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July 11, 1944
Max. (July 10) 82 Mln. ...48
Precipitation, last 24 hours 00
Stream year to data 9.89
Normal 11.97 Last year ...17.78
Forecast! Cloudy.
ACCEPT
DEMO
r-. CU-.II
merican imps jubh
Islands South of
' Saipan
I.;1. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
LiERS. I''-rl Harbor, July
' .imrk Ires I l)IPW
I."?", d Slu over the week-
82m .S i o . lew tl.nn
ifmlto wiilli o' Saipan, which
"Pii-.-..iiirml by American
lhcl ,H lh, c iico Jpii look tho
ion.d'1 " .. ii 11)41. amim
L-Una w ; . , ,, ,3 whl0
tint w" , ,;"v.v. 1.,
She Saipan iaiuiiim i"-
T'Pcnrl lliirbor communique
a'VP" noaltlcin
E nd small craft .long
ithe bcac i".
lsianas m
Planes of ft carrier ii.k
&rS .iM boh, Ou.m
n.. . unnri IV Willi uuiiiuoi
1. . - 1. 1 i 1 11 1- 1 1 I tw 12 U II HrO
One carrier piano was lost, but
destroyer rcscusu u "".v- .
a ...... . who Hllcecl
ntly through ihe Marianas by
Inking Saipan nunwa uuwi
1. .... i.rt iimniiPitit unifier It
nd straiiiilors l large on that
ulind. Belated enemy civilians
1I10 were trickling In to ur
render. .
Attack Basea
finuhllp. Liberator! from
L..-i -...1 tfn..lli.uMt Parlflc
ccnum " puu.nn... -
base collaborated upon nttacka
(Continued on rago iwo;
Bond Sales Soar
To Five Million 1
1 1 w
Dollar Mark
RcmiIU of the bond sales In
the Fifth War Loon drive for
Klamath county nro driving tho
totals itlll further over tho
$3,815,000 quota not for tho
county, according to Joe Hicks,
Fifth War Loan drlvo chairman.
Totals have soared to over
J5.0OO.OOO today with results
itlll coming In. Bonds sold up
until July 20 will bo counted
In' the final figures, although
Ihe drlvo Is officially ended.
E bonds sold , on the payroll
saving plan are still yet to be
completely tabulated and it Is
expected tho results will drlvo
tho figures even higher.
Judge U. E. Boeder, chairman
of the bond sales for county em
ployes, has announced that tho
quota of $8300 has boon exceed
ed by $300, and other reports
nave verified tho fact that most
individual quotas have been
flllcd,
Travelers Left
Stranded
SEATTT.I!' T..1.. 11 m A
practical example of what travel
jnd government officials recent
ly have warned occurred last
"Wit when numerous civilian
Slcr" ,wcro loft stranded In
Seattle railroad stations. ;
.?urods of naval officers
irtifu loiS " lcavc 'fom an un
H"ccd .''"P that reoched
2lSoJ"ld a'tcr mor than 20
of m,sc?.in sevcral theaters
bn,?,Mllled th0 caches of cost-&GreJ,t,orthern-
Northern
ffi n,d Mlwaukeo trains.
t Dfchoice of
Wallace Reported
her h,,,"lr Rsvelt sold to
cent . fhuand s decision to ac
to her. Urthtcrm waa 811
news
'iMUadv1.' knw ' u- e
"'esc lETX oosn't discuss
ISCUSf
add'
d, "Mn mc sno add-
docs, bu, yn,Pe.opl. lhlnk that ho
1 ee It It, iEP dccl,l,P 18 when
" m tho papers."
toss of Sub
Announced
July u ml
HSement
PRICE 5 CENTS
leiing
f . ' t - , 1. j ' 1
5 , . . " .
' ' , ) - ' ' '
Shown above la the new marine gymnasium that will provide .recreation for the boys sta
tioned at the Marine Barracks. The gym Is nearing completion. Two' basketball courts of ordi
nary sise are contained In the gym and a court equaling that of any college it contained length
wise. In addition a six-lane bowling alley for use of the marines Is insldje one-of. the wings.
Grand Jury Indicis Indian
For Second Degree Murder
An Indictment, of second de
cree murder. was brought in by
tho grand Jury at tho close of
Its session Monday; against Imo-
gono Fisher, Klamath Indian
Woman. "In "conndctlon" with Hie
Willkie Views !
Not Submitted ;
NEW YORK, July 11 m
Wendell L. Wlllklo sent-a draft
of a proposed platform to the
recent republican national con
vention but his views which
differ from those In the adopted
platform wcro not submitted to
the delegates. . 1
Tho 1B40 republican presiden
tial nominee, who last night
mado public tho text of the docu
ment, said his representatives In
Chicago wcro unablo to offer his
proposals due to tho speed with
which tho convention disposed of
tho platform.
Ticket Booths "
Burn at Field
Two ticket booths . at ' Modoc
field burned about 6 o'clock
Monday evening and about 13
feet of fence was also charred by
the- blaio.. Origin of the fire is
not known, according to the fire
department and KUHS officials.
. The fire department was also
called Into yesterday afternoon
and evening to extinguish two
fires, one on Van Ness ond the
other on North' Second. Thoro
was no serious damage.
Kefso Veneer
Company Burns :
KELSO. July 11 (VP) The Kel
so Veneer company, where about
20 persons were employed on
war contracts, was destroyed by
fire last night. Tho loss was es
timated by P. J. Landry, presi
dent of tho firm, at $20,000. :
Sevcral roof fires which start
ed as tho brisk wind blew fire
brands over a wide area of North
Kolso were quickly under con
trol. , '
Rall'trafflc on the Seattle
Portland main line was stopped
for about a half hour. ;
Shipyard Worker
Admits Slaying
: SEATTLE, July 11 (A5) A 31-year-old
shipyard worker, his
arms and wrists slashed, was
under guard In a hospital hero
today after ho confessed, officers
of a protty 14-ycar-old school gir
noignuor in nor. oumuuiii.
Tho girl, Harriott Loulso Llnd
ulrnm. was anffHcd with a rayon
blouse, stabbed through the
mouth and beaten aooui. mc iw
with an Iron stove shaker. She
was . tho only child of Mr. and
Mrs.. C. R. Llndstrom, who
moved here recently from Miami,
Fla. The father is a Booing air
craft worker,
' Prosecutor Lloyd Shorett and
Sheriffs Capt, ., Wesley Miller
nti va UntiAi-llncr nrimlttcd the
oniu h-m.ii"o
killing: after rallying from a
suicide attempt. . :
In Th Shattia
Gymnasium Nears Completion
fatal stabbing last month of Wat
kin Davis, also an Indian.
Mrs. Fisher had previously
been held under a first 'degree
murder charge. Arraigned in cir
cuit court Tuesday morning, the
defendant took time to plead. She
will appeor to enter her plea be
fore Circuit Judge Dovld R. Van
denberg Monday, July 17. at 10
a. m. 1 - , :
.-Three other-true bills were re
turned by the grand Jury yester
day evening. An- indictment
charging him with rape was
brought in against Orblc Coplln.
Allen Virgil Whorton was In
dicted by the grand Jury on a
(Continued on Pago Two) . ,
Chinese Troops
Recapture Town
CHUNGKING, July 11 (JP)
Chinese troops attacking the
outer ring of Japaneso defense
flung around the Hunan pro
vince rail city of Hengyang have
recaptured Yungfcng, 45 miles
to the northwest, the Chinese
high command announced to
night .
The communlquo made no
mention of tho new Chinese of
fensive launched to the north in
Hupeh province, but declared
that In the south, in Kwanrtung
province, fighting continued
abovo Tslngyun, 40 miles north
west of Canton.
Allies Lose .
1284 Aircraft
Supreme headquarters
allied. expeditionary
FORCE, July 11 (P) Allied' air
forces flew approximately. 158,
000 sorties from British and
French bases In tho first month
of the Invasion and lost' 1284
craft In all operations, supreme
headquarters announced today.
The fliers destroyed 1067 Ger
man plnnps in the air.
Lt. Hamm in Siaies Again
, After Adventure in Europe
Plenty glad to be back: In tiic'i
United States again is f irst li.
Lowell Hamm, who has just re
cently returned from duty with
the air corps In Italy. .
,Lt. Hamm'. has had a lot ;of
Interesting experiences since he
left the States. He was reported
missing in April when he had to
bail out of his crippled plane in
a raid over Ploestl, Hungary, but
a month later he was back at his
base. , Details of his trip back
can't be told until after the war.
-. He was a bombardier on a B-17
and had completed 12 missions.
When , he parachuted, it was tho
first jump he had ever made
from a plane. ' -
His, family, Mrs. Ethel Hamm
and sisters Vesta and Velma, are
now living in Portland; He spent
two weeks with them and then
visited with Klamath Falls
friends until this last Sunday. ,
Lt. Hamm has lived In Klam
ath Falls most of his life and
Is a Klamath Union high school
graduate. Ho was also art em
ployo of. tho Merild and News
for some, time. . ,. ..,
- Caneadc Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
YANKS WORK NORTH
' ' Bv NOLAND NOROAARD
' ROME. July 11 '(PiErriAldy:
Ing - encircling atactics against
stubDemiy-dcicnaea ananeavuy
fortified German strongholds,
American .troops .were, w.orking
their way steadily northward to
day In a bfdad enveloping, move
ment -aimed atj. the. key Italian
port 0: Livorno iL.ognorn.
. Allied headquarters announc
ed that fifth army- forces naa
by-passed, tho town of Lajatico,
21 miles southeast of Livorno in
one Dhase of this movement and
had . stabbed on ahead against
fierce opposition .
',' , By-Pass Pomaja .
A similar operation resulted
In -the bypassing of Pomaja,
about eieht miles inland from
the Italian west coast and ' ap
proximately midway between
Lajatico and' the coastal town of
Castiglloncello. . Troops which
drove around Pomaja on the east
subsequently captured the vll
; (Continued on Page 'Two)
Deseret News
Speechless .
SALT, LAKE CITY, . July 11
(PI Tho Deseret News, an In
dependent dally' owned by the
Latter-Day Saints (M or nvo n)
church, today published the fol
lowing In columns one and two
at- the. top. of its editorial page:
"The same old hat In the same
old ring." . .. v . . -.
"WASHINGTON (VP). Roose
velt 'Will 'accept fourth term.
(This Associated Press flash- was
received .this morning at . 9:30
o clock from the nation's cap!
tal." .; .' -t .
Four and one-half -inches of
double column white' space fol
lowed. ... v. ....
' Then: ; ,'; c ;''.' ' .lt'-.-,"';
"The surprise was so great.,we
were rendered speecniess.
' He left Sunday for . a Santa
Monica redistribution . center
where he will be reassigned.
1
Lt. Lowell Hamm
TUESDAY, JULY II, 1944
British Forces
Occupy Western
Bank Of River
' By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE. July 11 IP) American troops bursting forward in new
offensives sluqged today to a point .within two miles of St. Lo,
junction-bastion of central Normandy, and zipped through nasi
defenses in two sectors farther west, on their flaming 40-mile
front.
In eastern Normandy. British-Canadian forces struck ahead
a mile across the Orne river east of Caen against the Germans
making a fierce stand in the suburbs of Vaucelles, and occupied
the west bank of the Orne on a four-mile stretch from Caen's
outskirts.
U. S. troops and tanks, advancing under a pulverizing artil
lery barrage, gained from two to three miles in the drive on St.
Lo, and other doughboys farther northwest also pounded for
ward, seizing four towns in a few hours. -
One of these columns strik
'. Friends were saddened by the
news today of the passing of
Mrs. W. B: Barnes, pioneer resi.
dent of Klamath Falls, at her
home on South Fifth street Tues
day morning.
Mrs.'. Barnes was a native of
Irbhton, Missouri, and came itq
Ktamith Falls In 1904;. At' the
iimf-nf 1ier- death she was 73
year .old,- She hai been. a life.
long memrjer 01 me meinoaiai
church and was ictive In church
circles. :
Surviving are her widower;
William B.- Barnes;, two . sons,
Marion of Olene, and Major Zed
Barnes, with, the army air corps
in -China; -one daughter,. Mrs.
Webb Kennett of San Jose; and
three grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Funeral is under . the direc
tion of the Earl Whitlock Funeral-
home- and v arrangements
will be announced later. . ,
Oregon Vote on
Vice President
Uncertain
PORTLAND,. July : 11 (JP)
Neither Willis Mahoney-nor any
other person knows how the Ore
gon delegation to .the national
democratic, convention will vote
on the vice presidential nomina
tion, Thomas R. Mahoney, dele
gation chairman, declared today.
"That will be up to the entire
delegation- when it meets in
Chicago," said Chairman Ma
honey. . Willis Mahoney, demo
cratic cahdidate for U. S.' sen
ator from Oregon, was quoted In
Washington yesterday as predict
ing the delegation will favpr re
nomination of Vice President
Wallace.
Move on Pasto
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 11
(P) Minister of Government Al
berto' Lleras Camargo announc
ed today that loyal troops were
moving on Pasto in southern Co
lombia,' where President Alfonso
Lopez was held prisoner by a
group-of rebellious army-offi.
.cers. -'....'.'. ' ;
Lleras Camarffo declared . the
troops from garrisons in Tuquer-
res and lplaies would-., ','sutio
cate the subversive movement."
Tho people could be assured, he
said, that the situation -will be
"totally, controlled. . .
- Numerous army garrisons and
firominent Colombian military
caders declared their loyalty to
the president. i'
. (In Santiago, Carlos Martinez
Barrero, charge d'affaires at the
Colombian embassy, said his in
formation indicated . the disor
ders in Colombia were localized
in one small area).
Prisoners Arrive
At Camp Adair :
SALEM, July 11 () ' A
company of less than 200 Italian
prisoners arrived at Camp Adair
last Friday to work at salvage
operations in the cantonment,
Capt. Douglas McKay, post pub
lic relations officer, said today.
- McKay , said he does not know
whother more prisoners will be
received at the camp.
ing south from Carentan cap-
tured La Maugerie and La Rose
rie four miles from P.eriers,. and
another bitting west- from the
vire rtvjer seized Haur'Verney
and Le." Mesnil-Augot, '..three
miles beyond fallen St. Jean de
Daye.
These two blows were coordi
nated with the new offensive
against St. Lo., jumping off at
dawn and closing, on .the town
from two directions. The dough
boys pushed to within two miles
of at. J-.0 against heavy resist
ance by crack parachute troops
ana lorces.- -- - - 1
1 ' Occupy Colambellee "
British troops in - their first
Advance' from-positions east' of
the Orne in several weeks drove
south a mile,-and occupied Co
lonibelles, -on- the' Outskirts of
the suburb of Vaucelles.
Canadians in a fast mop-up
. ; (continued on rage Two;
Marine Warns
Against Peace
Compromise
SAN DIEGO, Calif.. July 11
() L,t. uoi.. tvans Jt Carlson
46, marine raider leader wound
ed in rescuint! a Brooklyn tiri
vate on Saipan. was home today
with words, of caution against a
compromise peace with the Jap
anese. ,.
"It always has been mv nnin.
lop that the Japanese high com
mand has hot always honestly be
lieved it could beat us," said the
veteran officer jn an Interview
at the naval hosmtal.
"But rather they intended to
graD-.au tney could, then hold
on to', it and, If possible, effect
a compromise peace thus retain
ing a large share of the areas
conquered in the Pacific.
"It is just this move, that the
American- people - must avoid
This would mean just a breath
ing spell and the Japanese would
continue their dreams of world
conquest. We must completely
conquer uieir army and navy.".
Snell to Attend
Governor's Meet
V SALEM,' July 11- OP) Gov
ernor Earl Snell announced to
day he would, attend the confer
ehce of republican governors in
St. .Louis August 2 and a.
"He said. Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey telephoned', him a week
ago asking him to attend.; He
quoted Dewey as saying he want:
ed to' talk with" Snell and Gov.
Earl Warren . of California on
west coast problems and pros-
pects.i ........'i .-. . .' - . i
Bomber Fleets Attack Munich Area,
StrikeToulon in Southern France
By GUADWIN HILL
LONDON, July 11 (P) A sky
blackening fleet of 2000 Ameri
can planes .attacked the Munich
area of southern Germany today
while another force of U. S. Lib
erators struck from Italy at Tou
lon In'-the south of France.
. . By .night, .British; Mosquitos
bombed Berlin with two-ton ex
plosives. Some 1100 of the Mun
ich attack force were heavjr
bombers, the rest were fighters.,-
Sixth Attack
' 'Toulon, graveyard of the scut
tled French fleet, lies to the east
of. the Rhone valley, a historic
Invasion avenue; It was the sixth
attack on this port from Italy;
the previous raid being on July
S. Crewmen reported a good pat
tern of bombs on the harbor in
stallations, . ycluding German
submarine pens.
Number 10207
Sib
- To Run Again '
Franklin Roosevelt, today, an
nounced his decision to accept
the democratic nomination . for
presidency, if the nomination Is
offered him. . - '.J . ..
' By The Associated Press
LONDON,, July 11 (PJ-RuS-
sian troops streaming deep into
Lithuania thrust within strlkintf
distance today of the -east Prus
sian frontier- and moved swiftly
toward the Baltic coast in- wide
enveloping advance "Wh rch
threatened to trap two German
armies in the north. ... ;
Russian forces have driven far
ther to the .west -and southwest
beyond Wilno but the garrison
of that encircled city continued
to repel attacks from all sides."
the German communique said..
. Menace Pinsk . ...
other army groups beat toward
the rail center of; riialystoK and
directly menaced Pinsk.-. .The
Germans reported a massive new
soviet offensive in Romania north
of the, rail center of last a drive
threatening the Galati gap and
the Ploestl oil fields, already ex
tensively ruined - by American
bombs. - - - -
The Moscow communique said
the Germans suffered "tremen
dous losses" in -a' general v Rus
sian forward surge an the way
from-the Latvian border to the
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Japs Report ;
lttactV on Guam ;i
NEW YORK, July .11 (fl3)
The Japanese radio, said today
that "a. very (powerful - enemy
fleet, consisting of two. aircraft
carriers and more than 30 cruise
ers and -destroyers are plying
the waters- northwest of Tinian
island" in the Marianas'.;,
The radio report, a' Dome!
asencv advisory recorded by;U.
S. government-monitors, said 90
planes attacKed tne stolen Amer
lean island of Guam in the Mari
anas on July 10 and that cruis
ers and 'destroyers shelled:.Jap-anese-
positions on Guam- while
other aircraft were DomDing Tin
ian and Rota. All are : in- .'the
same island sroup as captured
Saipan, 1465 miles from' Tokyo.
A Swiss communique said sev
en American bombers landed in
thatv country, southwest of Mun
ich. .... ;.-.',..':
: With ' American planes "operat
ing on Munich-and Toulon, Brit
ain's great black-winged Lancast
ers with fighter escorts attacked
flying 'bomb installations, in
northern France, from which' the
nazis dispatched more robots' at
London after dawn. . . . . I.
Weather Foul ' .
The targets were; not Imme
diately identified. Weather w'
foul, forcing Fortresses and Lib
eerators to cast their high explo
sive loads by instrument through
cloud layers. ' .'. ;' . ;
The Munich attack was -the
second massed American blow at
the reich in five days. Last Fri
day, a star-spangled' armada
bombed oil refineries and air
plane. plants around Leipzig, de
RENOMINA
TION
Pjans - -Disclosed In
Letter to; Chairman -'
: ' Hannegan
By HOWARD FLIEGER '
WASHINGTON. July 11 UP)-.
President Roosevelt declared to
day he will "reluctantly, but as
a good soldier" accept renomU
nation by : the democratic na
tional convention and serve an.
other four years in : the . White
House If elected. -.-.,. .
In : a letter - to Democratln
Chairman,: Robert E. Hanneean.
Mr. Roosevelt said he .personally.
wanted to retire and avoid pub
lic responsibilities and the pub
licity that Vfollows. every step'!,
of the president.
bui u tne people command-
me to continue in this' office and
in this war," he added, "I have
as little right to withdraw as the)
soldier has to leave his post In
. . Locked Doors .
The president's letter wan
madeipublie at. a White House,
news . conference ' which . grew
tense with: expectancy' when Mr.
Roosevelt told 99reporters gatn.
ered in his oval office that that
doors "had been locked- A re
porter said that must mean somen
uung important was coming. . v
Another' renorter raisori h
familiar j fourth-term ' Question,
and, grinning Mr; Roosevelt- dis.
closed that .this time the big newi
was coming.
Heeds Letter
He then read his exchanffa n
letters with Hannegan. Han-'
negan wrote the 'president in a
letter, dated-July -10 that enough
delegates to the party conven-
uuu buiiuiib a ween-irom tomor
ro w ' are. committed-' to his ' re
nomination to assure it. - ""
"If - the -convention ' should,
carry this, out, and nominate me
for the presidency, I shall' ac"
cept," Mr. Roosevelt wrote Hani,
negan; . ''If the' people elect me.
T-wiirserve?'"'-' 1
The; president said "he would
prefer. to retire ".but "I will ac-
. ' (Continued .on Page Two)-
Entertainment
Jyforines
Entertaining several hundred
men at- the Marine " Barracks
Tuesday noon was Bert King and
his' group - of: entertainers who
are now appearing at Cal-Ore. '
Helen- Mack on her- accordion
was featured and: the' group pre
sented one-half, hour of musig
for the' men. "; " , ' ' "V - f
... " ; .. . .
Saipan Clean-Up :
In ' Progress i .
WASHINGTON. July 11 (JP)4.
Routing out -Japanese hiding in
hulls of wrecked boats or swim-,
ming -.through .'shallow water,
American troops swarmed over
Saipan Sunday wiping out small
groups of enemy' soldiers- -.
ALtne same time, Adm. Ches
ter W. Nimitz. Pacific fleet . oom
manderrln-chief,: reported today,
warships to the south of the Mar
lanas . . . continued .. -shelling . of
Guam,;former,American base-
Bombardment. of Guam has
been' under way for nearly a
week an,d. could mean- that invas
ion inere is planned. . , -
Nazis Resume ; '
Bomb Attacks
t LONDOW.-July- 11 (P) Fly
ing bombs. started slamming
down, -on: London. and southern
England today after the capital's
first free night from the German
terror weapon in almost a month.
The attacks were below the peak
of previous V assaults. .'- . . ..
-' While the buzz-bomb' attacks
continued on southern.. England,
even these assaults were not as
heavy as they have been and,
damage and -casualties were re
ported light.-, . - '
stroying 114? German planes at
a price of .-36 bombers: and six
fighters.- . ; - ' -
j The Germans told of sky bat
tles over Munich itself, southern
German shrine city of .the nazi
party. . Intense 'flak 'was declar
ed- thrown up at the - attacker's.
Munich (pop: -828,323). Is a rail
way center for traffic, into Italy
and France and a frequent allied
target-.-. It- Is Germany's fourth
city, the capital of Bavaria and
25 miles north of . the foothills
of the Alps.
While one group of Mosquitos
gave Berlin, burghers, anothes
sleepless night,, other formations
of this ,'night '.cavalry of ths
air" coursed over northeast
France harassing German troon
bivouacs and transport. Berlin
said Mannheim, near the reich'!
western border,. was ona of ths
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