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L, IIIICOIKMIHIIIIII , "'
I' T o Germans have nom
H. and therefore huvo
huvo noth
loon IlK!""""',
hint in
" !?." ",. warn, they
r0 oi
..intrnillt.
mi i cli ns If he 111
yOUimB vvij
in iwo UtouHiMxl ycors, off
fend on, the worn. .
filiiii (.ioriliinin. im
",""...i.i.,. .iwiiio Uiut muyljo
I better ilck lliem for good
f 1110 "J '
tip robot, OI courno, i n
Soke In effect, It In a gun
SHOOTS FARTHER and
El. mnre exoloitlvci tliun any
r mm ever built. The fact
t It iin't very ticcurnto now
' dsn that It won't become
re accurate luler.
I is n tnir "
nrc in wnrnirc iu
fK found another rockol-bomb
ncil a few (lays iwck i"
ni The dispatches dliln t
fee It wholly clear whether- It
i only n hhhkkh uwu
nj bonibn to he launched clso-
Irre, Dill wo wem unvi n -
lately.
kriiuii honw bombers drop-
P six-ton block-busters on tho
I, and inier reconiwiHMMii-ii
hnwed that 0110 of the
irk-buslerit had penetrated ono
l ie caves (roin mo ip nu
fclodcd Inside. Tho Germans
lira in worMnqn 10 ihmiu iv
rj. and we hit It goln with
tonners, . .
The siwcd with which tho
rmnns made repairs indicates
itoro Ihey set by incir new
loon, and the iiotorminouun
Ith which we set about destroy-
Hie newly discovered nest
fcves our respect for It.
LOCATION 30 miles north' (at
Paris would bo only about
miles- from London,, und tho
hue of the rocKot uomos is
posed to be at least aou nines.
Ihcv could well bo Inunchcd
Im tho now site or for that
ittcr almost anywhere In
irthorn Krunce. Belgium or
fclland.
EW weapons are showing up
all tho time.
The British launched one at
Alamcln, in Amen, and It has
fcrked out so well that they
ivc been using II rather ex
iislvoly In Normandy. Do
plpllons of it hnvo Just become
nrcsumably.
frit by this time the Germans
Bow all about it.
it Is called tho "f al " tank.
bd was Invented bv a South
Brlcon. A boom Is built onto a
nk. and nt tho end of tho boom
revolving drum. Lcnaths
heavy chain arc attached to
drum, with one end fastened
the other hnno mif free.
hen the drum revolves, the
Ins "flnil" tho tfrnnnrl. px.
Ming mines ahead of It.
TlHIS tho tnnlr nMa am Ita nurn
(Inc-rcmover.
HESE "(Inllcra" were first
UHCd aenlniil Rnmmiil In lin
Mtlc of Africa Snmn nt Ihn
fltlsh tanks cqulnped with tho
Pvico cleared AI.I. Ihn mini.!
lit of tholr path as they wcnl.
ui mum acsiroyea n mines
ouiijie rurK
i Americans think of our
selves as having the bulk of
world's inventive genius,
'o smart thnt nil .trtUf
't others are smart.'
U Was lhn Rl-ltloh whn In.
NW tho tank.
ry.on?u'h' th"y had so
faith In It iimi uh.n it
'8S SOriinff In PtnMnn I. 41..
lit. u , .nnv in i.nu mnv
m it was insufficiently backod
ithP. 'f w?nt lnt0 B'on
r?.u?h..lt' otunlly broko
rough tho German lines tho
oltcd 0U8h couldn,t ox-
rnrTlnd5 us of orne o' our
"-ontlnuod on Pago Seven)
hp Resistance
Polted in Ukhrul
SOUTHEAST
I'lU i
-I l-CVlnn .Ti.l., In nt.
:niicd nn' "XSr" .or"
( insert in Tti u," ""'"inncc nns
Z Vl advance enemy
asio;",u," 10 ooraer of North-
i . i iunin. Arim Hni t i
ou l.i lu.....V' j."".""1 "im
nnnounced todny. n0aaqUar-
m it ho i', P'"11, d miles
lcared nH t0n,clty hflv0 beon
ch rl nkcn IPP""1 also have
aid. 0lBKcn 'he announcement
VlndudoCriCad of thG Joa":
Id Thawnft Ch0DU' Sagabung
w umwod Jfi rom?, opposition
Ion i and 'l.h lfl?,Iatlon, dlspor
"ards loft rUotlon i0( ror
fawal'of hi!QiCOvor h.e wlth
Islons'i 31,1 and 15th dl-
isiona" " 1
"w lu mm niniia f
quarters
"liltlvl'ly tlt under th.
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Reds Capture
Two Towns On
Polish Front
PAGE 1 2 COL 3fl I1LACK LEAD REDS
LONDON, July 10 (I'l Marshal Joioph Stalin in an order
of tho day announced tonight the capture of Slonim on tho road
to Blalvstok in Poland.
The Important railway center of Lunlnlec (Lunlnoti) in the
north of the Prlpyat marshes 30 miles east of Plnslc also were
captured.
Slonim is 28 miles west of Baranowlcie and 85 mllos east of
Blalystok and was doscrlbed In Stalin's order of the day as a
large communications Junction and powerful strongpolnt of Ger
man defenses.
Lunlnlec Is at the crossing of the Cornel-Brest Lllovsk and
Wllnorowne railroads.
Troops of the first WhlU Russian front which captured Slo
nlm forced the 8hara river along a sector of 37 miles in the bulg-
.-.. iwnHiu in uuinwtiwrn
TAKE NAZI
POINT IN ITALY
By NOLAND NORGAARD
HOME, July 10 ll'i Overcom
ing dogged enemy rcslstonco,
American infantrymen who yes
terday captured the German
vtronghold of Vollorra hnvo knif
ed forward another four miles
and driven a significant wedgo
In tho German defenses fronting
tho so-called "gothlc line," allied
headquarters announced today.
Tho action of tho doughboys
in driving tho nazis from Volter
ra was described officially as a
setback to tho enemy's intention
of imposing tho maximum delay
on the fifth army's drivo toward
the Arno river, In which are sit
uated the cltlos (if Florence and
Pisa.
Progress Slow .
Proiircss. however, remained
slow along tho . eiitlro lUillim
front as tne ucrmim continued
to mass guns and troops and
to fight desperately from every
vantage point.
On tho west coast, on allied
spokesman said, American troops
mucin an odvanco of unspecified
distance toward Llvorno (Leg
horn) despite heavy enemy fire
of all kinds and widespread dc-
(Continued on Page Three)
$? 12,500 Sold
In War Bond
Country Store
Tho 'country store sponsored
by the Fifth War Loun drive
committee closed Saturday night
with o total of $112,500 worth
of K bonds being sold through
that project, according to Joe
Hicks, chairman of the Fifth War
Loan drive.
All remaining articles were
auctioned off Saturduy night
with very successful results.
Bonds were sold In this manner
which would probably not have
boon sold In other circumstances,
Hicks said.
Ted Reeves was chairman of
the country store and the original
idea belonged to Sid Elliot. Both
men arc members of tho Klwanis
retail committee. The store was
carried on with tho cooperation
of local merchants, who helped
to mako tho enterprise a success,
ho reported.
Japanese-Yanks
Fight in Italy
ROME, July 10 (fl5) Tho 42nd
regimental combat team, compos
ed of American soldiers of Jap
anese origin, is participating In
tho fifth army's attacks along
tho west coast sector of Italy to
ward the Port of Llvorno (Leg
horn), It wts announced official
ly today. .
"This force, with tank support,
smashed Into enemy positions
July 0 In tho fnce of determined
resistance," said an allied spokes
man. "Spearheading the assault
was the 100th battalion, a unit
which has performed brilliantly
throughout tho entire Italian
campaign." -.-..
Liner Grant Lost
In Pacific
' SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 UP)
The- former 'round-the-world
liner President Grant hns been
lost on a submerged reef in the
Pacific with no loss of life.
The war shipping administra
tion (WSA) snld the 13,050-ton
vessel grounded only 10 miles
from its undisclosed destination.
The merchant marine crew ar
rived In San Franclscp Saturday
after aiding salvage of the ship a
supplies and equipment. For 100
days tho crew labored to work
the Grant free and was on the
verge of success when a great
wave struck her broadside,
cracking foer ln tw0,
ironiiers oi c.ast Frussla
JO uio norm. Uril s i nrrss
reports said, Kusslnn vanguards
had spurted to within 00 miles
of the German frontier by
sweeping northwest past Wllno
(Vltnu), where the red army
had driven the German garri
son into the center of the city.
Storm Past Flanks
Russian columns racing west
ward at startling speed stormed
past the Wllno flanks to the
nearest approach to East Prus
slu. Northward, tho Soviets ripped
through the German Wllno-
Douitavpils Loje, penetrating to
Utcna, more than 20 miles, into
pre-war Lithuania. The soviet
plungo mross the Lithuanian
glalna toward Mcmcl - on the
altic could cut off more than
60,000 square miles, nn area
larger than Georgia, garrisoned
by a force estimated in London
at 4U ticrmun divisions.
Narrow Corridor
Red troops hud cut a 70-milc
gap in German lines strung
down from the Baltic sea and
narrowed the land corridor be
tween tlio brench and the
to. less than 120 miles. -
The Moscow radio assertod
that German and Lithuanian
troops mutinied In Wllno and
Kaunas. The latter city, capital
(Continued on Pago Three)
The lliuul to
Mlerlin
By The Associated Press
Mileages on tho routes which
allied armies are travelling to-
wnrn nernn now rcna:
(1) Russian front 470 miles
(measured ln a direct line) from
a point just north of Kowcl).
(2) Italian front 610 miles
(from near Ancona on the Adri
atic).
(3) Normondy front 635
mncs tirom cacn).
Horse Bothers
Eugene Council
EUGENE, July 10 (IP) Mrs.
Lauranco Muslck and her horse
hod tho Eugcno city council in
a dither today. ,
Mrs. .Muslck, market-bound,
parked her steed on a main
street. Sho was ordered to re
move It.
"By what ordinance must I
move it?" sho asked,
A search of the city's laws
failed to disclose any support
for the order.
. The council meets tonight,
and likely will decide about
horses being parked on a main
street. .
Second Lt Royce Smith
Reported Prisoner of War
Lt.
Smith
NEWSMASHES
AGAINST JAPS
NOWPOSSIBLE
Yanks Wrest Saipan,
Noemfoor From
Nipponese
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July
10 (I') Vast new possibilities of
sea and air smashes toward Jap
an and the 1'hlllpplncs surged
Into view today with the con
quest of Suipan and Noemfoor
islands in the western Pacific.
Onrushing American forces
wrested Saipan Saturday from a
terrified Japanese garrison trap
ped on the island s northern tip.
It full 24 hours after allied forces
under Gen. Douglas MacArthur
completely took over Noemfoor
near New Guinea's northwest
end.
First Details
Associated Press War Corre
spondent Rcmbert James repre
senting - the combined allied
press, came through with the first
details of the savage bitter-end
struggles of the trapped Japan'
esc . offered on Saipan.
"Organized Japanese resist
ance ended just before dusk yes
terday (Saturday)," ho wroct.
"Civilians were surrendering by
the hundreds.
Baiter Hole
"In 25 days of battle American
forces had battered the first great
hole in Japan's inner defense
ormor and carried the war more
than 1000 miles westward. '
"From Saipan American
" (Continued on 'Page Three)
Cor nett. Safe .
In England After
Being Missing
Lt. Jack Cornett; fighter pilot
who was reported missing ln ac
tion over France in May, has
made his way back to- his unit
in England and is safe, accord
ing to word received by his wife,
tho former Marianne Carter, to
day. The amission on which Lt. Cor
nett was reported mLsslng took
place on April 27. Mrs. Cornett
had received word from a friend
that Jack was unhurt but had
no further details except from
the war department, telling her
he was missing in action.
The details of Lt. Cornett's re
turn to England can not be made
known now.
Cadden Injured
In Collision
Injured when his motorcycle
and a car driven by R. Palone
collided Sunday morning was
Roy S. Cadden, 20, who suffer
ed cuts and bruises.
. Cadden was driving his motor
cycle at Spring and Main streets
next to the' Big Basin Lumber
company when the accident oc
curred. He was taken by Wards
ambulance to the Klamath val
ley hospital for treatment, and
is reported in good condition to
day.
Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Smith today learned in a tele
cam from the war department
that their son, Second Lt. Royce
E. Smith, is a prisoner of war In
Germany.
Lt. Smith was reported missing
In action over Germany In Jan
uary of this year and this is the
first word that the parents have
heard since that time. He was
a pilot on a bomber based in
England. He was sent to Eng
land in December, 1943. -
Before entering the army air
corps, ho was employed by tne
Big Lakes Box company and the
Klamath. Moulding company.
'Ike' Predicts
Long Fight
NEW "YORK, July 10 (()
Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower pre
dicted "lona and bitter fighting
before final victory," a pooled!
broadcast irom nis supreme
headquarters said today.
Merrill Mueller, NBC reporter
at uisennowers neaaquariers,
said Elsenhower warned against
growing optimism over the pro
gress qt Billed arjwes,)n fturopo.
, , hi-tut t im n-l-M " " w 11 . WllhaW
' ' , ' ' 7 ' '
, ;,' '''Jr"'" '' ' ;
Powerful ships of a U. S. navy task, force stand at anchor in a harbour somewhere in the
Pacific ready lor turtner attacks on Japan s elusive fleei. Carrier, more than rune of which ap
pear in the group, dominate this force. (AP Wirephoto from Nary) .. ,
Donald Angus McDonald, 73,
of
Fort Klamath, was killed
early Sunday morning, the vic
tim of a hit and run driver, in
an accident occurring just this
side of that city. Facing man
slaughter charges Monday, was;
Joseph Thomas Mclnturff, 39,
who was varrestcd. by--state- po
lice Sunday afternoon.
The elderly -McDonald, who
was an employe at the Weed
ranch near- Ft. Klamath, was
struck by an automobile near
the city limits sometime between
2 and 2:30 a. m. Sunday. Driver
of the death car did not stop at
the siene of the accident, ac
cording to officials.
State police and the sheriffs
office were called to the scene
and shortly after noon on Sun
day state police picked up Mc
lnturff, who, according to offi
cers, is woods superintendent for
Big Lakes Lumber company, Mc
lnturff was committed to the
county jail and Monday the dis
trict attorney's office filed man
slaughter charge against the de
fendant. Yanks Shell
Guam, Says Tokyo
By The Associated Press
The Tokyo radio said today
American cruisers and destroyers
shelled Japanese positions on
Guam island yesterday in con
junction with a bombardment by
more than 70 U. S. war planes.
The islands of Rota and Tinian
in the Marianas - also - were
shelled by American warships,
said the broadcast, recorded by
the Associated Press;
Wallace Silent .
On Politics
SEATTLE, July 10 () Vice
President Henry A. Wallace re
fused to discuss either the po
litical implications of his Asiatic
trip or the coming election with
newsmen before his nationwide
address here yesterday.
To all questions pertaining to
these subjects Wallace 'gave the
same answer:
"I am making no comments
until I have talked to the presi
dent." Wallace said he would "report
certain definite facts which 1 am
not at liberty to discuss here."
Chinese Launch
Hupeh Offensive
CHUNGKING, July 10 (P)
Chinese troops have launched a
large-scale offensive in : south
ern Hupeh province,5;; making
considerable progress , against
designated objectives, the Chi
nese high command -announced
tonight, without disclosing the
area of the new drive.
his push was nrobably di
versionary, to prevent further
reinforcement of the Japanese
in Hunan province to the south,
where bloody fighting still con
tinued in the suburbs of Heng
yang. -A
communique declared sev
eral hundred Japanese were
killed south of Llling, 78 miles
northeast of Hengyang, where
the Chinese sought to penetrate
the invaders' flank and strike
hjs overland supply lines.
Naval Might In The Pacific
4 4yvy y?
One Killed in Emergency
: Landing oti Klamath Marsh
Emergency landings made by
two navy torpedo bombers on
Klamath marsh about 60 miles
north of Klamath Falls Sunday
took the life of Ensign . Richard
A. Baker , of . DiUsburg, Pa., ac
cording to naval authorities here.
The : two planes 'were tiying
i.'.'.v y w,1'. i' "
Officers Search
Park Area for ;
Four Men :
Local law enforcement officers
Sunday- spent -most of - the day
and early evening searching the
area around -the -east entrance
to Crater Lake nark." Officers
had been '" notified - earlier that
four men acting strangely and
seemingly dressed in. what ap
peared to be German prisoners'
uniforms had been seen in that
locality. ' - - -
Sheriff Lloyd Low, who with
members, of the state police and
Special Officer John Arkell,
carried out the search, said Mon
day that no trace of such persons
could be found, nor were there
any tracks .that could . have been
made by four men. . :
Ration-Free
Shoes Released
WASHINGTON, July' 10 (P)
Ration-free sales of odd-lot shoes,
authorized, by the office of price
administration, : began, today in
many shoe stores. The clearance
of broken sizes and other odds
and ends will end July 29.
Dealers "Who- take advantage"
of the . clearance opportunity
must reduce' their-prices in the
sale items at least 25 per cent
under their Tegular ' price as of
June 1.- ' ' : '
Byrnes Off ers
To Arbitrate
WASHINGTON. July ; 10 : UP)
James F.i Byrnes,, director of
war mobilization, has - .offered.
himself as arbiter to. bring a
quick settlement in the contro
versy between-Donald .. M. Nel
son and the armed services
over Nelson's proposed civilian
production program. '
An OWM official, - making
this known .today,, quoted
Byrnes as saying that "if the
matter.- is submitted- to him he
will promptly decide . the is
sues." - v
Partitioning of
India Proposed
BOMBAY, July 10 (A5) A pro
posal to partition India into-separate
Hindu and Moslem states,
thus overcoming the Moslem ob
jections to' plans for independ
ence irom ririusn ruie, nas oeen
made by Mohandas K. Gandhi,
India nationalist-leader,
r Gandhi presented his proposal
to Mahomed- All Jinnah,- presi
dent of the - All-India Moslem
league, through . Chakravarthi
Ratago-Palacharl, former All
India congress - president. Jin
nah .informed Rapago-Palacharl
the DroDOsal would be placed be
fore .the Moslem league's work
ing commute provided uanani
makes the .offer directly Instead
of through an intermediary.
fir - yrs ,
M
from their base in Pasco. Wash.,
to San Diego when one of them
developed engine trouble . and
was ' forced to make an emerg
ency-landing. : Ensign . Baker, a
passenger on the plane, wasi
killed and one other officer and
three- enlisted men escaped with
injuries- . -; :
Trie other, plane made, a land
ing to assist the first and in" do
ing so, became mired down in
the swamp. Four crew members
of this plane were uninjured.
Both planes are considered lost
because it will not be possible to
get them out of the marsh. How
ever - salvage operations have
started from the local naval air
station. ' - !
Soldier Vote
Machinery Set
ALGIERS, July 10 (Ma
chinery whereby thousands of
American troops in the North
African theater will be able to
vote in national and state elec
tions was set in motion today.
Lt. Col. Mark W. Cresap of
Winnetka, 111., the area's soldier
vote officer, arrived and said
he would hold a two-day meet
ing beginning July 12 with his
assistants. . .
Six Unidentified
In Hartford Fire i
HARTFORD. Conn., July 10
(P) Hartford today prepared
to bury its six unidentified dead
as the -death list of the Ringling
Brothers and Barnum and Bai
ley circus fire of Jast. Thursday
mounted to 158.
The unidentified, three chil
dren, ;two women and one man,
will be buried in individual
graves in Northwood cemetery,
Mayor William M.. Mortensen
has announced.
The Hartford hospital morgue
remained ODen. until . 10:30 a.
m: in the hope that a last-minute
: identification of . one , or:
more of the victims might be
made. Then the bodies were
turned over to Dr. Alfred L.
Burgdorf; city health - officer,
and Deputy Police Chief Mich
ael J.- Godfrey.
Women, Children Evacuate
London as Buzz Bombs Fall
By JAMES F. KING-
LONDON, July 10 (IP) The
evacuation of women and chil
dren from London and various
cities in southern England con
tinued in orderly fashion- today
as! the German flying bomb of
fensive went into its 26th day.
More . than 50,000 children
alone, already have been moved
out of t h e immediate danger
zone with only one minor hitch
in arrangements, and that was
quickly solved. The hitch de
veloped when some residents in
raid-free York appeared reluct
ant to take evacuees' into their
homes, but ,the mayor signed a
compulsory . order and within a
few ' hours ' 1600 bombed out
women and children- who had
detrained in that -city were
safely billeted; - - ' . .
Troops Cheer -A
touching scene took' place
at the Central station in Leices
i . v
Yanks Make Six-Mile
Advance , Southwest",
Of Carenton
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 10 UP) Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's Brh
ish second - army, starting to
swing shut the door on German
still., standing , across, the Orno
river in the south suburbs of
captured Caen, seized today a
chain of Normany towns- arid,
strongpoints guarding the ene
my's imperiled flank. . .
To the west, a field dispatch
said, Americans advanced about
six miles in 24 hours southwest
of Carentan, . and moved the
fighting to the neighborhood of
Pont-Hebert, 34 miles northwest
of St. Lo in a coordinated at
tack toward ; the southeast of
Carentan. ' ; '.' . - . '-
Striking in. typical hard-smiting
Montgomery style, the Brit
ish plunged eastward from theie
Odon bridgehead behind .the em
battled Germans in the suburb
of Fauborg de Vaucelles, and
captured Bretteville-Sur Odon a
mile southwest of Ca'en., ; . - '
Eterville, next , in the chairi
and three miles southwest of tho
city; Maltot, four miles south
west, and Hill 112, a bit farther;
southwest, all fell in quick sue
cession in plunges which took
the British within a mile of tha
Orne river. - ' . .. . ."
Squeeze Offensive -
Montgomery's bludgeon, more
than three - miles broad,' was
matched by a British bridgehead
across the Orne to the north and
east of Caen which also- threat-'
ened the last-ditch Germans with
a squeeze offensive, r, . -
The British fought forward
two .miles in this .latest "attacfc
with the objective of. freeing the"
uuviys a, wacii xtviii -uic uucab'
of German-artUlery-rre-so' thaT
(Continued on Page Three)
Court Extends v:y
Petition Deadline I
In Fplkes Case
- SALEM,; July 10 UP)' The
state supreme court today ex
tended to July- 21 the-deadline
for. filing a petition for -rehear-
mg in the -first degree -murder
case of Robert.' E. Lee- Folkea,
22, Los Angeles negro dining
car cook convicted of the knife
slaying a year and a half ago
of Mrs, Martha Virginia: James
as she lay in her berth on a
Southern Pacific passenger
train as. it -sped - through- Linn
county. . -, i
The petition was to hav$
been filed today,. 20 days aftej
the court upheld Folkest'. convic
tion in a 5-2 decision.
. The supreme court - is' in re
cess until September 5,. but. it is
likely that some -of the . judges ,
would come back - to pass, on
the petition.. . ' - .
. Folkes'.-: attorney,: Leroy - L.
Lomax . of , Portland,! has . said
that if the court denies ;the pe-
I ." v- in,. .foVianHncr Vid wnnlrl
appeal to the United States su
preme court. - ; v-., . ,
Mahoney Named i
Head Delegate
PORTLAND, July 10 ' (IP)
State Senator Thomas R. Ma
honey has been elected chairman
of the Oregon democratic dele
gation to the national party con
vention which opens in Chicago
July-19.-:- - - ; '
The delegation moved! to pre
vent members- of the CIO poli
tical action, committee from hold
ing committee posts. - -Mahoney
said a meeting will be held- in
Chicago - July -18 to make final
plans.;' ' ril- ..'' "
ter as several hundred cheerful
children all evacuees pulled
in just -as a hospital : train ar
rived -with a load of wounded
from Normandy. J
The youngsters' - and soldiers)
cheered, each other and the
troops- showered the children
with chocolates and cookies.
It Was a noisy night as the
Germans took advantage of
overcast: skies of Dover strait
to .sneak . their i robot planes
through .the defense wall. Ah
official announcement acknow.
ledged damage and casualties in
both London, and; the southern
counties, - ;. .
. Bombs Shot Down ' " ';
-.- Before darkness set in, how
ever, fighter, pilots were credit
ed with shooting down considerable-
number of the buz
bombs into the sea- -.-..
Despite the blind bombing at.