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