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Newspaper Page Text' PACE TWO GJ S DESTROY TWENTY TANKS IN SMASHES i (Continued From Page One) two miles of the hinge town of L essay. On the inland side of their front, Lt. Gen. Omar N. Brad ley's men opened another attack at dawn against the road junc tion 01 ot. j-.o, digging out en' . trpnrhpH Rfrmfins with bavonets. They struck from points two miles north and four northeast of at. 10, ana cut ine roau irom ' St. Lo ' northeast to Bayeux in the push closing in from the east Pushed Back To the east, British-Canadian lines were pushed back between Ida rirlnn nnn Hrno riworc anri the village of Louvigny south west of Caen was lost, supreme neaaquariers said, uercnan arm- uiea leaiawtiice nets uecu espewar v strong in thp Caen sector. But the British held solidly to tneir line in xne irans-uaon river salient, and to "Crucifix Hill" northeast of Esquay despite the most violent efforts of Marshal Rommel's 11 divisions to retake it. A whole German regiment of up to auuu- men was liquidated and hundreds were captured. Push Forward Footslogging American first army infantry pushed forward clnurfv nn . mil. fi-nnf halnw the throat of the Cherbourg pen insula wnnin two io lour mnes of tt. to,- important provincial capital of -15,000. St. Andre-de LEpine was by-passed, envel oped, then captured. For the second day running, the GIs struck at dawn but this time after only slight artillery preparation, iney advanced slow ly over soggy fields and marsh land littered with burned out German tanks, thrown swiftly in to the fray. The German inten tion, a front line dispatch said, had been to press with tanks through the narrow beachhead to Isigny on the sea and thus split Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley's front. On the west coast below La Haye du Puits, the GIs cleared the great forest, Mt. Castre, to the southeast. Medium and light American bombers intervened explosively in the ground fighting, striking the fuel supplies of Marshal Rommel's tanks and trucks be- Vlinrl Vio Una TlinV nl.n a...,a . German reserves moving up to aw uu, una (uv a Dridge near Paris. '. ." r Roosevelt Reported Ready to Request Wallace For. Second (Continued From Page One) vention is free to make its own , choice. Lays Weapon Aside Four years ago, he refused to acceDt renominatinn until Wal lace was guaranteed second piace. sut ine president lata aside the weapon he used in iH4u wnen he announced yestep uay uuu; "If tha rnnvpnfinn chnnM nominate me for the presidency, I shall accept. If the people eiect me, x win serve. The 1944 strategy emphasized a belief of many democrats that, with a presidential pat on the back, Wallace will be left to fend mi mmseu against a dozen Otner potential nominees. Thus it InnkK lilra a Iiaha with Wallace in the pole posi- wuii, iui jus uacKers claim ne is assured of 319 of the 589 con vention votes required for re- . nomination. Opposition Exists Plenty of opposition to the lowan exists within -the party, however, particularly in its southern elements. And Capitol iiii iieam vane oi organized cam- lt.lPS Rannla M4.U.. T , Barkley and Supreme Court Jus- frilllom KJ. XJOUglaS. Wallace, just back from a trip to China and Siberia, is staying away from his office. But he is eeing numerous politically minded neorila af hit hntol He lunched with Mr. Roose- veii yesteraay; soon after the latter s fourth term announce- jMcnv, piayea a couple of sets of in yyasnington s searing heat, but had nothing at all to say about his own political posi tion. . . He did issue a statement de claring Mr. Roosevelt's fourth term announcement "a great re lief" to tens of millions of Amer leans and to hundreds of mil lions m the allied world. Classified Ads Bring Results. FERTILIZER! Book your ora-en now and bo sure of flettlng whof you noerf for next seoton ORDER FROM Pacific Supply Co-operative PHONE 4411 Klamath Falls Devout Yank fj s ft f NbA TelepHoto) During the lull in Saipan fighting, this devout Yank pauses for prayer be for ibxapnel-puBctured crucifix in Chamora cemetery, near battered nnrnnan. 1ESE DIVISIONS MEET JIT iGAUn (Continued From Page One) Hertz valleys and south of a line running irom mogaung to Myit- Ajma except tor stuDDorn rem nflnt nf tha Mvitlnrin.. nnnnnH These still are clinging to deep uug pirimeter aeienses DUl tneir elimination is merely a matter oe ume. Mr Irlivilv Considerable air nrtiviiv wac Tenorted ripsnita tha mnncnnn Americans bombed an airfield at Lashio, terminal of the Burma roaa. . r. b A. strong- Japanese force near fv. it i , . wneiu, auutiiwesi oi capturea Ukhrul, has been routed after a twoKJay battle, the Southeast Aisa command announced today, and the position of enemy forces lemaiiiinE in nn 9 wae finely. ed becoming rapidly worse. - iscape routes south and south east ui uxnrui were DiocKed at manv nninllt. Fnllnnrint, nn heels of two, beaten Japanese di- vuiuus, onusn troops nave push ed to Ongshim, nine miles to the southeast, in an advance after me imai dispersal oi enemy units threatening Nohima and the Im- nhal nlqi'n Turkish Entry Into War Eyed In Ankara , (Continued From Page One) should antai fha .nnflll -.. definite idea of precisely what - ...w wiuuvi. U1US wouio De expected of her. Points Unanswered Tha Tnrlr avA ; 1 j . i7 1 rf -""viin;ea mat failure to participate in the war """ oc against tne nation's long-term interests, but they also if failure to get satisfac tion at leant imnn tha lii-d A lu. - -..w iji vi vile tWO DOlntn mpntinnar! minUt- .11 " ...isiiv ic aun. in even greater luture ills. iiie aiuea representatives ad mit both Dointe ara u cause of the uncertainty about ..,. uuat-wai wona ana the ncoiuiiicy oi aiuea military lead ers to revpal t.hpir milifQM. i to a neutral whose capital still is vYciiiui wiui enemy representa Lt. Noble to Leave On New Assignment Lt. .Tapir Wnll. ui: tlons and recreation officer at iiww.b, yuuiiu le H , --"- ""i icave Jlliur5- day for the east coast fnr an overseas assignment. Lt. Noble ci.L Jiii'4' "ucllle since September. 1043 mil ti..-..-u l,. iiHR nppn or I 'am wnVv ha hi. ri""r.";'""su is - - ; oiij' cuntacts witn the npnnlp nt v, nn..ii-,. ,, trict and Klamath Fal a'S' tinn aSl!f CeSSr ?? PUbllc rt- T?2Lnd .rec"ation officer at T,. ; - m. . wayne JV1. T.?te w.h0 a has been at '""""" juiue iasi September Pacific Basin v Co-op PHONE 45 ( of Tulelake on Saipan . y .-y., -nfl-iN. i. i mm Road Commission Denies Lights On South Sixth PORTLAND, July 12 () The state highway commission opened bids on four highway projects today after denying a Klamath Falls reauest for a lighting system along South Sixth. The commission ordered trial run safety tests to determine if it should grant the Curry county Pomona Pranca nirmiceinn in use large trucks on the Lower C i ,: widai mgnway. It took under advisement a request of the North Lincoln county chamber of commerce for curbs along' the Oregon Coast highway at Ocean Lake, Delake and Taft. - Governor Wins Washington Vote SEATTLE, July 12 (a3) Gov ernor Arthur R T.analia the republican nomination for a aetuuu ierm, witn more votes man ail tne other four" candi date.1; in hnth rtartine An .(.... ------ tnu.ua, VII ICbUllla from nearly 2000 of the state's oiot precincts toaay. Democrats nominated Rep Warren Macmicnn nri ,u. -o" uic IC" TlUbllPanc rhnei Tonnm.' ' ' - iHMiiiios tuay ul , naiiji n.. iain, an army major on military leave overseas, to T. , . 11IU111C1 . Honrs Kpaf navf MrniAHakii. UOmDeie Kir U. S Sanatnr NearlV Comnlata rafnmo Uh.' eu a tiuse race oetween Robert n.. narun ana red J. Wettrick fOr the rpnilhlipnn nAmjMnll r- ..uiiiiiiatiuil IOr first district rnnorpecmQn with Hugh de Lacy, Washing- vwii wuuuiiuiiweaitn f ederation president. lpaHin hi. . ft a utoicoi competitor, Howard Costigan. by iur me democratic i;uuit;e. Tofcyo Radio Reports Attack NEW VnBV T.,l it m Tha Ti,r-:vi,"u if. ".w - .w ... a wiuau leportea toaay by the fed erai communications rnmmi.. " sain mat oetween July and 10 "77n .. : Jladi Salded Guara and admitted tliat Soma riamaaa ..tt j : , -"io- va oiuxerea by our side." ,. Tne broadcast asserted 94 of , - !------ . vceu uuwned a Claim fntallir ,,n...u.l ii.i.j . . .. unauuauiiiLiatea Dy American announcements of air A later Tokyo broadcast, also recorded hv tha irrn .,i' j :...Hiioi ueauquariers commun ique as saying that the Japanese S1"" force in the China area had "mi oiaies Planes betwppn .Tiu o i OitWL UllWn I I I ntfnri C71l- - , ". u auu IX against a loss of seven planes. our Enlist In Navy Here PnilH nnxr fJnnU TV . "-j vuav,n lawcS OI 3542 Summers nn hQr. i into the navy with CTgHS w '".niiiav maie urst class according to Dan Schreiber navv recruitine nffipa- ha.- W-Y c iii;i c. I fflWPH SI" Pye of the Southern listed. , " ,u''.elore ne en In ariHifinn' CnUnl1 nounced the enlistment of three mre 17-year-olds. They are Ken- Main oT"?.0' 7 v.68"?..01 14 din i l """'Olin, 1820 Johnson. Jr. VITAL STATISTICS lflMnUAM n . Klamath Falls, Ore., on jni iiTEl HERALD AND NEWS, TROOPS KNOCK LARGE HOLES IN NAZI LINES (Continued from Page One) tactically to the nazis, although M.i.UflM Anntindo ,hnA imiaiikii .ii,iivieu uictt:. (As tha Rllctnnii n a H nn tha narinait railin anm. mentator Kurt Dittmar last night gravely warned the German peo ple that "the suuremp test" now has come, since "the distance between us and the battlefield nas almost vanisneo. Stat nf Alarm (The office of war informa tlnn nnntarl tha fitnalrhnlm nnmc. paper Tidningen as reporting the "hlffhest statp nf alarm' in V.nit Prussia. (Afton Tidningen said the Ger- mans naa ciosea tno ironticrs and mined all approaches, add ine that "tha nnniila faor Rn, sian parachutists will land be- iore tne actual attack on East rrussia. fTha nrtiXa Ha.laraH fiirtha. uim .yiiii iiiiii Tnraian urnrirai-e , East Prussian factories have been shifted to tha intprinr nf r.nr. many because of fears they mignt "attack tne German troops in the back.") Bright hot and clear weather gave the Russian Stormoviks, Boston bombers and the new so viet medium bombers a chance to get out in tremendous num bant affainct tha PatraaliHi, f man columns. An observer just DaCK fmm thP fPftnt caiH tha Stormoviks have been chopping German nnmmnnipatinne tn shreds. This nhfiprupr an allia ntri Cer. Said tha tarrain af Whitn Russia in whtph tha ent,iat nn... are operating is excellent for air avvai.-n. since it is covered witn deen tOrPStS. lkP nnri euramm? forcing an army to use easily seeu unes oi communications targe Increase In Postal Receipts Noted Postal receipts for the first six months of 1944 showed a start ling climb of almost $21,000 over ieieipi5 ior tne same period oi nine last year, according to fig ures disclosed Wednesday by rostmasier Jiurt Hawkins. A tntal nf SQi (11 in i lected by the postoff ice the first nan ui tnis year against. $73r 151.58 fnr tha firct fliv mnntU , --' IflWlllllO of 1943. Recepits for last month a.uue tuiuiea 9ntaoa.ott nearly $5000 more than the figure for 4118.113. ' UUIl-EL J.H4.1. WniPh iitnc CIO Postmaster Hawkins attributed the large increase in receipts this year to the fart that de population has become consid erably larger w.ith the influx of uunsirucuon workers to this area f well as the establishment of uic iri.tfiiiit nnrrnoira inri . . , . . .. Akiiam am liavai air station her Japs Evacuate School Children NEW vnmr t..u. ,n , The Tokvn rVn approximately 300,000 school Cnilflran ha1 U . , i T m , i cc" cvacuateo from Tokyo to rural districts v o m line with the JaDanPSP 0nvArnmBKll. 1 . mova PhilHr 7," ' l against further American air .niua. The brnaHnact .AnnMj.j thP IMPra rnmmiin;A4: ' mission, said that "Thus far, third to sixth grade school chil- -111 imvuig provincial relatives nave nppn nvmniaiij t narnnX 'n . "u "to im portant cities throughout the -. . . ..u mtoi relatives nave .i evauuateo in groups throughout the islands." . Mrs. Emma Dodson Dies In Prineville Worrf hac i j , - ct,civea nere Of the death nf tAni-.. ma Dodson at the home of her Mr" n'ef and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neece (Bertha Dod- ""ii wi i-rineviiie. . . Mrs. DnH resident;? T.i,f."" "J?-1""? mnn L , woftc,'c ana nad made her home here for manv years, attannino "5., , ."7 schoo'is-hiVeT" Funeral jor Mrs. Dodson will be held this Saturday in Prineville. c.nllnnoni Shaw D.llr Box Olllc. Opem 12:30 Now Playing I. 2. ? I L. Ann SHERIDAN Ji Dwai5 MORGAN KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Sailor Bills . I " " I in new roics ana umiorms, Lt. Bill Dickey or Yankees, Icll. ana Ensign Bill Hulse, America's only 4:06 milcr, examine model of ' hattlachin at Naual T-.inlnri CknJ r..l Cl.....l. iPh. Dhhw . ... . . Maim llBllllllj WVIIWI) 1111 WVllUJIli;! , lilt. WIUIIAI Dewey Bricker llf there's anvthmtf in a nama ' isnoum oe a dyed-in-the-wool jitepuuncan, but he's a staunch . t Democrat. Hnwrtvor ha a. Ihe's undecided how he'll vote. rT I ' Two-Weefc Tour Gives Yanks View Of Red Efforts Mosrnw .Tniir 19 im a two-week flying tour of the vast xtua&ian interior oeyond the Urals has given a group of Amer icans a ursi-nann viau, nf thn red army's central Asia arsenal ana an saia tney were impressed oy tne tremendous energies un leashed in the soviet war effort Thp P r n ll n lnalna1 1TH1 jonnsion,, president of the U. S. chamber of commerce, who is now Pn rmtta haplr in Amninn. Bland Calder, first secretary of uie u. o. emoassy, ana lour cor respondents. Robertson Trial Underway In Court Trial wno nnrlonirau iu.j - - . u..vnqj TTCUIIUS lee Robertson who is being tried on a larrnnv hv m hn charge. Robertson is accused of taking in the neighborhood of $300 about a month ago from the Rialto where he was employ ed. The hirv had hoan cnl.,j u.. Handling the state's case is iiiorney u urtn Sise-more- and Deputy District Attor ney Clarence Humble. F. O. Small is attorney for the defense j-nuuii. uuage uavm it. Vanden uuig is neanng tne case. The word "shprrv" pnmac lrnn. SDain. SnaniarHc palla ik: favorite wine "jerez," and Brit ons speiico it "sherris," later cnaiising it to "snerry. Classified Ads Bring Results. Box OI(lc Opem 1:30 f.it rhone 4567 Starrs Thursday 5 I ! s " H 1 - w 1 1 ' v ('A 4 ' I (U. S. Navy plioto rom NCA) Casualties on Saipan Reach 15,053 WASHINGTON. July 12 (P) American casualties in the con quest of Saipan, principal is land of the western Pacific Ma rianas group, totaled 15.053 men, including 2,350 killed, 11,481 wounded and 1213 miss ing, Navy Secretary Forrostal reported today. At the same time Forrostal coin that in tha .-.ainrl n.illnil Monday, Japanese dend buried by American troops numbered He added an cstimnto that "probably 05 per cent" of the Japanese garrison which prob ably numbered "in excess of 20,000" died "in futile defense of the island." Umpqua Lumber Mill on Fire MYPTl.R rRFTTK- I,, 1.. 11 fi'Pl Firp nwpnt t'hrnurth tha boiler room of the year-old jou,uuo umpqua Lumber com pany mill today, while the Myrtle Creek fire truck was ucci up ior repairs. Flrpmpn rallart in fivim Ttn.a burg checked the blare before it spread to the mill. E. W. PiPPn. mimur Rai1 ha hn1iA,,nrl the boilers were not damaged. The blaze originated In fuel bins. Mvrtlp f!rpplc' fira nnilln. burned out its bearings yester- oay on an emergency call to Canyonvillc, where a blaze IPVPllpH Iha hnmn nf lamn. Farmer and threatened to spread to the business district. Minor Quake Shakes Idaho a mmnr nnrinnnniro chnnL tirnot central Idaho today at 1:34 p. m., mountain war time. RnifiO hnticnurdrrte " colrl dishes were shaken from cup- Doaras ana tnat windows rattled. At Han-Inn Vallnv Af mllA. northwest nf Tin inn turn aUnnU. were reported. -Newspapers received many telenhone innnlHni askinff If thn r tr Kofi bombed. No damage to buildings was reported immediately. Box Office Optni S:4S Starts Thursday 1 vm.'i Guvs Who X :' i Second Hit .The Swina Shift m.ii-'m .... . " . . M Callant...andCaim: V f '"Vs""" HAYWARD M v VJLJ JAPS SMASH NEAR TINGTAK IN OFFENSE (Continued From Pago One) wiin in nrnsress ill the Hung vuim urea unci churned (lint Hie juiNiiicio again were using poison Kii.s there. a nninvea cuKiuuen iruui 11 iur ward base of the U. S. 14th ulr force quoted Brig. Gen. Clinton D. Vincent, all-year-old com mander of tho eastern China composite wing, ns saying Unit tho Japanese drive In liumin province hud been stopped mid iho next Job for tho Chlnoso American ground and air com bination was to rout or destroy the foe. Undor.itlm.t. Pow.r Chinese iiuiirters in C'hiing king, however, were revising their view thut thu crisis in lluniin was past in tho light ot the Japanese advance in Hwang tung province Vince said that the Japanese woefully under estimated the power the 14th air force would bring to bear against the Hunan drive. As a result, the dlimulch said. Vincent's .wing lmttored thu Japanese supply lino virtually unopposed, although the Jan- aneso were known to hold n numerical superiority in plnnes avtuiiiuin mere. In Striking Distance Tho Jupanc.ic came within striking distance of Ylngtak through a 25-mlle advance from recently occupied Tsingyun, 40 miles north-northwest ol Canton. In Hunan provlnco, where tho Chinese are trying to dislocate Japanese plans by flank attack and operations in the enemy's rear, there appeared to bo no do cislvo change, Ono thing became clear (hot reports circulated last week of general Japanese ro trout in Hunan were quite incorrect. Tho Chinese held on to Mnnnunn and scored local successes in other sectors, but no such thing as a largo scalo Japanese with drawal occurred. Rucker Arraianmd On Burglary Charge Ansclle O'Neill Rucker was ar raigned In justice court Tuesday on a charge of burglary not In a dwelling. He is accused, according to the complaint, of entering the car penter shop of Joe Reliefer of Bly on July o with the Intont o committing larceny. In court, Rucker waived pre liminary hearing and he was ,," "J me county jail in lieu of $1000 cash bail. There is a raccoon ranch at Milan n ...Ui..t. . . v , muni orceos Be tween 1500 and 2000 animals for forest distribution annually. if mnr ' nnff.. i ... . uesirca, , - i ouuti-i, ii you V0 had enough, let it remain in the SMlria 1BBU clquot ,, "'n iiiuiun quarts of r nriv.i va m 11 . inn are delivered dally to Stain. " """"" lne Jh'ted mum Box Offlc. Opim 1:30 . t.lt Last Times Today Ann Baxter In "The Eve of Saint Mark" Starts Thursday I ( PRESTON AT BOTH THEATRES LAST TIMES TODAY y BRENNAN CRAIN j CfO Says CW ueiegcrtes fle To Wallace PORTLAND, Julv n I'ho 21,1100 wrlto-ln v, , (J , i Vlco IIh... .1 1 laco In tho Ormt,.? Oroon bind dolouulos tn lim national convention to VM 11 1 rpnnrnlnnllni, W So declurod tho CIO abi. ccutivo bourd and the cin' lltlcnl action commit!,. . Bon In a Joint resolution ? cd yestorduy, ""It The CIO bodle. Doimliis Andermm .'( sUto nolltli-nl ..ii.. " "mi and a convention deloM "" iiiiiiiv. in (leieuiiiin i do not vote for WalliVco. H Shipyard Worfcn Charged With Murder oca i l ur.. j i v 7 int. . Ilebprllng. :H, miirrle,! hl worker, lodny was clmrifH 3 rirst degree murder of Hi. Louise Llndstrom, l4-yrrl! neighbor, formerly of Mi,. Fla.. who waa beaton ai bed to death In mr bedr Monday . Detect Ivo Cam wSi N. Miller sulci Heherll.,, scd ho slow the uirl t.i .:" screams when she resisted m JSi inul nttiiek. " Hcberllng, recoverlnc fi.1 solMnfllcled wrist ,-. ntlnatlnnar! nhniil i '. tack upon two Senttln womI' found throttled to death " The girls parents, Mr ,M Mrs. C. H. Llnclstrnm. w(Jk seclusion with friends nt Tcb pending Lutheran funertl 5i Troop Train Deaths Reach U JELLICO, Tenn., July u if Tho death toll from a troop Ini' wreck In Narrows imron here Thursday night rono lo ll today with the army announct ment of the death of Pvt. Rc W. Parker of Trenton. O. Parker's death In Oak Rldtf iu.iiiini wm ine aui fatality among army enlisted peronntl Incorporation Plan Before Commission A plan to Incorporate the dis trict south of town In the aread South Sixth into the city wu brought before tho plannlni commission at its meeting Tu day afternoon, A survey li b I nK made In this district and action will soon be taken. Another Horn brought befoi was tho drainage of a flat In tin 1 Altnmnnt Hl.lrlnl Thl. IUi uW now In the naturo of a swamp. Hani Norland Auto ance. Phono 6060, Bei Office Opens U e EIIS TODAY "Back Door To Heaven" and "Scream In the Dark" Starts Thursday CMON... ,S BE HAPPYI t& TED LEWIS n KfshiHt)NT-Alexander KNfl)( Bx Office Opns till and i Si. nth o?.at H"!",d, "MPlui, Kl.m. AWiiW; ('Bur CO-OP ,,d Toll Your Neighbor" wi.i,MUtH.-'';0-(.y.M,a,iiiB C-tiJ