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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1944)
IM9 , ! : uim u r. 111 Si Ibitvr ftUV irHVIMR L a beginning to look bud r.:. ncrmani at the port Wc'vot tholr lust ALL-RAIL in unci uro only four miles f'u "y ,rom "A0 :o.m,.l,";1i ii h uliwuy routo Unit l their !' wmmunlcntlons link with , interior. i. American pilot reports arc rrmnn transport GOING JUTll from Cherbourg weatlior l today's bad cw, from Franco. m continue vllo. Official dls . ehM report the wind on the in,,,.! nt "force 4," and explain Sumyihinn nbo,vo ,','forCu ,? ,imnly tUduys unloading on the i?h hel. 11 added that S? the beginning of the In ,ilon the weather has favored .Germans reKulurly, enabling cm to movo up reserve! under o cover of low-hanging clouds. II Is Inllmuted that further In lion blows may novo to wait ,r better wruthcr. IT Snlpim, In the Marianas, It A I l Iml wn have nil- Ljr bllli-r battlo of the beaches h our linnns. r flniillnif Amir run Ly(, landing on a two-mile strip ircct to street through a small ... .. .iiiiuro Us olrstrin. Fiioru was a moment when It Inked Hko they might f be irlvcn buck Into the sea, but they b 1 1 1 . 1 K I and drove ahead. i An eyewitness quoted In to- lay'j dlspnicncs suyii w "; lit on Siilpan Is like Gundiil f,Ml and Tarawa COMBINED. i.....-!,!..., n rn nni PVncCtl'd tO tiunl Tarawa, but It Is evident hat We lanoing mrcco niimn tentorial losses. IrHE Japs obviously mean bllS sl . C,U..i Arlmlnil lilmltt ostimatcs their strength llicrc nt two divisions (about 80,000 men.) A glance at your C ' ...III .l,nu vnil WHY tllPV licsn business. Salpan Is dis turbingly close to japan s ironi Moor, ... ffrnntM! In thn .Inn rflH Ifi iA vWiwinv f version, our BZ8 raid was a fcomplote nop. vvc om no uiu- ll Ih Kltf tnl mills. ill siiii-tlttt somo Jup -furmor a burning a pllo of wheat (not iricc) straw out In front of his Ibarh and our filers saw It and I, (I.n flamna rtf (lamnucrt Yiiwitia. That s telling ua om rTHEHE was NO Jap air re- Finance ai oaipnn. The renson: nr. 1. 1 , . ... VliWV 1 n- In 'tho 3000 miles from Truk to the Kurllcs that the llttlo yellow n,.n naijpn wot lAnrl nlnnes Irom one placo to another. I . .... STllE Russlun offensive In Fin 1 land Is rolling on, and the Finns arc cvncuatliiK all civilians irom vnpuri ana rusmiiK iiuuo hhpro frnm nvirv nlfiCQ tllCV Clin be laid hands on. , . i In Washington, the rinnisn minister and three of his coun- niuis iiiu lull, MUtl . and told to GET OUT on tho first avallablo transport. They arc accused of "activities Inimical to the interests of the u. a. We're pouring tho heat on the Finns and Inviting tho other satellites and neutrals to LOOK. rO nn unprejudiced observer, Do Hnulln lnnlcn morn and more as tho days pass like a cheap politician who wants the insido track In Franco AFTER the war. (This opinion, of course, is guesswork; tho news Is too strongly tinged with propa ganda to form a REAL opinion.) FRENCH army, presumably line island of Elba, off tho Italian coast. From Elba to tho Italian milinlnnrl la nnlu n ahnrf stcn (seo map.) SHAEF reports today that the french underground is giving FULL SUPPORT to the Invasion, sabotaging German rail and road tuminunicntions, w r e c k i " u trains, blowing up bridges, at- tnplflnff flnmnnn (fnl.plc.Ana find ! even occupying whole villages. "u underground is muiiu uy M real Frenchmen, who have toll the hnrri hnnri nf the Gcr- won master, as distinguished "om politicians who havo stayed AWAv irnrMv vDAMrn In Ihn cpmnnnitlvo safety of Africa and England. TN Burma, the ' Chlneso take niuing, jlo rnuus noiui m Mognimg, which is due west of Myltkyina. The Salwoen Chi nese havo effected a TOKEN Juncture with Stllwell's forces EAST of Myitkylna, thus clear 'ng another section of tho Burma road. GENERAL BRADLEY, com mandlng American ground "uis in ji'ranco,. tens inc cor espondents today that TWICE ft tho beginning of the Invasion " Was touch and go, and if .the ijormans had hit . hard at the rlnt place at tho right time they flight havo driven tu, back into sea.. . , Once was" when the American mrst (regular army division en countered a reinforced Gorman "'vision, already on the beach w maneuvers, and again when (Contlhufld on Page Nina) for , of PRICE 5 CENTS' YafiiEt Colonel, Contractor Assailed ,rrrNw 3 , i a .Am,., Col. Theodore Wyman Jr., loft, of the army engineers, and Hans Wilholm Rohl, right, Gorman-born contractor, criticized by house military ' committoo for delays in defenses at Pearl Harbor, which, the roport said, left Installations incomplete and the way open to the Japanese. Drainage Project Approved Immcdlato completion of the Klamnth drainage project and Modoc oxtcnslon ditch has been approved by the war production board facilities. -review commit-' tec at Washington, D. C., accord Jim to tckwimx received byJ.'ho Herald and News from Senator Guy Cordon and Congressman Lowell Stockman. , . . . Action was taken yesterday af ter . a final appearance before the committee by the two Oregon delegates and Stale Senator Mnr .ihall Cornell, who went to Wash Ingon with added data on the project. "Completion of the project was approved today and necessary manpower will be released forth with," said a wire from Stock man. "Construction can start as soon as reclamation servico can approve preliminary details and let contract." No Delay Expected Reclamation officlnls hero said that preliminary dctnlls have been completed and are In the Denver reclamation office. No delay is expected from this end. Tho project includes a nine mile channel which connects Klamnth river with that part of the Lower Klamath basin where surplus water is delivered through the Tulclnke sump tun nel. It will favorably affect about 60,000 acres of lnnd on Lower Klamath and Tulo lakes, by pro viding adequnto drainage, and Tokyo Claims N Yaw at a Unhurt . By The Associated Press Tho Japanese Domcl agency, In an English language broad cast, declared today that the Yawata steel mills, blasted by B-29 Super-Fortresses Thursday night, remain -"undamaged, not withstanding enemy claims to the contrary," and asserted the American fliers were misled by fires of "burning wheat stalks" near a farm house. tr to r,t-no,,mnri fhnt the ene my raiders mistook the fires of burning wneni siuibs m jrum of this farm houso for the fires In the industrial section," said the broadcast, recorded by U. S. government monitors. ' . TTTattur 'of the queen qrounds. From left to risht they Smith of Cliiloauin. I. W'J. life f The Shanta-Caacade Wonderland tows rr may eventually result in increas ing cultivated land within,, the basin, . t , - . .r .Last. Link, ...'., This proposed channol is the last link In a vast irrigation and dralndgC'system ' wHicTf-' carries water out of . Upper Klamath lake, through the Klamath lrri gated area, into Tulo - lake. through the sump tunnel, into, L,owcr js.tamain lane, me pro posed channel completes the cycle, moving the water back In to Klamath river, where it would go naturally if not diverted for irrigation purposes. . Principal problem in getting approval has related to the man power question. In addition to Cornett, Stockman and Cordon, former Mayor Willis Mahoney has wired The Herald and News that he has made representations in Washington In behalf of the project. . . , FOR, Dewey Tops In Oregon Votes PORTLAND, June 17 (P) resident Kooseveit ; receivca 70,833 votes in the Oregon nresidential preference primary and 50,001 republicans wrote In tho name of Thomas E. Dewey, the official canvass of votes showed today. - Lt. Comdr. Harold E. Stasseiv received 6061 republican write in votes; Gov. John Bricker of Ohio, 3018; . Wendell Willkie, 3333; Gen. Douglas MacArtnur, 191; Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia, 67. , . ' Strike Ends in B-29 Plant CHICAGO, June, 17 ffl A strike of all 117 grinders in the tool grinding plant of a huge B-29 Superfortress engine works ended today less than 24 hours after Its start. Officials of the Dodge Chicago plant of the Chrysler corpora tion announced the men had re turned to work but declined to state what sort of settlement had been reached. To Ride J.'Srlll participate J. are urace jonee ... 'rM"!7;.rr;r.-.-.':r..:., . , , KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, PiiosD. Forces Capture Town, Airstrip By The Associated Press ' U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, June 17 Grimly fighting Yank invaders, after street-by-streot seizure of a coastal town and capture of its airstrip, pushed slowly Inland today on Saipan In the Marianas unlocking bombed Japan's inner, defense perimeter. .... Official sources also disclosed that a task force had made the war's first attack on the Bonin and Kazan islands, .-destroying 47 planes, sinking two ships and damaging 10. This . completed the-dramatic picture of a grand scale air and naval operation which smashed Japan's steel in- ortnim, T..M-.I7 ,m AIIIa headquarters announced tonight inai rrencn jorces wnicn muu ed' on Elba island, where Na poleon once spent a short-lived exile, had encountered . strong enemy resistance on several hb,I, nf fha.lfllonH, Pianos, a small island , to the, southwest, , has been; .occupied,' headquarters -said.- i: ' .. C,MltH. -anAa .lnlu, ' 111 oni5al6r Elba readyhTioTri fteen -secured by. the-allies, This was not' Dome foul -uy suuoc qucnt . reports, .but it wasj. not likely-' tho Germans'; were.- pre pared to put up prolonged re sistance. .' k ,; i ' 1 ."' . Unprepared V - : A special - communique said a i detachment , of the , French a r m y "B'v led by Maj. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tiassigny had landed on the barren rocky is (Contlnued From Pago One) ; Six Airfields Hit by Bombers i' SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED ' EXPIDITIONARY FORCE, June 17 (IP) American heavy bombers pounded half . a dozen riazi airbases in a great arc extending nearly half way around the Normandy battle zone today; ? Six airfields in southern Normandy,- the Paris area and near Boulogne were hit by around innn tiv-trncB nnH T.ihprntnrs the Germans continued to hurl piltoless planes against- Hrnain in spite of a double-barrelled blow by allied bombers against the French sector from which they are launched. Japs Threaten Chinese Town ; ruiVHClKmri. .Tnnn 17 7". Japanese forces. wnicn nave Dy- passed unangsna m nunan prov fnA ora nnw thrpntenincf LukoW. 30 miles south of the strategic city, tnr uninesq pign commonu nlcnlnca Inrlnv. Fighting was in progress only eight miles nortneasi oi ijukow, whose fall would open the way In b .TannnBen nitGh nn ,thp vital- ly Important city of Hengyang wnere tne railway irom i-waiiis-si province to the ' southwest meets the north-south. Canton- Hankow line. : Sunday th. rldln, con,.., r 11.11 " 11 SATURDAY, JUNE1 7 mm dustry and every base for 3000 miles along a. defense line from Paramushiro to Palau. The Bonins were the last link. . . Bitter Battle The first eyewitness reports from Saipan, where the Ameri can forces which landed Wed nesday along a two-mile beach head have! won the town of Charan-Kanoa. supported offic ial accounts of a bitter battle.- "The .campaign is actually like Guadalcanal and Tarawa combined," Richard W. John ston, representing the combined allied press, wrote today aboard a flagship at Saipan. Land Fight . "The troops were faced, with a savage land battle after sur viving the fight for tne beacn head and with scant prospect of a rapid cleanup, such as is pos sible in atoll warfare." He said' "the casualties von Saipan . were . not . expected -to equal - the -Tarawa figures but (.uonunuea on fage,rine; m WAR - BULLETINS Bv The Aiioeleted Pr.si' "' '.' AiUed troops he ve : reached the Vire-et Tauto - canal - in err ad- ce"lwPTnllHl south of. Itignyl Air operations .were ibarplr curtailed by bad . weather from dawn to midday. Nevertheless, the ground forces received fight er and bomber, support through out the day. .... ;:,' i-;-; ' De Gaulle. PJahs :J Talk in Algiers ALGIERS, June,J7 (F)Geri. Charles de Gaulle returned to Algiers- f rom- London' this after noon and will address' "a ' session of the consultative assembly tomorrow-on the fourth anniver sary of his appeal to the French people ' from' London tb '.'kqep. alive "the flames of French re- sistance." This session of the assembly may be the last in Africa.. ; i A special tribute is to be paid to Macques Mederio, one of France's "shadow men'' repre senting the resistance move ment who took poison when captured inside France rather than risk ' disclosures under tor ture. .. - Matsuwa New Jap Headache ABOARD A U. S ; TASK FORCE FLAGSHIP, June 17 (P) Japan's North ; Pacific headache hurt in a new spot Matsuwa island in.-the Kuriles today from-the shells poured into it out of the foggy night by this task force. The 30-minute bombardment of Tagan Point airfield and ad ministrative headquarters 'early June 13 was a remarkable ex hibition of navigation and gun nery. - The small but important is land base was completely con cealed from:; the ships by fog but : officers declared modern devices . assured accurate ; shell ing on! the concentrated target area.'. . . - ' ml J. , : .. .-...... KenneU-Ellii . - - . '. June 16, 1944 . Max.' (June 18) 5B Min. Precipitation last 24 . hours .... Stream year -to. data Normal 1 1.50 Last , year i . : i forecast: . 8Hower. Yanks Plunge Inland ajoos: MAUG.- kSUNCION AGHIHAN' A6AN. .ALMAGAN'V. GUGUAN SARIGAN. AN AT AH AN t ClIDlkl ' : ROTA-' .. . . GUAM 5 MARIANAS IS: After - seizing a coastal town Tokyo, and capturing a ' Japanese fought their way inland, . ... Cars Demo shed In Accident -Involving Eleven: : An V automobile: accident in volving 11; people and complete-! ly- demolishing .-two- cars -took place at about 70 Friday, eye- nmg,on mgnway 7. two.- an". "half miles north of 'Vordeii. i IVJSlrAL'Ann .-: :Abb6tt'.rf Tulton; cam. was tne only one senousiy. Injured, according to state police, but she is reported doing lairly well' at" Klamath Valley, hospital today, ; ;: U-ft j ' ' The'twb cart"-were;drlven. by Beryl "Abbott, , 4. chief specialist for ', the, navy,? arid ; Mrs. Wanda Larhmers, Box. 95, Mallr).; ' - - i Abbott was . traveling sbutK on his- way, to hi, home in Fulton California from Walla Walla, Wash., , and .Mrs. Lanjmers was going-mbrth itb Klamath Falls travelling ;;ori . the.;. wrong side- of the;road , according, to witneisses who. reported tc. the state polieei ''.to the Abbott car were Mr. and Mrs.. Abbott, Arilyn Watkins, Gary-Abbott,'..-6,'and Robert Ab-' bott. 4. v - : "' ' : Siding in; the -iammers -car were Mrs. Lammers,. Betty. :Dier of Malin: Vireil Meyers of Ma- lln and three' ; Lammers . chil dren, Eddie, 9, Beverly,' 7, and Bonnie. 6. " ' '' " ' According to state police-records, Abbott saw( the Lammers car approaching on the : wrong side of. the. road and; figured it would swerve to the right side. When the Lammers car kept on the wrong side of. the road, Ab. bott swerved but - not in time. colliding head on. Both cars were completely aemoiisnea. . , Candidates io Compete Sunday This Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds candidates for queen of the Fourth of July. Buckaroo Days will display their most ex: pert horsemanship for the bene fit of the judges who are to-select their favorite in the queen's rid ing contest. Riding ability counts 65 percent in the final selection of the. queen. - -r ' : -' So far. nine uirls have entered the race. J. C. Hunt,, vice presi dent of the rodeo association an nounced that it .is, still- not too late to-enter the contest. Girls mav- reeister until tomorrow'afr ternoon at two p. m. . They must, however! be with their horse to take part in' tne riamg contest.-: - Candidates are Grace Jones, Fannie Adams, ;'Mo nn i e t te Calmes, Martha Givan,. Sherley Flescher,-Phyllis Staples,: Helen Smith, Ella Mae Smith and Jean Parker. . .. .. . , - -.' :. i ' In addition to the riding con test,, to .whioh-the -'public is - invited- freei of charge,- there will be a five horse show events. It is - still not too late for anyone wishing .to do ,sotor enter the horse. show. Sunday's rldipg pro gram-will start at H:dO p. m... . i Baseball Scores; NATIONAL LEAGUE : New York 1 -4 2 Boston ..........:.;.........'. 5 -8 . -0 Voiselle, Seward (8) and Man cuso; . Javery- and Klutt?. " -' ; AMERICAN LEAGUE - First same , ., Philadelphia 1 r 8 ' 0 New York 2. - T 0 Flores and Hayes; . Donald and Hemsley.-'. , V ........43 ..,.....:...:.:..ie ..............9.01 ..........17.14 Number 10136 Jops report Yonks : land on Saipan in. altempt.la.win base ' 1500 miles from Tokyo SAIPAN r',p iTanepaqu ct AGUIJAN I. rogue GUAM on Saipan,. 1500 miles- from airstrip, the invaders ' of Saipan -, - : :r: - Br' EDDY GILMOHE ' -MOSCOW. June 17 r (PlU-The Finns are .blowing up ali ;-the bridges, on .two .highway's leadine (q iVii'purj . ori . the Karelian isth mus.: seexme . to nait tne red army's entry-iirtce;ity, front . Bui soviet eantnr nf thi;rit appeared, inevitable. The' rumble of Russian big- guns already was echoing strongly in its'streets. , ''"As the'offensiye develops the battles assume5 a-' more violent cKaracferrTsaid" Red "Star'-Cbr- respondent Grigory Ivanov. "All attempts to stop the'-offehsive are faiHiig'i,-"" s ;;' WKh- more than 100 newlv-ean- tured populated - points i behind them- the Russians with": strong artillery arid ; bomber support hurled ahi impressive -weight-of tanks tommy-gunnersnd infan try in -massive waves across the Karelian isthmus. . ; (A : Finnish' commurJaue ad- mitted -the Finns.had abandoned TJusikirkko,' about .32 miles south east of Viipuri after severe fight ing in which-they Drevlouslv claimed to have killed 500 Rus sians and knocked out 25 tanks... (The communique also an nounced withdrawal from Sevis- toe and ' Kanneljaervi, in the same area, and said "the enemy's pressure continued very power ful") ..; . ..;:;, ,..; Nazi Attacks Thrown Back WITH BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE,- June -17 (!P The Germans are hugging a perime- teror aeiensesvarymg in. aeptn from 2.5 to '3.7' miles around Caen after being thrown back in" 'a' "sharp -f iveway -a'ttaek -on Bntislr.'airborne; forces- east of the river Orne.- The -nazis struck : from, five directions in the pre-dawn dark ness yesterday seeking to drive the allies from vital nign ground. The ' battle raged over eight hours, with . the uritisn Tommies stubbornly holding their positions. - -Then as ' t h e . momeritu'm. of the;:German assault ebbed, the British lashed out in a counter attack -which swept: the. enemy back miles soutnwara ana tne Tommies captured a .village, T,L TINIAN CSwAganojogfog .Jrft. Inaiaian jjZ Memo ' , . ''COCOS I. FreakWeather Climaxed Seventeen inches . of snow on June 17 .topped Klamath's freak weather stories when reports fil tered in from, all parts, of the county telling of snowfalls and heavy rams. -.-. .. ' ' Weyerhaeuser - camp .six ' told of 17 inches of snow Friday night on Shake butte. . . . , The IVory Pine, Crane Lumber company, Big Lakes,, and Camp six .-truck -. loeems operations were reported at a standstill due to the soft ground. Camp-slx, ac cording to Weyerhaeuser author ities, was.Changing over -to ran logging after, a . three-day shut down. " The southeastern pr-rtlon of the basin was swept with heavy rainstorms, and the U. S. Bureau of reclamation said an inch and ASSAULT FANS mm ONWESTGOASI Forces Near Junction Of Shortest Road -, On Neck ' SUPREME HEADOTTAnnp.pa ALLIED- EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,-June 17 (iP) A surprisr ureaK-mrougn -Dy LT. S. - troops which smashed throueh St. San. veur le Vicomte had virtually cut the whole Cherbourg peninsula in two tonight as field dispatches reported the assault was fanning out onto highlands in sight of the west coast beaches. . Reuters ' correspondent withr the spearhead force reported the. capture of St. Jacanes de Nohm, six miles northwest -of St. Sau veur, while a second force smash ea . towara St. Jo-d'OurvIHe crv : the coast, nine miles southwest of St. Sauveiir. -, , f, ; . : ; Plunge South . . . : r Other:, forces farther- south'. -plunged within four miles of La Haye du Puits, road junction of the nazis' last' escape route at the shortest neck- of the-peninsula, and big guns hurled sheila on that, highway.,, - , : . Supreme-headquarters in special-communique No.-, 1 ; declared" " the --.French underground -had ' swung into full-fledged-sabotage paralyzing iroad and rail -traffio in many, places to delay move--ment , of German reserves to the front,.arid even seizing villages in some- areas and wiping out nazl detachments -in . direct ate. tacks, with 300 Germans report.- -ed captured by Maquis. - -,;v The advance' beyond St.- Saw Ay (Continued on Page Nine) ' ri' . -'"- . . i - f rof esi Issued On Treatment of. Finn Minister t WASHlNfJTnw , J nn. .17 an" fpresident Roosevelt and Secre-1 tary of State Hull were accused today.byJep.JCnutson.(RrMinn.) oi-navmg .--given - the t Russians a-free hand, to- invade Finland and wage a war of extermination,--which is as savage and barbaric, as-it -is -unjustifiable." ..The Minnesotan: made his pro test: on; the, -floor' ot -the- house, one-day. after. Hjalmar ProcoDe.- Fihriish- minister,'' arid his pnn cipal-aides had been - given vinj tual orders . to leave the country-as 'soon as ; possible because, of .what the .state department called activities "inimical to the interests"of the' "United States.'. Cninese Capture eseBase SOUTHEAST ASIA ; COM-: MAND HEADQUARTERS,! Karidy, Ceylon," June 17 (iP) The. Chinese 22nd .division .has captured the Japanese base, of K a m a i n g, ' approximately 40 miles northwest of- besieged Myitkylna in northern Burma, it was announced officially tc-. day. -, (Driving toward Burma from China, Chinese expeditionary force troops captured Lauhku an, 60 miles northeast of Mylt kyina, forming "the first China. Burma link since Japanese oc cupation of Burma," a front dis. patch from Associated - Press Correspondent William" E.--Boni said.;. ,V-.-:..- '' ' :':':.-'-' v-. if :, Finns Evacuate Viipuri : STOCKHOLM, June 17 (Pl- Compulsory evacuation of the Finnish city of Viipuri toward which the 'Russians are driving , with a great weight , of men and armor now. is in progress, Hel sinki dispatches reported, today. Refugees - also are - streaming from; other Karelian towns un der longstanding plans, dls. patches said. '.- By 17 Inches of Snow one-half .of rain fell in the Clear lake :'r'eseryoir section. : Heavy . rains were also felt in the Lake view area. ; . . Fred Goeller, local .. resident who"regularly fords -. the Sycan river on a mountain road; was caught in the runoff from tha heavy snowfall on Shake butte. Crossing the river, already swol . lent -torn the snow, his engine flooded -out. He walked a short distance for aid and when.be re-, turned, the water had risen. five inches. ; SnoW'Was not reported in the city area though .16 inches of rain fell. Temperatures dropped to 4? e.nd rose to 56 during the. 24 hour period. Chemult experi enced only a 40 decree low and little rainfall, according to Southern-Pacific reporU. - i
