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Newspaper Page Texti Id) Io)fB fSUlf?fo)fo)fn) iilil ; B FRANK jt.nn.mo r mi ro to to"1' Wlllliim I.. D Worcli'n'K lux'iHinl of Hit! VSZuiy. U I. oiw of Hit. RlEAT eyewitness stories of the ir- . . t .HE Sunday "l,lu ,m,K l""t0 1 off ll""' "n.'' til""" 1I"IK,I,' Ih.1 lOlllll 01 - i- -,.,,.,t rinuirltiil I wit our .m v. ..I....... tuiti'ii f.imiliiLf- L "'.rrlors jo ctUtunt n to K.V1..1I to luml on Jiiphcld SET Admiral 'Bprumiw nf L, ninny AiiH-rlciiii plmiM ,V IHI...HI-, llmt Iho Jhpj fnUDN T Itind. Thou- Hurt S Hurt down In the air Jril lnlo the wlu'" lMr prncllcully NO JP P"'" en-W1- . . . W,TI1 Iho Jl 'r ntlnck blind W id Into llio c. "ur (luo1 ..,il lifter Hie distant enemy . from which the )lnc hd K?. Late Monduy It cam.; Sthln air striking . Bld I h "niy "1 llolir. 0'"t fcvlltt 1 I,1,,e'u"' ll ,t-U('l' ffl'ri iiml worked upon the tS&t J ' '. .he lrlhul SSww lhl lrc',dy oce" . .... In relit! mill 1 cm 111 n"lc"' ,i,t,.tt,, of Jiwd. drjn IctiUorahln nd Xim fiul.ltoa courage and skill . . ... iiHfM tin inn euiiu - ... a fee inn of nWrprld.0 that wo ur. tht did U.c.0 . , , . .aiu uflfermfllh! N ThB chief of tho naval prens ..." ... 1... tmiiur ml gdq1111rl5.n1. bro.dc?tl.Kfroi. Tokyo loony on uiu RADIO, an well on Hie foreign (tunneli, say: 'The enemy's (American) plan of .dvnnco is tho greatest since lh, beginning of tho war In the rtrenitih of tho main force nnrt 5 furlousncs. of hl Bh . inn morale . . . and tho buttlo ulliin 1., ii.. Knlnnn area M tho MOST CKIT1CAL." He cllcn tho location ot the Marlaiinn 1208 nautical mlloa Irom Tokyo and 130U from s Philippine 'd addiir" "If tho enemy (America) uc tttds In buildlim a powerful air lux! here, tho Influence on our ki and air nupremncy In the Western Pacific will 00 b.v TREMBLY grout. If tho enemy utj largo-typo bomuors 1W) the homolnd of Jopan and the Philippine" will bo cxpoed with in iho bombing aphoro of enemy plncs." The Jnp, you co. Is worried. THERE Is nn Interesting dl 1 clouro In tho dispatches to diy: "Tho scales (In the Morlanas tattle) were tlpicd heavily In our fnvor - Monday by "Insk Force 58,' n fast and powerful irmudit with perhaps TWEN1Y of tho NEARLY ONE HUN DRED U. S. CARRIERS now in ictlon aguiiiiit Japan," Nearly a HUNDRED Amcr lorn carriers In tho Paciflcl No wonder tho Jnp Is getting wor ried. tRIGHTENED badly as ho looks I,, llin mnn .1flll ill TC- doubling his efforts to split China In two and perhaps knock It out of tho war before wo can m (,.., it.i.,,, inn nnn in 120.- 000 troops nnd bringing In MORE, ho Is driving southward Intm rM l... I.. AtllV win viiiuiKniiu hiui in ii w-rf 33 miles from Hcngynng, the iiuxi imporuini poiui 011 m 4 www lo Canton. TN II. n l..,tln n.ng.1 InrlliV. Ill- 1 Hcd (probably mostly British) Mirfnco nnd air forces strike at 11... ..... iin..,i uup-ncia Anuumun imuu Iho llttlo yellow men's outpost uuruing 1110 uoy 01 ot"H"' coast of Burma. - HUR Amorlcnn Infnntrymcn nro closing In today on tho Inner fnrim.o nf Cherbourg. Thni, kn.m i..l.n nt fhn three "lull points defending the city n nro storming tho omor iwu. I. Urn CI n (-hnl-hniirif'S DS guns point to the sea and An..., 1. . . I ml. n "in 1 bo turned arouno. 1 Qormtiiio p ri.fi.ihicf linrk with machino guns, rifles and light rttllory. A captured German rdcr discloses that their officers 5ve ordered them to stay and No nt their posts or be shot as towards. Tlmirjob Is to keep us FROM A PORT as long as possible. THE Oormnns say today, tho , Russians Imvo started tholr SUMMER OFFKNSIVK on a 180 tn on,, ..... . k Hh11.i sun mno ironi rrom hiukiict J"d Vitebsk along tho great roll- uiut icaos 10 wuiauw tiiu; Wr In Tl. T)..m.,lo nn it Jjlcnt. Thoir custom Is to fight -""iHiin iniK attorwara. Watch this spot. PNE nF tho n'rnntnst flights .. YET ot rocket, bombs S'Monds on England last night. If"' Brent planes are pounding " i-ninis coast incessantly, aay nd night indicating that in the r 'a oi our lonaors ineso .Jibs are a threat to be dealt j PRICE 5 CENTS Fleet Abandons REDS OPEN FRONT: MIS Vitebsk - Orsha Rails Cut In Summer Offensive LONDON, Juno 23 (l) To nluht's Russlnn communluuc announced a new offensive northwest and southeast of Vi- ICOSK. Soviet troops broke through enemy defenses northwest of the city 7 to 9i4 miles, on a lD-mtlu front, the communique said. The Germans earlier today had nnnuunccd this drlva as the opening of the long-expected summer offensive. The Moscow communique said tho Vltcbsk-Orsha railway had been cut. Begin Offensive "During June 23, northwest and southeast of Vitebsk our troops, supported by massed blows from artillery and avla- llnn uur.nl ntpr tn tlin offensive against German troops," the niimniiinlniin rninnl mr-ftr! "Our troops on tno oiicnsive northwest of Vitebsk broko through heavily fortified cne- mt, l,.ff.nnfl nvor tlln lcniftll of 30 kilometers, (about 18 miles) along the front, ana aavancca a a ft.tr.ll, nt 19. tn IX Icttnmc- u, fAitihi tn nfnri mile.), at the snmo time capturing more than 100 populated places, tnc com' munlquo said. District tenter These places Included Flllrl na, a district center 01 mo vi ll..lf rnfflnn nnri 1(1 ltirtfO DOO ulatcd places, as well as two rati stations on inc ruiuun-i- Inl.slr rnlltunV "Our troops on tho offensive n.n.t . nf Vlt,.hk hrnkc Huuiiiuuat " - ... through hcnvlly fortified enemy ninnff n ironi 01 o (Contlnucfl on rago iwo; Queen's Ball Set for Saturday ,.r ii, n nlnn nrottv Klnm nth basin girls will be crowned Queen of Klamath Buckaroo Days nt the yuccn s unu in uiu armory Saturday night. Dressed In their riding re gnlln, tho girls will be Judged nt the tinnce as 10 pcrsuiiuiuy, polso nnd personal appenrnnce. Judges have already been se lected. Points received by ench girl Snturday night will bo add ed to tho points each enmcd i i.a ,iriinf, pnntost lnst Sun day. The girl with tho highest total will OO mo quuun. x.. ballot box containing tho points received in the riding contest is now In tho United States Na tional bank window. O. D. Matthews, president of II.. 1a neenMnllnn. will lit! Oil hand Saturday night to plnce tno crown on mu ncuu lucky girl who becomes queen, tMc unnt tn tnko nlaco at ap proximately 11 p. m. tiaidy Jivans unu ii" tra will piny nt tho Queen s hall. Tho dnnco is open to tho public NEW Fvewltness Reports Intricate Strategy Used (This story by AP Correspon dent Wlllinm Wordcn is the first detnlled account of the intricate tactics by which the U. S. fleet not only overpowered but out maneuvered the Japanese fleet defeated off the Phi iPe"0 By WILLIAM L. WORDEN Representing the Combined American Pross ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP, U S Fift'i Fleet, Juno 21 (Delayed) (AP Via Naval Hadio) - This huge force today completed the rout 01 tne umh"""-"- ?. Suiiin from waters east of the Philip- plno islands wiinoui, t.... s salvo from its formidable battle- line or iushik a o.... . The first phase occurred June 19 when planes huh unu-i . . t aj. Dnvmnnn AmeS guns oi i-iuiu. . gpruance's fleet, within sight of Guam, turnea um "h 1, to one of the war's greatest aorln .... , ,1. nvla KnMllV disasters tui .u-"... planes attacking from the west tn The ShaHla - Heads Home Fleet Vlr..Ar!mlrl Sir Henrv R. Moore, R. N., above, has been nrnnaH eammnnder of the Brit lih home fleet. A veteran of ii In ftiMtnrv shin., fiir u.n,u with tAmnnrarv rank ox admiral. lucce-d! Aanuiu on Bruce Fraier. PLOESTI OIL FIELDS SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY IYIDPV .limn 9' tP Itftlv- based bombers smashed the Ro- mnnon nl IllQtil I Intlnmi HI flQ- esti again today whllo.JL.lberat'. stabbed through clouds for the eighth strolgni day oi smasnes at the Pas-Dc-Calais "rocket The Italian force or prooarj- ly more man ouu ncavy ooinuurs also attacker' Guirgin, Dan- ..Un nn,l iijhnrn Rnmnlllnn nil In transhipped to river boats. The assault comciacu wuu n ontiau (Continued on poge two) LONDON, June 23 (P) The German radio commentator, Ernst von Hammer, said tonight that the Russians were attacking along a front of more than 100 mil.. In Whlta Rusiia and had made a breach in German lines southeast ot Vlteotk:. HEW VnV .tuna 23 IJPi NBC today quoted the Braxia- vuie radio as saying max Ameri can troops have taken the three hill Boaltiom dominating Cher. oourg. Oregon Man On Committee rmrAm .Tun 9S tir Spn. ator T n f t (R.Ohio) chairman, announced tooay me appoint ment of five subcommittees which will draft individual planks for tho republican plat form rnmrrtlltplv Lowell C. Padgot, Oregon, nnd Mrs. Rose Mnyes, Idnho, were nnmcd on the postwar business committee. Tom Hcnm Idnho, was named on the lor cign trade committee. 1 ' ' ' , - ' ' , v iS 3 SMASHED BY m WAR BULLETINS In Attack on Japanese Fleet i i.nH v...,rn rllnhlc ffnm par. Ill IUU6 ioi'6 - ricrs. struck the American fleet ...liu nhiilniir, Intpntlnn nf rinink? on to Guam to refuel. Spruance, however, ncio tne neti hcbi Guam all day and sent waves of bnmbers over Guam and Rota, nnd prevented enemy planes from landing on those lsinnos. Naturally It was impossiblo to see much of tho first phase which was a series of encount ers from 10 n. m until dark, but part of tho battle did rago with in sight of tho flagship. , -. Take-Off The first action was the take ce a htthdrpdo nf American planes as the Japs were report ed approaching. In a fow min utes black puffs of anti-aircraft fire appeared over battleships on the horizon. The distant ships seemed wreathed in fire as mul tiple battories threw up an- un hAllnahln tunll lnf gtPP.1. ' .. Almost immediately -bomb fUmv.ade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS OREGON, Saipan IS LEFT U. S. Victory Almost Certain in Marianas ' U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD nlllU'l'k'IfU PI.' A HI. HAHROR June 23 iff) Twenty thousand Japanese, apparently abandoned to their dcatn by a routed Nip- nnrtaoA flfmt worn hit hloh RtlH low today on Saipan by a Yank invasion army which now out numbers me toe. Cnn.lno almnst rnrtaln vlrtorv in the distant Marianas as the attcrmatn ot a one-siaeo sea tri umph, the reinforced Yanks oAoinft IV.A hnirfhta nnrl nrnbnd the flatlands of that island gatc- 1 fl W I . HflJ I U way to japanv uiiiuii m Philippines. T.1r Tnvr.a m.B .pal, wirii tlnnpH VipaV' lly in favor of the United States Monday by "task force 58," a .......lu-AUoAlncAH fn.t and mishtv armada with perhaps 20 of the nearly iuu u, o. cuiiicis n . tlon against Japan. ' ' c i .. HAlBnllnl nnml nn port was sent scurrying-between V . nnJ 1?ft,mnco intn thn far uu&viii mtvi u. . . -" - China, sea -by; carrier -planes' of: inis specmiiseu biwul . wn.w, sank one Japanese carrier,; heav ily hit three others and damaged a battleship and -cruiser.. In all, four enemy ships definitely were sunk and 10 otners naro nit. . Dn Wav rvnU tnmn Hfl ..-I, inh now nf. tnlnl... In . Wochl n fftnn e n 1 A hn.ri been assigned "the entire Pacific ocean to tne gates oi uapan as . 10 "."-' t o o-w . ; , I1.A "..- fnf a. ctpnnpH.iin firivp on Saipan itself. Last night, Adm. unesier w . ixunu icijuil- . .. .. .... . i , lU.. I. ed mat tnc lnvasiuu ut uiai u (Continued on r-age iwoj Andaman Island Raid Reported erMinmjiTAcr ACTA flOlVT i AMn u v a n All A n T F. US ,11.... . i u - . - - - -. . A nav'al and air raid on Port unnf,, I'nu nn .limp .l Blair in the Andaman lsianas Wednesday was announced to day- .. .. .:.,., "ConslderaDie damage to nm ! inMollnHrtne rno rpnnrtpd 1 1 tl 1 V 111.1 ... 1 ... ..".- - rruA Tnlrvn rndin pnrltpr re- Dorted a combined formation of ' . , . : 1. 1 hnfl jo DomDers anu neincia- n raided the Japnnese garrison at Pnrt ninir. . and claimed little damage was done. . The broad cast said losses were cunuueu w vianicfi , . . . i. ! V. Utt hu anpmv hflmb nMnrtn . tn nnn email Doat WlUIJll WW in "J ------ and set ablaze," and asserted that six planes were snot, aown aim four damaged.) V mu. llnnf. Qnn mtlac nnrf.h- west of Sumatra, astride the Ceylon-Calcutta supply route in the Bay of Bengal, are the westernmost points occupied by the Jarjanese in the Indian ocean. Baseball Scores AMERICAN '. K H 11 5 Washington Boston bursts spouted in the water and two enemy pianes startea uum ing in the air and crashed. Puffs of ack-ack thickened and spread until a quarter of the horizon was a poiKa-oot oi siiiorc unw in the still-soundless battle. i Enemy Approacnes Thn enemy was reported ap proaching i from ' three sides. Vapor lioweo irom ii io ii u j . 11 UUrf ll. Iha oVu Thn pianes cuiiiuwb ."'V1 vapor trails intermingled and formed artificial- clouds. The planes were visible only wnen Z. llU4 flaohnd nn thpir wlnBS. auinifiiit i".."1- - j -The first attack was repelled on the fringe - oi tne neeu hour - later .more bombers ap- The fleet turned and twisted but other Japs came in.' A battle ship on the horizon appeared to V MllH,iM,e hnlph nf -flame nave a i.un im w--.' " - , from its guns, firing steadily for 20 minutes. . . " . Overhead ' the- , war .-.in - the YANKSH1T ISLAND FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1944 'wIr( J ' ' Large Anchorage , r Equeurdrevilles, L Htt 1 to-VV V --.-v':.' v-- .z r.rf:. jw? fejj"r nn. ;': y.'y- ' ' Map above shows the great French port of Cherbourg at the end of the Normandy peninsula. Possession of it by the allies means access to docking facilities that, in peacetime, accommodated the largest luxury liners, such as the Normandie, and, in wartime, can accommodate tne largest warships and transports. Napoleon was the first to develop Cherbourg as a great naval station, nuillu mllltnna nf 'ilnllara Ml vtanalva fortifications and improvements. The military area has three main ship basins, carved out of solid rock, shipyards, drydoeks, arsenals, supply ware houses end other equipment.' -. ', : '. - .- .... - YANK SUBMARINES SINK 16 JAP SHIPS WASHINGTON. Jun 23 : UPl American submarines," 'dealing another heavy blow to the Japa nese merchant fleet, have sent 16 ' more enemy vessels to the bottom of. the Pacific, . . . j The . navy. . announcing this Inrlau . hpld .in . Um. nnliPV-. otr ger crecy In .-submarine operations, giving no nmt oi wnen vl- vvhcc the -latest -bug was Tnadevr Z unu.n,.a, ' If i irhhwh J-that the underwater craft have- op erated ClOSe 'lo;IBpncI: ii" and along 'supply lines deep ...it-hin - nthnr pnpm vnntrolled waters.. Navy Secretary Forres- tal also tias reportea tnat suu vhavImas nlovArt a 1 art, nnrt in liiaiiiia .v . , i . reconnaissance , activitiet prior to the location of a portion, of tne Jap iieei east ui.wc m Innlnpfi. . . Tha nnur rpnnrt of sinkings shows that the rate . of - destruc tion by the American - suDma rines now is better . than -one ..a..a1 a rinv ' and it raises, to 50 . the- number of Japanese craft announced, as suns , ujr submarines alone this - month. 50 Prisoners Killed by Nazis I nwnnM - .Tims 9.1 B For- Alan Qonrptarv - Anthonv den told commons today that the Germans had. admitted mums en .iiuj nffinpr at a German ;PAn nomn Inctpad of the DTO viously reported -. 47 and said that It IS quite cjear wioi. mm otticers were iimiuwcu. . . Tno nnrmnnc - in', a ' communr " a Ihii Wrltifih ffov- CHUUU OCllfc m nik d-- ernment claimed tnai tne nnc officers were shot while resist-inA- nontiirn .aftpr their escape from a war prison camp near Dresden on Marcn aa or wiu attempting to maKe anotner get rniinu,ini their - caDture Eden said. This was the same explanation which the nazis pre- Viousiy onerea owutciii". U HHntanTincf nfilVPr. ' " ' Flatly rejecting- this answer lo the mass killing, the foreign secretary . said: "The - explana tion now put forward by the German government' is in fact the . confession -of an o d i o.u s crime against tne laws aim ventlons.oi war. , Off Philippines i j..j ...AMt .nn: ellnntiv and- in- uiuuua wiifc ------- , . visibly, me guns oi me biufs drowning out that conflict. frn-pA nlano flew OVeT the destroyer, and- then died spec tacularly, tne destroyer iwmitis him apart. A wing came off and n iJS jamn Kirn tunnr. The. en gine fell out flaming and the plane dived siowiy as a tuipcuu . . . ... 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 n.ra, pnn tell OUt OI ltS DCliy eiiu uv rt..e m Ann thn nnat hnt.tle was over. Ack-ack still dappled the horizons but no more pianea came in. ' . ;: ' . .ii.nl.,, hit thn frintfpa nf new avtaunr, ., r , the fleet during the afternoon but the battle center movea in ward Guam and Rota, where Americans caught the fuel-less T ,.lrt tn land At dusk the 1 a s t American planes returned to the circling carriers and aooeo up ie i" 1U1 aa "K9 tn.9.1 . '.. ..Some of the downed American . (Conunued on r age xwoi June 23, 1944 Max. (June 22) .69 Mill. Precipitation last 24 houri Stream year to date Normal 11.65 Last year Forecast: Fair. Cherbourg Goal of Allied Drive YLB Denies General Wage : Boost for Lumber Workers Hw Thn ABsneiatad Press fit northwest pine and fir lum- km. u,nrlrnr .tnrlav fniind them- selves back where they were a month ago wun reiusai oi tne war. labor board to grant a gen eral wage increase. The ' board s . reaitirmation . oi its ; May 17 directive was an nounced last night: in Washing inn n-.r -. and Tlpvtar M. Kee- zer,' public member and author oi-me Doara s 10-page inaju.iiij opinion, said "rib convincing evi- AnAAi.-.- han . hoan fnnnd fhat a general j increase, would ' solve Forces Near Hengyang Railway, .niTtTKHIWTNri .Tuna 2S Japanese forces were, only 25 miles north-northeast of the rail junction ot -tiengyang - in south-central Hunan - province, and were closing in on the town of Hehgshah in their swift drive down the Siang river irom captured inangsna, a n-iii-nese- army- spokesman said to night. ,,: The spokesman saiu in a pie nnnfprpnpp - -that -. six JaDanese divisions totaling from 100,000 to .120,000 troops were engaged in - this -all-out. drive aimeu at splitting - China in two- and n.Mtinrf .- the - nntirp Canton- Hankow, railway route from the Chinese..- : Buckin Bunk Foils Rider riAtitaArcTTT Tdahn. June 23 im tinv Qmitw nf Lund. Utah, used tq be a rodeo rider, and he tangled'with the meanest broncs with never a serious injury. But tne Iirst lime navai ne cruit Jack Smith started to climb nut of his upper bunk he landed on his face. "Look, commented a snip mate, drily, "no spurs." Japs Vtcfmit Navaf Losses HEW VnPR-' .Tnnp 23 (Pl Japanese imperial headquarters acknowledged today the loss of a Japanese aircrait carrier, iwu oil- tankers' and 50 planes 'in an engagement with an. American a..a1 - inelr- fnl-PH WPSt Of the Marianas, . and admitted that the Japanese nad Deen unaui. to inflict a decisive blow upon the enemy." , . , , . ". The broadcast, recorded by the f e d e r a 1 . communications ..'..lin cold nart of . the i;u(iiiiuaaiw.i, - 7 . , Japanese combined fleet had participated in me .......... began on June time, and continued until the following day. Bomber Crash Kills Ten Men ,att a wiT.T. A ..Tune 23 tP) Ten men were killed in the crash of a -B-24 LlDeraior Dumira ... the Blu , mountains 10 miles . 'r.url 'l' -i th Woiio Walla soutneast ui mo ';" . army air field at 11:20 p. m., last " The air field public relations .11I.A nnnniinnlnif the C T 0 S h, said the plana was on a training flight. The Victims were five commissioned officers. " Number 10192 the industry's manpower' , prob lem and wouia, on- me oiner hand, have "powerful potential- ttiac, tn nctahllivA tho- Wade structure of the Pacific coast." Strike - Vote Seen'-, Anlcn3 nf thn dpnicinn- Tlnli Gallaher, secretary of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Inaal ,n Saatlln nrnrliPtPf-l Him. ber .workers .would: demand- a legal strike, vote, -unoer me Smith-Connally act,. .He said -a number of workers - had- fav ored such ' action .last : month n.hAn enmn 1 H flfM mnplrAN WPnt on unofficial -strike -in-- protest against me wxis decision, wnxeii was reaffirmed last - night. Worth Lowery, president 1 of the ' mn International . Wood- nmrlforc nf A marina caid-r in Portland he would call -ai meet ing of the IW A negotiating com mittee as soon as he receives a copy of the WLB decision;; lie said the; committee represents lionunuea ou x-age: iwut -1. Hammer. Vctm. Still Alive CAn.AA.ilrl ' c,,v,,lri' - Titlplalrp segregee who Thursday was re ported neardeatn louowing a hammer, assault, remained un conscious Friday, but was -still alive. ' ' "- : A base hospital nurse, report ed to WR A officials that , Suzu- 1ri A,nlro mil nf hie Rim. OnCe Thursday night long enough to say, "Oh, dammit, ln-ingiisn. Still held by WRA police "is CUIaaa f-llran-intn SllTtllrl'lS mOITl- mate at the center, who is said to be responsioie lor tne. nam mer assault. Okamoto . is also rannnn ' tn ' haVP attacked Shunzi Tanabe, who is still in' the hospital but is , recovering satisfactorily.;:' Allies Progress fn Italy Oi-MVTP Tiinn 93 fTP Allied -, iWHiXJ, UMS forces in Italy have made pro- but the Germans apparently- are planning a aeiermmea &umu. along strong positions between T Tmcimflnn QllH T.ake CMUBl and north of . Perugia Un -the central sector, aiueo neauquai. :J.AAtA,l InrtDV - ...i-. eiH iiiuibaicu - Thn Ai'ohth nrmv .is encounter ing "strong resistance", north of Perugia, and southwest of Lake Trasimeno, where a number of German - counterattacks have been repulsed, the communique said. mm ijiiijm v sspaMMM" x , I m . I Ke . " I? it It- "i' I Lt. Charles Semon ' I SPEED! FALL ; OF FRENCH CITY SEEM i.i a . f (i Prolonged S i e g e of - Port Unlikely Now By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME HEADOTTABTEPS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June 23 P)Lt. Gchr. Omar N. Bradley's finely tuned Ampr.AAn AAAAI.lt tAnnna I. n . . ...,.k.,n.i, uoaaui, ai wya . liavu stormed over one of the three (AirtnJ . 1 . .. j : at , -. , luiuiicu pcanB uuilllliaillls iiieO- bourg's military harbor, supreme headquarters announced today, and speedy fall of the city is expected.- '; .Describing! Cherbourg's -defenses, as "fairly formidable," -a headquarters announcement said a yiuiungcu Bieue us uilllKeiy. now. . - . - Attacking , with a storm of artillery fire, and a huge array" via HIOU U11ICUM ux uesu UUllOll, UIU Americans captured a height at Tnnrlaifilln aaa m11a - at. "'l. ...") UUG UU1C 1AUI1I . UIO sea and one mile from Cherbourg nn'lha mi.ltia.i4 Tk. t had been reduced to machine- fiuuo, aiiiniA axins anu 11111 Ullllf lery in defending their pillboxes uiu jhcm.cu ucicuses. - Americans and Germans were so closely interlocked in the grim battle that allied air forces were una Die 10 give tne close battlefront the support that marked the opening of the all out attack yesterday. - f rut Liommurucations - r ifi cK anA AmnrlAAA T-. concentrated on-"quarantinlngU thn hAttln- aa . hlt,jH. II - J mc im.uc eica, iiibMiig xail aill road communications in a semt- uu-cie iuu . mixes deep in ranee as the Americans clamped a viae, on Cherbourg and smashed at the other two remaining hilltop unouviui r -. - .- These were at Nouainville, 21 mil.. AA..thn.AAt a .1 1 1 iiuica Buuuiwcai ui uin liuib aillft three miles from the coast,: and; at La Mare a Conards, li -miles iiukujt. ki i,ne.soutnroi..we .cuya : -. . , Caught '. ' Three German divisions, mixed-with German naval umUi and a defense garrison, were be lieved caught in the American clamp, r , . ;-- , y. .-" The- Germans apparently had. wfthilrnam nnmnlalal.r .aa. .11.. eastern: tip of the peninsula irt . iVfUiiiuiueu -ou: xae iwof Bolivian Rule ... ' Recognized By United States - - ----- . v TX7 A CXITATrTTVW ' Ti.i OO-i'rJl e. The United States and 17 other American, republics today recog nized the government of Bolivia ending six montns oi diplomatic isolation of the South American nation.- - One. other , nation, Uruguay, has agreed to extend recognition but will .not take the technical . step necessary for a day or so. . . . xtecogmuon ay me neiguoor countries followed , a decision that 'tho T7ri1iiriai vaffirria af4offn itely" favors the United Nations' cause. . . - . 4 Charles Semon Killed in Action On D-Day ' 'fionnnd ' T.ianfnnant .hai'lnai Semon of the paratroops wa lrilln ' fn anUnn In IT.anna nn June 6, D;Day, : according to fnrmDt nntifinntlnn . rnm tVia war department received last nignt Dy. nis -parenia, oiaie iep reseiitative and Mrs. Henry Se mon oi xieniey. ;: .... Lieutenant Semon, who had been-in England since last Sep.. tember, apparently, participated In thn Initial nnrafrnnn aptlnn - in the invasion of Normandy. me war , department leiegrapniu 1 . 1 . 1 , 1. 1 1n,iAM notuicauon sutieu -uiai. . uci would follow. . 1 The tragic news came here on what - would have Been Charles' 24th birthday. He was born in' Klamath county on June 22,- 1920, attended grade and high schools at Henley, and, Oregon State college. He was active in athletics a.r, the Klamath schools and was widely acquainted . among the younger groups in the commu nity. He enlisted early in 1942, and ; volunteered . for the para- . troops. He took his officers' training at Ft. Benning, Ga. .i v In discussing the paratroops witn acquaintances u c , Semon emphasized the impofo t a i.u thA., hafl tn dn: rathnv than any danger they would-be in. Actively ' interested m' family's farm at Henley, Charles wrote recently to ma uuu. "Dad, you raise the spuds, and we'll do the fighting." Lt.' Semon's death was th second local D-Day casualty rer ported here, and the first report of a Klamath man killed In ac tion on that day. Flight Office? Earl Green, sort of Marion Green, haa been jrBsslng: In ac? tlon In France since June fl. 1 In :l