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By FRANK JENKINS
HERE'S plenty of ncw to-
dny.
n ii r now SUPER-FORT-
iESSKS bomb Jupun.
The Ccrmnnii appear to be
aunchlng tholr . long-oxnoctcd
n)or counterattack In Irancc.
Tokvo nullo says wo'ro LAND
NG TROOPS In tho Marianas.
en EAT Hocrcey surrounds the
bombing ot Japan, but llio
ardi'piirtment discloses that thu
ale new Forts camo from the
India China Burma t h o a t o r.
There Is no Intimation as to
WHERE tho bombs fell on tho
laps.
General Arnold, head of the
U, S. air force, says today:
"This employment of the B-20
Die new Super-Fortress) makes
Luslblu the SOFTKN1NG-UP at
ack on Japan VERY MUCH
:MILIKI than would bo pos
sible with aircraft hitherto
known to combut."
THE Sucr-FortrcM Is NEW
A AIR WEAPON with lonifcr
raw, moro carrylnii power,
nigre armor and more armament
Hum ANY OTHER PLANE IN
THE WORLD.
Its strategic Importance Is so
rcul that It Is to bo used by a
ipcciul bomber command, headed
ly General Arnold, and it will
be sent ANYWHERE IN THE
WOULD where Ita special talent
' for destruction la most needed
at tho moment. (It is sent
FIRST to Japan.) It is disclosed
today that It la being produced
In huge volume.
All details-permitted to bo
known about It oro carried in
this newspaper today. You will
find the story fascinating read
ing. ...
THE battle of tho beaches In
Normandy appears to bo rush
ing toward its climax.. Nazi re
inforcements, hurrying up to tho
iigntinu front, aro reported Dy
our airmen to bo clogging the
iroads for 200 miles. back. Our
planes aro tearing Into them.
A front-linn - dispatch, says:
"It appears that Marshal Von
Rundstcdl is mounting his SU
PREME cnunlor-thrusl with his
STRATEGIC reserves. Ho seems
to be making tho gamble that
the Nnrmnndy operation is the
real thing and that General
Elsenhower will not Immediately
attempt a new landing else
where." Unofficial estimates say the
Germans arc using 20 divisions,
which Is supposed to bo about a
'third of their strength in Hol
land, Belgium nnd France,
i .
THE only gains by our sldo
today aro modo by our Amer
icans, who nro fighting to cut
across the baso of tho Cherbourg
peninsula und aro reported to bo
only six miles from tho only re
maining rail and highway routo
to Cherbourg, There are uncon
firmed renorts that tho Germans
arc beginning to destroy tho
Cherbourg docks.
...
THERE Is hard fighting in'FIn
land, with the Russians .now
only 25 miles from Viipuri and
175 miles from Helsinki. The
Finns aro putting up a tough
"glit, but appear to bo losing.
THE Ankara radio tolls of a
cabinet crisis In Turkey. Tho
Turkish forolgn minister is said
o hnvo resigned after fnlllng
to gain support for his policies,
'"no tho Turkish premier has
taken ovor the foreign ministry,
f Any sign of eruption In a
neutral or a satellite country
j those days is Interesting.
iXHE, Tokyo radio today, says
, trying 10 land irouus
n Snlpnn and Tlnlan islonds in
tl)Q Mnrlnnno 4.,f , i t h nf
Guam. Tho Japs say wo're
'wng 20 transports. The Japs
Jove boon tolling us first rather
regularly of the beginning of
"uuruiiir. nnur hintt ns
If If l 4i... id urn cirr
iiD' wo'n have a base within
1500 miles of Tokyo. You're
familiar by this .tlmo with the
jnoory of bases. , They are stop
g stones where we assemblo
iroons nrA an.iimAni .
Mhcr jump off. Tho Marianas
1000 miles west of our pres
et most westward-baso. in the
From n Morlan'n.' Uaaa ' 1UA
wujd striko either nt Japan or
t tho Pliiii....t.,.
- - "..IUU1MU0I
HE hard-fighting' Chinese are
Si ll - u1.n
,1 .IW.MIIIU lib ' lllttllfiSII
wnero tho Japs are said to have
"fown In 200,000 men. (about
m dav. mjf u ivif ruftJiiL-SJi ii aw r-iiniiiiM-iiB iib-iia ui t i ii
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U, S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, June
18 l' Assault troops landed
Wednesday morning on Salpan,
Japanese air and naval base in
tho Muriunas, and troop land
ings "nro bolng continued against
strong opposition," Adm. Chestor
W. Nlmltz announced In a com
munltiuo today.
Initial landings assuults start
ed after intensive preparatory
bombing and bombardment of
Solpnn, Tin Inn, Guam, Pagan
and Rata islands by Pacific fleet
aircraft carriers, battleships,
cruisers and destroyers.
Bombings Bogin
The preparatory attack started
with currier bombings Saturday
and continued through four days
before tho landings began.
Tho fleet carriers and warships
Allies Break Resistance
To Make Advance in Italy
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME, June 15 (A') Allied
troops, breaking tho stiffening
German resistance of the last
three days, have made a general
advance all along their Mne In
Italy taking Orvlcto, Aqmlo aiid
Nam! and pushing onward, allied
headquarters announced today.
Orvlcto Is 57 miles northwest
of Rome; Narnl, 41 miles north,
and Aquila, 94 miles northeast.
Along the west coast "tho" fifth
army h.s advanced 70 milca be
yond Rome.
As one eighth army -column
entered Orvicto, an Important
road Junction northeast of Lake
Bolscna, another reached the out
skirts of Tcrni, but was delayed
by a blown bridge and a German
counterattack in the vicinity of
the city.
Fifth army troops along the
west coast met determined en
emy resistance at Magliano, 11
miles northeast of Orbctcllo, but
swept resistance at Magliano, 11
miles northeast of Orbctcllo, but
swept it aside and entered the
town.
Tho fall of Orbctcllo Itself, a
west coast town 71 miles beyond
Rome and the center of German
resistance to the fifth army's of
fensive, was reported last night.
In the Lake Bolsena area
Pacific Land
Battle Rages
The biggest current land bat
tle of tho Pacific war centered
at Changsha in central China,
with Chungking reporting Chi
nese defenders holding off ene
my forces attacking the city
from three sides. The Japanese
have thrown 200.000 men Into
tho battle Chungking, said.
An Important bottle was join
ed between British forces and
Japanese defending Mogaung, 35
miles west of Myltkyino In
north Burma, southeast Asia
headquarters, announced. Cap
ture of these two cities Is vital
to Lt. Gen. Joseph Stllwell's plan
to link the Ledo and Burma
roads between India and China.
Stllwell now Is at grips with
tho enemy Inside Myltkylna.
On Blak island U. S. troops
fighting to seize two airfields
still were meeting fierce resis
tance. .
IHH Elks Public (g
' TONIGHT ;'
7:15 Military parade, Main street. Army, navy, ma-
: rines- Legion Drum corps.
7:30 Exercises, Elks temple steps.
Music. - .
Advance of the colors.
;. Display of Old Fort. Klamath flag. . .. . ,., '
Introductory exercises.
Prayer..;. - ' ' , ' ' '" ",
History of the Flag Pageant, with assistance of
. Women's Ambulance corps. . ' . "
Addresses by Colonel B. Dubel, Commander R. R.
Darron, Lt. '.Col. -Verne. Austin, commanding
: officers of Klamath military Installations. . .
; Altar service, :- " ,-, ";" '-,-.' ;..':
; . Closing music.'.';;.;-. v :, f x ,v ; . : .
The public. Is Urgently Invited to attend. If weather
Is unfavorable, exercises will- be held Inside.
' T.. . " "'""TTJ h J n H
are supporting the landing forces
with heavy air attacks and naval
gun shelling.
"The Initial reports," Nlmltz
said, "indicate our casualties are
moderate."
The nusuult to seize Salpan
makes a long leapfrogging vault
from the Marshalls over Truk,
the once potent enemy strong
hold In the Carolines. Salpan
is 679 statute miles west of Truk
and 1130 miles west of Eniwetok,
westernmost Marshall base
taken from tho Japanese last
February. It Is about 1500 miles
from Tokyo.
Tokyo Radio
If tho American force over
runs Salpan, Truk will be cut
off from tho rear. Guam, former
American naval outpost lost to
tho Japs three days after the
French troops continued to ad
vance and the Americans reached
Pitigliano, 11 miles west of the"
northern end -of the lake, and
sent reconnaissance elements
farther
Allied troops In the Adriatic
sector are across the Saline river.
,' Despite the arrival o( fresh
Gorman divisions in Italy, allied
armies still , aro encountering
only formntlons mnde up of rem
nants of the 14th German army.
Apparently these are being used
for tho present delaying action
and tho new. divisions are being
saved for a stand on a line farth
er north.
Allied heavy bombers attacked
oil refineries In , the Budapest
area and northern Yugoslavia
while medium bombers attacked
rail targets .' on the Italian east
coast and south of Florence.: .
Fifteen German planes were
destroyed in all operations and
18 allied aircraft were missing.!
American Army
Casualties Grow
WASHINGTON, June 15 ()
American army casualties ' in
Italy increased by 4472 during
six days of heavy fighting In the
Alban hills and In smashing the
German lines south of Rome.
In the period since allied land
ings in Italy last September
through Juno 5, casualties have
accumulated . as follows: 11,103
killed, an Increase of 1139 tn the
six-day period between May 30
and June 5; 42,489 wounded, an
Increase of 3935; 8409 missing, a
decrease of -602.
Senate Receives
Army Money Bill
WASHINGTON, June 15 (A)
Unanimous house passage sent
to the senate today a $49,109,
002,795 army appropriation bill
for the fiscal year starting July
1.
Conveying the "hope" of
military leaders that Germany
will be knocked out of the war
by next January 1, Representa
tive Snyder (D-Pa.) urged, the
house today to approve the bill
unanimously.
war's outbreak, also would be
closely flanked. Guam lies 116
miles south of Saipan. .'
Tokyo radio reported hours
earlier that ' American amphib
ious troops - were landing - on
Saipan In the face of "accurate
Japanese fire." Tokyo said the
first attempt to land on Saipan
was "thrown Into -wild con
fusion." Later, It added, Amer
icans reached shore - on both
islands.
' Landings - Ef f ctd ' ,
Admiral Nlmltz' communique
said: . i , ' .-
"Operations for .the seizure of
Saipan Island In the Marianas
group have been- initiated , by
strong Pacific ocean areas forces.
, "Assault troops .have effected
landings on Saipan- Island, fol
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Gains"' Made f5espite
.- ''.!'?" i
v By Germans g-.'
' Bt WEB GALLAGHER " ' ' ,
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
A L L IE D, EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 13 (P) American
troops have surged powerfully
ahead in, their stab Into ' the
Cherbourg .neck,- allied .headquarters-announced
today, and
Berlin reported that .less than
six miles separated ..-the spear
head from the last west coast
communications Unking -. Cher
bourg with France. - -. .
The gains; were hammered out
in- spite of furious counterat
tacks air along-the 100-mile in
vasion front in which .the- Ger
mans had thrown about 20 di
visions and 600 tanks.
Allied headquarters, confirm
ing that American infantry' and
parachute troops, supported by
tanks had scored further gains
west of Carehtan, said allied
soldiers were holding' firm
everywhere else despite .the
massive nature- of the- German
counterstroke and were inflict
ing heavy losses on the enemy.
This was after it was-acknowledged
that the British ' at
the eastern end of the line had
been forced to.- give up Troarn,
their anchor nine-miles east of
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De Gaulle Claims
French Support p
By ALEX H. SINGLETON
LONDON, June 15 (F)-Gen.
Charles de .Gaulle, back K Brit
ain after a triumphal reAption
on French soil; today laid be
fore British and-American po
litical and -military 'councils, a
claim of enthusiastic support
from', newly-liberated' French
men to back his demand - for
recognition of the French com
mittee of national liberation as
the voice of - France.
De Gaulle was said to be
planning tentatively to return,
briefly. to Algiers to report to
the French consultative assem
ble on- the- result of his discus
sions with the -British and with
Gen. Dwight ' D. Eisenhower,
before proceeding to -America
to see President Roosevelt. ;
Nazi Submarine .
Shells Trawler v ?
BOSTON, J.une 15' m A
German submarine Invaded, the
North' Atlantic fishing grounds
last week, shelled and machine
gunned a Boston trawler and
forced all but two ;of- her.' crew
to abandon ship.-: V
The submersible finally -.left,
her skipper - apparently think
ing the , trawler : w o u 1 d , sink.
Then the crew put the vesse.
tn -shape and' brought her ' into
port early -today, her hull ' and
superstructure looking - almost
like a-sieve; ' '
4 .n fir
This head-on photograph shows, the 'smashed truck in which
FrineUX W; West 47, :was killed In a train-truck crash near .the
airport -yesterday- The truck had not yet been removed from the
front of the Great Northern freight locomotive1 when the picture
was taken. . -
Truck-Train Crash Kills
-. A truck-train crash '' at : the
Summers lane crossing of the
Great Northern late yesterday
took the life of Francis William
West, 47, driver and lone occu
pant of the truck.
West drove the . empty mate
rials truck on the crossing in
front of a 53-car inbound Great
Northern, freight.
The heavy train caught the
truck amidships and dragged it
for 430 yards, chewing it into
smoking wreckage.
West fell out of the truck
and between the rails at about
m WAR
BULLETINS
.NEW YORK, June 15 (ff)
The ' Turkish radio said today
that ; Foreign Minister Mene
mem - Cioglu ' resigned after a
cabinet meeting during which
he failed to gain support of his
policies. t.
The broadcast in Arabic, re
ported by U. S. government
monitors, added that Premier
Sukru . Saracoglu would take
over the foreign ministry.
' STOCKHOLM, June 15
The Swedish Red Cross ship
Fenja sank between Calino and
the Turkish mainland "probably
aa .-result of striking a mine,"
the Swedish office - was advised
today. The ship was carrying
relief supplies for the Greek
population in the Aegean is
lands. -
LONDON, June 15 (fl) The
Berlin radio said today that al
lied troops had reached Pretot,
nine 'miles west of Carentan.
BERN. Switserland, June 15
(P) Gestapo Maj. Gen. Wer
ner was-reported today to have
been captured by. French par
tisans, tried and executed after
his refusal to sign an order re
leasing imprisoned patriots.
- The Gaaette de Lausanne said
Werner was captured several
weeks ago and that a group of
his followers was killed in the
tklitmish..
" STOCKHOLM, June 15 W)
The German-controlled ' Scandi
navian telegraph, bureau report
ed from Zurich, Switserland,
today that the Germans have
blown up harbor facilities at
Cherbourg.
Air Station Worker
250 yards, and his body was
badly mangled. He died instant
ly. V
The train came to a stop with
the truck enmeshed in the cow-
cat chert' of the locomotive.- The
impact broke a steam . line on
the engine, and it-was-necessary
to Bring up another locomotive
to yank the truck loose and
move the train.
West was employed by Baker
and Graves, subcontractors on
the navy air station- construc
tion project. He was, returning
to the Baker materials plant
north-ot town, wnen tne acci
dent occurred. .
It was at first, feared West
may have picked up a sailor
from the air station just before
the crash, but this- report, was
later found to be-untrue.
West was single and lived at
2417 Eberlein street. The truckr
beloneed to Leslie Bennett. 920
Martin street, according to
state ponce, who, witn tne sner.
if f's office and Dr. George H,
Adler coroner, investigated the
accident.
Engineer on the G. N. train
was Edward William Swartz
and fireman was John Emmett
Hill.
Nine Entrants
In Queen Race
The ever-lengthening list of
candidates for queen ot tne
rodeo celebration here on July
2, 3 and 4, now has nine - en
trants. Latest contestant is Jean
Parker of Hildebraiid who reg
istered with the. rofleo associa
tion Wednesday. "
Jean Is 18 years old and has
been riding ever since she can
remember. She graduated from
Bonanza high school this spring.
Besides riding a horse, Miss
Parker likes drawing.. She is
the daughter of Mr. ana Mrs.
Clarence Parker.
Jean has brown hair and blue
eyes and is 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
R H E
Philadelphia .'. 1 6 T
Boston :. 5 6 "-0
, Harris and Hayes; - Hughson
and Conroy.
.NATIONAL
' R. H. E.
Pittsburgh .................. 1 4.1
Cincinnati 0 8 0
- Butcher and Camelll; Dela
cruz and Mufller.
. WASHINGTON, June ,15 (AP) The army
threw a new fighting giant into the war in the
Pacific today, t u r n i n g loose the new B-2?
Super-Fortress in. an air attack on the Japa
nese homeland. '' ' - ;-. 1 '
. A terse war department communique said:
" "B-29 'Super-Fortresses of the . United
States army air forces 20th bomber command
bombed Japan today." v f-
' It was the first fighting assignment for the
sky mammoth, and. the announcement alsp
served to disclose, for the first time the exist-
ence of the 20th air force (of which the 20th
bomber command is a part); a world-roaming
unit under the personal direction of Gen. Hv
H. Arnold, chief of the army air forces. i
' The war deoartment withheld-? r?
details on the new bombing of
Japan proper first such attack
on the mainland since the Doo
little raid of April 18, 1942.
There was no immediate hint
of .what part of Nippon had
been- hit. nor from where the
B-29's went into action.
However, the war department
subsequently disclosed that
WASHINGTON. June 15 (It)
Rep. S tames (D-Ala.), told the
house late today that Tokyo
proper was a target for the
Super-Fortress raid on Japan.
The Alabama member said
he was advised from a good
source that "great destruction"
was being caused in Tokyo by
a-large number of 'American
'planes....... ' .;
He did not disclote" the source
of 'his .Information,' but: : told
newspapermen the . informs-
-tion-was rellatlltt.T'Ty'.y-
planes, taking part in today's
raid : came from the India-China-Burma
theater, v p-- ? !
- ' Heavily Armored ..',-
- The-B-29, it was disclosed for
the first time, is a heavily arm
ored ,-ship; . whose . bomb- load,
range and ceiling exceed ' that
of . any other 'plane, vlt. is pow
ered by . four engines of '.2200
horsepower each, each carrying
two. superchargers. Its- wing
span is 141.2 feet, as compared
with . B-17's (Flying- Fortress)
span of 104 feet. '.
But Arnold said in connec
tion .with the announcement:
"This employment of the B-29
makes possible the soffet ing up
attack on J a p a nr vci ; much
earlier than would be possible
with aircraft hitherto known to
combat." -...
Arnold asserted:
"The Super-Fortress .is -not
going to win th.e war by itself,
nor has anyone thought it will
do so. It will, however, like its
predecessors, the B-17 and B-24,
strike at the sources of enemy
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Accident Kills
Lumber Worker
Frank John Grimm, 74, was
k i lied Wednesday afternoon
when he ' was run over by a
lumber carrier in the yards of
the Big Lakes Box company.
According to company offi
cials, Grimm, box factory yard
foreman, stepped directly in
front of the carrier and was
killed when the carrier, ran
over him.
The man lived at 317 North
Tenth street and is survived by
his wife, three sons, three
daughters, two ; brothers and
two sisters. ;
Reds Bear Down on Finns; t
Inflict Heavy Casualties
LONDON, June 15 VP) The
red army .smashed another
wedge today through Finland's
heavily fortified second defense
lines on the Karelian isthmus
between Mustomaki and Kutose,
the soviet . communique . an
nounced -tonight.
Seventeen enemy strong
points were captured as the Rus
sian troops widened their
breach in the Finnish defenses
to . 47 ' miles at the end of a
week's offensive, Moscow, said..
LONDON, June 15 Rus
sian troops, bearing down, with
tanks, -artillery and air support,
are inflicting heavy casualties on
the Finns on the Karelian front
and have advanced to within 25
miles' of the seaport of Viipuri,
Moscow declared today.
' With their capital city of Hel
sinki, 150 miles northwest of Vii
puri, endangered by the soviet
offensive, the Finns have thrown
strong reinforcements into a
El
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED, EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 15 (A") A loree
o f between 1000 and 2000
American Fortresses and Liber
ators and escorting fighters
swept over France this morn
ing, bombing airplane plants,
airfields and railroad facilities
in a dozen places.
-rBerlul radio reported an aft'
tack on -the great industrial city
ot Hannover in Germany while
lighter allied .- warplanes from,
bases in Normandy and Britain
continued 4heir-widespTeSd' sup
port campaign in a smashing
follow-up to an 1100-bomber op
eration overnight.. : .- -.-.
As a part of the latter- opera
tlbn several hundred .Lancaster
blasted E-boat pens 'at Le Havre
with six-ton . "factory busters"
in "daylight. ; ' ,
:'Twenty-eight hundred tons of
explosives were dropped on the;
port in two separate attacks,
the-first, just before dusk, be- ,
ing the RAF's heaviest daylight
bombardment of the war and
its first high altitude daylight
precision- effort. ;
Targets of the - -. American
"heavies" today -ranged- fron
Nantes, La Poisonniere and An
gouleme to Beauvais,- La Frijj,
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Klamath Pilot
Reported Missing
' Marion Green of .137 -'Mitt
street Thursday received a telfe,'
gram from the war department .
advising him that his son, Flight
Officer Earl Green, . has. beeit
missing .in action . since . June jd
over" France.' , v. . .-,' , "
Flight Officer Green was tho
pilot of a . Thunderbolt fighter
plane based in England. . .It is)
believed that this is the . first
news of a Klamath boy missing
in the. invasion theater.: .
. He has been in England since
the first of March and before
that- -was-, stationed : at . Tala
hassee, . Florida. Before enter
ing the national guard unit in
1939, he. was a student: at KUHS
and was also a Herald and News
carrier boy. . -
tHe -has two brothers in thar
service. Sergeant Stephen Green
is stationed -with the army at
Camp Breckenridge. Ky and
Corporal Charles Green is with
the marines at " Cherry Point,
North Carolina. - ;
fierce - struggle with . the . reel
army in the area of Kuterselka
and Jarvi, a , broadcast communK
que from Moscow said. ; "'
Russian troops have penetrat
ed the Finnish lines at KuterseN
ka, the Finns acknowledged to
day on a communique broadcast
from Berlin. The bulletin also
said- Viipuri was attacked last
night by 150 soviet planes. lV
-The new reserves occupied de
fensive positions between 'the
lalias and marshy ground. This
made tank operations extremely
difficult, but soviet troops man
aged to capture several Finnish
support points despite stout op
position, the communique said', t
Evidence 'of the ferocity of tho
fighting- was contained. Jn , th
Russian, announcement, which
said one unit of the red army
had in three days wiped out 30Q0
of the enemy, destroyed 80 guns?
25 mortars and 80 machineguns,
and captured 70 Other guns. Tho
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