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The Germans evidently hoped two lhlnB o( It: C-lnhMnlniJ lllf, RriliMll. Bucking up German HOME morale. S to the effect on the British, i Rnhart Ftunnrlle. chief of the London bureau of the Associated Preni. who went through tho 18-tU DIIIZ, iwv lonay; bardmimt by robot piano have illrred a BLACKER HATRED here for Hitler and the nazls than the imu-i Dim ever pro duced, but Ihoro la no more que Hon now than then that London can take It." THE psychological reaction! of Gcrmnn (and JapiO aro hard. 10 predict, uut it aeema .reaan able lo expect that when it be comet evident thnt the Invasion ISN'T being checked the LET DOWN In Germany after tho ro bot hopca will bo considerable. f"N the Cherbourg pcnlnaula. we're still fighting for elbow room ond tho German aro try Ing to prevent ua from getting Today's dlnpatche toll Us that Ihe nazls aro more' 'densely packed at Caen than at any other place In this or tho last war one division to evorv threo miles of front, or about one man per. iuui." i no acnsity wnore tno Americans aro fighting at tho other end of tho lino Is a little Jaw, but tho ground Is tougher. This dense nacklns. of Ger- man defenders has been mado possible by tho vllo weather that has held down air activity. Tho ikies ore clearing a llttlo today "!? !l ' cxPcetcd that our planca will begin to rain down death on me massed German legions ACTING WAR SECRETARY PATTERSON fStlmunn U In Rome) triufia n uA,itm.A i i... - .. uu wu ro uumnE in dickic 'or the Germans. . Hn afli.B. I'TI.. a I l n.ui. "muricans ana British are building In Europe a rc power that Is FOUR TIMES '"'" mnn mo Uormnna (mean ig munitions, not men.) For Cltch ahull I int. ii... i ... .... uiiuw lour at tnom." P-i"ao.".:. Tno "urcs for tho i. 0 Xf.'JJ bo equally as good." It is PmiP DntUTD ii r ...i... u, " - ------ -vuun mm wins WORD boforo wo leave thi.AS.aro Betting o strong :, IQ mcoung ana holu battie Gorman troops in 'HE Russians havo uncorked Bm.i t !:" ?"onsivc directed nt In .rfjui . anq r'nsK.. ernii fcn.i.,-"7". ncir present of aBH'lfT1"0.' north In Poland hi r miana.) JASsed Jap, lie body to body com.. I o, ma11 remaining Da ?wot 'Pan- and .the di If & thBt reat "laughter in iu. 0 "a.npleman. roprosent- cahlii. "-""""'non amcd press, bles from the Marianas today! defim iTsVrer8nCa t0 death and ind ii'it-body t0 b0.dy cves ipsd r. Ior 8 imai, frantic &?uagalns' Americans they uiiiu ,1 am i halt." P od In Salnan": oE00?8 aro many of Tan.8 25,00O fap civilians. bbVL!"0 Jap WO have n nis1. thatViCm0 i H1"tory records won cB';'"Md bralns have always - ouvhKo Drains,) Tli?,war' all ovor tho world, Is BdhCT -own t0 h bitter nil1' muge, broke Vk2 r.Mauso-ArSnno that "'uko the Gorman hnnlr n loin ln aJ Pint's Banoulnarv f laht e"ore Richmond fhat -""vniueo on Page Two) IboH ..i..i,.i,u li-iill, pcd. It nasni n miles southeast of the Philip- "And wo continue, to view the (. I' I4 I Cantor X W&PS& OSmiSSmig!Kim -r-: '1 checked. - . pines added emphasis today to a future with confidence." ;'T.' t Center . - S6Sp3d 1 fl The robot Is a terror, wenpon. hluhly slgnlfleiml prediction by Howard Handleman, renre- I ' - - Fft . . ; 4- II.. ...,irntlnn nn I.nnHmi. as iJ ri in in i. ' .A..i.... n. ui .m.j v" m- i-j J --.' . i i5iCi4ia;rt2r - - -vacueeS'. Receive i nreats wstmMi ; SFRANCEl Japs Squeezed On Saipan; U. S. Takes Airfield U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS. PEARL HARBOR. July 0 ()') Impending slaughter of Jupnncae, massed body to body for a Inst ditch stand on Saipan, and tho swift seizure of a second enemy airfield 800 miles southeast of the Philip pines added emphasis today to a hluhly significant prediction by Adm. Chester W. Nlmllz. "What we learn on Saipan wo will usa In assaults on other Jap anese positions," he said nt a press conference in . which he By NOLAND NORGAARD ROME. July 6 .Of) Indian troops ot tho eighth army have reached the outskirts - of Unv bertldo In the -upper Tiber val ley and are threatening the main road to Florence west of Arezzo, allied headquarters an. nounced today as stiffening German resistance brought, tho fifth army's advance up tho Italian west coast to a virtual taiuistlll.v v: -i-S" ' k i ' American advance units along tho coast were reported in the vicinity ot Castlglioncello, some 10 miles south of Llvorno (Log horn), but they wore encoun tering' heavy fire from all typos of German weapons, including (Continued on Pago Two) , Chinese Outlook Grave, Says Generalissimo ' CHUNGKING, July 6 P)-i ucncraiiasimo cmnng Kai-Shek, in a messaaa to the Chinese doo. pie on the ovo of tho beginning of China's eighth year of war, acknowledged today that the military situation In his country is grave, but ho told patriots in occupied areas that "liberation is close nt hand. In his "double seventh" mes sago tho Chinese-Japanese war began In 1037 on July 7, the seventh day of tho seventh month Chiang emphasized that victory for tho United Nations is certain, and added: "I bcllcvo it won't be long bo foro the war In Europe is Drousni to a successful' conclu sion." ' Denver Safari Captures Lions DENVER, July 6 (VP) Terri fied and bedraggled, a 13-y car old boy raced on his bicycle to a drug store near City park last night, shrilling: "A lion is after mol" For evidence, ho showed a largo tear in his trousers. The druggist, at first- skeptical, fi nally called police. More than -a dozen squads, armed with riot guns, tear gas and other lethal Implements, sped to the park zoo. State highway patrolmen,- detectives and armed volunteers joined in the big game hunt. Thoy found a lion, cowering in some shrubbery. Ho had es caped when an attendant neg--lected to fasten the door of his cage. In a few minutes ho was horded back into the cage by the hastily-assembled safari. - Army Lieutenant Commits Suicide SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (P) Liout. Beaufort Swancutt, un der sentence of death by an army court martial, killed him self today in the army's Letter man hospital. Military sources said ho hang ed himself with a bed sheet. Swancutt was convicted by a court martial at Camp Anza of slaying two young women, his commanding officer and a policeman.'- , ." '.. He was wounded before his capture, and after the court martial was hospitalized at tho army facility here. I nUIII. V.IIV.ll-1 . tlllllllK. .l-MllllK IIIU llllllWllll-U H IL'U T J ''9 ' .1 -f . 111 Jrf XgP 2F-i?rZMd?: . - il HUUTC IHHUltM v : :? f minted out that Snipan's larger unci muss afforded vuluablo les sons .for future operations. "Move Rapidly" "We are moving westward across the Pacific as rapidly as we cun," the admiral assured. "Apd wo continue, to view the future with confidence." we cun," tnc admiral assured. I- , 1 fc-.M-Vil . .1 bf& mmSSSWSBS3HSV,mnt :W . Howard liandlcman, renre- scntlng tho combined allied press, reported today from aboard a fluKship off Saipan that tnausunds oi Japs, squeezed into the northeastern eighth of the is land, awaited the inevitable,. "Japs Resigned" "Tho Japs, resigned to death and defeat, lay body to bodv in caves and piiiooxcs ior a final, frantic gesture against Ameri cans they know they can t halt,1 he said. Massed with them were many of tho island's 23,000 Japanese civilians, whose role, In the bloody showdown was a souroe of conjecture. - . .1,. - Clot lo P. I. ' , At .Noemfoor In Dutch 'New Guinea's -Geclvllnk bay;- where Southwest Pacific ground forces are 1000 miles closer to the Philippines than they were a year ago. capture of Kornasoren airfield was announced today by Gon. Douglas MacArthur. Paratroops, dropped In force on two successive days, helped wlit H on the Fourth of July.1 On Sunday, sixth army troops opened tnc invasion ot Nocm foor, investing Kumlrl airfield in the first hours; Kornesoren's advantage over-Kamlrl-ls that It can be enlnrgcd into a heavy bomber ' boso from which the Philippines can' be pounded. - : Tough Fioht At Saipan, ;whfch Is 3800 miles nearer Nimltz' China coast Koai man no was at rear! Har bor a year ago. Nimltz conceded tho fighting had -been tougher man cxpccica. . . . "Our troops have the situation well- in hand and I think our forces will push on -rapidly to tno monncasiorn) end ot the is land," Nimltz said, at a diminish ing rate in casualties. . ,- Dane Downed Flying Stolen Naii Plane STOCKHOLM, July 8 W) Swedish antiaircraft winged a German plane early today over neisingoorg and wnep It crash ed In the water, out popped a 19-year-old Dano who said he nad stolen tho plane and start ed for England. - Ho gave tho name of Hoest. He said he worked as a laborer at tho Copenhagen airport for two wceKs and wttnout German Knowledge, gassed up a Hoinkel 111 and took off, beforo the nazls know what was haDDon ns, Ho headed the craft up the Kat tegat, apparently to avoid cross ing heavily gunned Denmark, but over Holslngborg, tho Swedes fired. Swedish military oollce fish ed him from the water unhurt and took him into military cus tody. The plane was a wreck Fresh Flames End Hope of Saving Men Held in Mine BELL AIRE, O., July 6 (P) A desperate struggle to save 84 coal miners trapped by fire In the Powhatan mine was aban ddned today when fresh flames drove -back rescue crews. Fifteen hours after the fire started two miles from the shaft entrance, State Mine Inspector Richard McGee announced there was no chance of the men escaping alive. Every outside entrance to the mine was or dered scaled. Before the -fire got out of con trol rescue workers ,had cut a new tunnel 800 feet through coal and rock in a - vain effort to by-pass the flames and reach the men. . . , The fire broke out, at '1 p. m. (EWT) yesterday when a rock fall broke a high-voltage trolley and sizzling sparks ignited coal near tho junction-of the main passageway and a 3800-foot deadend- corridor in .which the vic tims were working. " ' ' j . No Word , : The mine,, tbe largest soft coal ',4 'A' ' limillll nil I Hill 5i3!Cr-SKe ""S'lf '. Protective -' Measures y -' i ; : , r . a i UKtfri in vvrxn i tt t " " r"'-n tt. .i i - 11 for- tl fail I mi. mm iiiliTrillii V Lt Gen. Christopher Dim- sty, above, commands the Brit ish second army making the drive upon Caen in Normandy. General Demsey commanded a brigade in France end Bel glum before the fall of France, later participated in Sicilian and Italian campaigns. -MOSCOW,' July' 8 m -'The red army unleashed a Rreat new thrust today in tho direction of rinsK and urest jjtiovsx, wnue Vanguards of' Gen.' Ivan Cher nalkhovsky'a third White Rus sian army were reported within 43 miles of Wllno, gateway to the northern Baltic republics. Like the. beginning of the White Russian campaign, the new drive was , launched with terrific .artillery barrages oper ating with mighty air support. It was -too .-early, - however, to tell whether it was a general of fensive. - . Fight Revived (The . German communique said fighting -was "revived be tween the upper Dnester and Kowcl, the old Polish city which the bulletin reported evacuated yesterday. . At Baranowicze, 81 (Continued on Page Two) Green Defendant In Damage Suit George Green, owner and op erator of a local trucking busi ness, is the defendant in a $25, 000 damage suit filed against him by Leslie C. Olsen in cir cuit court this week. Olsen states in the complaint that his left hand was rendered permanently useless May 23 in an accident as he was working as a mechanic on ono of .Green's trucks. Tho complaint blames the accident on the fact that a hydraulic- lift holding --up the truck failed, causing tho auto mobile to move, crushing Ol son's left wrist, fracturing the bones in the left forearm, in juring a nerve and causing bruises and lacerations on the hand and arm. , , U. S. Balentine is attorney for the plaintiff. pit In Ohio, is operated by the Powhatan Mining company, 15 miles south of here. . No word had been received from the men since the fire broke out. Up until 4 a. m. today, when sealing of the burning area was decided upon, Marcus Kerr, chief of tho state division of mines, had expressed belief the men could be reached. Could Be Saved Charles E. Young, assistant superintendent of the mine, had asserted that if the men could have barricaded themselves properly, they could have held out five or sfjc days. i I- On the other hand, Adolph Paclfico, vice president of dis trict six, United Mine. Workers, had asserted late yesterday: "I do not think they will find one of them alive." . Scores of relatives of the en tombed. men were wal,tingHope fully at the mine entrancewhen officials' announced) that the shaft must be scaled. , ARREST MADE WB. - Measures to protect Tulelake cvocuces against threatened harm, and the arrest of one alien .Japanese for manufactur ing deadly weapons, came to day in the wake . of Sunday's knife murder, at the big segre sation center, south of here. - WRA officials revealed that some evacuees were known to have received threats, and that a few of them had been remov ed from the-, colony - residence area as a measure oi protection against possible attacks such as that which brought death Sun day night to' Yaozo- Hitomi, manager -of the center -jcoopera-live stores. ;. y. - Sentenced . Yoshio Miyaeawa, 44, a resi dent of the center, was sentenc ed, today to 80 days in the Modoc .county iail by. Project Director R. R.. Best, for viola tion of wra regulations.- -. 1 He was charged with making knives, after internal," security officers" fOilftd a hand-made knife with a 13-lnch blade, in his living quarters. . -., , i Confesses . L According - to WRA ' sources, Miyaeawa admitted before the project director that he 'manu factured . three, other, knives which he . sold to . center rest dents. The long-bladed knife which was found in. his apart ment was fashioned out of an auto spring and others had been made from old files. WRA said that Miyaeawa's ar rest was not connected with the murder of Hitomi, but that it occurred in the investigation that followed the knifing of .the cooperative chief. - Hitomi's throat was slit, apparently by a long knife, and his body was found lying against the porch of an apartment adjoining his own Sunday evening. Hitomi's funeral will be held Saturday afternoon. ; Other than the evidences of a deadly under-surface struggle seen in the threats to various evacuees, the big center appear ed quiet today. Service People's; Registry to Be Printed The Herald and News to-' morrow will Inaugurate a new feature Intended to widen Klamath's famed service men's hospitality as it applies to . Klamath boys . and . girls '. themselves who are in the aer- vice. . i . This feature la to be a dally registry of service people who are home on leave, for the in formation of friends who may want to contact them while', they are here. Service men and women, and their families, are asked to help make this registry complete by calling or bringing in the names ai soon as the service people ar rive. - Names of both commission, ed and non-commissioned per sonnel are wanted. Each name will be run two days. The information must come from service men and their ac quaintance!, and'- cooperation Is solicited, Scott Reed is in charge of this new feature,' and calls may be made direct to him by .telephoning 3124 up'to 3 p. m. , Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland o' 4 3 New York 4 8-3 Harder, I'Hevmg (7) and Schlueter, McDonnell (7); Bor owy and Garbark. AMERICAN LEAGUE ' R H Detroit ' 3 10 Boston . .13 20 Gentry. Mooty (3) Beck - E. 0 1 (S) and Richards, -Unser (5) Hugh- son ana wagner. I'S-:r-r i Channel American first army troops surge. In and around , besieged La Here Du Puiti on the Cherbourg peninsula. To the east, in fantry and tank divisions battle near Caen.' - ) 200 Believed HARTFORD, " Conn.," July 6 (Pi An undetermined number of persons died today.-in a fire which burned Ihe big tent of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus into , a tragic scene of death and pandemonium.- At-4 p. -m. about two-hours after the fire was discovered, some unofficial estimates placed the death toll at about 200. : While first reports conflicted as to the seriousness of the. fire and its effects, later reports said a -'number of persons. -were, be lieved to have died in the flames or- In' the rush to leave the big top before it collapsed at 2:43 p. m. in 'fiery ruins. The: fire broke out just after the first act of 'the' afternoon perform ance. ,'.'.'' Bodies were sent to the. state armory as quickly as they were removed from the ruins and of- Peliz Building Sold Here ' Salfe of the three-story brick Peltz building, 530 to S38 Main street, occupied ' by Castleberry drug store, Dr. M. C. Cassel clinic and the Empire hotel.-.was made July -1 by Harry E. and Jennie M. Peltz to Carl F. and Rosa-Wal-ther of Portland. -This building was-? constructed -by Peltz in 1924, after sale of his wholesale tobacco business which is now known as' the Pioneer Tobacco company. V The iPeltz came to Klamath Falls in March, 1905,-from Penn sylvania, Peltz.- being- interested in timber at .that time.y. He built, the first apartment house in this city in 1906, and this' building still stands a"t the corner of Sixth and Pine, known as the Hamel apartments.' Mr.- and' Mrs. -Peltz recently sold the ,- Audley i apartments at Eighth and Walnut, which they built in 1930,, to Raymond H. and Margaret Bigger of Klamath Falls., After 39 years of residence In this city, the Peltz left Thursday morning for Ashland where they will reside, in hopes of benefit ting Peltz'.. health;v They have purchased. a home: at 476 Beach street. . . -. Marine Band to Play at Store j The Marine Barracks band will play at- the Country Store, in-'the Vox' theatre -building, in connection with the opening of this war bond feature tonight. Concert by the band Is slated at 7:30 p. m. The store will open at 7 d. m. Merchandise continued to pour In today for the store and a big sale Is ' expected. Most of the Items are in" the. "hard-to-get" class, and will be priced 'in war bonds. Those who buy bonds under this-plan will take , home the . ' nylons, hams, beverages, linens, etc., free. ' '. , : - - This program was arranged by the retailers committee of the Fifth War Lon' campaign. . mm, .- .I Dead in IMnstlfng Circus fire ficials'said It was Impossible im mediately 'to attempt any Ident- ficauon ot tne dead. --'.? ;". iiai uuver, press representa tive for the circus, said that there was nothing combustible used' bv ther circus "where -'the fire started, nor any wires. The' wires used for lighting are un derground -and' dead 'through ducts about 23 feet from where the fire started. Governor Baldwin ' said-' that the -state" war council had -been mobilized to make available, all medical service and sunolies oos- sible. - State -institutions such , as the state hospitals in Middletown and Norwich,- the Rocky Hill Veterans home, the state-prison, Undercliff sanatorium- in Mer- iden and the- state - school for boys-at Meriden were- sending doctors, nurses and first aid sup plies. - - . ' Some' eyewitnesses said " the circus 'lot : on'. Barbour"' street quickly became a scene of wild est- confusion. 'They reported women .without . shoes, their stockings torn, wandered in . a daze on the-lot, frantically call ing ior tneir children. . , - Every drug store in the neigh- (Continued on; Page Two), Heavies Attack German Sector LONDON, July 6 (P) Around 1000 U.i- S. heavy bombers, at tacked northwest Germany.' en emy air fields in France and fly ing bomb grounds in the Pas-de-Calais -department today - while medium - and light bombers- as saulted railroad lines. leading to the Cherbourg front. The RAF. in - great strength bombed the robot platforms on the channel coast and the- rail center of Dijon, 160 miles south east of . Paris. -,. . .... . - Flying Fortress and Liberator targets - were not - immediately De Gauffe o FDR on WASHINGTON, July 8 HV General Charles- de Gaulle, ar riving today on- a dramatic mis sion to improve United s States French relations,- will have at least two conferences with Pres ident Roosevelt during his four day visit. . The first will occur shortly after his arrival and will begin the round of ceremonies and so cial functions designed to demon strate government goodwill to wards De Gaulle personally. ' Preliminary .indications from both -French- and American sources indicate that a show of good will and friendly relations is likely to be the main initial accomplishment of the: French leader s talks with, the president and . other American - officials. This may later be translated into specific 'arrangements now lack ing between this government and the . French national committee. British government officials 1 Doughboys Withdraw From Railway ' ' In City By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME HRAnoriARTll- ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 6 UP) Three mora tinvbnm Watm follon rV t.t ' r- Omni- TJ Tlrarllcv'a fnnl.ui,.l.a . -.w WUK1U11IJC merican infantrymen, flanking La Haye du Puits, the German? western ancnor point in Norman dy, supreme - 'headquarters" an. nounced today, and the French unHererniinH nrmv hn. 1IVu whole sections of France.' -: -'ine Americans- took Glatigny. four mllp. .ni i lh.i-.-o. nt r - : - - - lla J w and Scorman,. nearby, in- the sec tor near the west-coast, 'while six miles east Of : the -besieged mcy capiurea ja uutie, ao vancing their lines to the edffa frf -thA mnran . lhB. U.M1. j Z u.c . .mm. ais um Goj-ges. : tv i mar aw - " Haye, however, front line . dis- who. hacLcaptured-the . railway ovawuit mcic wimqiew temporary ily, -to wait for further progress w". m- -lauiuf, . i. a - . j, i ' Field dispatches said the great, est progress was made on the' Carentan-Periers -road where a 2000-yard advance resulted "in the ranttir nt .r-nlnt it 11 southwest of Carentan. : . . ; . '" -, ; Hit Back Tlllf thm naman. Ml' 1 strength, regaining 800 yards and late in the day the American! were reported holding on. just While the supreme commanoT nnnmintwl -torn v . ." - ,g.g .square, miles - of Normandy had been! liberated an . average . of - - 49 sanarn. miloo a Aav .1 1 - vasion British and Capadiang mic vo.eA.eecHtr.ai.ine eastern, end of the, battle line clung do wejt pf-Caen, and waged a.bitte?" fight foi-a no-man'srland ' airfield StrpWintf tVio k&ln ill' ii bV. -French nir-inr- supreme -command In a special " (Continued on Page.Two) . VonRuhdstedt Replaced: .' ' IjONTlOVVli T,,i "i ..id. , lin announced tonight that Mar shal- KarU RudOlph; von Rupd stedt;. . commander; of - German forces in the west, had been re placed by Marshal Von: Kliige. . i rem auorsnai ouentner von TCTutrtf- T,,Krt l-j into Cologne when Germany re occupied the Rhineland in-1936, yw uiu ucLause voa.ituna QtHf n. in : 111 l.-al.t. ' :j . mi uwuiocuu a broadcast - dispatch purportedly uusuiaung jrom aoou Jiiuer g headquarters. - ' : - . . "In a cordial letter - Hitleir thanked Rundstedt for his serv- Iron an J .l.i.alul l. U.... a new command for him in the near' future,", 'DNB said. Cruisers Shell ; Mariana Islands NEW. YORK, July 6 m The Tokyo radio said today that, a- force of United Sta.tes truisers had shelled Tinian and Guam islands .. yesterday - a n 4 that i two - other islands ln th Marianas Rota and Pagan-u ha'd 'heen attacked hv ArncrinaW planes,-'--:---: : ',. -.The broadcast, recorded ' by the , I e d e r a 1 communications commission, - described -; the at tack - upon , Guam .as a ''com. bined . operation," with . about 120 - planes ' blasting the island wnue tne-cruisers nammerea u with high" explosives in the morning and again in the after noon... . V - .1 ' ' Rota was - hit - by '. 20 . to .30 planes and Pagan by two waves of 20 planes each, Tokyo-said. Confer With Visit to States and representatives of the com m It tee in London have produced one' possible formula to fit- into the avowed policy of this government- hot -to recognize the com mittee as a -government until ihe French people have so accepted it. - - ' This formula calls for the civil administration of French terri tory - behind the" allies lines, which would virtually assure the committee of the executive right to rule In France but would avoid naming it as a government. The agreement covers property, own ership, currency i questions and arrangements for arming French forces -in France. . , -: -' The British and French have not signed the draft. The British alone cannot make it binding oa the allied commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and they warn it signed by this country as Well as Britain so that it will be. binding. .; ) x V ': L
