed Dy tne
12th naval district as P. L. May
of Oakland, and A. M. Armado of
Vallejo. .
The machine shop is tne larg
est west of the Mississippi river,
The four persons most serious
ly injured were E. F. Daly and
R. H. Warener, Dotn vaneo; A
M. Frazier of Concord, and E. A
Rueee of Albany. . '
' The blast came from under the
floor of the machine shop, the
announcement said, and the
cause has not been determined.
A board of investigation will be
named, v
Nazis Ordered
To Hold Caen
NEW YORK, June' 10 (ff)
Radio Atlantic, purported secret
anti-nazi German station, said
today that Maj. Gen. Feuchtln-
ger, '. German commander.' at
Caen, had ordered his troops to
hold the town "under , all cir
cumstances' in an order- of tne
day. The broadcast was record
ed bv NBC. - - ' -
A Brazzaville . broadcast, pick
ed ub bv the Blue network,
said. a state of siege had been
declared In Strasbourg, in
France, near the German bor
der. .
,'.'BACS THE BOYS .BACK
;..'- ,
5
B7 RICHARD C. BERGHOLZ
Associated Frets war' Editor
Japan has lost at least five
warships and nad. tnree otners,
includine a heavy cruiser, dam
aged since June 3 in vain at
tempts to bolster her weaken
ing position in the Southwest
Pacitic. . .. :
Allied headquarters - today
trumpeted the : latest Nipponese
naval loss . . four destroyers
sunk, one , damaged, in mast
heieht attacks by 10 -Mitchell
medium bombers , Thursday: sis
the warships, together with a
cruiser and , another destroyer.
sneaked - through Geelvink bay
toward beleaguered Biak island
in the Schouten group, , Dutch
New Guinea. -
The cruiser ' and ; undamaged
(Continued on Page-Three) .
Missing Pilot
Now Prisoner
Lt. Ralph Bockmier Jr..: is a
prisoner . of the Romanian - gov
ernment, according to word re
ceived by his wife, the former
Uawn Everitt, who Is now -In
Spokane with her young son.
Mrs. Bockmier sent word to
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
wmuock of tnis city, that she
received a telegram from the
government but has no. details
as yet.
Lt. Bockmier was earlier re
ported missing over Romania a
short time after being sent to
his European - base. He is a
bomber pilot and entered the
army air corps in February,
1943, receiving his -Wings at
Maria, Texas. -..'.''
Prince Umberio Snubbed
By Bonomi's
ROME, June 10 (P) The Ital
ian cabinet of Premier Ivanoe
Bonomi assumed office today
without taking the customary
oath to the crown, as represented
by Crown Prince Umberto.
Instead the , 17 ministers
pledged themselves to the pre
mier to fulfill their duties, ac
cording to the constitution. Some
of the cabinet opposed taking
the oath to the crown on the
grounds the question of whether
Italy will continue as -, a mon
archy will be decided at ! the
close of nosiuiuesi - - ,
. Umharto Snubbed
- Crown Prince Umberto, while
smihbed bv the Bovernment,
nevertheless received an' acclam
ation from supporters among the
people as he .prepared to: leave
Unmfi fnr Natfa.
" The government also prepared
r. I-! L
U. S. Airfields
Established
In France
By WES GALLAGHER -
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED- EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 10 '(P) Ameri
can troops supported by allied
planes.7 operating ' from French
soil - for the first time since
1940 fought through German-
flooded battlegrounds today to
ward strategic Cherbourg, cut
ting the railway below the port
in several.- places, and seizing
two' important towns.
ine powenui u. a. attack,
hampered ."-by ' ; flood "waters,
inches' to seven feet deep, ham
mered' north toward Cherbourg;
west in a push to ship, off the
peninsula tip, and developed a
two-way squeeze on Carentan
guarding the narrowest neck of
the; jutting cape. '' . ' .. - ;
- - Wear ; Cherbourg
-' Berlin ' broadcasts .- put the
Americans within 15 miles of
Cherbourg, - and said German
forces, in the face of fresh para
chute landings, were withdraw
ing south of Monteoourg to
shorten their lines..
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery, commanding ground
invasion forces,- has established
his .; advance - headquarters in
France. -it-was. announced. He
already. has visited his troops
in. frontline.-action and was re
ported well, satisfied with their
progress.-'--t ,-
U.'- S. .-Thunderbolts and RAF
Spitfires - landed and took off
from airfields '.established in
France just four days after .the
Invasion, roaring' out in. closest
support oi me ground assault,
' SeUe Islonr '
' -.Americans battline between
Bayeux .-an d Carentan;, seized
Islgny control point for flood
Bates t h ere of .the German
wrought inundation and Tre-
vieres,.nine mues west- wrJpay
eux. : - '
i The nazls flooded large areas
around . Carenton, Ste. Mere
Eelise and northeast of Caen
and -headquarters -reported
heavy fighting in-the Carentan
area.-, .:;-
Americans, have taken more
than -3000-prisoners.
Dlrliloni Identified
Headquarters identified four
nazi divisions engaged in heavy
fighting against British ana
(Continued on Page Three) ;
Four Nazi Trawlers Sunk I
lii Clash Witfr Royaf Navy
i Br ROBERT C. WILSON -
' : SUPREME- HEADQUARTERS
jtL L' I E D EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June ,10 (JP Light
coastal snips oi tne noyai j
sank four heavily-armed Ger
man : trawlers today off the
Dutch- coast at a cost of one mo
tor torpedo boat in another of
a series of naval clashes, the ad
miralty announced; . -
Four - trawlers were engaged
southwest of Ijmuiden, and three
sent -down by torpedo mis, wiwi
the fourth damaged by. gunfire
and sent heading back for the
coast.-, -'.- '.?!
. More Appear-
Later three more armed trawl
ers, apparently searching for
survivors, appeared and one, of
these: was torpedoed and sunk,
niw British . torpedo boat was
sunk, but there were only two
casualties, tne aamirauy saia.. -.
The first attempts by German
naval- craft to enter the invasion
coast.: have been frustrated,. It
was-disclosed earlier in a com
Auinimie riescribine three sur
face actions, one a . point-blank
engagement between eight allied
and four nazi destroyers.
OHbsvan Found
: Eight- British, Canadian and
Polish destroyers intercepted the
four.German destroyers off the
tip of Brittany, near lie u uues
sant before dawn yesterday. The
New Cabinet
to leave Rome as Salerno, will re
main Italy's, provisional capital
as long as Rome Is considered in
the zone of military, operations
Feeling High
' - Excitement continued high in
Rome and among many rumors
was one that an attempt nad
been made on the Crown Prince's
life. But highly placed officials,
both allied and Italian, said they
knew -nothing of such- an inci
dent In the' two days Umberto
Was here and his supporters said
the rumors Were spread -by- his
enemies who wished to make it
appear he is unpopular.- v.. ",:'',
--Another. cause, of excitement
was an explosion in the German
embassy as allied soldiers
searched the building and Un
covered a laree amount of ex
plosives In the cellar. - One case
: ' iwontinuea on jrago mree;
Allies Speed 15
Miles Daily ;
In Italy
By NOLAND NORGAARD " '
ROME, June 10 UP) The GeN
man 14th army fled northward,
Kioay wun increasing aisoraer,
and the allied command for the
first time declared officially that
a 1 "catastrophe" has -befallen
Field , . Marshal Albert Kessel
ring's forces in Italy.
- ' Slashing steadily northward
after the retreating foe, the fifth
army captured the town of Tuw
cania. 13 miles northeast of Tar.
quinia.
.' , Can t Catch Up . .
'-'.Despite the ereat speed of Lt.
Gen. Mark W. Clark's pursuing
troops, wmcn nave averages,
roughly IS miles daily since the
fall of. Rome, an official spokes
man declared they are -"unable
to catch up with, any important
elements of Col. Gen. Eberhard)
von Mackensen's 14th- army
which is-withdrawing In this
area in a completely disorganized
fashion,"
The eighth army also -picked
up - speed in its northward - ad.
vance near the Adriatic. : v
Considered Peril -
Mackensen's flight was consid
ered a peril of the nazi -10th
army, whose withdrawal -north
ward on the east side of the Ti
ber has been slower and more or
derly, due largely to demolitions;
mine fields and the mountanoua
terrain - which made close -pur
suit by the British eighth arm
difficult, -
- ''East : of the Tiber river tho
German 10th army is robbed of
the support of its sister army anoV
how : has to provide, .out of its
own -means, flank protection
against the - threat represented
by the allied advance to the Vi.
terbo area," the spokesman said.
"Here, too, there is consider,
able disorganization noted and
prisoners .recently taken, includg :
cooks,-butchers, bakers, some-na
more than 14 years old. .--.rfft-ji
-. ..''Losses in the 10th army- con
tinue heavy," ...
' Fifth Fans Out ' 1
-Withthe taking of Tuscaniav
Tarquinia and Vetralla, the fifth
army now has fanned out- on. a
broad front more than 50 miles
to -the - northwest ' from Rome.
and at the same time has stab
bed 'at least 40 miles north of the
capital -city' in a -drive - beyond
; .(Continued on Page Three) ..
allies blew up more of the t en
emy' destroyers, chased another1
aground in flames and scored
hits on the other two, which est
caped, the communique said. "
The' grounded vessel was at
tacked later by Royal Canadian
Beaufighters which shot at least
70 rocket projectiles -into it: and
scored numerous hits with heavy
and light bombs. Today -it . lay ar
smouldering wreck surrounded,
by. a pool of burning oil. . ! i,
Grounded Ship's ;
Chief Suspended
SAN FRANCISCO. June 18
(Pfe-Master's license . of -CaprT
Joseph C. Chambers, skipper of
tne - b. s. ienry uergn wmca
erounded on the Farallon is
lands May 31, was ordered susf.
pended yesterday for two years;
A- coast guard court . of . in
quiry acquitted the veteran of
ficer. - of charges of incompe
tency but -found him-guilty on
four points - of- negligence: fail
ure to plot tne togpouno snip s
course; to use available naviga
tion aids; to. slow the ship's
speed sufficiently, and to ex
ercise authority to quiet noisy
passengers wnose voices maa
it difficult for the crew to heat
fog-horns. - -
The court recommended a
first mate's ticket for Chambers,
-'- All of the 1000 navy person
nel aboard and the crew wert
rescued. C
Civilian Law ,
Gets Sailor Case
'The navv Friday, following
an investigation of the r case-,
turned Charles Weldon Wright,
sailor stationed at the Klamath
naval air base, over to -civilian
authorities to: answer a chargs
of statutory rape. "
Young Wright, who la mar.
rled and has two children,'.; is
accused of attacking a 13-year
old local girl late Saturday
night at his home in a Klamath
Falls auto camp. J
'The navy serviceman was arw
raigned in Justice court Satur
day morning. He took time to
plead and was committed to the
cptmty Jail underjf 5000 ..cast;
cago Juno 21 to elect its officers I
i (Continued on page xnreej.
- Forecast) Clouay.