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Newspaper Page TextW " w t "r. ... -V -V . i - .agy .y - I aiream year to date .. B.sa IIILIIUII I U 1 1 I I .. cnmir irNKINH Id C VA . .. Normal 11.73 Last vear 17.78 1 llw,ul1 I U 1 1 I ; I "..i. i. ...-in.,,, iminv. II R I Forecast: Fair I " in The Shatla-Caneadv Wonderland ' ' ' PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY. JUNE 26, 1944 Number 10)94 J'"-".vr -"- ,i..,c i. - i ii m ii ll ii ii ii ii nil ii in n . m u.r ii a ma , ii if . iUi jt mi i syy? who HI II II I VI II II 1ST l"l I J II II 1ST II II II lf IWl II II 1ST fc , - V 4 mutter By FRANK JENKINS - .. ... I- ..,rlll,t Inilnv II a A irnuiM hold n tblril of Urn L of Cherbourg. U. S. iirm mid Infnnlry mills have .nun TlIK DOCKS. Tho German" admit Unit the wt fun ' jfcouri, LnMK of the Qarmnna J) were ordered to ulimd mid die tn ntuitd ond dlo. Other tew. cvldnntly. an nrllluli t officer cllm it ii, iminiliiK Hint we'll enpturo j'lKinl ;to,OUU) lurrendnred. s Still nlhr dm l Cnpe Bon, L TumInIii) rotreulcd Into thu 'i.rrow Cliim do III Hmkiio ppnln lull from which Gorman heavy Juiu ro atlll ahelllnii UicrbourH ntl W1IITEIIEAI), cxner. V (enccd AP correK)iHleiil, itblfi today: & "M.i mm hould ever forunt hc ?i,.nl of Cherbourg If there lire t.,,1 crltle of the Amerlcun ...MI.t of tlio Cherliouru cam Mian, they .Imply haven t neen L.t ironiM In action. I have .-, a lot of lowm full In Africa cHv and Italy ... of nil the ;i,Ucc itiormed by klll and unU, i hii ritnka nt the TOP of the ;"'" . . . the niifo homo front n,iiif we have nroblemii. If wo 11 approticii uiui mi mw :ihte men of our npproached ilhf bloody Job of tiiKlnK Ulier laiiiru we II co mem univ u ATI. i Our homo front problem! have bcfii erio omy um w 'lnvfii't approached them In thl iiilrll of co-opcriiuon nnu f;'(icrlflce. WB of ivWITIl the ( i rr fall of Cherbouru Iho Invnnlon of Europe will niir n nnw tihaae. We'll then have a port where "men and material can bo tin lolfd niK-cdlly and efficiently ii,. Al.l. wenther. Our American fronvoya can nail UHlfcLiL-r io ITnnce. without tho delayii uv In inina-shlnplna In En. hn1. We'll have a naval banc ion the European aide from which i to fiiilit German nubmarlnca. s Tim Clierboum neniniiuia iio- iltiillii oenlnauln l Ita correct Ijcograplilc name) will lllve ui 3 room to throw our idrenglh round after scltlnif asnoro lomcthliifl wo haven't had no far. WHILE American! have done the Cherbouru Job, we muntn't foruet that tho credit won't bo ALL, our. Tho British and Cmindian. hold UK iitubborn ly nnd bloodily nt Caen, have ki.ni i in. welubt of German armor OFF OUR NECKS while we battled for the city nnd lt port. TN the caul, lour or five great 1 red nrmicK nro atormlng foe wnrd on n front of 2B0 to 300 mllrs In a CONVERGING drive on Minsk, nt tho old Polish bora rr. Mlnlc lira nn the CrOJlt mil rond (hnt leads to Wnrsnw and RKNI.IN Vitebsk ha! been !urroundcd and Is bchiK entered (43,000 uor mans nro said to have been trnp ped there.) Tho line of tho Dvlnn. traversed both by tho river nnd bv another arcat rnll rond, leads down to Riga, on tho Bnltlp.l The Russians hnvo advanced as much ns 25 mile! In three days t somo plnce. They call tho Gcrmnn f linlit a "retreat of ponlc." HITLER, (wherever ho Is) fncc nntu : thn rlllnmnin ho hns Rnuultl (rnm thn tnrt in avoid lli is finMinn nt front and bnck doors, and ALSO at a side door in Holy, . IN tho Pacific, wo'ro cleaning up on Snlpnn. The Jnps have been driven Into tho uiana nnrthnnstnrn pnrnnr. Today dlsnnlehos unv that If wo haven't alrcndv tnkon Gnraoan. tho Is. Innd's capital nnd port, wo can WllCnOVOr WO CIIOOSO. lire oavz arc believed to bo evacuating It, MIMITZ today sums up tho l battloof Saipnn. From June 10 In ! im n wn downed 747 Jnp planes, sank 30 Jon ships nd damnaod 81 more. ThoJnp Shlna annlr nf, rlnmnffnd lnClUuC SIX CARRIERS probably the ENTIRE carrier force of tho Jnp ncet that threatened us Sninnn In Ihn Viln knllln n( SundaV June 18, wo shot down 402 Jap pmnes a now world record one bnttlo. . VWE can pretty safely Jump to , tho conclusion that the Jnps hnvo lost the SEA BATTLE OF 1MB PACIFIC already, ai so, tllOV hnvn Inot tholr island CtTl' Piro (not yet PHYSICALLY, but wunout sumcieni air anu DOWnr Ihnv must lnsfl It.) Thnt lnntm. Ihn nniltillfint Of Asia ns tholr Inst hope and thoro they arc driving ahead with everything they fiavo. They have less than 200 miles left to 8 to link up with Canton (and Hong Kong.) That will give 'nem a land routo from Korea lt Burma. , ' ., This Inncl routo, which borders ho South China Sea, can bo tnreninnnri hv nip nnd sen from Jho Philippines, when wo got mure. N Chlcngo today, it Is reported tl'.i t-. -m 1'in. I DEWEY'S VOTE HARVEST GOES I! OVER TOP latform F r a m e r s Begin Debates On Planks Br PAUL MILLER CHICAGO STADIUM, June 20 (!') Thomas E. Dewey's hurvest of pledged votes swelled beyond tho total needed lor a first ballot nomination os the republicans held the first ses sion of their 23rd national con vention In this steaming amphi theater today. With state after state Jumping on a Dewey band wagon, me New York governor had a total of 530 pledged votes at 12:20 m. (CWTl when mo opening session ended after a one-hour nnd 18 minutes meeting. In ad dition his supporters said 180 others were assured. Thus a first ballot nomination aDnenred certain when the con vention gets around Wednesday to choos nc its presidential can dldate, It requires 020 votes to nominate. . . The f rst' session, liven over to preliminary organization and a welcoming: address from Gov ernor Dwight Green of Illinois, got underway at lima mia utes late. ' Brlcksr Behind This afternoon, rjlalform frnmers were debating proposed planks drafted by. subcommit tees. In a surprise move, the farm subcommittee ' came up with a nronosal for an endorse' ment of crop control as a "last resort." Sn nr had Gov. John W Brickcr of Ohio dropped In the nronnventlon determination of stalo votes that speculation of tho delegates switched irom mo presidency to talk of vice presi dential prospects headed by Gov. Earl Warren of California. Gov. Dwight uriswoia oi jse braska. It was announced, will rjlace Governor ueweys name In nomination Wednesday mora . . . 1 J U . A prnuiniisiv. ijriswuiu been mentioned for me vice presidency. His designation to nominate said uncummncu .im ports on the convention floor was part or n pictc u nn ctrntoav thnt was discussed as hftninif nn like this: .' . 1 l.UHAw Griswold, a mia-wcsijrirci (Continued on Page Two) Doctors, Dentisis Face Draft Caff NEW YORK. June 26 P) r ni j-ni( KnnrHs have been m' UUl.ll , VI ... i . " " . , , , , . structcd they may classify 1-A a fni- Induction all phy- sicians and dentists under 38 years of ago and certified for military service by the war man ,nr mmmisston who have Liuj u onniv fnr nr acceDt com Knlnctive Service Di rector Artluir V. McDermott an nounced yesterday. Led Attack Zhlobin Taken At Other End Of Front Line LONDON, June 28 (JF) Rus sian troops have stormed and captured two great German strongholds of Vitebsk and Zhlo bin at opposite ends of the White Russian front, Marshal . Stalin announced tonight in two orders of the day. The Russians first took Vitebsk by storm, trapping five German Vic Adm. Marc A. Mltschtr (above) commands the earrlsr force of the u. 8. nun tun which surprised a Japann fleet between the Philippines and Marianas, sinking at lttst fcur of their ships, Including 'an aircraft carrier. (AP Wlrepheto) E im 7 f ) . ROME, . Juno .28 ;OTAffln- can troops oi ra mui iw seized the Port of Piombjho without . opposition yesterday, thereby gaining a valuable ad vanced fupply base for corttln; UCd tnrusl up lUliy 8 wesi.,;yoi, ...kiia ' Vinth American' and French troops converged ph the inland town of Siena, allied headquarters announced today, DcAettinif nftpr the enemy. who was compelled to evacuate Plomblno to ovoid .encircle- s American lnianiry; fliiu tanks stabbed, within five mj es of Suvcreto and within 38 miles of the important port of Leg horn. Plombino is almost direct ly opposite the captured .Island or jsioa. Threaten town Further inland the. Germans were rolled back upon. the ap proaches -to Siena from. .three Slrectlons. One fifth army ..force cracked through the villages of Tnminiin and Scalvala and (Continued on Page Tw6) Grants Pass Boy Drowns in River r;oAViT.cs PASS. June 28 (P) Guy Junior Jackson, 10, Jvas drowned in the Rogue river about 8 o'clock last night, Chief of Police Carl Dallas said today. The body was found at 9!l5 wedged against a pier of tho.rall road bridge 30 feet up the river from, the point where he had been wading. - . , u nnri Mrs. G. T. . Jackson tho luppnli were at a theatre, Four other children, including the boy's younger sister, were also wading when the boy step ped into deep water, Chief Dallas said. divisions and smashing this most formidable nazi bastion on- the eastern front, while other soviet armies menaced still more fort ress cities in White Russia. Capture of Zhlobin, about ISO miles south of Vitebsk,, now ex poses Bobruisk, about' 35 miles to the northwest on the road to the White Russian capital of Minsk. The order of the . day described Zhlobin as an import ant strong point in. the uerman defenses in the Bobruisk direc tion." . ., Watkin Davis. 42, Klamath In dian, was found dead behind buildings of the Economy Wreck' MR, company on boutn bixtn Street' early Sunday morning by an-'-eaipioye ol- ine company. Daath'wSs apparently caused by knife Wounds itv'the man's back. Five Klamath Indians are being hold In the city and county' Jails for questioning In connection with the killing. ; - City police nicked up the five about 2:45 Sunday morning from near the viaduct but did not find . 1. ll 1 I i 1 . . i ' TT.U . we Jjouy , a( - uiuv mue. . iiwy were-taken Into custody because thev had been .stailnc a -wild drinking party since about about 10 ,o ciock Saturday nignt,- Held for auctioning are Ralph McKinley George, Jackie Rollo Brown. Zetta Williams, Ima Jean Moore Fisher, and Armenia Brown, They were oeing ques tioned Sunday . and Monday oy (Continued on page two) Report Fifm of Ciano's Death i NEW YORK, June '28 (IP) The British radio said today that Benito - Mussolini had a film made of the execution of his son-in-law, Count Ciano, and other members of the former fas cist grand council sentenced to death for their "betrayal of fas cism." Clano, Marshal Emilio de Bono and two others were "shot from behind with revolvers!' by their executioner, Pietro Caruso, fas cist police chief of Rome who now is in allied hands, BBC said. The United Nations radio in Al giers reDorted Saturday that Caruso had been captured-by Italian patriots in Bagnoregio, near Viterbo. MOSCOW. June 26 (P) At tacking with shattering force on a 250-mile front In one of his tory's greatest land offensives, four powerful Russian armies drove . westward through the broken German . "Fatherland line". In White Russia, leaving behind an Island of 45,000 trap ped enemy troops. .-. , , Nazi. Alarmed - As Russia's vital role in the allied Teheran . master plant to crush Germany this year unfold ed front by front, German broad casts noted with alarm that a fifth red army had struck in the Ostrov. sector. -IBS miles north west of captured Vitebsk. That wou)d make 385rrrtU PW ln thqc'eajt, -exclusive of: th'. fwo Russian nrmlpg nmi battering 'Finland. . - t ; . And at least four other great soviet. arrhles, equipped in. part with . American, - weapons, are noised on the Polish andRoman- ianironts-r-yvaltlng for -the signal for a concerted push toward Ber lin : In conjunction- with ' allied armies in. me west ano souin., Rstrsat .. ' .;. More than 18,000 Germans were killed 8000 of them In the area south of Vitebsk alone. Hun dreds of big guns, trucks and other equipment also were seized. Machines In full-working order were abandoned by the Germans, whose flight was called a . "re treat in panic." One entire com pany of the 56th ' nazl infantry division "came over to the red army side," said the soviet bul letin. , ., - - In a three-day advance of more than 25 miles, the Russians had freed 1650 towns and vil lages. Their ultimate objective appeared to be a break-through to the Baltic sea. and German East Prussia. The situation by sectors as giv en in . a .series of Moscow bul letins and orders of the day by , (Continued on .page Two) Rescue Plans Readied for Airman Stranded in Gorge GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Jutjei 28 (') Seasoned rangers rode horseback today along the rocky walls of the Grand canyon on a 40-mile trip to the nearest ac cessible point to an army airman stranded on on inner gorge plateau 600 feet above the Col mado river and 4500 feet below the north rim of the great chasm. A second party, including a U S. coastguardsmon, readied hero a knockdown boat and ocean-typo rescue equipment, flown from the Pacific const. Pack animals will carry them to rcamp which the rangers will lot up 400 feet across the roaring stream from tho baso of Tonto PlThU'unldentlfled filer is" be Moved one of threo who pnra chuted last Wednesday from o !:"" ... uh uhm it encounter ed temporary motor trouble over niching pl'nne dipped low 1, u onhnrniis air currents Dr.o dlmnlnil BharUv Fleichr. 1 6-vetir-old daughter of Mr, W. E. FlMeliar. at Bonania. was crowned queen of the Klamath Buckaroo Days Saturday mgnioeiore a nuge. ctowo. th. mnmv.' -A- whita stetson was blaced on the Queen's head by O. D. Matthew, president of the Rodeo association, and Sherley was presented with a botiquet of roses. The race for rulw iol-tne Fourth. of July festivities. was a close one and judges: were hard put-to !plclt tne winner, aneney. wno xeceivnu si uut yi .!. . nn.hirH nt neint ahead of Ella Mae Smith -of Chlloaiiln and, 'Fannie Adams of Merrill was a close third, with 83 points.. All other. contestants also rated high. British . Slash Further Southeast, Taking ' Three Towns Americans Reach Mountain, Take Peninsula on Saipan food and water after crewmen sighted a paracnute ana a mau wolking nearby. The 40-mlle trip along twist ing, rocky trolls was started yes terday by four mounted park service rangers and seven pack animals carrying food, medical supplies and two-way radio equipment. They expected to complete their Journey-into the hv nightfall today; John M, Davis, assistant super intendent of Grand Canyon Na tional park," said rescue efforts would not be attempted prob ably until tomorrow or Wednes day. The rangers nnd seaman in n tiro with cannon A rope fine across the river, which thun ders through the narrow- gorge walls at lightning speed there. T-h. knot knocked down Into seven foot sections for transport along the winding trails, will be reassembled opposite the plateau ond guided with the line, across the rlyer, whldh Is probably 3Q Hengyang Holds Against Attack CHUNGKING, June 26 (IP) Severe fighting in the northeast ern outskirts of Hengyang. where the Japanese : are threatening seizure of the Hankow-Canton railway in their most serious at lark in China since 1938. con tinued all day yesterday without a change in position, the Chin ese high command . announced tnrinv. ! Yuhslen, 45 miles northeast bi Hengvans ond Hengshen, 25 miles northeast, fell to Japanese east wing columns,, however.- A column on the west wing ad vancing on Siangsiang, 60 miles north of Hengyang, was driven bock, the communique said. . Toy for Wins Oyer Clark in Idaho BOISE, Idaho, June 26 jP) Glen H. . Tavlor. war worker and cowboy singer, defeated Senator. D. Worth Clark by 218 votes for the democratic senatorial nom ination in Idaho's June 13 pri mary, , the official canvass . dis closed today. Taylor's vote was 10,711 and Clark's iq,uo. Rent Controf ' Question Waits OP A Decision A report of a survey . made here by vthe federal bureau of labor statistics will be awaited before the OPA decides what it may do about rent control in Klamath . Falls, . It was learned todayt . " ! The labor bureau did Its sur vey on June 17 but has not an nounced results. Daniel Gage, Portland, head of the Oregon rent control pro omm nf OPA. said today that if rent control should be set up at Klamath Falls, It will De done after the opening of the new fiscal year on July 1. ' f VOTE TODAY - Voters of Klamath Union school district today are electing three member of the-beard and deciding; on: a levy of about . 160,000 annual ly for five years. to pre-H-nance poit-War property pro jects. Polls will be open at the high- school' building un-; til 7 p. m. U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-, QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, June 26 (fl3) Adm. C; W. Nim itz announced; today American troops had reached the summit of 1554 foot high Mt. Tapotchau a key objective in the cam paign to conquer Saipan and also have captured Kagman pe ninsula to win complete control of Magiclenne Bay on the east ern shore. i At 'the same time, the com munique said, American troops won- more of the-southern por tion of shattered 'Garapan, the major city of-10,000 -population stretched along the western shore. . ....... x Marine Spearhead U. S. marines spearheaded the ...iins nf ravDund cliff defend ed Mt Tapotchau while hard hitting carrier task force heavily hnmhnrried Guam and Rota island south of Saipan. . , : Nine : Japanese planes were destroyed in the attacks. That brought to .756 the total number of Nippon aircraft destroyed since the start .of the Marianas camDaign June 10. Tho Nlmitz communique did not directly claim, the capture of Mt Tnnntr-hnu. which was flatly declared by- a- correspondent's dispatch from the expeditionary force nagsnip.- .. . Positions Established. . The communique said posi- ilnnc hnvn heen established near the summit. . It was apparent Buying Income in Klamath Tops Average of Nation ; The average person in Klam-i oth Falls hod a buying Income of $1800 during 1943. That is 45 greater then the notional per capita Income of $1103 ac cording to-the annuar survey Just 'released by Soles Manage ment and. interpreted locally by the research department pf the Oregon Mutual -Life Insurance C05PSh Trans' retail sales to taled $29,901,000. Of this $5,857, 000. was spen for. food, '$5,255, 000 for general merchandise, toQinnn nt entlntr and drink ing places, and $1,040,000 ot drug stores.. , , , ," , (The nation's effective buying inmied $142 billion in 1943 for a gain of 24 per cent over 1942-and 100 per-cent pvir 1QQO iTuon nfter record-breaking faxes and a" hew'hlgh' mark',' for retail sales and services, the American public saved $33 bil lion. The net savings of indi viduals since 1939,' according to the U. S. Department of Com merce is $87 billion a figure higher than the total national income oi any years exii ioi, MO anA MS. : 6regon's per capita buying In come of $1371. is. 24 per cent higher than the rational per cap ita buying income. Oregon ranks sixth highest in the nation in 1943 retail sales per capita. Last- year retail sales, for the ntate totaled 840.950,000. Of this amount $215,858,000 was spent'for food, $156,737,000 i. aanpml. merchandise. . $53,? 528,000 for apparel, $102,590,000 at -eating anfl drinking piaces, and $31,041,000 at drug stores. American troorjs now have ob servation and heighth advantage to fire down tne wroat, or me enemy, still ; holding the moun tain's northern slope. ; ' ;' . . ' .. The enmmunidue said the ad vance up the mountain's south ern slope was "slowed Dy enemy troops occupying caves and cliffs overlooking our positions." Shell Jans American troops drove :' be- vond this Docket of dug-in cave defenders, inen aniuery was brought up to shell surrounded and isolated Japanese at close and point-blank range. In; tne sweep: overrunning Haguman peninsula, the north eastern arm of Magicienne Bay, three coastal guns - were cap tured..... ; Overwhelmed Japanese attempts to employ .. , (Uontinued on i-age . xwo; :. Chinese Capture Halt of Mogaung SOUTHEAS'. ASIA C O M - MAND HEADQUARTERS, KANDY, Ceylon, June 26 (ff) Chinese troops have taken the southern half of Mogaung, one of the three most important bases in northern Burma, formerly held by the Japanese, and bitter street fiehting is taking place with the allies pressing in on three sides, Admiral Lord Louis MountbaUen's neaoquaners an nounced todav. I i Mni Oen. W. D. A. Lentalgne's British chindits drove another 400 yards into the town from the east after capturing a section -of the railroad from, the station to the river. Chinese also were in the north of the town. By WES GALLAGHER ' SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June 26 (P) American troops have reacned Uhebourg s vital docks, and hold one-third of the city completely, supreme headquarters announced tonight. dui tne uermans are sneuing tne ' city from their final refuge on the cape to the northwest. While doughboys mooDed un the last bitter, fanatical nazi re sistance in street fighting, Brit ish forces on: the eastern flank In Normandy slashed more than lour miles southeast of Tilly-bur-Seulles in a sharp offensive en gulfing at least three towns. - ' Reach Waterfront American tanks and . troorjs alike representing all the U. S; divisions . that cracked : Cher bourg's siege lines pushed to the waterfront of France s third largest port,, and headquarters announced mat more than 20,000 prisoners have been, taken since D-day, 3400 snared at Cherbourg in 24 hours ending at 6 a. m. to day. , - . :. ; ,. uerman remnants were falling back on Cap de la Hague to the northwest, and : nazi artillery there fired on Cherbourg to delay allied use of the great har bor. , -. i Lines Sag German lines on the eastern flank sagged under the weight ot uen. air Bernard u. Montgom ery's offensive supported by ar tillery and warship fire that seized. Brettevillette, four miles southeast of Tilly-Sur-Seulles, Tessel-Bretville, 2 J miles south-, east of .Tilly,, and Fontenay Lep resnel, two - miles- east of that fallen stronghold., Tilly is 12. miles west of the main nazi east ern bastion- of Caen. - r Doughboys battled tolean'out the last nazis still fighting m houses in the main sections of Cherbourg, and other troops clos ed In on several pockets and vil lage's behind the lines by-passed in the powerful advance. The Germans still, held Maupertus airfield east of Cherbourg. Sea Aid . , . Powerful aid from the sea helped the land crash into Cher bourg with three American bat tleshiDs suDDorted by 11 allied cruisers and destroyers shelling nazi positions after silencing German shore batteries in fierce duels. , The sea - barrage lasted -three hours yesterday with some ships coming in as ciose as euuu yards from' shore. . ': A dlspatcn-. irom Assoumieu Press Correspondent Don White head in Cherbourg said "at 11:30 m. today we cannot say unes- AFL Officials View WLB Report '' PORTLAND, Ore.', June 26 IIP) Future of the strike-threatened northwest lumber inousiry re mained doubtful today, as AFL officials continued studying the war labor board's wage Increase rejection without taking definite action. .. Vonneth Tlnvls". executive sec- ..icn, nt ihe AFL Northwestern r-nimpil nf Lumber and Sawmill Workers, who predicted a' pro test strike last, week, said - the council probably would not take steps until it receives clarifica tion of certain points in . the WLB's decision, ; bourg, is entirely ours," aN (Continued on .f age xwo j. 157 Dead Listed From Tornado Pittsburgh! June 26 (i?)- Rehabilitation efforts, - spear- headed by the Red cross,-continued today . among thousands made homeless in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland by a devastating tornado which took a toll of at least 101 lives ana injured more than 1000 Friday night. - ' . , irst oiticiai estimate oi piup erty damage, meanwhile, was made- known today - by Jerry Wakefield, assistant national building adviser for the Red Cross, who said at Clarksburg, . W. Va., "about $3,000,000 would be a conservative csumuie. The toll was increased overnight-by four additional deaths In West -Virginia-, and- one in Pennsylvania. The count of the dead now stood at West Virginia 106, Pennsylvania 42 and Mary land 3. - ! Marines Cause Telegram Boom: Marines from the Marine Bar racks have caused a boom In the communication business in Klamath Falls, according to rer ports here. ' . " Telegrams have increased 20 per cent in the past weeks.Tho majority of the telegrams have been to home and the wives, mothers and sweethearts of the marines. Long distance : tele phone calls jhave' also, increased markedly.-..... : ., ,. - Klamath Man Wounded According to a report released by the war department Monday Staff Sergeant Charles K.; Cuth- bertson of K-iamainiaus i.. been wounded Iti action in the Mediterranean theater of 'war. -He is the son of, Mrs.-Laura L. Cuthbertson, acojrdlng to the release. . ;' ;:" unit jjowey mnua p (Continued on Pago Two) In the gorge yesterday to" drop icei accp. ;y"