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; 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.
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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.
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