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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1944)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON IF. Youth Weds 37-Year-Old GIVE CHECK 1 A L PAGE TWO SHR OS SHOW EVENTS ATTRACT 2000 - S A f FO HQSP1TA SPECTATORS A check for $3573.30 was pre sented to the Portland Shrine hospital for crippled children by the Klamath Falls Shrincrs as a feature of a big Shrine gathering in Portland last weekend. Ed Osterdorf of the local club made the presentation, which represented proceeds from the annual Shrine dance held here April 15. Mayor Earl Riley of Portland, after receiving the check, made a speech praising the work Klamath Shrincrs and this community have done for the Portland hospital. Making the trip with Ostcn dorf were Gus Anderson, presi dent of the local Shrine club; Herman Gisvold, secretary of the Scottish Rite lodge of Klamath Falls, and Godfrey Blohm. The Klamath men were given special seats at the huge Shrine cere monial in Portland. When they arrived in the city, they were greeted by Mayor Riley and were taken on a tour of the Shrine hospital. They vis ited three children from Klam ath Fall Nancy Bateman, Dav id Hardman and Andrew Valdez. . "These children were all very happy and were glad to see some one from home," said Ostendorf. -The Klamath club some months ago presented a special bone saw to the hospital, and the Klamath men visited patients which had been benefitted from use of this instrument. They had lunch at the hospital, and Miss Greenwood, the head nurse, warmly lauded the interest of Klamath men in the institution. Tommy Luke, potentate of AI Kader terAple of Portland, pre sented the . Klamathites with 'lowers. FRENCH CAPTURE OF ELBA REPORTED j . -. . (Continued from Page One) c villa. The invading forces brought artillery against the Germans bitterly contesting con trol of Portolongone on the east coast. Fifth and eighth army troops in Italy are meeting increasing resistance as they drive the Germans back toward the Pisa Rlmint line, but more villages have been taken and strong pressure is being exerted against the stubborn German . garrison atf the central sector road hub of Perugia, 85 miles north of Borne and about 72 miles south east of Florence. Eighth army troops captured Assisi, 12 miles southeast of Perugia, and Deruta, south - of the bitterly contested road junc tion town. A communique said that heavy fighting also had oc curred at Citta Delia Pieve, 22 miles southwest of Perugia. In the Adriatic sector, allied troops are approaching the Tronto river. Referring to fighting along the west coast, the communique said, "west of highway 2, fifth army . troops have driven the enemy from important defensive positions and in the coastal sec tor have taken Ca'mpamatico and are now some 10 miles north of Grosseto." The weather also hampered allied air operations from Medi terranean and Italian bases yes terday, but fighters of the first tactical air force made a sweep over enemy communications in southern France, destroying six locomotives while Spitfires hit objectives in Elba. The eighth army captured the town of Bastia, which has a population of 5700, eight miles southeast of Perugia, and estab lished a brideghead across the Chiascio river. - Armored units pressing on Perugia from the south pressed on to San Martino Delfico, less than three miles from Perugia. Along the Adriatic, allied forces followed up the occupa tion oi xermamo wun tne cap ture ot tsenanie, only 14 miles southeast of Ascoli and eight miles south of the Tronto river. French troops operating on the American right .flank seized Roccalbegna, 22 miles northwest of Lake Bolscna, and approach ed Radicofani. Hans Norland Fire Insurance Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To malra thia aimple, bo rlk heaiin tt. K jrou .ro temporarily deafened, boUiered By ringing buzzing head noun duo to hard ojod or coagulated wax (eertraen ), try too Oonne Home Method teat that ao man?My , u enabled then to hear well .gain. Yoi muj ; bear bettor after nuking thia .imp Z WS "r """"' at ohm. Aak about Ourine Ear Drooa today at STAR DRUG Main and Fifth Ronald Smith. 16, and the former Mrs. Ellon Broon, mother of two vounq children, woro married in VancouTor. Wash., in a ceremony witnessed by tho youth's mother, (AP Wlrophoto.) Bond Seller (qresjKiSBW -"", - . 3 Rt VaruMotor, above, presl- dont of the State .Moose asso ciation. : handled tho plans . for the successful war bond sale at Malin Saturday night, which added approximately $250,000 to Klamath county's Fifth War Loan totals. ... Charlie Read Saddlery ; Will Buy Wool Up to 3000 Pounds - from each grower or rocoivo on consignment any amount and makoAcash advance on FIl'SJFJ CITY (Continued from Page One) only granite tank barriers re mained intact. . Island Shelled Red army infantry chased the survivors out of the fortifi cations, took the villages of M u r i 1 a and Iliakiriola and pushed two more miles beyond the line until checked by fire from Koivisto fort. Warships of the red Baltic fleet promptly shelled Koivisto island ana tne mainland fort. The Russians were reported advancing up Viimiri bay. with infantry moving in trucks and artillery towed by tractors pressing closely on the heels of tne t inns. Gen. Gorovov was promoted to the rank of marshal for lead ing the campaign, Nazis Continue Rocket Bomb Assaults (Continued From Page One) of two types. The smaller has a speed of 200 to 230 miles an hour; while the other with larger wing span travels per haps 400 miles per hour and has greater explosive power. Not since the battle of Britain have English anti-aircraft gun ners many of them women worked so hard, but there is no complaining. Meanwnue, unions view as comic relief the lurid accounts which German propagandists are broadcasting concerning the "panic" caused by the rocket bomb sin England. , London newspapers are giving as much if not more space to wild Ger man propaganda stories of (he bombings as they do to British reports. Many persons here as still be wildered as to why Hitler wait ed until now to use his robot planes instead of launching them against the gathering ailed in vasion forces but Lord Strabol- gi advanced this theory: "The rocket plane installa tions were set up on the Calais coast to meet an expected in? vasion there. The invasion in Normandy was a tactical sur price, so the pilotless planes were used against southern Eng land as a last gamble to panic civilians." THEATRES FUNDS E TO DRIVE A check for $1575.53 repre senting 50 of the collection taken at local theatres for the National Infantile Paralysis fund during the "March of Dimes" campaign was given to Dr. Peter Rozendal, head of the Klamath county public health de partment, this morning. Dr. Rozendal was presented with the check by Mr. H. Neal East, the representative of the National Infantile Paralysis fund, who is in charge of the movie theatres' collection. The check represents money taken in all the Klamath the atres, the Bly theatre, the Gem at Chiloquin, and the Broadway theatre at Malin. The- money will be used to treat infantile paralysis victims in Klamath county. The other half of the money collected went to the national fund. Allen Jones Held On Felony Charge Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon left Monday for Oregon -City where he will pick up Allen Elie Jones,- who is being held in that city on a felony charge. Jones is wanted in this coun ty on a charge of assault and robbery armed with a dangerous weapon. The alleged crime is supposed to have occurred at Gilchrist theatre. The accused man will be returned here by Mattoon. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) everything they ' have. They tried to make a beach landing in our REAR on Saipan (prob ably from a nearby island) but were stopped. Our warships have been bombarding Guam, south of Saipan. Bombardment by our warships is often a prelude to a landing. , From School Arriving home last week from Stevens college at Columbia, Mo., were Doro thea Ellingson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Ellingson. and Wanda Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Royal Shaw. Undaunted by the Inclement weather, over 2000 Klamath ba sin ranchers and townspeople were at the fairgrounds Sunday afternoon to watch the Buckaroo queen's riding contest and the six additional horse show events. Expert horsemanship was shown by each o( tho nine queen candidates, most ot whom have ridden since they wero small children, and judges were hard put to pick a winner. The queen, who will also bo Judged for ap pearance, poise and personality is to be crowned Saturday night at the Queen's ball at the arm ory. First event ot the Sunday af ternoon program was an exhibi tion by the sheriff's posso. This was for show only and no prises wero given. In tho second event, a contest tor five-gatted saddle horses, Mexico, owned and ridden by Ben Marsh, was first prlzo win nor. Third on the program was tho colored horse event. Thia was won by Golden Moon, owned by Keith Moon and ridden by Mrs. Moon, First prize ribbon In the cow horse event went to Snuffy, rid den and owned by Clarence Adams. The queen's riding contest was the fifth event and this was fol lowed by a stallion parade and a show ot mares and foals. Surprise event of the program was an egg race in which the queen candidates took part. - Bill Hooper was In charge ot tho queen candidates for tho day. Announcer was Lynn Roycroft. Foreign Policy Discussion Stems From Situation (Continued From Page One) to direct them to leave the coun try last Friday. Answor Harmtul Asserting a specific answer would be harmful to the con duct of the war, the secretary added that we must always keep in mind that tho pro-nazi Finnish government is actively fighting on the side of Germany and has adjusted Finnish policy and ac tions to suit the aim of the Ger man government. . The activities of tho dismissed Finnish diplomats, Hull declared, must be viewer! in that light. Under Guard Procope and his three coun cilors of legation, T. O. Vahcr vuori, Uhro Toivla and Risto So lanko were under guard at their homes today with members of their families. Mrs. Procope Is expecting a baby within the next two or three weeks. Department of ficials declined to confirm re ports that this had complicated arrangements now under way to send the diplomats home. Wants to Loavo It was learned that Procope has expressed a desire to start home as soon as possible, and some diplomatic officials suggest ed that he might leave Mrs. Pro cope and their two children here to follow at some later date. In the house discussion of Spain, Coffee said German and Italian troops had aided Franco gain control of Spain and assert ed the Spanish government now was furnishing supQlics and troops to Gormany. Ho contend ed the Spanish falange engineer ed the overthrow of the Boliv ian government and had carried on propaganda in South America in opposition to this country's good neighbor policy. "Now that wo have invaded France," Coffee said,. "Franco's day of Judgment is near at hand. His crimes against the Spanish people, against the people of the United States nf America, against the democracies of the world have been forgotten.". f ' 1 . ,'a V- lA LA ' riRHT PRIHONKKS Tho Inviulcn wnrd l"- Hunting, fur UiU ornup nt GMnauno snown - guard of Oana.tw, team,, iflf' Uon in Franco alter Allies stormed Prenrh cot. Allied liomlqimruirs reportoej la London that a (real many Germain wirt rL that number bad not beau cauiputod. Cuiiadiui official photo vlt Signal Corp rodlo-lokpboto iioui Undoo, n PENINSULA L i E STRONGER (Continued From Page One) drlvo to capture thia big port, doveloped .by Napoleon, wns the U. S. ninth division. Captura ot a French naval base would be an old story for this division, for the ninth broko through German defenses to tako Blzcrtc, Tunisia, 13 months ago under MaJ. Gen Manton S. Eddy. United Slates forces that sev ered the peninsula woro busy widening their break through path to the Atlantic coast which oven last night was seven miles wide. They woro driving tho Germans down toward La Hoyo Du Puits, big road Junction seven miles south of St. Sauveur Lo Vicomtc, Into what appeared to bo another trap, for ono Amer ican trans-peninsular spearhead has been within four miles ot La Haye for several days. Another Pocket If this spearhead takes tho town of La Hnye, tho Germans In that area will be in another pocket botwecn St. Lo D'Our ville and the Atlantic coast. A third American column un der Bradley a command struck south ot Lison to within six mllcsmiles of St. Lo, Important rail and highway Junction In tho Vire Rivory valley, 42 air miles south of Cherbourg. Almost all the advances on the Normandy beachhead reported today by supremo headquarters were on the American sldo ex cept at Tilly-Sur-Sculles, 11 miles west of Caen, where a British division broko through Gorman defenses in a small breach and was fighting in the streets of Tilly. Small Actions All along the rost of the beach head front there were brisk small actions as Gen. Sir Ber nard L. Montgomery, allied ground commander, built up his forces for a typical "monty" punch backed up by thousands oi Dig guns. Bench areas were quiet, with the wind at "(orco two, and un loading of men and materiel pro ceeded at a rapid rate. - One officer returning to Britain said that It was quieter behind the lines on the beach head than in southern England, wjiero the Germans sent over hundreds of rocket bombs, caus ing casualties and damage, par ticularly among the civilian population. But in six days ot Incessant bombardmont with the new weapon, the Germans had fulled (NbA Umllo Tetephota) CAPTIVE NAZIS These are among the llrst Nazi prisoners captured by Canadian Invasion troops on French territajfr. Noto pillbox and casualty lu right background. Canadian official photo via Signal .. . corps ratuo-tolepnoto from London. to halt tho dispatch ot single ship to tho bvnchhvud. On tho beachhead altlo tho Gcruiiin ii 1 r force vlrliuilly had cliMipiwnred. which mlKht ho an Indication that Marsha! Erwln Rommel was connorvlne his forces for an all-out attack. mm filed A complaint signed by Beryl Nelson against Wanda Maxlna Lammcrs was filed lu Justice court Monday morning. Mrs. Lammcrs was charged with driv ing while under tho influence of Intoxicating liquor. Judgment was hold up for 2-1 hours and she was placed under a 11000 cash bail. Mrs. Lammcrs and Abbott woro tho drlvora ot two cars which woro demolished In an accident last Friday evening on highway 87 north of Klamath Falls. Mrs. Abbott, who Is still In Klamath Valley hospital from Injuries received, was reported to have spent a good night, BPW Picnic Tho annual pic nic ot tho Klamath Fulls Busi ness and Professional Women's club will be held this evening at Moore park, 6:30 p. m, Those without transportation are ask ed to meet at Wlnema hotel, 6 p. m. IJ.lllfl.lljl Continuous Show Dally Box Olfico Opons 12:30 ENDS TODAY SECOND BIG HIT FRONTIER FURY... critnmtd with thrills! (lie "SbtMt Kid" h WITH ALMA LLOYD STARTS TUESDAY TRUE JAP ATROCITIES! O'SHEA f rf HAY WARD Another Thrill Hit TI (Continued from Pago On) attempted now tactics. land ing assault south of Garapan. Headquarters said tho at tempt was smashed and 13 troop-laden enemy barges do stroyod. Tiore was no indica tion whether the barges came from Saipan, where an estimat ed 10,000 Japanese) are en trenched, or from T'nlan Island three miles to the south. Shall Island American warships sholltd tho Island In support of tho In vasion. Tho fighting lino at last reports skirted tho western edge of tht aaao-foot Aslltn air strip and was loss than three miles from Maglclonno bay on tho oast coast. On Risk Island off Dutch Now Guinea, American sixth army troop fighting to tako Dorokoo airstrip drove the Japs from a key ridge 8no yards north ot captured Mok mer airfield and advanced slightly against enemy mortar tiro alter repulsing tank attacks Thursday, Enemy casualties since Disk's Invasion May 27 totaled IDAS, Including 122 dead Japanao left within American advanc ing lines on Friday. rti-eiiri-li Indicatos lh.1 a. aircrslt st 190 ml u i Hut Mr. a, eiiMfc Box Of fl Open liSO li4S - ENDS -SOON ..dlt HI"" "The - BRIDGE oi SAU LUIS RIY' 0m,.,Prl.."N,i( SlltSll J rlh rlthed kbif oam f of this . M Mill box orncr. opehi ia Now Haylnj m iovtouit w of hit -2nd Act Hit - rnt fAnwo sssUSin Box Olllc Oeenl ill mm Tlphon 4M' Bo OllicS Oplftl ll" ' NOW EiTo HqppiJ-u! VCD .i iimes;. nenil' GLEASOHr Si! I 715 MAIN STBECT
