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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1944)
WITHOUT going Into detail, Iv General Elsonhowor's head l.rterf today term our advunco tnVnh the '"dissolving" Gorman Clcn"e I". Normundy "vory, Ely satisfactory." i LiCKINa dutalla from tlio dlK P Miction, It appears that our Lerlcatu have token Monte IT only H miles south of l,lr advance pntroU to within EN me " , I" ,,nce' third argest. ThOrOH H IUW iiiiiku wfc limp . ti.nuniiitf'K smithum out- Ciri. where the Gorman will fobably mako tholr lust and mhcit stand. AETHER Boulh, we've cut 1 .i htilfufnv flprnu flirt Lk of Iho Cherbourg peninsula It two place. The Gormung nay Lit t ono of theso points we've Copped another airborne f rfi1 iiil-C'P .1, In nnrl t Hit 4Ut our hound force approaching from g cunt oro lighting iu mbr pp wltn mem. I Tiklm Cherbourg It an Amcr bnjob. . . . . , 'ARTHER cant, at Caen, the 1 n.lil.l. nnrl Pannr-HanM BFft tits limine to make gain In the big Lid growing tank battle, ad Eariclntf SEVEN miles at one lolnt. partially outflanking Caen Lflf. r.in i. nf Pnnn Mini fhn Hftr. una seem to be making their Milel cliort, using inims, io rik through our lines and spilt kir beach nead Into two sco- frllE whole beach head Is nuld f- today to bo about 80 mlle long by 18 miles wldo. ' Inside Bill area we've built and are Eow tiling flvo nlrslrlp. Watch Chorbourg. Its port is it hot spot of our whole effort io far. If wo tnko It, we'll have ton our first BIO objective, j Tha fickle weather Is a Utile Icn favorable today. CROM tho German side, a (ale F arnica through our lines of a jluirrcl between Rommel and tils ipcnor, uenoroi von nunumeav. ommel ! said to want to MACK our beach head NOW Ith everything ho has, colore ( get too big to, nana io. Von Runrislodl. more cautious, mid to fear that if he docs till hit SOMEWHERE ELSE nd maybe catch him off balance, HE tale Is at least Intorastlng l as indicating that all Is not going too well for tho ucrmnns. Generals seldom' quarrel when verytning is goingsmooiniy. THERE Is a big bull movement l on In tho Now York stock karkct, with speculators rushing jo grab POST-WAR stocks. It s I bit previous, becauso tho hnrd lixhtina in Eurorje Is YET TO COME when we rench the tcrmans' . strong Intorior dc- Iciues. But it's Interesting as showing row homo Iront minds worn, . "WJRCIIILL visits tho front In J Franco with a party of brass ta (for which ono can hnrdly lamc him; In his place wo'd all vant to do likewise) A Moscow dispatch reports the lusjlnns greatly impressed, com muting: "Good fellow! What a jersonl A rtnl loaderl" I These reported comments Jound synthetic as if manu factured by propagandists. It's urd to fancy such words corn nil from tho mouths ot the real 't'c hard-flghtlng Russians. Tho slightly phony ring, how iver, may bo dun to faulty trans' Sstlon. The original Russian rords ' may havo been more prmy. , fTHE Russian advance into Fin I land seems to have plenty of power behind It. ' Tho opinion P freely expressed In many suartors In London" that the f inns may be knocked out of ("c war ny the end of June. . I It. lirmlMj 4l.n, 4V. 13lie. flans have It in mind to get out ft the Gulf of Finland, which ine Germans now hove pretty PH bottled up with mines, sub- PlannG nfitd. nfrt It Vifv pnn pet their naval forces and their En?? out lnt0 the Baltlc' they pill be In a good position to at ffK 0 e r m a n ' communication fc!. j 10 Sweden including pcoisn iron ore. HERE'S nnn fnr (ho hnnlr r The Finns want to pay the JUfrent installment of their debt K, ?' though they're fighting f" j me siao or our enomyl "Btlicr ono for tho book L i ,u- s- treasury Is report 11 to bo wrestling with tho do Unl! to whether or not to pff the payment. AbL over the Balkans we're I. ""I bombing oil Installa l'on. and In Germany we're KPblng synthetic oil factories, E Ji1,oneo' modern warls chief I'Minuons, "'he Islands of tho southern , it 1 a n a s, a POWERFUL vmorlcan navy task force has JM busy lSince. Saturday. The viS"88 '0 the ho''" and the Aen?s to the ' ore Japan's iJ'l,Bnd bulwark between Vhl? 'he Philippines. -T"? Philippines are not only 1 v . m . m n -w . nuimoi ii.io insi year 1 - . I I Forecait: Partly cloudy. j ' ' 'nnmiippn Aa'rw in The ShaHta-Catcadc Wonderland 111 INTFR SliB PRICE 5 CENTS . ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1944 Number 10132 UU U II I Lll U 1 llU Navy Scores Rlarianas 13 Jap Ships Sunk; 16 Damaged Leads Yanks Lt. Gan. Omar BradUy (above) commands Amarican contingents in tha Inrsilon of Fortreis Europ. (AP wire photo). By SID FEDER TjnMIT Tut... in t fl Tho Germans' north of Rome fought hltlnrlv tnrlnv nlnnff n npw line of defenses from Lake Bolscna to the sea but Iillli army troops smashed through and occupied nearly all the western shore of the lnko and all but wiped out a strong poini easi or urociuira, 71 miles northwest of. Rome. Movlna un both sides of . Lake Bolscna, allied forces on the western shore captured vaicn tano, Junction of tlireo high ways some 88 miles norm 01 (Continued on Pago Six) Escaped Girls Soon Capiured SALEM, June 13 W) Thirteen girls who choked and over powered a matron last night to escape from the state industrial school for girls were back at the Institution today. Elovcn of tho girls were found nenr tho institution wnnin .vwu hours of their escape, while the ti.n i,un it.nfn fminrl tnrlnv. The matron, Mrs. Edith Rhodes, said the girls seized her keys and slipped out the back door. She was not hurt.- The girls all are between 15 and 17 years olet. nxtn Hffni.t, Wav cnlinnl Sllnfl Intcndcnt, blamed the escape on the snortago or expcrmnucu iimy km Pioneer Klamath Resident Passes Away Mrs. Jesslo Blanche Momycr, 80, who crossed the plains be hind a plodding horse team bo fore tho Civil war, and who had lived In Klamath county 49 years, passed away at her homo hero Tuesday, morning. The pioneer, whose memory went back to old-west life In early day Scottsburg, San Fran cisco and Red Bluff, as well as tho Klamath country, died after a short illness. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Idn Momyer uaon. iul-u. ness woman and historian, at 227 Ewauna street. Mrs. Momyer was born in Stratford, New Hampshire, June 2 1856. When a small child, she crossed the plains with her mother and grandfather, and lived for a time at Oakland, Ore. Tho family then moved to Scottsburg, at tho head of tide water on tho Umpdua river, in a time when that town was a busy trading and disembarkation center. The family next moved to San Francisco, going by boat down the Umpqua, spending a night at a lighthouse, and thence by boat to the California city. Mrs. Momycr was a member (Continued on Pago Six), RAIVOLA FALLS TO RUSS DRIVE N 40 MINUTES Rapid Advance Dazes Finns; Towns ' Unburned Hv EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, June 23 (P) Backed by terrific gun fire pro vided by Col. Gen.i Leonid A. Hmmrmi an nrllllfirv RnPCiilllst. red army mobile units moved steadily . over roaos ana iorcsi fl,.rllne Innrtnf Ititn fhn Knrnlian isthmus today, reaching points beyond captured naivom, auuui 36 miles from Vlipuri. A front dispatch to Izvestia reported the surrendering of mnnu lTlrtttft whn nnnltnrprl H 7PH by the offensive. Ralvola, like remold, was noi Durnca. ine Finns did not have time to ap nlv thfi tnrrh niliplr KllrHIMF Qn Mnlrl urns thr nrlvnnnA that Kolvoln icil in iu mmmcs. nuv tho Finns. were reported -hurry.-'ing'many reserves to- the isthmus and nara iignung ap peared In store for soviet units just now beginning to reach tho hard core of resistance. A rlnnla h ftnmmiintnilft broadcast by Berlin; said the J: inns nod repeuea an. biuicks nrfnlrtct hnlt KfLrplInn Hpfenses. and that 63 soviet tanks were destroyed in three days. D.ln Wha t.j mnl.lnl.! sHanntnVifia rAnr-nlntf Stockholm declared rainy, misty weather had set in on the Kare- (Continued on rage aixj Newsman Reports Naii Torture NEW YORK, June 13 (P) Stanley Richardson. NBC report er from London. said in a broad cast from London last night that there is "Indisputable evidence that the Germans tortured end murdered" American paratroop ers during the early hours of the Normandy landings. Richardson, who had just re turned fron. headquarters of an American airborne division near Carcntan, said in one " instance the bodies of three American en listed paratroopers, stripped to the -waist, with. ...their hands bound, were found in a.heap be. side the wall of a former German command post. :i ' "There Is every: Indication said Richardson,"- "that these Americans were executed after they had been captured, In vio lation of tne ruios.ot war." at Home Here 'HI Mrs. Jessie Momyer Accused rmwK MmvIiaii T Wtllclnsan T r.kn. 9ft.vnar.Alrl vmimmn of the China air war. Is on trial on charges ranging Irom rape to bigamy. Through testimony of Caprice Capron, night club dancer, 1 the government seeks m AaVtltfc ha eAmmittd statu tory p againafr her-iost-AjtrhV (AP wlrephoto). , , - !TI By GLADWIN HILL T nMnflM .Inno IS tPi U. S. bombers from Italy struck long range targets in Germany today L,injMja nt tVioi wni nlntl(l US I1U11V.1 LUJ V.. Whl.v. - 1 on the western front provided close-up suppon oi mih forces sweeping rawaros i-iier boure on the Normandy penin sula. . ...... Tnltrv.nenf4 KntnVifr in Rtrnnff force, escorted by fighters, pene- south, attacking targets in the Munich area ana ai innsDrucn in old Austria. Forts Set Pace cnt.nt.ni ViiinHrnH iTivtnf Fort resses from England set the pace n V. - ..ifafnatn nttailr hv TWllinH. ing German airdromes behind the battle lines in irance. T Inltf rtlnnna tfovil thu heach. head forces tactical support by (Continued on rage oixj Frost Hits Spud Sections Here Spuds in the south end of the basin iook somewnai oi a ueui inft from frosts last night as tem peratures dropped to as low as 2U in some areas, according iu uie county agricultural agent's office here today. ' One farmer In the south end es timated his loss as approximately 2000 sacks, thcufih others report ed no loss whatsoever. Early spuds which had come up about five or six incnes, suueieu me most rinmage. In the area close to town, the damage was considerably less, thoueh some local victory gar dens were hit. Some farmers ir rigated in the face of the frost to counterattack its effects, but in most cases the potatoes were not ready for watering. - Onions that survived the frost earlier in the season were not hit, being sufficiently hardy to stand the low temperatures. Finns Intend to Pay Installment WASHINGTON, June 13 (P) Finland intends to pay the June 15 installment on ner worm War I debt to this country to keep her. record intact ' The little European : nation said its legation today, wants to use some of her funds in the United States .to meet, the in terest payment of around $140, 000. ! In order to touch these funds, Finland . has to get. a license from the treasury's foreign funds control division. An application has been filed.; . Victory; 3 HI NIP PLANES American Task Force ' Loses 14 Men, t Airplanes WASHINGTON. June 13 UP) Powerful American carrier task forces raiding Japanese bases in the Marianas, only 1500 miles from Tokyo, sank 13 ene my ships, damaged 16 others and destroyed 141 Japanese planes in tnree days, Admiral Chester W. Nimltz, Pacific com mander in chief reported today, Four of the Japanese ships sunk were combatant vessels and five of the damaged ships also were war craft. , 15 Lost Affnlnst that heavy . toll nf destruction dealt out to tne hard-Dressed enemy air and sur face forces, American, losses, in tne assauu loiaica omy to uir olencs and 15 fliEht Dersonnel -"StlUiiK C ftla r't s" apparently were made by the Japanese air force to halt the attack. On Sat urday, the first day of the as sault, 124, enemy aircraft were destroyed. The communique added: "A large majority were destroyed in the air." In that battle 11 navy Hellcat fighters were shot down. Eight pilots were lost. Interceptors Beaten Aeain oh Sunday Japanese interception attempts -were beaten off and 16 enemy fight ers destroyed. Two small cargo snips were sunk Sunday . by . American planes attacking Saipan. Tnere, also, a small oiler was attacked and sunk. Later Sunday a convoy oi .Tnnnnpse shirs attempting to escape from Saipan was at tacked by American planes. Ten of the enemy vessels including (Continued on rage ami Three Acquitted On Draft Charge urw vnpif .Tune 13 t7P - Gert Hans von uontara, a i, uer-man-born grandson of the late Adolphus Buseh, St.-Louis brew- n a..l 4Vttnn nthpi ttldll Stood ac'quitedd today of charges of conspiracy to evaae me selec tive service act. . A fanapal nfllirf lirV flf 1 0 lTlCn and two women, .which had heard trial testimony since May 2, found the defendants inno- nnnf lncf ntohf nftfl- Hellberat- Inrf 19,Vinur: nnrl nine minutes. Other defendants were Army Lieutenant Francis X. Grottano, n.MnH lVTnttr VniLr Plt rlotpntivAr Dr. Arnold Aaron Hutschnecker, a iiciKinn-hnKn nnveifmn nnn Michael Mangano, secretary of the li. M. uniform company 01 BrooKiyn. . WAR BULLETINS LONDON. June 13 (P) Ad miral Ernest J. King, chief of U. S. naval operations, was re ceived by King George toany, SUPREME HEADQUAHTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. June 13 (VP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said to night the ' accompiunmanu in the first seven days of. the cam paign havo exceeded my highest tinnns. " Eisenhower' expressed his sat isfaction with the progress ot tne Normandy invasion In a message addressed to the commanders and troops which participated in the assault on t rance. CHUNGKING, June 13 (IP) Liberators of the 14th U. S. air- lore, nanlc 16. 000-ton Japanese freighter and damaged a cruiser off the southeast China coast Sunday, it was announced to DARING DESTROYS night, ; . Cop Reads the lktu rr,mr' ' ; . ; ' 1 Pnlira Officer Ravmond Woody found his lob of directing traffic on a downtown Los Angeles street of only secondary im portance as he concentrated on invasion news. CAP wirepnoto. Competitive Areas Set Up ; For Fifth War Loan Drive .Competitive areas have been set-up for- the Fifth-War ;Iioan campaign in connection with E bond sales, it was announced by Fred Peterson, chairman of the' rural campaign. -. Here are-the.seven areas, all outside of Klamath Falls, with the' names of chairmen ' and the respective quotas: V No. 1 Ed Geary. $79,975: Algoma,jChiloquin,-Fort Klam ath. . MOdoc Point, , Klamath Agency. No. z- cnaries nenoerson, Sweden Reduces Bearing Exports WASHINGTON. 'June 13 (IP) Sweden has agreed to make a vprv substantial reduction in shipments to Germany of ball bearings vital to tne nazi- war effort, it was learned today. The agreement was negotiated by Stanton Griffis; American movie executive anu special rep resentative : of ..the. foreign eco nomic . .administration, directly with the SKF Ball Bearing com pany. i It is- a compromise between the America British and Rus sian demands that Sweden elim inate : all ball-bearing shipments to Germany -and the argument of the. : Stockholm government that it,.couid. not maKe any . re ductions. The "icompromise leaves the way open for -further negoti ations with, the Swedish govern ment to cut off completely -not only ball bearings but all simi lar strategic materials moving to the reich from bweden. Lumber Demand Exceeds Supply SEATTLE.-June 13 (P) Paci fic northwest lumber mill opera tors face-a-July-through-September demand exceeding prospec tive supply by about 400,000,000 board feet, the West Coast Lum bermen s association said today. "Partial strikes 'lost the west coast lumber industry 125,000,. 000 board feet of production dur ing the three weeks in which from. 30 to 40. per cent of the in dustry's capacity was down," the association said in its May re port. "The pre-strlke rate of production has not yet been fully recovered. , ; . The unfilled order file at the month's end was placed at 1,072,- 010,000 board feet, -against gross stocks of 413,644,000 board feet. .- - r , ., Fire Damages Labor1 Temple . r A fire believed to have start ed in a trash can burned through the ceiling of the first floor at the Labor, temple at 422 Main last' night. ; The fire department was called at 1:12 a.-m.yto .put out the blaze. - Damage was estimated to ; be tbput ?1UU. Invasion News a newspaper bearing tne. latest $38,750; Dairy, Bonanza.,1 Poe valley; 'Langell valley V " '-'f No. 3 Dick Henzel, , $120, 000; Malta, MerrUl.' .. . x,!-. No. 4 Lee McMullen,; $63, 200; Bly, Sprague Ri ver : Hilde brand, Beatty, Ivory Pine.; : No. 5 . Henry ' Sembn;; $90, 000; Keno, Henley, Lower Klam ath lake. -- - No. 6 Fred Peterson, $34,- 525; Kirk, Chemult, Gilchrist, Crescent Lake, Shevlin-Hixon; Pelican Bay camp.--; . : .. - No. 7 PhU Hitchcock, $1,- 000,000; Klamath Falls and all suburban areas. ' . The total of these quotas-: is $1,426,470, well over the coun ty E bond auota but in keeping with the bond committee's de termination to- end the cam paign with a sizeable excess. Churchill Says Unity Essential LONDON. June 13 UP) Prime Minister Churchill, in a United Nations Day message, declared tonight that as final victory j is nnnrnanhed it is fitting "we should emphasize unity which alone can make it possime. "We honor the cause of the United Nations," Churchill said. 'This is the cause of good men throughout the world. It is the cause which inspires energies and claims the loyalties of tne greatest all. alliance that history has ever assembled to do battle against the -powers of eyu, "As we draw towards the final victory for which we long, it is fitting that we should 'em phasize unity which alone can maKe it possioie. . , "Divided we can await noth ing but confusion and ruin. United we have brighter hopes than have ever cheered man kind." -v - - - ' Rumor Says Rommel Ousted As Anii - Invasion Chieftain By WES GALLAGHER ;; SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June 13 (P) Uncon firmed reports reaching this headquarters today said Mar shal . Erwin Rommel nad peen removed from command of vthe German seventh and. 15th mo bile armies, formed for strate gic .counterattacks against -the invasion. Rommel and ' his superior, Marshal Karl von -. Rundstedt, the overall German commander in the west are known to have been at odds over defense plans. Impulsive . . ' The younger and more vim Dulsive Rommel ' has been ' re ported anxious to throw every thing into an attempt to- Drea nn the allied beachhead. Von Rundstedt, 69-year-old Prussian lnne - Rteened in German mm- tary lore, has favored a policy of holding back in order to wait and see it .further allitd ' ....... i W British Powerdriv Outflanks Caen; Wins Troarn "' By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME HE ADQ UARTERf ALLIED- EXPEDITION AR'S FORCE, June 13 lP)V: Si troops cracking Cherbourg's dot ' fenses seized three towns .and : smashed on today to the out skirts of . Valognes 10 milei from the great port but a frord dispatch declared the Germans farther south; had launched theif first major counterattack. .. On the other end of the 80. , mile battlefrout, a deep-bitini British powerdrive outflankej the eastern bastion of Caen, win hing Troarn, nine miles to .thf east."- . - -' -- ' Yanks Take Balleroy-' r Near the center, Americans captured Balleroy, and the allies battered south of. Bayeux in a "big advance" flanking Caen from the west. ' ' , , The American fourth division captured Montebourg and smash ed on four miles of the funnel port. ' . I Spear Up Coast r ' Another spearhead sweeping up the coast apparently had can. ried some : six miles beyond Quineville, close, to St. Vaast la Hougue. Berlin reported new sea and airborne landings there, and heavy pounding of coastal defenses by big allied naval guns, A front dispatch said the Get mans flung in their first maJo counterattack today below the Cherbourg sector, striking to ward carentan In a bold thrust aimed at slicing the beachhead in two. ,i Shells Pour r The Germans ooured heavy as tillery . fire , on , American-held uarenian, . ;Dui tne enemy is un able to match the strength, of American gunfire and -there, is confidence : the attack - will b beaten back," Don Whitehead of The Associated. Press said. Hfl (Continued . on Page : Six) . . Elks Plan Flag j Day Observance : A parade and Impressive flag ceremonies -will feature the an nual public Flag Day observance set by the Elks lodge for Thurs day evening of this week, it was announced today by Exalted Ruler - Jack Linman. Vernos) Moore is in charge.- - . - Units of the army, camp at Tulelake, the - Marine Barracks and the naval air station are ex pected to march in the parade , which starts at 7:15 p. m. The ceremonies will be held on the front steps of the lodge building. Third and Main streets, at 7:30 p. m., and seats will be provided in the roped-off street for th public' .- - . - . .", - A feature will be the unfurl ing of the Old Fort Klamath flag, which flew - over that pioneer army "post, ' and' which has been shown publicly since then only once :at last, year's Elks ceremony.-- '' . . ' . Belgian King: . 6 Moved by Nazis ' LONDONi June. 13. VP) Bel gian. authorities in London said today they had learned that tha Germans had. moved King Leo pold from Brussels to Germany as a security measure.. , , .! Since, the . allied landings lit Normandy, ..they . said, Leopold has been confined to his palaca under heavy German guard . on the ground that he was technical- .1 ly commander-in-chief of the Bel gian army and therefore a po tential rallying point for Belgian. -resistance. ' '. ; "jn : 7-. : - landings are made elsewhere la France or. the low countries. ' Rommel has been glamorized in German broadcasts as a mas ter nazi tactician, despite tn decisive ' defeats administere him over thousands-of miles ot North Africa; Tunisia, :Slcliy and Italy by. his present counr terpart, Gen. Sir Bernard Mont gomery. "Von Rundstedt, on thtf other hand, is strategist. , -Two Armies Used . - Units of both the seventh sn 15th a r m i e s, - predominantly armored striking.-forces, ' hav been reported opposing the slv lies in Normandy. Just befors the invasion started a week ago, Rommel's main force was re ported . bivouacked a round Aachen, vwestern. German rail center' near the. Belgian and" French borders. ' i Some front liner dlspatchea ; have placed Rommel himself at the front In the Cherbourg1 penlnrel. . wiiunueel,.on Pago 8I. V
