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Newspaper Page TextPACE SIX RA1V0LAFALLS TO RUSS DRIVE N MUTES (Continued from Page One) lion isthmus, benefitting Finnish troops who now are in process of "stabilizing the front.") -The Russians already were moving down both roads toward Viipuri. Beyond Raivola they made good progress down the main highway toward Viipuri. Great sectors of the road running along the Gulf of Finland from Terijoki to Viipuri was under heavy fire from soviet guns, an Izves'tia dispatch said. Blast Forts The Russians were blasting their way through deep lines of fortifications, one of the. most striking of which was a series of German self-propelled "Ferd inand" guns dug into the earth. (Increased Russian activity was reported along the Litsa river in the Petsamo sector in the far north of Finland, the Stockholm Aftonbladet reported from Helsinki. This river which empties into the Arctic sea is about 15 miles east of the 1940 Finnish border. German troops have been stalled there since 1941.) Caught Unprepared ' Izvestia Correspondent Vasily Sayanov declared the Finns were caught unprepared and were unable to withdraw their machines or blow up bridges. "I saw many anti-tank guns with labels of German plants and many light tanks bearing black and white German crosses," he wrote. Red army mobile units which captured Kivennapa, 13 mjles north of Terijoki pushed on be tween lakes and cleared a sec tor at the end of the highway which runs between Kivennapa and Leningrad, eliminating any Sank threat Long, white nights have de scended on the Finnish front. There are hardly any dark hours. 3ut the fighting is in cessant i n the deep, black woods. Pioneer Klamath Resident Passes Away AlHome Here (Continued From Page One) . of the first graduating class at the high school at Oakland. She married Henry E. Momyer in the bay area. They moved to Red Bluff and, in 1895. with two teams of horses pulling their wagons, came into the Klamath area. -: - - Mr. Momyer became the first postmaster at Merrill, and oper ated the first store and livery stable there. . He was later ap pointed post trader at Klamath Agency, and built and operated the store later acquired from him by Orville Elliott, the pres ent owner, Selling out in 1903, the Momy ers returned briefly to San Fran Cisco, and were there at the time of the earthquake and fire. Mr. Momyer was appointed a Crater lake park ranger, and they re turned to Klamath. Mrs. Mo myer used to accompany her nuspana to the lake in the early spring, going as far as possible by team and then on snowshoes into the lake. . Mr.- Momyer passed away on April 6, 1928. Funeral arrangements are-, in charge of the Earl Whitlock Fu neral nomc. Mrs. Momyer is sur vived by her daushter. - Mrs. Odell; a: son, Harry E. Momyer of Philadelphia, a grandchild ana a great-grandchild. Mrs. Momyer .was a. beloved pioneer, who was active in many of the affairs of the community. She was a past matron of Aloha chapter,' Order of the Eastern Star, and was a member of Eula lona chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution;; Prosper ity xjoage, iteDeKans, and the Methodist church. Rev. Victor Phillips of the church will con duct the services, time for which will be announced by Whitlock's, Coon Charged With Bird Possession Charged with holding game birds WlthntlT a normif T n Coon of the Altamont district was iinea 520 and- 57.20 costs plus 30 days with $22.20 and U in j , . , iiie ou uays suspended in jus tir rnnrt. Coon was arrested : Monday by Federal' Officer George Ton kin for having some honker geese in captivity without lir: having obtained a permit. CAP Planes Drop - Planes which flew over Klam ath : Falls, Merrill and Malin Tuesday sto drop war bond leaf Jets were flown by members of the Klamath civilian air patrol. Ten thousand leaflets were dropped, r Pilots of the planes were E. G. Newbill, L. A. Mur phy, Jack Elie and Phil Hitch- Special permission was obtain ed from the CAA at Seattle to fly the civilian planes over thi cities. PILES SUCCESSFULLY TREATED NO PAIN SO HOSPITALIZATION No Loss of Tlmo Permanent Results!. DR. E. M. MARSHA 22 No. :th K. (ju.ro Theatre Bldt "3 rnona iOio EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) American territory to be recov ered but are the final and ES SENTIAL stepping stone on the road to the south CHINA COAST. If the Japs succeed in cutting us off from access to the China coast by way of India and Burma, we may have to land on China's shores from the sea, as we're now landing on the shores of France. To do that we'll need the Philippines as a base that will be comparable to England. SMASHED BY TROOPS (Continued From Page One) Rome and pushed on, nearing Latera, four miles further north. Northwest of the lake, South African forces moving toward Orvieto ran into a stiff battle in Bagno Regio. Capture Prisoners On the Tyrrhenian coast American doughboys encoun tered a new series of dug-in de fenses east of Orbetello and at tacked through high ground di rectly toward lateral highway 74, which is about 90 road miles from Rome at that point. In n sharp and bloody engagement thi,v rsninrpH 142 nrisoners from the German 162nd Turco man division and Kinea iuu more of the enemy. Thp nHvnnre was considerably more rapid on the Adriatic sec tor, where eigmn army troops nmccoH h Knl inn rivpr. snme five miles north of captured fescara, at several places. Capture Popoli Th nllioH forces took Po Do ll, on the Rome-Pescara road 10 miles north ot auimona, where the advance had halted only long enough to take 20 prisoners. South of Terni, in the center nt n- orlvnnrp .line, the enemv continued to put up a fight but some progress was maue ukic, also. Thn" ntohth nrmv forces in the Tiber valley advanced to the southwest of Carsoli, reach- incf hioh trrnnnri across hiehwav No. 5 and taking a number of villages. Mines swept T onnmmiv, hv thf al lied naval command that a port party was estaousnea ai iv itavechhia June 9 to begin re n,.;n, Ua fapUitioc which had been heavily battered by allied bombing ana enemy - uemu t;nne A-Tnnv minK have been swept up from the coast from Anzio nortnwara -Last night RAF bombers pnrani nUnl t t in f H 7"V Slid Bt" tacked the Almas-Fuzito oil- re fineries near Komarom, north west of Budapest, starting large fires. ' . . Yesterday tactical aircraft hammered transport and other targets in me Dame area emu t . i .. n . .u 4a imtwHD the German withdrawal. The Med iterranean air force new aootn 1100 sorties in all... Klamath Man May Be n On Invasion At least one Klamath Falls man is -in all probability taking an active part in the European invasion.V . ' ''" '!' It was learned from his moth er today, that Alfred LaBarge, 19, has been stationed on the battleship Nevada for the past year and' ahalf- The Nevada has been mentioned in Associ ated Press reports as participat ing in the invasion. Alfred is the -son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry LaBarge ot 61 Ne vada street. He attended grade school and KUHS shere. Enlist ing with the Oregon Avengers in the' navy two years ago, young LaBarge received his boot train ing at San Diego. He was first sent overseas in December, 1942. OBITUARY JESSIE BLANCHE MOMTER Jessie Blanche . Momyer. ' widow of Henry E. Momyer and a native of Strat ford, flew riampsmre, age no years, si days, passed away at the family resi dence, 227 Ewauna street, Tuesday, June 13 at 4 a. in., after an illness of one week. Mrs. Mamyer had been a resident of Klamath Falls for the past 49 years and was a well known and beloved pioneer. She was a member of the Methodist church; a past matron of Aloha Chapter No. 61 Order of Eastern Star; member Prosperity Lodge No. 104 Rebckaha. and a member of Eulaiona Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Surviving are one son, Harry E. Momyer, Philadelphia.. Pa.; one daughter, Mrs. H. O. (Ida Momyer Odell; one grandchild. Louis Momyer and a great grandchild. Bobble. The remains are in the care of the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth. Funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow. LIFE'S Little TROUBLES 'T EAT- You don't hare to worry and fret, because CONSTIPATION or GAS PRESSORS discomforts won't let you eat Instead of feel ing nervous blue or bewildered, take a dash of ADLER-I-KA as directed on label to quickly ex pel gas to soften and assist food wastes thru a comfortable bowel movement. Enjoy that clean, re freshed feeling that lifts spirits rekindles smiles improves appe tite. Buy it! Try Itl You'll never be without Adlerika again. Ccf AdUtikm from yowr dtugtM talmy. Cflfi 3 TOWNS FALL NAZIS LAUNCH T (Continued From Page One) asserted "the German build-up" of counter forces is beginning. The fourth division took Mon tebourg after -bitter street fight ing. ; ' '','" Two other American columns slashed' halfway across the top of Cherbourg peninsula in deep ening threats to lop off the port. Drive Inland One of these driving inland 11 miles near Ste. Mere Eglise captured Pont L 'Abe, only five miles from the west coast rail way still in German hands, and 14 miles from the western shore. The other fought beyond Caren tan and was roughly halfway across the peninsula at its nar rowest, 20-mile neck. Other Americans captured Lc Ham, three miles southwest of Montcbourg. Supreme headquarters described- the day's sweeping ad vances as "very, very satisfac tory." Fall of Troorn in a seven-mile advance by the British was the first big gain registered in this desperately-defended area since a British rirborne division landed there on a D-Day a week ago. The British . in another 31 miles advance won a village on the outskirts of Caen itself. -. Air Troops Used New airborne troops - were dropped in France. The Ger mans reported airborne landings on the west coast of the Cher bourg peninsula, presumably as part of a pincers to snip off the cape. The crumbling of nazi defenses on more than an 80-mile front coincided with unconfirmed re ports that. Field Marshal Erwln Rommel, the "Desert Fox," had been ' removed from his com mand. Five landing strips have been constructed and are in use in France, the air forces announced, - Seise Road Junction American - forces seized the road junction of Balleroy, on the edge of the captured Cerisy for est, and nine miles southwest of Bayeux. The Germans reported a developing drive on the com munications hub of fat. Lo. and said the Americans were only six miles away. Six U. S. divisions now have been identified as fighting with the powerful invasion - armies with perhaps 600,000 . men en gaged on Dom siaes ana supreme- 1. dquarters reported progress all along the battlefront now lengthened, to 80 miles. Berlin declared allied forces were driving on the central Nor mandy road hub of St. Lo, and placed Americans, within seven miles of the town. : -. A front dispatch said the U. S. second division has struck past Cerisy forest to the northeast of St. Lo, making the deepest in land penetration of 18 miles. The fourth division was sncar heading the. attack below Cher bourg in the area previously en tered by the 82nd and 101st American airborne. . : Fire Insurance insures your property. : War Bonds -. insure your, liberty. Hans Norland, In surance. 118 N. 7th. CDUN ER STAB Public Ceremony Honoring Old Glory M LAG M Thursday, 7:30 P. M. PARADE Military Units With Full Color Guard 7:15 P. M. PROGRAM . Colorful Pageantry and Ad dress 7:30 P. M. Be There For Unfurling Old Fort. Klamath . Flag On the Steps of the ELKS TEMPLE Corner Third and Main HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Directors to Talk War Chest Drivo The coming War Chest drive to bo underway litis full, will bo one of the chief topics of discus sion at the chamber of commerce board ot directors' meeting, Wed nesday noon. Representatives of all tho vari ous local it rni s that will sponsor or lake part In tho drive aro to be present at tne meming. Tho board ot directors will al so hear reports by several com mittees which have met tno past week. Making reports and rec ommendations will bo the land use committee, national affairs leaislatlve committee, aviation committee, and the civic and mil itary affairs committee. 2-Wi T (Continued From Pago One) smashing at targets in the Nor mandy peninsula as well as far inland. Supreme headquarters of the allied expeditionary force an nounced that five landing strips were in use on the Normandy beachhead. Yesterday's sorties from Eng land and the beachhead totaled more thun 7000. In air borne operations last night, skilled air personnel ifmi combat troops were flown to the beacmicad. Munich Pounded Striking at the Munich area for tnc second time witnin week, 15th air force bombers pounded airdromes, factories and railyards as well as oil plants. Among the targets wcro tho air drome at Obcrpfaffcnhofen, 15 miles southwest of Munich; a field used, to assemble ME-410 twin-engined fighters: the Mil pertshofen ordnance depot at the west side of Munich, and two aircraft engine plants of the At' lach motor works, eight miles northwest of Munich. Rail yards at Innsbruck and oil factories at Porto Marghcra near Venice, wcro attacked by other formations. Fighter Cover "' " Lightnings and Thunderbolts provided the mediterranean based planes penetration cover while Lightnings and Mustangs handled the target cover. The blows were dealt despite intense enemy nan. The daylight precision attacks from Britain and Italy followed a night attack by more than 1000 RAF bombers against German transport facilities and the syn thetic oil manufacturing center ot uelsenklrchen in the Ruhr, On Gelscnklrchcn, the RAF dumped 1568 tons of high explo sives and incendiaries. Dr. Coggeshall Speaks to Lions Main speaker at the Lions club luncheon Tuesday noon was Dr. Lowell Coggeshall. chief medical officer of the Marine Barrack, who spoke on the diagnosis and treatment of the various tropical diseases of the men stationed at the barracks. Chairman of the day was Dr. ycier Kozendal, who introduced the speaker. Clarence Humble, outgoing district governor of the Lions club, was presented with a desk set in appreciation of his work during the past year. The presen tation was made by Vern Owens. " Classified Ads Bring Results. YANK FORCES HACK AT JAP By J. B. KRUEGER Associated Pre War Editor American sen, air and ground fighters nro tirelessly hacking away at Jupaiiusu fortresses bar ring tlio way lo rc.icuu of tno Philippines and harcl-beset China, allied reports showed today. Nlmltz-MacAi'lmir nlrmvii, fly ing from lam) niul carriers, con tinued their hiind-lii-glovo u.i saulls on tho string of eni'my- held island stretching from rn lau into tliti Marliinns group flanking the Philippines on the east. Adm. Chester W. Mailt reported tho second straight ilnv of attacks on Guam, Tlntim, Sul pan and other Marianas Island by a powerful carrier task force. The details weru hidden In radio silence. Palau Struck Gen. Douglas MiicArthur's air men, takiim oft from iitiwly-ciip- turcd New Guinea bases, struck at Palau 530 miles from the Philippines and Truk for the second straight day. MacArthurs allied forces also expanded their Bluk Island hold ings avalnst stuuuorn enemy re sistance and, to their rear, main tained steady attacks anainst Japanese trapped on islands stretching for 1500 miles from Bougainville to Dutch New Guin ea, Casualties in Dutch Now Guinea, MiicArtlmr announced. have accounted for 0705 Japan ese in recent weeks. Bombers kept up their daily schedule with an attack on Rubatil In New Britain. Japs Weakened President Roosevelt In a broad cast last night drew a broad pic ture of what confronts the enemy In the Pacific; " . . . , We have de prived the Japs of the power to check tho momentum of our ever growing and over-advancing mil itary forces. We have reduced their shipping by. more than three million tons. We have overcome their original advan tage in the air. We have cut off from a return to the homeland tens of thousands of beleaguered Japanese troops who now face starvation or surrender." In India allied forces chased tho enemy back near tho Burma border and claimed victory In the battle for Kohlma and were nearer full seizure of Mvltkvinn in northern Burma. Chinese forces pressed on toward Mvitkv. ina against stoutly-resisting Jap anese in mo baiwccn river sec tor. Chinese troops fought savage ly to hold off n three-sided Jap anese arive to cnpiure (Jnangsha, control point on tho vital linn, kow-Canton railway of South Central China. The enemv wos wunin six miles of tho city on the cast and pressing close "from tho north and northwest. The Japanese In this drive have been credited with seeking to bottle up all of eastern China against zuiure anted use. Classified ads get results. FORTRESSES Coal Is Not Rationed Yet Last fall and wlntor, coal and tome of the other solid fuels were rationed. Due to lhe foresight of your local fuol dealors, however. It was not necessary hero, because we stored large quantities of coal and wood, and you bought in the summer time and filled your own storage bins, too. In order to keop the mines producing 100 In the summer lime, when it's hot and oven though you don't neod fuol, we are asking, you to cooperate and buy your winter's coal right now. '. Cold, stormy weather; when ovoryont . wants fuel, slows up delivery 100. : Keop warm and comfortablo noxt wlntor by buying your fuel today, . , FRED H HEILBRONNER Since 1919 ' "Fuols That Satisfy" Plus Borvlce '., 21-Spring Si. , Tolephone 4163 Branch Yard, Morrill, Phono 80 De Gaulle Wins Recognition mwnnN .rum. lit i71 -Gener al Charles do Gnullo today won recognition of Ills coiiiiiiiitoe oi national liberation u the "pro visional government of t h t French republic" from (out' gov. ci'iiments in exile. Poland, llelglum. Cewlmslo- lli, ..ml I -iivnmlmiieu ninimliie. rd their actions, and tho French leader was seek hut tno mime rec ognition from all United Na tions. !') Cniilln was exnected to nav an early visit to France, where tho allied invasion lias wpurrtin resistance of tho underground forces, In the hope of winning public support for his coninill tee and to Kli'cuuthcn Ills hand before leaving ,for Washington to seek recognition by the United States. THERS PURCHASE EUGENE iRTW Arthur Larson of Klamath Falls and his brother, ThriHlori', of Eiiiiciie, have purchased the undertaking business of I'liarlen l roolo at Eugene, It was learned today, Larson will leavo Klamath for Eugent! this wcj-k lo lake over management of the business. ror u number of vrnrs. he has been connected with undertak ing establishments here, and re cently has been acting manuger ot wards Klamath hunerul home. Ho came hero In ItKH. and has been active In fraternal and civic affairs. Marvin Albeit, we 1 known local man. Is Joining the stuff of Ward's, replacing Lursen. Budget Hearing Set For Wednesday The budget committee and member of tho county court will be in session Witluesdiiy, June 21), at the courthouse to conduct a hearing on the pro posed county budget for 1U44 15. At that time anyone having any grievance against the pro posed midget or uny adjustment they wish to sea mndo, should appear. Tho budget will bo published for the second time on Juno 20, Members of tho budget rom mitleo are Alfred D. Collier, chairman, E. M. Hammond, li. C. Woodruff, secretary, with county court members, U. E. Recder, county Judge, John II. Rebor and Fred L, Poe, coun ty commissioners. , Review Session Set For Boy Scouts A regular board of review ses sion for the Hoy bcouts of Amer ica will lie held tomorrow, eve ning at 7.30 in Fremont school with Chairman Greer Drew, pro siding. All Boy Scouts who havo com pleted requirements for second clais, first class or merit badgo advancements should bo present. 3 141 NIP PLANES (Continued from Pago One) a destroyer and three corvtiltn wore sunk and another dam aged, Jap Lonei Tho Japiine.io losses Included: Sunk unci largo oiler, olio de. stroyer, throo corvettes, ulu, largo cargo ship, ouii medium cargo ship, and three smalt car go vc.uieln; damaged five me dium cargo nliliiH and flvo en. cort vessels which wero not Identllled by typo. In iiiinlher ussiiult on a Jap convoy, Nimllr. reported, three destroyers and one destroyer escort mid two cargo ships were damaged, This convoy, the I'm elf la fleet communique said, had hoen Intercepted "several hun dred miles away." on Monday, Truk Battered Admiral Nlmllr. rcpnrti-d also a heavy bombing assault upim Truk atoll In the Caroline Is lands before dawn Momliiv. There American Liberator bombers concentrated their at tack upon alrdeldit and tho sea plane huso, unloading III) tuns of bombs. Throo Japanese fighters at tempted to halt tho attack and damaged one of the American bomber, Despite tho danuice till planes returned. Meantime In tho Central Pa cific other planes attacked Nau ru,' Ocean, Ponapo and atolls In tho Marshall on Sunday, Engle Introduces Vet Preference Bill WASHINGTON. June 13 tVT) Rep. Knule (D-Callf.) ha Intro dueed n 1)111 lo give war veterans preference) In hnmesti-adlnii mi tho Khimiilli reclamation pro ject's Tulctlake division. 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