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L li tlint over tho wcokond
!hor relontod and now
t. for our overwhelmingly
lor air force lo opcnito el-
j.' uuv nn cnuhlci til to
frelnforccnwnla nnhoro
on
ac-
eaciu'ff "
si..., una iuv today
that
I hiivo omo 300,000
to
navu
men anlioro already.
F . nnllher
con
f,',or denlci thli report,
but
grC'TheNoy
J firm nnd secure una
an
the
rnt never I'm.
ho IUed hold n France."
to
r' . t -A .1 ...nulVi mnu In
h
till
I - .iir n't tit mntitlfl
that
P ,f. M A N Y
of
inrow i w -
F3 d thn nriM(tlt
wc will ho protty miro to
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
i ilr forcci. In tho now
Icnr sklei. ore doing two
jerallon with tho ground
blantlng uormon au unii
i- II.. (inhtlnn Unci fin-
in i " ' ,
from bniwi In France) and
tllng uermnn rcmiui in
coming up irom ino rcr.
rArmntt nm renorted
pnl up reinforcement! from
DOCK l-mim.
'
. .IkxHIIv bltlna dceoer
Into the bae of tho Chcr-
j penlniiuia, ana loaay m
lei reflect ilrong confldenco
(the fate ol tineroourn n
at and Its fall only a qucs
. 1 1
It will glvo us a great pari
whlcl) 10 opernie.
ERE la an Intimation In tho
tw today Ihnt tho Gormans,
....mi iiinii rtAinnu ni mo
iU uinll underestimated
LIU L It I M tl.vi. - "
1ANDING facilities, nicy
Lki .... lumilH HAVE.In have
It, 10 they concentrated tholr
RIM 111 Chorboura and
tt, leaving tho Intervening
lici too thinly ncm.
i .truck WrlERE THE EN
' was weak, ana our
ment for landing on tho
i was no compioto mai wu
ihU (a An what thn Gur-
ihm.Khi ui rriin.nN'T do.
Sing what tho enemy think
fcan't do ha nlway bocn
live In wurinrc.
Russian offcnslvo In Fin-
nd nimrnm to be a big one,
e Finnish Manncrhclm lino
boon cracked on a 25-mile
, and front line dispatches
itho red troops nro moving
lard everywhero In high
t, The new big push com
k designed to knock Finland
fof the war, thus providing
ton to tho neutral and tho
flltcs that hiivo been sticking
tlv to (hnlr Rcrmnn mnstors.
c attack Is following tho
I Leningrad-Helsinki rn li
lt is nnnounccd bv Stalin
elf with a flourish, Includ-
tiho customary snlvo irom
gow guns
f-IAN dispatchbs today tell
that Von Mackonsen'a orlg-
f 14th German army, which
sbecn fighting Its way back
I Cnsslno, has now "been
(fertod to tho four winds."
1hat rnmnina nf it thotta dis-
pea say, "are a fow scattered
pnts now mainly engaged
kallne each other's transnort
p effort to escape."
jny captured stragglers nave
r instructing them to pro
nln.. l 11 .
. uiuuu ur in biiiuii b1uuH
P assembly Dlace near Flor-
I- (Florence la on tho Arno
F which is expected to bo
fiwi uorman actenso line in
PR air forces are bombing
ferman OJL supplies all
'wiiiHinu, especially aiong
Danube river. There are
1 that Russian planes are
ahuttllno Wk- nnd forth
ccn Russia and our bases In
llSUal. thn Varl nauti unmH
,
rom Ch nn.
P Japs are closing In on
V.
"saiiH irom an directions,
a furious hnllln la rnalno
' Chansshn'a niilnpKn rie-
r, nave been ordered to
ie city to the bloody end,
.
PHIT.MWATTT.T Intir
Sir mander In China) says
g' mo threat to Changsha
' the China war to the most
fc ad i 8 X yearSl
f he Pacific war could bo pro
r.?.'"' years if Japan is al-
L iu 'i""" detonsive wan
wie uanton railroad."
r . . .
2u can spare a little time
m the Invasion front In
.jgv out yur mRv ot
V, ,d,?,tl!dy 14 realistically.
'SnnW,m,bo kely to come to
conclusion that the Japs are
iJiPown through the, center
VOntlnued St.n ,
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RfllMn PflRflPRIPIM ' ' In The Shasla-Caneade Wonderland
DUIlU Unlllr nlull PRICE 5 CENTS ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1944 Number 10131
Copco, Wards, : Sears,
Balsiger Make
Sig Buys
Klamath's
camnulun, touched off with
spirited hum-and-egg rally Mon-
ay morning, had run ud to a
total of $090,000 by noon today
on It way to the $3,815,000
quota.
joo hicks, general cnairman
of the Klwanls-sponsorcd cam-
laign, jubilantly announced the
Irst returns but warned that the
'big money always come in
first" mid an Intensive, county-
wide effort alone will nut the
county Into tho "ovcr-the-top"
column In Oregon. .
Copco Purchase
Ho announced that California
Oregon Power company today
allocated $:BO,000 for a Klamath
bond purchase,- the largest in
dividual purchase ever credited
to a local bond drive. Mont
gomery Ward and company with
$80,000, Scars, Roebuck and com
pany with $25,000, and Balsiger
Motor company' $10,000, wero
among tho first big ones to be
reported at bond headquarters.
Individual buyers were (lock
ing Into tho office, of laiuing
agencies and bond headquarter,
735 Main streeL ' i: . -. ':.
More than 200 worker : at
tended the enthusiastic break
fast rally at the Willard hotel.
Military Installations figured
nromlncntly in the affair, with
Mayor John Houston guiding the
program tnrougn a scries oi
speeches, songs . and orchestra
number.
Military BUulnm '
Colonol B, Dubel. commanding
officer of tlie Marin Barracks,
and Commander R. R. Darron,
contain at the naval air station.
hcadocTlho 'military contingent
present and gavo tneir Blessings
to thn camnalin to "buy the Bar
racks with bonds." Indicative
of the snlrlt of close' military
cooporation in support of the
campaign, Lt. (Jg) W. K. Smith,
speaking for tho air station, de
clared that "we at the station are
going to help you buy the Marine
BarracK.
; Boldy Evan orchestra pro
vided a background, of muslo for
the program, which was Broad
cast. . . .
LONDON. Jun 12 P) Bus-
slan tanks and plckad troop
poured through breach in th
Manntrhaim Una today and
seised Ralvola in an tight-mil
advance that carrlad tham to a
point about 40 mil from the
port of Viipurl, Finnish city ate-
ona only to naisinm ustii.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Juna 12 (P) Prim
Minister Churchill visited- the
beachhead in Franca today, head
quarter disclosed tonight.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 12 VP) Tha allied
btachhaad I now complete and
a coastal strip soma 60 mil long
is flrmlv in our hands, and "its
depth i baing increastd stead,
lly," htadquartor midnight com.
muniqu announced tonight.
THE ALLIED BEACHHEAD
IN FRANCE, Jun 12 (P)
Gen. D wight B. Eisenhower
landed her at 11)17 a. m. to
day and toured tha American
Sector lor iitv nuun w....
party ol high official.
Fifth w. Loon -. I I 1 I 17 V; M 11 U. M I Wl 11 M U. A I -v
m WAR
BULLETINS
Connolly, Vondenberg Ask
Non-Political Peace Plan
WASHINGTON, June 12 ()
Senntors Connolly (D-Tex.) and
Vandenbcrg (R-Mlch.) joined in
urging In the senate today the
elimination of partisan politics
in this country's consideration of
plans for an international organ
ization to preserve future peace.
Connally, who la chairman of
the foreign relations committee,
told his colleagues that a liaison
committee of eight which con
.nitori with Secretary Hull on
the framework for the peace or-l
Ionization nan avoiueu u f"
tics in Its work.-. , -L . , j.
.. The Texan declared that.no
peace plan could be offered that
would not arouse some contro
versy over details. v
War a Challanga - .
"This war Is a challenge , to
the civilization of the earth, he
said. "I pray to the nations of
the eartlvto look upon this plan
TOM fix s' w fM S OTA E?
Breakfast
(i
With Maor John Houaton a impraasario, a snappy breakfait rally program atarted the Fifth
War Loan campaign in Klamath county today. Four leading figure on the program are shown
aboT, left to right: Jo Hicka, general chairman . of the , Kiwania-led drive; Colonel B. Dubel,
commanding : officer of ' the Marine Barrackai Commander R. R. Darron, commanding officer
of the naval air station, and Mayor Hduiton. , , ,t , . - .
Moniefiascone
By Advancing FiUh Army
t ,Br EDWARD KENNEDY
'ROME, June 12 (ff) Fifth
army troops have occupied
Montcflascone, an Important
road Junction near the shores
of Lake Bolsena, and other col
umns pushing along the Italian
west 'coast are approaching Or
betello, 71 miles northwest of
Rome, . allied headquarters an
nounced ,-today. '. '
Eighth army -columns advanc
ing up both sides of the Tiber
ncared Bagno Rcgglo west of
the river and Rleti east of lt.
In the mountainous central
Senate Passes
"Bill of Rights"
By Th Associated Pra
WASHINGTON, June 12 (fl
The senate passed today and
sent to the house a compromise
version of the "G. I. bill of
rights" embodying a compre
hensive program of benefits for
veterans-of the present war.
The cost of tho program, in
cluding hospitalization, educa-.
tion, unemployment compensa
tion and. loans for purchaso of
homes, farms and businesses,
has been, estimated at from $3,
000,000,000 . to $6,500,000,000.
for peace, 46: embrace it and to
mnitn It n rpnlltv. We shall try
at i least to chain the god of
wnr." .'
. Vandenberg' said ho wished to
second Connally's prayer to the
nations that they Join in the pur
suit of a Just peace, with ade
quate international machinery
to make it workable.
"It Is inevitable that there
.rill ho enmn differences of ocln
ion with respect to details," he
said, "but it wouia ne a unai
tragedy If partisan politics wero
to enter into any pnase oi pusv
war planning." : ,
. ... Canfaranca Planned
' Secretary of State Hull told
hi press conference meanwhile
that arrangements for a confer
ence here of the United States,
Britain, China, and Russia on
creation of a world security
" (Continued on rage oevew
Bond Rally Features
1 . .
1
u
Occupied
sector, Avczzano and Its neigh
boring villages nave Been occu
pied while in the Adriatic sec
tor all Germans have been
cleared from the area south of
the Pescara river and allied
troops have pushed ahead to
maintain contact with the with
drawing Germans.
15 Miles Gained
; A cain of 15 miles was an
nounced for fifth army units
along the west coast. Near Nun-
ziatello-tno uermans counter
attacked with two companies,
but tho Americans beat them
back and continued the drive,
Among the areas to fall into
allied hands was Lake Fucino
near Avezzano, which some
years ago was drained and now
is a 45,000-acre tract of rich
farmland.
Headquarters disclosed that
the sixth South African arm
ored division was among the
elshth armv units which ad
vanccd through the Liri and
Saccn vallevs.
After distinguishing itself In
engagements there, this divi
sion made a "ghost move" by
entering fifth army territory,
passing swiftly through Rome
desDite the congestion of the
citv and then shooting north
ward more than 60 miles up
the west bank of the Tiber.
Army Dispersed
"It Is now auite clear, a
headquarters announ cement
said, "that the original 14th
army of (Col. Gen. Eberhard)
von Mackensen has been dis
nnrseri tn the four winds. .
"All that remains is a few
scattered remnants who mainly
(Continued on Pago seven'
Texas Democrats
Jolt FDR Forces
PALLAS,-June 12 () The
Texas state democratic executive
committee by a vote of 37 to 6
today refused to certify the
names of Texas democratic presi
dential electors named at a pro
Roosevelt convention for print
ing on the July primary ballot.
The vote was the second set
back before the committee today
for the group supporting the
president for a fourth term.
The committee previously had
refused to plac - on the ballot the
question of binding presidential
electors to vote for the party
nominee.
Military
it V' .
flF
T
WASHINGTON. June 12 OP)
AFL lumber union representa
tives from the northwest fir
and pine . industries insisted to
day that the manpower would
be found to meet wartime lum
ber quotas if the war labor
board would increase wage
rates and narrow the differen
tial between wages paid in lum
ber and in shipbuilding.'
They asked the board to re
consider its refusal to treat 77
lumber wage ceases as "rare
and unusual," contending that
the lumber needs and manpow
er shortage placed them in that
category. The board is empow
ered to raise wages above
(Continued on Page Seven)
Draft Procedure
Revised Again
WASHINGTON, June 12 (P)
The nation's draft procedure has
been revised again, this time to
create a common Doll of avail
able men upon which both the
army and navy will draw.
After July 1. men who pass
their induction physicals no long
er will be assigned to a specific
service but will return home -to
await orders to report for duty.
Only then will they know wneth
er they have drawn the army or
navy.
"The revised procedure will
enable local boards to continue
to fill each call by selecting avail
able volunteers and non-fathers
ahead of fathers, and induct men
in accordance with their order
number as provided by law,"
draft headquarters said. ,
Selective service also instruct
ed local boards not to send up
for induction men classified as fit
for limited service only, unless
ordered to do so by. state selective
service director.
Portugal Halts
Wolfram Export
LISBON, ' June 12 (IP)
Pnrtneal's official bulletin to
night published a law halting all
nrnduction and exnorts of
wolfram, a hardening constituent
of steel important' in the manu'
facture of armament. ""
L
MAJOR DRIVE
Troops Advance Over
25-Mile Karelian;
. Front,
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
MOSCOW. June 12- iff)-
Launching a major offensive de
signed to" knock Finland .out of
the war and isolate approximately-
200,000 nazt troops in the
northern part ot tnat . country;
the red army rolled forward
along the Karelian isthmus
above Leningrad today after
cracking Finnish defepse on a
Zo-miie front. .,
A communiaue last night an
nouncing the new drive said so
viet - troops already had ' ad
vanced 12 to 25 miles.' and Indi
cated they were moving torwara
everywhere in high gear.
This offensive -.evidently was
coordinated closely with - allied
operations in France, and repre
sented a step in. the grand -allied
strategy worked out at the Te
heran conferences. -' .- '
- Launch Push
Troops under Col. Cfen. Leo
nid Govorov, wH6 llftea'the. siege
of Leningrad, launched the push
Friday, just one-month after the
fall of Sevastopol month de
void of major activity along tne
lone front. " '. '
The 'soviet vcommuriique de
clared Russian forces had cap
tured. 82 towns and villages, in
cluding the rail junction of Teri
joki, 27 miles airline northwest
of Leningrad and 160 miles east
of the r unlsn capital .of nei
sinki. . r. - -
Also captured; ' the .'bulletin
said, was Yappilya, described as
an important strongpoinv
seven miles northeast ' of Teri
joki. Terijoki, situated oh the Leningrad-Helsinki
border,- is about
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Insurance Money
To Go to FDIC
PORTLAND, . June 12 ()
The federal court ruled here to
day that the federal deposit in
surance corporation should take
proceeds of life insurance poli
cies upon which a banker had
paid premiums witn tunas em
bezzled from the bank. . .
Judge James A. 'Fee handed
down the ruling in the unusual
case, which involved policies
upon the life of E d w a r d H.
Brown, vice president of the
Harney County National bank
of Burns, who took his own life
two years ago. Bank examiners
said some $416,000 in shortages
were discovered.
' Two $10,000 policies are In
volved. The court held that all
the premiums paid on the two
policies involved embezzled
money except one. Mrs. ivupy
M. Brown, mother of the bank
er, will receive pro rata pay
ment based -on tne one premi
um payment Brown made, with
his own funds.
Boy, 16, Marries
Bride of 37
VANCOUVER,: Wash;, June
12 ) Ronald Smith, 16, and
Mrs. Mary Ellen Br eon,' 37,
were married here today.
The groom, who came, to tne
ceremnnv with briaht ' green-
nalnted. fingernails "to match
Mary's we wanted everything
alike," said they had k n o w n
each other for nine years. .-
The .bride, a widow who has
. .1,lilM,n mob . nn,9 K V a 0
IVVU UlllUICIIi VIII- BUM .
years old, said "it was love at
first sight." uotri are irom oi-
"We were attracted to each
other because of our mutual
Hklntf for hunting; and fishing."
added the tall, curly headed
and hlue-eved bov Broom. He
said he previously was her
cnauueui.
REDS
N
AGIST RIS
Bomber Support
Helps Invaders
Gain in 3 Spots
8 Mile Plunge
Nabs Censy
Forest
' By JAMES LONG
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 12 IP) American
troops have seized Carentan,
stronghold at the narrowest neck
of the Cherbourg peninsula,
field dispatches said today, and
other U. S. troops, plunged 18
miles inland at the center of the
faltering nazi line in Normandy.
The allies hammered out gains
on all three main sectors, sup
riorted bv 1400 American heavy
bombers blasting . 10 airfields
i i .-,i : ,t mu-ilarf
ana ola. uiiugra iu uic gicaw.
single aerial mission of the war.
.". , Nam Charnoiirer V' ,
Besides occupying the : flood
gate-control 7'city ot -A juarentan,
doughboy troops were within 14
miles of Cherbourg itself from
ihe southeast, and had punched
halfway across the jutting' cape.
cracking the center of the Cher
bourg line, i -
iThe nower drive inland to the
east captured the whole Cerisy
forest, advancing eight miles in
a-day. v -;
Caen Periled
.On the least flank. German
broadcasts pictured an encircle
ment threat to the bastion of
Caen. ' But between Caen : and
Bayeux British, forces apparently-
had been driven out Of the
town of Tilly Sur Seulles, seven
miles southeast- of nayeux,
Heavv fiehtine raeed there.
The smashing advance through
the Cerisy forest punched the
deepest dent yet in the nazi line.
Dnuehbovs were converging
on' St. Lo, communications hub
in the center of Normandy, less
than nine miles away, from the
north and east.
, Threat Acknowledged
" r.erman broadcasts said Caen,
eastern bastion of the 60-mile
long front, was menaced by -encirclement
with British troops
slashing nine miles east ot tne
city. :' ' ' ' " '
. A frontline dispatch today said
Caen had not yet been captured,
although "a considerable Ger
man force has been' brought to
battle and hit hard." -Another
(Continued on Page Seven)
Changsha Assaulted from
A 1 1 Directions by Japs,
By J. B. KRUEGER I
Associated Press War Editor -
Hard-Dressed Chanesha, key
link in the Hankow-Canton rail
way, was being assaulted ny tne
Japanese "from all directions,"
the Chinese high command an
nounced tonight. '
On the east, the invaders were
within six miles of the city. At
tempts to cross the Liuyang riv
er, however, so iar naa oeen
checked, the Chinese communi
que .said. ;.
City Surrounded
Indications were that the city
hurt hppn surrounded in the furi
ous battle rapidly reaching a cli
max. Chinese troops nad Been
ordered to fight to the last man
in resisting formidable enemy
forces that had pushed 200 miles
southward from tne riansow
Another JaDanese force,
Chungking reported, was driving
northward out of Canton along
the railroad, aiming at closing a
vise on the oft-embauiea city.;
New Fealt
- The gravity of the battle
tiromnted Mai. Gen. Claire L,
Chennault to declare the Pacific
war could be prolonged for years
If; Japan were allowed to build
a defensive wall- along the rail
roads The two-sided threat to
Changsha, he added, had brought
the China war to its most furious
nnnlr In at veara.
The other four Pacific battle
frontu were going well for the
allies: 'From' new Dutch" New
1400 Fortresses
Hit 16 Nazi
Airfields
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 12 (IP) More;
than 1400 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators the greatest number'
ever dispatched on a single mis
sionstruck at 16 German air
fields and six bridges in France:
today. - ..- ''
Only seven bombers and 14
fighters were reported missing
from the mission on which 17
enemy aircraft were shot down
by the fighters. - ;
Heavy Blow
The armada sailed out during
a day in which allied air forces :
were dealing the heaviest blows
since. D-Day,.with....sorties- apr..
proaching.
The Fortresses- and Liberators
were escorted by thick swarms
of Lightnings, Thunderbolts and
Mustangs which strafed and,
bombed 11 locomotives, 63 rail
way cars, 102 trucks and -11
other vehicles, three anti-aircraft
towers and several freight yard
and rail junctions. - -::
.' Run Many Sortie
Flying in fine weather, the al
lied air forces by noon had run
up : more sorties ' than all day
yesterday--when.." 7000 - planes
slammed the Germans, from
dawn on--Bfter a nightin which
RAF bombers pounded four key
rail' centers: in France and went
to Berlin heavies, mediums,
lights, fighter-bombers and fight
ers raced over the battlelincs
and far into ' France, bombing
and strafing. - , ;
A significant new point in the
support campaign became ap
parent. Squadrons of RAF
fighters were attacking specific
targets, in rapid-fire order on
calls from ground units whiph
meant that newly established
air bases -on -French soil were
clicking.
- . Twn Main T.lnM . .- , -
. Besides the speedy knockout
of particular objectives immedi
ately in front of the troops, the :
campaign was proceeding along
two main lines disruption of
transport lines within 1C0 miles
of the battleline over which
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Guinea bases: allied airmen flew
heavy bombers against Palau for
their, fust oayiignt. raia on mis.
island group guarding the east
ern Philippines. It was a portent
of the new turn Gen. - Douglas
MacArthur's Philippines-bound
campaign has taken.
uuam mt
Adm. Chester Nimitz' forces al
most simultaneously smashed, at
Guam and other enemy bases, in
the Mariana chain of islands, al
so protecting the Philippines
from the east. Palau in the Caro- .
lines and the Marianas form a
defense wall the American con)-
(uontmuea on rase ocvcu v
Jap Prisoners
Taken in France
WITH ALLIED TROOPS IN
FRANCE, June 11 (Delayed) (P)
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom .
ery -announced-tonight that ap
proximately 7000 prisoners have
been captured in the battle-of
France, including some Japan
ese. .: - s
"A great many of the enemy
have been killed," Gen. ; Mont
gomery added in a statement at
a press conference.
The " Japanese regular ol- ;
dlers, not merely observer--were
fighting alongside : their
axis partners, Montgomery said,
and small numbers .of them have
already been taken prisoner and
others tilled. ; v