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Say's News
ny FRANK JENKINS
"I ' ........ i,l.,U i. Iiml
THE Wr ttvnm i,i. - ji.ni
Blum. Iiurd fighting. The
Mctaculiir inriui mm nave
K irnidliiK on each other's
J , for days have died down.
nMTH overwhelming force on
W the uround, In tho air mid
llio aeo -at our commmid.
cleaning "! the 20.000 or
u ibandoncd Jups on hnlpnn.
5,1 much I being said about H,
Cut yu niny bo uulto sure tlml
I. Siilmm we're building n bnc
ft i will Wo the llltlo yellow
Zn something to Ihlnk about,
"we can GET GASOLINE to
iJoen. At bent, with great dlffl
liv. wo cim get only a trickle
JJ,Mollnot)Ctln.
irllE frantic Jupii are potting
I everything Ihoy have Into
ihclr drive down Iho rnllroad to
anion, on tho South China sea,
,ni eem today to have taken
iLuvmiK, about 250 m 1 1 o i
'unlbulten report i Unit they
ire being driven OUT OF IN
DIA, "o y uioy put m.uuu
am Into their Itufla adventure,
which has flopped
AMERICAN Infantrymen arc
w nlllbox. Our bombers batter
..il..ll.llii tt.it tint
fcfeml.na Ciormnn take cover
in wo niwuiw nv . -- -
dno) and keen their deadly ma
chine una going. ;
im it ftttrmun ponvnv
Lnoi nmn --
of aeven ahlpa, presumably
kuclrfl Willi iruuu.,
CAPE from Cherbourg. (The alt
union must dc rcuiiik ui'
... ...i.... ii.ku irv in Rltm
through the tight ring of our
oaval power.)
pi.,. f itm mvnfi ahlnii were
unk or damaged and the others
were driven Into Alderney,
mulled of the Channel Island
uit off tho lip 01 ino tneroourg
The'Gcrmana atlll hold thcie
lilinua. . . .
THE trapped German tr
similarly to ccnpo from
led
So
nitoiwl after the Russians had
iiolttcd It oy lana ana wnuunu
d it by ea. ,-
l.,,..,l,l ronnrla Hint HUN
DRKDS of German corpses arc
htuinnintf to drift out of the
Black Sea Into tho uoaporus. ,
nflnr nri. Mm frillln of World
J I CmlUn n H I A I
tloatlng In the aeo. Tho bonca of
the bexl and bravest scniicrcu
tlar over the world. Famine
....I .illAni.M afrlftinff In the
path where peace and happiness
SliUUl.U waiK.
And history lolls ua that no
body EVER conquered the world
ind nindo It atlck. Ifa an unbeat
able name like trying to get
rich by playing slot machinca
wronr.n rnnmic.il la a DIS
W L-ACB- ilin rnhU'S
SOMEDAY tho quiet. Indus
trim.. rnn.nl.hll IlllllkillU DCO-
olc of the world will become
wile enough to realize that
world conquerors are like rablrt
doii a mcnaco to bo destroyed
on sight.
THEY are SO EASILY rccog-
Alexander. Caesar, Genghis
Khan, Napoleon, Wllhelm the
Kaiser, Tojo, Hitler tho whole
Mm it.. U... fnllntunH n nnt-
MIW 111 H IIT11 1 Mill lUliwnv" t "
lorn that history has clearly
lootuiitcrt lor us.
If wo snw.n dog In our nplgh-
IT, Tho signs of world conquest
raoies nro as iuiun in
VANCE us tho -signs' of dog
But' tho world, KNOWING
what was coming, has never yoi
had the good common sense to
awi in time ana khi mo !""
Ana
. So It pays tho penally of
bloody corpses of tho flower of
'w youin roiling on mu w
uoias 01 woria wars,
THE Husslans today are storm
I.M TrilU.U nn IrlA Hllt iTIl
front, In earnest, advancing
ovon to nlno miles on a lfl;.mi.o
front. Moscow says': "The Gor-
mnti (Mnnl..,. .nn ha 1 1 Ipf ielClS
"ro littered with Hitlerite
corpses, smashed equipment ana
material."
Hg offensive. Tho Finn drlvo
nil rolls on.
YOU'VE probably been watch
' Ing them and WAITING TO
SEE. Tho Russian baiters among
keep us suspicious. But some
how tho Russians always soom
iu penorm, -
?vcr, has n notion that WE and
the Russians will have little
. (Continued on Pago Nine)
Strikes Hit Nazi
Nairts in Italy
aaun, swttzcriana, juno t
J) Reports from tho Italian
""uur 101a 01 sircei iigiimi
"u"gnn and Milan, a bo"j"
-"no in uonoa ana !'
fjvornl fnctorles in Turin with
yie Gorman-fascist grip on north-
on Italy , woakonlng steadily. Jno 5, J contest to points re
Sh5 Sw'88 to'oaraphlo agency tho riding contest J P
W German fiS troops estajl sh- SveLbyni.h and' personal ap-
'u ucrman HS troops esiaDiisu-
Permanent guards In Milan
factories to combat strikes and
-'
;
aim
Marine Barracks first aerial shot to be published -was taken by an ot-'
facial navy photographer and released to The , Herald and News. Barracks
buildings ore grouped in tiers along the 'left, , or. southwestern side, of the
arrow-shaped site. The large building , in the center-is the mess hall, de-'
NOiAlYHITBY
AMERICAN BOMBEHS
By AU8T1N BEALMEAR
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITION AK i
FORCE, Juno 24 (D American
Fortresses and Liberators, rang
ing over Franco with escorting
filthier which mado up a total
i - mm ninni' uimmorod
a bHdges a'lrfields and other
enemy Installations behind the
Normandy paiuu f""" -"J""
Willi IVlUIMUVIUin . .,,r-- -
German gun positions block i g
tho advance 01
Cherbourg.
(Tho Berlin radio reported U.
S.. heavy bombers also were
heading Into northwest Gor-
ma"y') SklesJammad
Tho channel skies were jam
med with allied planes of all
tvocs which roared back and
fnr more
iorvn coiiniiuui.a.j - ---than
five hours this morning
(Continued on t-nn" .imw
Ruler of Rodeo
To Be Crowned
' ...... i- uirt ntaht for the
nine Klamath Buckaroo Days
oucen candidates, for at tne
Ouccn's ball at the armory one
of them will be' crowned rutar
of tho Fourm 01 uujr
10 Candidates are Grace Jones of
Tulelako,Fannlo Adams of Mer-
rill, Monn nT v. Shorlev
Staples of Mnlln, Helen Smltr.
o Si, Ella Mao Sm th of
Chlloquin and Jean Parker of
"'Matthews will Place tho
erownonthehoadoCt
Wftojrofcrej
monies, -x any. , -r ,-
the pp mis eaen "
st
PJ
ce.To Ho?aco Getz arid
f The. ShantamCancade Wonderland
Diftoirvc Tu:. .fiMA-
Five Jopomiese Ships Sunk
. "' ' : '. - 1 ' : ' - '' . "' ' " .
Waface, Chiang
In Agreement I
'
r-HIIMnlTINr! .'.Tiirin' 24 (IP)
U. S. Vice President Henry A.
Wallace, President Chiah -Kai-Shek
and' other officials of the
Chinese government have discus-
sed mauers 01 coiniuun 'imvov
and concern and "found" :them-
selves in Bgrepmont ,o;bosic
principles and. objectives," joint
Chinese-American press - release
said. today. . . '
"Prosecution "of the" war
against Japan In Asia is an ur
gent job, and mutual assistance
in n.mrv mnv nnseihln in ffct that
done quickly and efficiently,- is
tunoameniai in A-nuiHe-nmcn-
can relations," said ine siaie-TTtr-nt
issued nt'the conclusion of
Wallace's visit. , -
Friday Hits New
Temperature High
Hottest temperature , of. the
year -was cnumeu up imjr
when the thermometer reached
a hntffht nf fl.1 ripQTeeS. .. . ' r'
Saturday s . tempera vure
threatened to .be even- higher
,h nn r Hporpps . reeistered
early Saturday afternoon
Russian FreU
Capsiies in Dock
PORTLAND; . June 24 (P) A
Russian freighter with a crew of
35 aboard capsized . this .;'mprn;
with one woman, crew, member
believed trapped in ncr qun.,
Sgt. W. J. Blake of the harbor
patrol, announoed. here. , .: .
Three other members of -the
ii... mnrv . were - imured
...t-nl n4tnmn41nff ' in reach the
dock. Divers were sent out with
cutting torches to try to. reach
the woman, wlfc was found .to bo
missing alter tno snip. bbur.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1944
nl-t,,rA -sf tho'. k'lnmoth' Falls
WAR
BULLETINS
T nwriAH Tuna 1A . IIP The
Ruaaiana have croaBed the River
Svir ' between L a k a -'Ladoga
and Oneahakoa (Onega) advanc
ing 12 H to. 19 milea In three
daya. and have occupied mora
mier-Marahal Stalin announced
in an order, of the aay.
UTnT . Ton. 11 IRA Pr-
rhiar Stalin announced tonight
in a aecond apecial oraar oi in
day that tne rea army
waat of Vitebsk in; White Rua-
sia to a width ot 50 miles.
can Liberatora today blaatad the
Ploaati area in Homania ana
Fertrauea attacked a rail bridge
-j. .. nihil . rWmr n'aar Piatri
Nmi on the main' lina from
PlM.il acroaa Romania to can
tral. Europe.'
. ATTENDS MEET '
MAT TnH T..n 94. UP 11. K
Beals, chief of the division oi
foods and dairies of the. state.de-
irtment of agticuiture, . aim
ti.- iua Hpnnrtment s
i, rHIKiauii, n.v -r -
nual Pacific insecticide institute
in session two days next week ip
Berkeley, Caiuv . .' - .
Top Buyers (o Be HonoriBcf
buying the- greatest amount of
E bonds for tne. nun . yy
drive up to July 2, will be spec
ial honored guests of Colonel .
Dubel at the Marine Barracks
on that day, -it was-announced
Saturday.- . , , '
, Considered the honorfed; per
sons of the day, the fair illy, will
be served. luncheon at, tho bar
racks on July. S ' .- v- ,w .
i' r . .1': j-
Signea tor rne vreeaing.-ui uiuusuiiuo.: nw,u,iUu,. u-.....,3. ...
' left foreground," and the treestudded-area-between-these-and the mess-naiir.:
is to be developed. as a park: The building with tower, at .the left edge of
the picture, is the fire hall. Klamath- war-bond buyers -will, tour-the three-;
and three-quarters, million dollar' barracks project. July 2. .. - '
72 Enemy Planes Downed
In Kazan,
tl S. PACIFICFLEET HEADQUARTERS,1 Pearl Harbor. June
24 (&) In " a hard-hitting" aeriea
Kaaan islands, ana ; iinian, .rw.o ao :.. . . Vv"-;i
American carrwr piaB -
American iubsbb "
. A Dig ana iobi nmoin.au i,aia., a T . " ,
Jima In the Bonimonly 750 milei louth of -Tokyo-rand downed
ee . T.nnM nlniiM trvina to 'intercept . our. lighter?., , ,.
OO W V Ul f -
AFL Leaders Meet
On Strike Issue
DnpTT.AND. Ore.. June 24 (IF)
Leaders of the AFL, Northwest-
em Lumber ana oawnm inf
ers union held pwwf,w
. ... 1J IMInnc that Strike
day biiuu,ijiw.v..v..- -
votes may be authorized; in .pro.
test againsi me . ,10. -.
Board's second refusal of wage
Sirrasps to 130,000 workers in
the. industry. :' '
The CIO International wooa
. u.. nf America will" con-
vVne here Wednesday. Neither
Sn authorized the, walkouts
Of Some 3U,0UUlumuei ..... .....
ber -workers last month, over the
wto'b stfidinal decision. . c .
Kenneth Davis, executive sec
retary of tne ' otuiwo"
Council of the AFL, union,- said
rethe onlyoum left open
to the workers. - ' -
w hnnd sales in Klamath coun
ty readied' $500',O0OSaturday' as
ithe second week of the Finn war
T.non iHr'iv'n" ended;. 'Bond sales
were ;boosted tails' reek:when
Mack Lillard offered free , ad
mission to . last Friday night's
wrestling matches to purchasers
of war-bonds. A huge crowd at
tended the shpw, : - . , . ,
Juna 24,
Max. fJuna 23)
Pracipitation laat 24
Straam year to data
Normal 11.67
. Foracaat:
it.-. . A'i;nic1Mt!ia ttiiiMinnc nris -In . the' '
Mqripnalisles
of atrikes oh Iwo Jimn, in tne
- - f"- - .
. "-"-7 --r
-
k m t . . InMAB rm
this flight . crashed - through- - to
find the carrier iforce.. All -were
shot: down by -fighter patrols
protecting our ships.
ia four
None 'of-our" ships was dam
aged. We lost four iigmers.
The oDject oi wc wi. i
u np c ruin WBS tO
miles .iivim '
knoek- out -Japan e s O; planes
which might Dqmp we. ou.ya..
The, communique said enemy
coastal guns from Tinian island,
only seven' miles-souto'oi-Sai-pan,
have intermittently shelled
(L-onunuea' uu -ran" w-
Norwegian Sub
Sinks Nazi Ships
! - AT A NORTHERN -BRITISH
NAVAL BASE; SHO oaie
ed) W)-Forty two thousand tons,
.kUm mil a 600-
ton German .naval, vessel were
sunk and dtmaged . by the Royal
Norwegian submarine Uladuring
1 nf nnprntinns in
a recent aci ico .- -t
Norwegian-waters,-her-eaptain
announced toaayu . , . - ,
. .m TTin . v.ao4oH - inin this base
-'..,-11.. fnm Vii Virirltfe a
cocKiiy-iij"(B ; ""
Jolly-Roger .of skull and cross
bones oecorayea wu eiB
stripe's,', showing eight merchant
...i. rprl striae for
vessels aui.n, -.w -
a naval' vessel, and two daggers
for two speciajt 0pera11u11s .wmi.11
thus MP are a.-.-ciei,-- ...
Mum
1944
81 Mln.
houra
Laat year ..
Variable.
Number 10193
I
ADVANCE IN ITALY
p'nMK. ji'ine-24 (IP) Fifth
lanlre anH infant.rv: . ad-
aiiiij it....... ' -" ' - , ,
vancing against . strong f resist-
ance, today occupiea jiueds
traoa on highway, ,73 and cut
a lateral road.-to the north,
while -another' column' closect-in
on Follonica, astride nignway
one - along the coastal route . to
Livnrno and. Pisa.' . ' .
The Germans,-wno are imaK-
incr o :-firm stand '. adainst -..the
eighth army "in - central:. Italy,
oa nnntlnnincl "tn ..offpr,-. strong
01s ...... o . , .
: 1 nct anH 11. D C T fit
Lake Trasimeno and ut: general
11.- i:x;.Ait .Ttalr.rc littlo
IIIC SIVUttWUll 111 iwij
changed,, an allied headquarters
communique said. . .-;
xxnA -' fitfhli n -o . rnntlnued
..",' C .
rl Pktnol nino.mllpe snllt.h-
cliUUIlU wiuuai, r "
west of -LakeiTrasimeno,- which
IIC IICI.IJ j
Hon. JNew uerman. counieif '-
tacks north, of Perugia-were -re
pulsed. . ' ; - : x ; ;
Un tne Aarmiiu woo.
-(Continued on .page. iine;
Tornado Accounts for 739
Dead, Hundreds Injured
... . . ' ..... . . r . :- ,
iimmcnTTm-11T ..Tn'np : 24 .' (IP)
A toll of 139 dead and hundreds
injured was reported toaay m
the waKe or a iuiumj v. ...v..
a twisted trail of devastation and
horror through southwestern
Pennsylvania ana nortuem .".,
Virginia
...ni. i-onnrtprl ITlisslntf
from homes demolished by ; a
sudden, deadly, ' swirling ,wmu
Which last night spent its fury
... i . ..llliiiToa . nnH -, ffli-m
on wwiib, "'6-"iv - :,
I 1 nA.mtm, flnm :.thU, Ollt-
aiia ,-uul wuiiwj . " iL--
skirts of Pittsburgh to mure mu
100 miles into , West Virgin la
' Authorities -'feared the list of
. . . U LnMaM: Da rPfif-lierS
battled they i-way throughthe
wreckage ana searcneu um ii
and hollows of west : virsmm.
i j in Uanftc-nffpr n fun
nel-shaped cloud descended first
1 on Pennsylvania ana men in j
TEilFIGI,
LAUD BLQVS
FALL ON CITY
Ge r m a n Attempt -to
Escape Foiled, - -'
' By British .
. Immnrimimtl Pnu Wl FMinr
i German defenses at Cherbourg
nn .ttta ujMtnm frnnr shnurpri
sighs of crumbling today under
terrific. 'air and land blows as
the Russians reported a spectacu
lar advance on the newly opened
eastern ironi. :
Despite the suicide resistance
of -a strong garrison ordered to
"fight to the. last," Cherbourg
. IO UWI.IbV., VHV.... V... W WU.-
patch said. Supreme headquar-
. : - i 41 1 -c.iii.i.
Li a oiiiiuuiieeu iiioi. fuitisii. inu
tor. torpedo-boats sank or dam
aged five of seven German ships
attempting to escape from Cher-
Dourg last nigni- xne uermans
apparently' attempted to sneaH
out ..technicians and material.
from-;the channel ;port. -Dough-;
uua, uiiuci jjuweixui eiuae-ujj
aerial support, drove within 2000
yards of Cherbourg on the south
and -were battling within sight
of the docks. Headquarters said
the battle-"might turn into stub
born street fighting." . : ?
- -support naoa ,
TT 1 C. 1 .... VnmV.A - . .
Italy gave the Russian offensive
strategic: support today with . an-
jttliAV1 oftoiLr . An Dnmnnlnn nil
fields and. communications. Brit-
am-oased American neavies nam,
mered German communicationa-
dy front and targets m northwest
uermany. medium Domoers np--ped
up enemy gun positions near'
Cherbourg. . .
; Moscow reported that the red
army in its new westward push
reached- -. points . only - 75 " milesf
from the Latvian'border and that
enormous losses had been inflict-
... .... m i . . .- - . . . .
a on ine vjermans in inc v lieDSK
secwroi-wmie -nussia.
' On the western front, the alliest:
moved for a quick knockout of-
Mexiuiui xtuusuiiice unerooarg
by. throwing in - aerial punches-
-er.Ati . j . t, .
' 7 '
Baseball Scores
' .'NATIONAL LEAGUE
' ' R H Tr-
OHt ago 0 . . 7 0
Cincinnati 4 0
Kreitner, Easterwood (8); Kon-
sianuy ana iviueuer.
w , . - J R H E.
Boston :.:.7 10 0 .
New : York .:.:......:..:....2 6 2
Andrews and Kluttz; . Melton,
Adams...(l),-iPolli ..(2), 'Seward
(9) and Mancuso. v - i
Philadelphia J J....3 6 i
Brooklyn ...................;8 9 0
, r.efhDi,car Miiecull (d TTnrl
(5 -and Peacock; McLish and
owen.-.- ' , - ;
1 ' R H E.
it Touts J 16 22 0
Pittsburgh 0 3 2
M. Cooper and. w. cooper;
Odea (4); Ostermueller, Rescigno .
(z;.and vueui ) ana uuutuu.
AMERICAN LEAGUE '
-. R. H. E.
Detroit 16 1
St Louis 7 15 2
Corsica and Richards; - Mun
crlef and Mancuso, - : J,
' R H E.
Cleveland 18 0
Chicago "
KeynoldS, ; nerring - n auu
Rosar. Grove and Tresh. ;
Chiloauin Man
Now Prisoner
p wtt .nOTTTN Staff Sergeant
Lewis Pohll, 19, who was re
ported missing over Germany,
in early May, is now a prisoner,
of thel German government, ac
cording to word received byhu
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Pohll of Chlloquin.
Pohll was- with the air corp
and was . a radioman. He grad
uated from Chlloquin high
school in 1942. - ,.
neighboring state, rescue squads
redoubled their effort to locate)
bodies. .. i z
. -i Toll Hiaa i
Everv hour brought reports on
j lu 1 Jn.r,inHr,n in nptf
UeUIIll tUlU vilow. v..
sections of West Virginia. Tha
death toll mere ' rose pwmuuy..
this morning irom on w no vit-
i T onnevliranln HI wern
reported dead in rural areas from
Mctt.ee.spon, near rnBuuisu,
thei state line near Waynesburg.
Pittsburgh itself wasnot hit. . ,-t.
Hundreds were maae iiuineicow
as whole blocks in some cpmmun-:
itles - were' , levelled. Hospital
were filled with the injured.
Worst Hit
Worst hit apparently was the
little town of Shlnnston, a coal
town of 2800 a dozen miles from
Clarksburg,. W. VH A Red Cross
- (Continued on Page Nine)
Fred Southwell
"'"uk a wave ot SBDOiage..