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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