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
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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