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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1944)
I - i ' ; ' - - ' ' . ' 1 1 " . . " .. . - , irtM wi mm mm Mity 9K3J-: K, L, w " f " -mr- -"."V T ST "r C-er . . stream year to aate . .1 I llini .1 11 f I : Bv FHAHK. jt.nn.ino ....in i I nil A III I.VU Amur. GENI'.I" "-""- - Icon. f loaning up fhefDciurU. gelling repair m u '": iuinu re nforcemonl. ilrko mithwrd on ' 40-mllo S llil morning. , Their In- Ocrniniw ufMhc peninsula. . . s iikiiuI. llio weather turn In A rnvrir C tho German mtikltm ruin, clouds lit 'Vo-top height to Ulliicl Mild Lmvff u"r n'DliorlliiB plane. !,. ' Nevertheless, wc are rc ,orted l ve ''l,!tl nl"ul iwo !md i l-i'lf "" ' " "rl ',,w lUir 01 1110 CO tr' Itimimcl lum been eon- iTiitniUiW hi ul run Kin ucniiiKt Hrltisu armiiiei ino , wild to have finally thrown In at leant pari m " i""""1" ....... ...miirtd and (our Inlimlry i- at ilml. ha hiun'l been iloiiiit loo well. In tho pl 72 mil". In' has aimed 28 thrusts t ilu, Irlllh wedge 'aero i the Oiluii river ALL. OK WHICH tt'i-rc Ul'llltMl OH. iumiii ij n l..n....l 111.. I ....(. Ilnil. Willi llio American uolntf In aKiilinl IH left lnk tlii morn- llll!. llC will nilVO UIIIUIIIHIK mnJ I,, ihmk nlioul. The Urltiah have hern holdlnil the Gurmnn weilihl off our nockii while wo have been clelinlnii tip Chor iioiiri;. Wo'rn aolna In now to take omo wcluht off Urllmi neck. 7AR1ETY In Interjected Into ' Die robot bomblnii tills mom Int. ' The German offer by radio to call off tho robot If we'll top bomblnii Germnny. Our Biwwcr, Itrgely pnl Into word by tho Uritifth newnpnperii, a iconv lul "NOierlodl" The robot are comliiK over In Inrrwuliiii number. Churchill It expected to tell the homo of commons akout them tomorrow. The Gorman bot that they are mnmtfitcturlna them In vast (luumitie. (Germun boaU are never very rellnble.) THE Rudian. (lowing around 1 Mlnnk on both ido. have cut ALL tho railroad leading into the city which I uppoed to bu.-wilcjand'W. 4y(oma;. iuuuwo Grnnnnir. . Tho Ruulan continue . to-tttll oi crowinu aemoraiiMiiion oi inc Ucrmon nrmle. Mocow cii uiitchc ay: "Thoimand of new nrisoner aro belna taken. Tho forest w a r m with them. Toward evening, the German cmwl out of thu wood and send deleiintloii to glvo thomtolvc up." . THE Moncdw dipatchc add: "Often, whoro our troop have surrounded the German, wo find the bodies, of German of ficer and men whom the Ger man tliomiolvci HAVE KILLED. . (That. If true, would mean In ilnnce of MUTINY In tho Gor man rank.) t?7E must be very cautious In " deed about accoptlng these rcpori oi uerman demoraiiza (Continued oii.Phko Five) He Bit -K','-iliii,.l3ll:1i . mi Here 1 Fred Tappa of Altura Jut before h bit the dut In of tha two brone riding event at Sunday' rodeo at tha lair L'ounds. Doing the fancy bucking ibove is Black Jack, one of "e Barbour's Throne. ' . , , . , . AO w Hormal . ll.W Last yaar 17.71 j UIIIIUUU I1IM.I : "' Forecast! Fair. . I : ' PRICE 5 CENTS Mystery Surrounds Death of Alien. A mysterlou stabbing lout night took the life of Vacuo HI loml, 44, Japanese manager of the cooperative - itorei In - the egrcgation center at Tulelake, Calif. Ill throat cut, apparently by a long knife, tho 44-year-old alien Japanese wa found by hi niece, Kumlko llltoml, ly ing against the porch of a neighbor living in ill residence block in tho huge center. D. A. Notified She gave the alarm and HI toml wa rushed to the center hospital, w h e r o he was pro nounced dead. The office of the " (Continued on Page Five) BULLETINS A torpado bombtr from th Klamath naval air sta tion crashad about 1 p. m. today on tha short ef Draw' iHaitok.Jn .bkr-4Ur Fata tha thraa' man in . tha jcraw wa . pot lainadlatf. W ascartalnad, but It wa feared all had ptlhd. Ground partial ttirtad (or the scona of tha ertih. Tha plana was Hying in formation with othsrs on. a tactical bombing mission at tha lima of tha mishap. Man In other, plana immediately reported the craih to the Ita lian hare. ' ROME. July 3 (IV-Secretary of War Stlmson has arrived In Italy. LONDON, : July 3 .(P) From 500 to 750 Flying Fortrees and Liberators, Including eighth air force unit which flaw from England in a ahuttla 1 1 1 g h t, bombed nasi oil storage and reftnerle and transportation fa cilltie In Romania. Hungary and Yugoslavia today. . , Dust lap Camp Iter tfaaigCT liiiinfeird DIES OF STAB P AMlhF &. WOUND SM "l t. B. In The ShaHia.CmnradP Wonderland v I PTliniiniini ft SUNDAY AT THE BARRACKS Above, view of the central pork o broni rar on, Sergeant Geerge L. Lewi for heroic achievement rt le the Marin Barrack, thowing marine marching past thexreviewing stand ' . goinville, ttanding beid Corporal Eugene C. Harrington, who received tho after prosentation of decorations and citation to 'eight men of the post, purple heart. Below,' right; Klamath bond-buyer .filing into : barracks Below, left, Colonel B. Dubel, commanding officer of the ' post, pins -the . building on sight-teeing tour. ,. ;, r .: ,. . - . . . t -v Minsk Falls t6 Red Army, ... Opens Way io Warsaw LONDON, .July 3 (P) Minsk has been taken by storm, Mos cow announced tonight. An order of tho day by Marshal Stalin said tho troops of tho third white Russian, Parade to Start At 10 A. M. Tomorrow, the Fourth of July, climaxes tho three-day Klamath Buckaroo Days celebration and several special events will bo featured beginning with a big parade up Main street at 10 a. m. Heading the parade, will be several military units, 'including the Marino Barracks .band. Floats and marching sections will follow. '. Just behind the floats will come the mounted section which will includo in the neighborhood of 1000 horses. Leading the riding units will be Queen Shirley Flescher and her court. . At 1:30 p. m. at the falr crnund.i the final and biggest of tho rodeo shows will bo under way with a capacity crowd ex poctcd. A Buckaroo dance at the arm ory with Baldy Evans and his orchestra win rouna out me Hav's events. The carnival on South' Sixth will remain - here over tho Fourth of July. Funeral Services ; Set for Davis . ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 (F"j Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Norman H, Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross. Davis, a native of Tennessee who became a millionaire bank er lnt Cuba by tho time he was 35, arid later was an American "ambassador at large" in efforts Jor disarmament and peace,, died of a 'cerebral hemorrhage early yesterday at Hot Springs, Va. , Hoi had gone to the resort to rest from heavy duties connected with! the war-expansion of the Red cross. Ho would have been 66 next month. v ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, front In cooperatipn with forc es of the 'first 'white Russian army captured, the city. of 240, 000 by-flanking maneuver and assault. . . ( , ; j v Anniversary " ; Minsk, one of the Important Russian' cities 'held-by the Ger-; mans, fell almost ' to the day three, years after . the Germans had claimed- its capture on. July 1, 1041, in the initial stages of their invasion of . the soviet union. : The collapse of German , re sistance in' the' 'bastion 'opens the- gates to ' a red' army drive toward Warsaw, capital of pre war Poland, 300 miles to the west, Wilno in Lithuania, 100 miles to the northwest of Lat via, 220 miles to .the northwest. Last Strongpoint - ' ' Stalin's order described Minsk as the last major Ger man strongpoint in Russia and "a most important strategic center . of German defenses in the western direction." , A big salute of 24 salvoes from 324 guns was ordered to (Continued on Pago Five) Danes Continue General Strike STOCKHOLM, July 3 (P) Danish patriots continued their general -- strike in - Copenhagen this morning despite an appeal by the German-controlled Dan ish radio for a return to- work, the Free Danish Press service said, today. . , ' Reports received by the news agency through underground channels said the Germans nact closed in last night on a Danish student, house near, the univer sity of Copenhagen and arrest ed several score students. ' The Danish liberty council was said to be spreading word to the patriots to continue the strike until tne , Danish nazi "SchRlburg corps" is removed from the. country. German or ders lifting a state of siege in Copenhagen and restoring util ities was said to have had no effect on the situation. - ; MONDAY, JULY 3, 1944 11 dl a t-i . Ai-tlVt s -cess. : II -POSTS ON U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, - Pearl Harbor,- July 3 (P) Grim Americans' held stra tegic new rtage positions toaay above the town-of -Garapan and nearby Tanapag harbor, -on .thc northwestern coastal - stretch of Saipan-which may center, a now imminent showdown' battle. . Gains of from' 000 yards to a mile were made along the-entire front Saturday, Adm. Chester W. N i m i t z announced, bringing about 60 per cent of Saipan un der American control. Garapan was surrounded on three -sides. Yank units on the east coast were (Continued on Page Five) . . Jap Troops Wiped Out in Burma CHUNGKING, July 3 () Japanese troops making a sui cidal attempt" to penetrate the allied-held main a i t p o r t . at Myitkyina in northern Burma, have been surrounded and wiped out by American forces, the Chinese high command an nounccd today. In Yunnan province. ; mean while .the Chinese held- their positions in the Lungling area against repeated attacks, the an nouncement said. More than 170 Japanese. ' however, broke out of . a month-old encircle ment of Pingka, 25 miles south east of Lungling, ' the commun ique disclosed. Flying Bombs Kill General LONDON. July 3 (VP) -Fly ing bombs ' have killed Maj.- Gen. Sir Arthur Scott, retiredt his, wife, .Aimee Byng, a novel ist, and Sir Percy Alden, for years prominent In the cam paign against slums, it was dis closed today as the Germans re sumed rocket bomb attacks . on southern England after a .brief post-midnight lulli - v . ;'r-"- - w ?'--!, ltidirigi;R6piri$, Falls Keep Rode? Fans Tense Plaln - and'1 fancy- calf 'roping. Brahma bull riding, bulldoggmg and -other breath-taking events, exhibited by -an array of expert roiesslonai ana .amateur .cow-bys..- kept -thousands; of: rodeo fens . on. the edge of their seats Sunday- as- the- tirst day of tne ninth - annual ' Buckaroo Days' 'roundup "got underway. " y rne snow arew contestants an the way from New. Mexico, Wyo ming, . arid ; Nevada, as ' well as cowboys from, local and nearby, communities. .; Mac 'Barbour's broncstmd Brahmas were m'per- Roy. Giyens Dies From Injuries Roy David-Givens," 40, 'died early Sunday morning at Hill side hospital from injuries re ceived Friday atternoon wnen a horse fell on him at the Sunset ridine stables. According - to witnesses, i the horse threw Givens and then fell on him. fracturing the man's skull! ' ' ; Givens is survived by his wife, four sons, and one daughter. Wards funeral home has charge of funeral arrangements and no- tice' of the funeral win db an nounced later. Abandoned Baby Identified : PORTLAND, July 3 (P) An 11-month-old boy, apparently abandoned by a young -woman and handed from one person to another at the Union bus station here yesterday for four hours be fore being turned over to the police, was tentatively identified toaay. .i Frederick Luchterhand. Med- ford.- telephoned police from Meflford and said the baby's 'clothing indicated the child was his 'son. - Police placed the child in a Daoy nome pending arrival oi ijucnternana trom Mecuora. The baby was handed' to woman in the bus station by an unidentified woman who said she wanted to niaWp a telephone call, Number 10200 '&t i feet bucking form and it took a real rider to make the grade for even a lew seconas. Suffer Iniuries Nine contestants suffered' in juries, Including Trick Rider Jer ry Uetz of Bremerton, Wash., who fell from his horse ''as he was attempting-a head -stand ride. - He was believed to have suffered a broken shoulder.-Car ried off the field by members of the Oregon Women's 'Ambulance corps, who were right oh the scene following each mishap,"Vas Rollep Hedges, of Jackson,-Wyo-who received a bad fall in-the bareback - riding - ; contest. - - A- shoulder injury was suffered by .rete uaie. casn crown ana 'Art Russell received "minor - injuries in bulldoegine and bronc ridine. respectively. Injuries in none of the' cases were believed serious; although X-ray reports were not avauapie Monday morning. Day winner Final contest winners are not ) (Continued on Page Five) Military Orders Given Priority in Lumber Mills WASHINGTON. July 3 UP) Pacific northwest lumber , mills must fill military orders from 20 to 35 per cent of their expect ed monthly shipments the war production board . directed , last night. - The action was taken to insure that sufficient lumber of needed types is available for the army and navy in July, -August and September. s The percentage of each mill's production to be given military precedence varies from species to species and re gion to region, ranging from 20 per cent in the western nine area to 60 per cent for California red wood. -. Requirements-Listsd The directives make the fol lowing reauirements: - In the west coast lumber re gion (Oregon and Washington west of the Cascade mountains); mills producing 25,000 or more board feet' a day must; fill mil ltary orders up to 85 per cent U I IIUI1DMULU 1.0-Mile Wide Assault Jumps Off West, '' Coast By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 3 (P) In a swift reversal down the Cherbourg peninsula, Lt. Gen. Omar - N, Bradley s American first army at dawn today opened a 10-mila wide attack toward the German stronghold of La Haye Du Puits. Doughboys fought forward on mud-bogged fields under a heavy artillery barrage: - near coast The assault lumped off near the west coast of tile pininsula,. from .the line flung across it just two-week ago that sealed oxi tne upper nan oi tne iana neck., -. - A front dispatch said the drive pushed from the area below Barneville-Sur-Mer on the coast east to St. Sauveur le Vicomto. The doughboy line dips belov and between these towns to at, Lo D'Ourville. : The assault opened after local: advances which supreme head quarter said had won favorable- "lump-otl positions soutn or or, Lo D'Ourville. The doughboys aim had Dressed toward La Hay a De Puits, six-miles southeast of St Lo D'Ourville. Thar American infantrymen were supported .by heavy artil lery including some oi tne isosi powerful guns yet used in- the French- campaign, but rain and cloudy skies hampered ; allied aerial aid. - " . ' .- - . Even as thi aatault thruef (Continued on. Page:Flve) . 7000 Visitors I Inspect Marine '; Barracks Sunday z More than 2000 -cars carried approximately '7000 visitors to the--Klamath -Falls Marine Bar racks Sunday in a huge visitation arranged for war bond buyers of the county. The parade of automobiles to and from the barracks continued from early morning until dusk. Feature of the day at the bar racks was a review and presen-tation-of decorations held in the central park area at 11 e. m. Col onel B. Dubel, commanding officer,-- pinned-the bronze star on Sergeant George L. Lewis, - who performed heroically at Bougain ville; thepurple heart on Corpor al Eugene C. Harrington, Corpor al Hug Oswald, PFC Elton S. Gamel, PFC Francis S. Billings, PFC Jack Shore, PFC Peter J. Mansfield, and Ensign A.- L. Daly received a presidential unit citation.-' " A massive American flag flut tered lazily from the post flagV pole as the newly-arrived marine band struck up the national an them that opened the ceremonies. About 2500 local people were on hand for this event, and thou sands of others arrived later to inspect the barracks. Visitors narked 'their cars and walked through the mess hall and other buildings. -The band presented a noon concert in front of the. mess hall.. . - Klamath Woman . Drowns ii ' SACRAMENTp, Calif., July 3 '(JP) Sheriff's' deputies today searched -the Sacramento river for the body of Mrs. Ruth La-. ,veck, 17, of Klamath Falls, Ore., who was swept down the stream last night ..while wading. Mrs. Laveck and her husband, Cor poral W. P. Laveck, stationed at Camp. Beale near Marysvllle, Calif.; had been visiting friends here over the holiday. . of expected monthly shipments on these species: Douglas fir, white fir. Noble fir, Sitka spruce (except aircraft grade) and west coast hemlock. - About 89 per cent of all lum ber produced in this region is made by mills affected by tho directive. r. Western Pine In the western pine area (Ari zona, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyom ing, -and those parts of Oregon and Washington east of tho Cas cades): mills averaging 10,000 board feet daily must give mil itary orders preference .up to 2D per cent of output of Ponderosa pine, sugar pineiodgepole pine, Idaho white .'feme, , white fir, Douglas firf western white spruce, ' Englemann spruce and lareh. (This does not covet" Douelas fir. Idaho white pine or white fir produced in the west (coast region.) $ r
