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' ' COBERINO new cornea from
Salpai Ut the hardest battla of
the Jnp war mid nas cost u mora
ctminilKM limit ANY OTHER Pa
ct(io Invasion more Hum Guad
alcanal, nioro than Tarawa.
Our dead there up to June 38
tolut 1474. our wounded 7400
aim our missing 8?a.-
I TP to tho name date, we had
v buried 49 J I Japs. What the
total of the enemy' wounded
1 may be we donl know. As usual
there are practically no Jup cap-
lives.
J' TpllE burrowlnit Japs' had bur-'
i. x rowed huitely In the long
1 . . 1 1 . L.i.f -.. ! ... ,.
ywau iiiujr ncriu cwipail. Ana
liuuvrtone hills and bluffs are
t honeycombed with caves and
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imiitvin. no UHVt; lu ihkv nLiu
the.e burrow and kill the de
fenders to the Inst manthat
k, uuuig lire wny urn jgp
bomb harbors and dock at
the southwest tip of f ormosa. Is
land, just on (no (.mna coasi.
That might be significant. If
we land on China, we'll have to
!' take Formosa first. Formosa Is
ik vlthln fighting range of Luzon,
brio, orthernmost of the Philippine,
iftei The weak spot In our bomblnit
r,i, om unnta is mat we re so snori
of I I gasouno incrc.
THE Chinese say today the
.Inns have STARTED
NORTH from Canton toward
Hcngyang. to meet their forces
a liuil linvv uvvii iiiuviiik. wum'
Seaward. When they loin, as now
ic teems inevitable, China will be
; til in hall ana isolated irom me
In , acute. - -
After that, one - Kuesscs. the
unr P will turn westward to clean
cot mi our (.mna. air oases.
: ..
THE urmsn, wno nave puinou
on east beyond Caen to the
Odon river, which they have
r crossed, are standing firm
nt against powerful German tank
w ittnck.
m- The scale of the fighting there
n Indicated by mo fact wai since
ei D-Day they have destroyed' 143
b German tank and disabled 180
at nore. (tn a hot battte. disabling
d utank Is momeVitarllyaa good
br smashing It.) . - .
i" ,The Germans are reported to
be throwing In inckbasinu re
serves, some of which iw said
to have been BROUGHT FROM
THE RUSSIAN FRONT. If .that
is true, they're SCARED of us
on tho western front. ' '
They're now bringing up most
of their reserves ai nigni, aay
lmht movement In sight of our
planes having been found' too
cosuy. v ... .,
- THE British are using massed
B anti-tank gun (light, mobile
wo-pounders, six-pounders and
' -4 4. m.aI IV.. f.mr-
I -jvuiiui;i iw itwi .Hji vv-
nnn nnAi,l Dtfnr-kR.
-i l 4, . I! .. IV. a Im.
1U UIIUC1BUIIIU IHHJ Miw .-
, portance of this fighting, remem-
f The more ports we, get, the
stronger we u oe. :
THE Germans say today (via
radio) that their robots are
launched from UNDERGROUND
emplacements. That, If true,
helps to explain why our bomb
er havo found it so difficult to
wipo them out. .
rHE Russians are making fan
,! 1 tastic statements as to lossc
Inflicted on the cast front nazis.
Moscow says today in a special
A onnAnnAmnn Ihnl 1 9(9. ftftt flff.
mans have been KILLED there
in a week and 31,000 more cap
tured a total (noi counting
, wounded) of 183,0001 - -
tjjE think ot such staggering
" . slaughter as possible only
' in modern warfare.
That Isn t true. Two thousand
r years ago at Lake Trasimene, in
Italy (where our men are now
' fighting the Germans), Hannibal
i ambushed a Roman army in the
; 'fog and when the battle ended
19,000 Roman dead Jittered the
I field slain ' with; spear and
l sword.
That isn't much compared
with the Russian claim of 132,
000 Germans killed in a week,
but Hannibal had : fewer than
20,000 men and, - although ac
counts of the historians vary, it
seems probable that the Roman
army numbered not: greatly
more than 30,000.
War has ALWAYS; been
bloody,- ' . '
; ' ' V.
RUSSIAN cavalry has. crossed
tho Berezina and . OUT
FLANKED Minsk to the north
. west. The ' crossing, was made
. quickly possible by .Russian
guerrillas who held a bridge in a
pitched battle against the' Ger
mans until the Russian, horse
nen arrived. i . ;
' Tales of na.l- confusion are
:omlng from Minsk, Russian dls
tatches speaking today of "Gcs
Bpo efforts to create some' kind
Of order out of. the battered,
FRIGHTENED German legions?
aefonding. the" city, Russian cor
respondents report hundreds of
n a 1 1 s surrendering BEFORE
BEACHING Minsk and add that
. the red army is having difficulty
in moving up for a direct aisauft
because of tho number of Ger-
'mon captives crowding the
.''toads. " i . . . f
'. You'd better keen yolir -Ingeri
:. .(Continued-Oft. PHga.ThrL.
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Hardest Battle
Pacific Nears
Climax
of
ABOARD' JOINT EXPEDI
TIONARY FORCE IN ' FLAG
SHIP OFF SAIPAN. July 1 m
(Via navy radio) The hardest
battlo of. the Pacific war moved
toward It-climax, today as
American Invader' of . Salpan
drove ahead In tropical heat to
new line on ridge abova the
enemy city of Garapan.
rom inu new position, ina
American exoected to have a
Jumping off place for' an at-
iacR againsi we remaining
major enemy position in the
northern part of the island. .
Heavtaet casuaJUM
It wa an advance across hill
pale from limestone dust chum'
ed up by 17 day -or helling,,
bombing and . fiere - close-in
fighting that haa eoaf th Ameri
cans the largest: . castuunea . ot
any pacific invasion:-, .', "
The figure through. June at
were 1474 killed. 7400 wounded
and 878 missing. '
During the same period' the
losse among Japanese troop
defending Salpan were obvloua-
(Continued on Page Three)
CHIiensMp
Rlght$ Granted
To Poles i
MOSCOW: July Ytin Tha
supreme soviet in a decree to
day granted inhabitant of the
western province of White
Russia - and the Ukraine the
right to adopt Polish citizenship
if they are serving In the Polish
army .In R u 1 a or "aotlvely
helping the army fight against
me uerman occupants.
Sovietcitizen ot Polish na-,
Mortality in . other Russian, prov
inces also were given the privi
lege of seeking . Polish citizen
ship if they meet these 'require
ments. Members of their fami
ne would be included. .
Nails Take Over
-
Finn Buildings
STOCKHOLM, .July 1 (AT
The Free, Danish' press service
reported today that German
troops took possession of the Co
penhagen town hall, National
bank, Central station and other
official building as a general
strike continued.. . .
Yesterday travelers arriving in
Sweden declared Danes and Ger
mans were fighting in the streets
of Copenhagen with rifle and
machine gun. They said thou
sands of Dane were leaving the
city. - - i ...
. The Danish radio left the air at
8:40 p.im. ''"-,''..';.'
Copplin Jailed
On Rape Charge
'nrhla Coimlln was arrested
and placed In the county Jail
Friday -night, charged with the
rape of a '15-year-old -girl.
Appearing in lustlce - court
Saturday morning. Copplin,-a
married man' with three chil
dren, took time. to plead. -Ho
is being held under f.8000 ball.
INVADERSO
SAIPHIV
0 NEW LINES
Demoralized Germans Poiir Into Minsk ,
; , , As Russians Prepare for Seizure
. - m rnrY aiLMOFE
MOBCOW. Julyl m Front
dispatches' said, today that-remnant
of a demoralized Gorman
nnuf 441 .tfinnUH (mm thp north
Bimv di-a rwiurina rinui'- iviiiimivi
west, and that,the roar of battle.
Is echoing- through the city i out-
sklrt.. . i .., v ; , . -
. Storm trooper ana tne ges-
Inrui win rannrtud trvlllff to Cre
ate some kind of .order out of the
battered, frightened- nazl legions
dofending the- capital of White
Russia, no Hitler' . rrfolt Im
porUnt bastion oh his , eastern
front..' 'V
Armies converge '
Thr.ivit prmles converged
rapidly upon Minsk from the
northeast, cast ' and "'Southeast,
Gcti. r Ivan ChernWkhovsky t
third Brmy streamed tHrc-uh the
thick forest northeast of the
city, ovor.punioroui brldgef ow-
Im Thm Shmdim-Ctutrmdm WmndrlanA
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DEWEY WELCOMED lilAZI CQUNTERDF
ITILOJfflf CAPITOL
iwanaii 41. wuii i.yil,
Governor .Thomas E. Dewey. ra
DUbliean .candidate .forlnresU
v5ent-cnilf home to Albany
ntJ JVf ml welcomeitod,
declared the November' election
wiirpror n America is me
most -united nation .In the
world." , . , .
, -'W will Drove. It because w
are ina only nation mat oares
risk - an election in in ; most
critical phase of the war," he
told a crowd, estimated by state
oollce at 2S00. who gathered at
th eanltot stecs to irtlt the
- The election, Dewey added,
"will mean to Our allies that
(Continued on Pag fight)
Bombers Smash :
Takao Docks
: CHUNGKING. July 1 (P)
American ' ' Liberator from
China, Joining in Admiral Chea
ter. M.- Nlmltz Central Pacllle
campaign, have smashed at the
docks and harbor of Takao, . Im
portant Japanese shipping center
on the southwestern point of For
moia, it was announced today.
A-communique from Lt. Gen.
Joseph W. Stilwell's headquar
ter said the Liberators made the
attack during a sea sweep Thurs
day night and damaged Installa
tions, but gave no details.
- (Formosa may be figuring
prominently' In Japanese opera
tions around Salpan under at
tack by American force in the
Marianas. Following the clash
with U. S. task force 08 on June
10 In which the Japanese lost six
ships sunk' and' nlno damaged,
tho Japanese fleet fled to waters
between Formosa and the Philip
pines,) . ..i '
RAF Heavies Hit
Nail Railways:
LONDON; July . 1 (P) RAF
heavy ' bqmbers, maintaining a
steady campaign aimed, at
strangling the nazis' channels of
reinforcement for, the Norman
dy front, bombed rail center at
Vlerzon, 48 miles south of Orleans,-last
night , In : the' allies'
fifth heavy bomber operation In
24 hours. . i ..
, .Atithe same time British' Mos
qultos kept up the allied air pres
sure! on' Germany itself by at-.
tacklMB a .'synthetic oil - plant
near Hombcrg on the Rhine. One
Mosquito failed to return.. The
five ' heavy, , bomber- operations
cost 18 pianos. , . ; .
stretched aorosi - the Berezina
river. - ' ;
'.Tho army paper Red Star re
vealed that the main i crossing"
wa made, over , a bridge which
guerrilla held In a pitched battle
until red army troops arrived ;
':'v Outflanked ' '":
y. Tho 'Red Star .dispatch : said
soviet' cavalry moved -through
the forest north .of Mlnlc and
outflanked ahe dty from;; the
northwest, . '. . . '
Corrcspdndent reported hun
dreds of demoralized Germans
surrendering before they reach
ed the filly. . : 'i'
' vRoads Crowded ,
r .Th'e red army was represented
as having some difficulty in mov
ing. Hur for direct blow upon
Mfnsk becaune of tho largo num.
bor of captlvoii crowding the
"orilgltUhginihe cltyof 8of
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
Klamath Military Hiitory
i. j
The bld-tlm photograph of Old Fort Klamath In the W4 Rlrsr valley north el
Klamath Fall are ot special Interest this weekend when altantien i directed to Klam
ath's modem military Installations by a great public visitation to the new Klamath
Marine Barracks. At left, above, a view of Fori Klamath troops In front of a barrack
buildlnei at right, homss of married officers below, general view el the fort. Fort
Klamath wa operated from 1163 to 11(9. For mart detail about its history, read
the editorial column on page four. '
fM Traffic Mpvm
Sunday-as Klamath People
Celebration With Bar racks Rodeo Trips
' llflfttt outomoblle traffic movement her alnc Peerl Harbor Is expetted Sunday os
thousandi. of Klamath beiln people trek to two moor Independence weekend, events the
luckeroo Days rodeo and tho war-bond visitation at tho Merlne larrocks.
, Tho two Sunday affair will open a gay three-day celebration oxpected to set records
In public attendance and participation. Industrial lay-of boll new house : closures, and
tha praienc of largo number! of military personnel In the) area, promls to iwell tho crawdi
on tha itraeti, at tha county fairground and at tha tarrock, H oxceptionol proportions.
" Movement of holiday partial to mountain and coast rotorta began on Saturday after
noon, but tha vast majority of local people ara expected to remain In Klamath, using goso
line only for tho ihort Jounti to tho fairgrounds and tha larracks. .
Tha rodeo program itarti at 1:30 p. m. each day, lasting throughout tho afternoon and
possibly into tha aarly avanlng. 0. D. Matthews, chairman of tho Klamath luckaroo Dayi
committee, told that capacity crowd ara expected on all three days, and tha Fourth of
July crowd an Tuoiday Is oxpected to go far over prevloul recordi.
: 7000 Viiltorf-'
WAR5
BULLETINS
LONDON, July 1 (P) Lung
ing forward all along the While
Russian front, tha red army to-
y captured more than 800 ad
ditional towns,. Including the
city of Borliov, 46 miles north
east of Minsk, and has crossed
the Bereslna river In strength
en' a front 70 miles wide, a sov
iet . communique announced to
night. , ,i-,..'.. ,r
Foremast of !
Oregon Given ,
' PORTLAND, Juiy 1 W '
Battleship .Oregon's ' foremast
will '"bo- presented'' 'to '; the .city
Tuesday at : a dedication -cero-mony
, at : Battleship Oregon
park. The historic old . Spanish
American' .warships has been
acrappad; . i-i
sov,mnlnrallwny center north
eait'of Minsk and the nnzls'jblg
gest" defense point' before tho
cltyj-' Red '.Star Correspondent
Yakof Mllctzky said "one street
after another Is being captured."
. May be Joined
.' ' It' appeared that before tho
end of the day. Marshal Rokos
sovsky's - first army and Con.
Georg Zakharov's second army
would i Join Chernlakhovaky's
third army before the gate of
Minsk. It was difficult to say
whethor the Russians will ' at
tempt to storm the city with a
frontal assault or try to. break
Into Jt from the rear,, as the red
army often does.
In the1 deep south White Rus
sian front the Germans, seeking
to patch the shattered ap
proaches to Bnranowlczo, (Bar
anovichi) and Plnsk, introduced
(Continued on Pag Sight) i
SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1944
la
Jm
Goat Back to Old Fort
"T
Seven thousand tickets had been Issued today to Klamath
war bond buyers for the trip through the Marina Barracks,
which will1 continue all day Sunday. This wlll.be the first view
ot this new military Installation for most Klamath people,, and
the showing of Interest has been
Hicks, county bond drive chairman.
; A special feature of the dayat tlie Barracks -will be a review
and presentation of citations and decorations, to be held at 11
a. m. This publlo ceremony will be conducted In the center park
betwocn the moss hall and the administration building. It was
TRAFFIC CHANGE '
Traffic will be rerouted, on Sunday, Monday and, Tuesday,
from town to' the fairground in order to take care of rodeo
traffic. , , " " .-' r- ;'- '
, From ' 13 until 1:30, South Sixth street wilt be a one-way
street with car going, toward the rodeo grounds.-Incoming traf
fic will bo rerouted by way ot Shasta way and East Main street
by state police. After the rodeo,' one-way traffic will be instituted
from the fairgrounds to town on South Sixth with' outgoing
traffic 'rerouted' by city police. . . . ; ' - 4 ,
4 Buses to tho Marine Barracks .will leave 4th. and Main' streets,
at IS minutes after the- hour,. every. hour,. from 6:18 mv ,to
midnight. . i . .." -v !
originally slated at the outer gate of the Barracks. Eight men,
roturncd from Pacific fighting, will receive decorations and cita
tions, i '.- , h ... ''' '- ' ; .. ' V - -
. Visitor at the Barrack will , go by automobile nd bus. A
route, .through the Barrack area has been set up for the trips,
which should start at 9:80 a. m(" ' , , v .". '' '
; . f Rodeo Talent v. ' VV-. .' ''-
' A-heavy Influx of rodeo talent the last- two day promised. a
scintillating western show at the fairgrounds .during the rodeo,
which is sponsored by an American Legion committee, with pro
coeds going to tho. benefit of the' American Legion and the local'
military committee. V,-. ,i , ' ' t, ,
Largest purses in. tho 'history , of Buckarba, Day "are being of
fered .this year. The program will' include brono riding, calf
roping, sloer tonnv rpplng, bulldogging, Brahma bull riding, races,
and tunny entertnlnmont sdoclaltiea; Presiding over the affair will
bo pretty Qiieon Shirley' FlesChor of, Bonanza and her retinue of
eight princesses,..' , ...!''i ' ..:-.- f: ..,:('.
, j -.;;.( . ,Kri parade Tuesday .:'';.'.' .' ;-..''.,
i Thore will bo special ' on-Sunday or Monday, but; the
big Fourth of July parado Tuesday will be a .highlight-of-the
celebration. It will start: down .Klamath's main ' business - atom
from Second and Klamath at 10. o'clock sharp Tuesday, morning.
Military units will head the parade followed by marching 'Units,
floats and a huge array, of mounted, entries. V ; V: '
i ' . ', iv .-';. '. . Dancai Slatad
J Three dance are slated Saturday nleht. Monday and Tues
day, at tho armory. The queen end
events, A carnival will play here
nore
Will
' business .nouses generally wilt he c(
of them will close on July'. 3, .Monday.
. SHOOTS SELF; . ..
SALEM, July 1 (H)-Shot by
his own gun while demonstrat
ing the weapon" to' a group 'of
small boys, State Patrolman Del
bert'Vi Price was in a hospital
recovering from a leg wound today.-
I . - , V :',, t . ' '
One of tho boy attempted to
rolease tho cartridge clip and
pulled the trigger initeadf
'. "July 1,1 1944 ;
Max. (Jum M), .15 - MIn 47
Precipitation last 14 hours to
bream yaar te date .,. I IS
Normal .11.11 Last ysar.. 17.71
'. FtreeMti Fair.
Klamath, Pictured Horo
Open 3-Day
tremendous, according to Joe
her princesses wlllibe at these.
throughout the celebration.
mrougnoui me ceieoration.
be closed on July 4, and some
. -NEW SERVICE BAR
. WASHINGTON, July 1 (f)
A . new ' service 'bar to Indicate
'each six-month period of service
oversea nas oeer) auinorizea py
una war aeparimeni.. f , " .
. , Army men will wear the dec.
.oration oiv the' left sleeve, Just
above the cuff, It will be a four
inch rectangln ot cloth, with
-goldcolored eding- - -
Number 10199
IIVE
BEAT OFF IN ITALY
ROME, July 1 - OP) Fifth
army infantry beat off German
tanks counterattacks in the out
skirts of Ccclna yesterday and
continued the drive along the
Italian west coast In the direc
tion of Livorno (Leghorn) and
Pisa, while tho French gained
another milo on the road to
Siena, 31 miles below Florence,
allied headquarters said today.
In the Adriatic sector the
enemy has withdrawn from the
Chlentl river and the eighth
army has crossed the stream in
Mvrrol - places. The nrmin
wcrc iuilliig.biick to the Muaoor
Ii V. omy 10 ml,e outn of
mi big port city of Ancona-
Entmy Flees ..
; Around Coclna, where : the
enemy, had broken contact prev
iously and started to flee, close
pursuit by tho fifth army caus
ed tho Germans to attempt a
counterattack last night. Thl
was repulsed, and the dough
boy moved Into tho southern
outskirts of the town yesterday
afternoon, while others pushed
across tho Ccclna river, some
three miles northeast . of the
town, and drove on northward.
By late afternoon the Ameri
cans were In contact with
enemy on the south bank of
(Continued on Pago Three).
Rocket Bombs .
Continue to Fall
LONDON,' July 1 (flV-Ger-
man flying bombs crashed Inter
mittently Into southern England
today and it was believed likely
that Prime Minister Wln.tnn
Churchill might make a brief
statement to commons next week
on mis new form of German at
tack. - Yesterday the prime minister
toured anti-aircraft site watch
ing the battle against the winged
bombs.
The number of robot plane
coming over increased after
dawn and the air ministry an
no u n c c d additional casualties
and damage. -
Two more hospitals were hit.
Seven of 30 patients were killed
at one hospital struck at night,
but there were no deaths or ser
ious injuries at the second.
- .
Miners Trapped
By Fire
HARLAN. Ky... July l (P)
Eighteen miners today were re
ported trnpped by fire in a soft
cow , mine operated, at Clover
Fork, by the Ridgeway Darby
Coal company. ''..
. First reports, reaching ; here
by-tho one telephone line from
the mine, gavo no details. V
' - Rescue squads left here for
.wa scene,
Council Predicts
-' ' . . ' . . ; -4. - v.--" .
7000 Holiday Fatalities
By The Associated Press
'As pleasure-seeking . holiday
vacationers headed today for
beach and mountain resorts the
National Safety Council sound
ed a somber note, estimating
that 1000 persons would meet
death in' accidents over-' the
long Fourth of : July .weekend.
Unless the public makes - a
united effort to cut the toll, the
counell - said, 300 persons- - will
die in traffic mishaps and 700
from burnings, falls, drownings,
over-exposure ana over-exertion.
'. ".. . . ,
, But, the r four-day holiday
weokend had only begun 'when
two -traffic fatalities -and- two
GERMAN DEATH :
STAND CRACKS
UNDER ATTACK
' 7 ;'
Berlin Reports"'' Say:
.Fight Ended On ;
Peninsula
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 1 (P) American
doughboys have captured most
of Cap de la Hague, cracking
through the last German death ,
stand on that land jutting north
west ' of.-. Cherbourg, supreme
headquarters announced today.
(Berlin radio said flahtlne in
the northern part of Cherbourg
peninsula, presumably meaning .
me cape, naa ended Jam night .
with.Vmassed forces of tanks,
flame-throwers and motorized'
Infantry"; over-running tho.'
"weak German barrier posi
tion".' manned by some J000
nazis) . ., ,v
Seise Grevlll .
Americans mopping up on"
the cape seized the strongpoint'
town of Greville, and reached
Omonvllle la Jtogue and Omon
vllle la Petite, three miles from
the very tip of the cape, and
about 11 miles northwest of
Cherbourg . itself.
The eleanup came as British
artillery battered back an arm
ored spearhead attempting to
crash' into the. Odon rivee
bridgehead menacing Caen on"
the eastern flank. The Germans
have thrown elements of seven
tank divisions into the stubborn -battle
there.,- - ' -.
Repel Attacks
, The '- British repelled four,
small-scale German attack thl,
morning, .and knocked out 11
Unks, a front . dispatch said, 1
adding that the Germans ap-
(Continued, on Page Three) .
Chinese Stab
Near Japs In
.4.f4.f.:
Burma Sector
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM-.
MAND..KANDY, Ceylon, July 1
(P) Chinese troops holding the
northern lahdulg strip at Myltky
Ina have -stabbed further east
ward toward the encircled Jap
anese within , the embattled
stronghold of North Burma,, a,
communique of Admiral Lord
Louis . Mountbatten's headquar
ter announced tonight
i Another Chinese column drlv
lng down the. Maingna Ferry,
road, where American also are
pressing against the city, have
gained more ground.
Mopping - up operation are
continuing In the Mogaung val
ley and at the Chinese-held base
of Mogaung Itself. ,-.
Japs Say Three ;
Cruisers Repulsed
i Br The Associated Press : '
- Tokyo radio broadcast a Do
mel new agency dispatch today .1
declaring the Japanese garrison
on Guam repulsed "three enemy
cruisers or large-sized destroyers
which attempted to sholl our air
field from the sea" yesterday.
- At the same time "80 enemy
planes which attempted to raid:
our positions on the same day
also -were repulsed," said the
broadcast recorded in New York .
by The Associated Press. , .
; i
Break Causes
Finnish Sorrow
STOCKHOLM, July 1
News of the American break
with Finland was received with
"deep disappointment and pain" -by
most Finns, the . Helsingln
Sanomat said in an editorial
quoted in the Swedish press to
Social Demokraattli wrotot j
"What the great majority of tho
Finnish people long have feared -now
has happened. There Is no' ,
sentimentality In politics, but de-'
spite this, the news makes a j
great many ot our people sad. and j
sorrowful. ;
drownings were reported in In
diana.i a drowning and mlscel.
lnneous d e a t h in' New Yorlt
state and a miscellaneous death '
ih-Montana. ' ' i
' The' council said fora normal
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday in July tho'automoblla
accident ' toll is 28ff, wlth-80 on
each of the first two days,' 80
on Monday and 40 on Tuesday,
' Over - the - three-day July 4
weekend last year, an Assocjat-j
ed Press survey
least 298 deaths occi
these 127 .were traffli
84 were .drownings
suited from Grilse",
causes,