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fesr 11,0
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Kto bo.Mllt'dur wounded.)
,,,E pacific wur 1 REAL
Idler ip -.,..1111 i nit wo
RTn'r on aur lu.ncl. on this
HERE will ho more Sulpun.
' ... II, .. ,., IIIO III tllO
tw? 1,1 towttrd
iTVwegotlolhohMrt.
harder ino i"u,""
THE Japs hnd from 20.000 to
I 30,001) men on Saipan. 1 hot
, routthly two division. They
,5osod to have holler than
00 division. , .
Nearly nil tho Snlpon Jap
kBulkihc?e are many MORE
laps to bo killed.
rllE Russian, racing toward
1 Germany so fust that thoy
bovered 1U nines '
tporled. as litis 1 written, lo
jt only 30 miles from tho bor
cr of Easl Prussia ancestral
homo of tho Junker, the Ger
mn professional war chief.
Either Russian strength )
overwhelmingly gr-'t "Imply
loo much to bo resisted or the
Germans nro pulling back to a
new and shorter lino unci fight
ing only rear ituard action.
Probably a little of both.
THE German are fighting bit-
tcrly and stubbornly on the
Normandy front. There are clear
nd dofinilo slum that thoy are
siting ihort of man power.
Ono suspect that thoy arc
pulling back on tho eastern front
in order to shorten their lines
ind be able to spar more man
or tho fighting on tho western,
front, ' ,-.
rjON'T entirely overloOftr tho"
u Italian front. Nothing very
ipcctacular hiss been happoning
ihcro lately, but it CAN get Im
portant. Tho Ilnllnn front I CLOSER
ro BERLIN than any other
lighting front.
CPEAKING of caualtle, we
J read tho other day that the
lolal for this war I already ap
proaching tho World War I total,
including tho final hard buttle
Hint brought the Gorman to tho
making oolnl.
Our military men toll' us that
n una war wcro Just now begin
ning to got Into the hard fight
ing that will bring tho wind-up.
This is no llmo for nnyono to
!cl Iho Idcn that tho wnr Is all
Jvcr buto few final details.
It Isn't true.
Minesweeper
Kills Three
HOME, July 15 fP) The U. S.
Unlw s. . M . todBy tnnt 8
S'1 S'ptes minesweeper' nc-
1. Cm1. "ro was responsible for
'no killing of one officer and one
n and umi.n,ii,. ,i.
Sablard. p-T btnt which
In . , ond, !hor Brmy officer
jo tho Anzlo beachhead January
nAu0'flcln.1 ""nouncomont said
th. 5qJf uy 1Hd established that
t0rf tu uul nna " escort "on-
wr L,'.Yr?B whll 0 "rod Blert
n7i V-:j " ".lu """cipauon or a
uipj --"""i-u as irionaiy.
sweZ. C8',tn'" ?.. th0. "lino.
denl . ! '"porting- tno inci-
tackPfin.8 ci:ntt aPP"ached in at
KmS?W 0" speed,"
wtmnvTi inquiry lie wag
rroP'co Storm
Sported
'ortod a ir" , iur.cau today re-
'ournc lJ?n,llc' d,uo enst ' Mel
cs (0,nu' lnd ady'sed ""val
"ft U5 blow. " ln 1,10
ld the hi, luwarnln8 orv co
'wne in lu0ance. not of hur-
inrli;.. '"."""'ty. Was movlno
M line ntri f1 VithaU-l
our. alinLi j to 14 m ci an
"tended by 40 to 45 mllo
Wnkler to
Htsnd Confab
PORTr a, . .
wry Wintir Ji"y 15 W
'pf.lhoB,ri"la,t?..comniand-
,c'at on win V, "owrana- as-
Jx' weei? Lon n Chicago
' p- Ivorv i?. an ?,"ornnto for
tie. ry Klamath Falls dole-
r.uliy ' " Snlpon
ou.rSS? o which 2380 wero
n
PRICE 5 CENTS
Drive Opens in
E
T
Prussian Lines Now
Within 20 Miles
Of Push
LONDON, July 15 (IV) Tho
ovlot coninmnUiuo tonlulit an
nounced the ciimuro or upociiKu,
24 miles east of tho Lntvliin bor
der, nnd also Alytux. Lltluiunlnn
city 32 mile south of Kaunus,
and uernn sum ino roa armies
had begun a long-awaited offen
sive In southern Poland.
Tho Russian wore moving re
lentlessly ahead. Moscow said,
challenging tho last-ditch string
of fort guarding' tho cradle of
German militarism, East Prut
sin, whoso border now ra less
than 20 nillos from tho red. army.
Opochk Tkn . .
Tho town of Opochka was tak
en by the Russian second Baltic
army after it rail station had
been seized Friday, said thu
communlquo brdadcast by Mos
cow and recorded by tho ovlot
monitor. More than 40 other lo.
calltics wcro swept up In this
push toward, tho Latvian fron
tier. . -!.,.. ... -.
Puslilnn on Kauna. capital of
Uio-iormrrLithuanum-Tcmibltcr
tno Russians wore witnin lu
mile of that city with the cap
ture of tho railway Junction of
KiiKoldorys, tho Moscow duuo
tin said.
Altogether tho Russians swept
tuoniinueu on Page 'inrcoj
Historic Oregon
Takes Part in
Third War
PORTLAND, July 15 (TP)
The battleship Oregon, famed
veteran of tho Snanish-Amcrl.
can war, has gono to sea again
to tako part in its third war.
Tho historic vessel, which
was turned in to tho govern,
mcnt for scrap and partially dis
mantled before naval author!.
ties decided to recondition it
for aca duty, is being used as
a bargo.
Navy officials did not dis
closo tho ship's cargo or desti
nation. Services for ;
Roosevelt Held
U. S. FOURTH DIVISION
CEMETERY IN FRANCE, July
15 (fP) Machine guns rattled ln
the distance and antiaircraft fire
burst In faraway clouds as mili
tary funeral services wcro hold
in Normandy twilight last night
for Brig. Gon. Tliooaoro Kooso
volt. Jr.
The general's son, Qucntln,
watched as his father's body was
lowered in tho French soil on
which he had fought in two wars
against German aggression
Ouentln Is a captain ln tho
"Fighting First" division, which
was his father's favorite.
Besldo tho grave wcro six
aencrals. Including Lt. Gon
Omar N. Bradloy, in' command
or all u. s. troops in t rance.
VILLAGES
BORDER
Trials of Pearl Harbor
Commanders Suggested
By WILLIAM F YE
WASHINGTON, July 15 (P)
Tho possibility that courts mar
tial may bo organized before
December 7 for tho trials of
Roar Admiral Husband E. Klm
mel and Maj. Gen. Walter C.
Short was suggested today in
Informed military quarters.
Tho appointment yosterday ot
special boards to inquire into
the circumstances of tho Japa
nese attack on Pearl Harbor
was followed by reports that
courts martial might be con
vened to begin tho formal trials
by taking the pleas of the two
officers, then recessing until
after the war.
The special boards of inquiry
wore ordered by a congression
al Joint resolution which' ex
tended the statute of limitation..-BR"
It affected anyone
JnTha ShaHla
Air Facilities at
Klamath Hub
For
Du to military nacttaitv
Klamath Falls has quietly, almost lacratlrely, become the hub
of airway facilities for the northwest, it was learned Saturday. -.
Although at present a quasi-military installation, the actlTlty
will qivo Klamath Falls a head start in the postwar arlatlon
race. Tho information revealed Saturday, shows that Klamath
Falls is now the main stopping point on Amber airway No. 8.
. JOINT DEVELOPMENT
This main north and south airway was developed Jointly by
military, airline and civil aeronautic authorities in an effort to
provide a north and south route through more favorable weather
conditions. The airway also is
terrain than can be tound on other coastal airways.
Continuing the spokes from the Klamath Falls hub, airway
facilities are now available via Alturas, Calif., to the well devel
oped San Francisco-Ogdsn airways.
Radiating lurther is a highway through the sky to Tonopah,
Nov., where the aerial roadway branches to La Vega or Lo
Angeles. This Includes extensive facilities and Installations at
Fallon. Nov.
DESIGNATED AS STOP-OVER "
As a result of the extensive development, Klamath Fall' ha
been officially designated an alternate stop-over by present
commercial airline routes.
The huge matnllners .of United Air Lines and other commer
cial transport have been frequent visitors in Klamath Fall re-
tvnur
Now approved for Klamath Fall by the civil aeronautic au
thorities is an instrument let-down procedure which enables both
military and commercial aircraft to land at Klamath Fall under
advene weather condition.
INFORMATION RESTRICTED
Although the exact let-down procedure 1 restricted informa
tion, it was revealed that an approach to the Klamath Falla air
port, now occupied by the naval air station, can be made in
overcast or foggy weather in complete aafatr from the south.
EYED BY TURKEY
ANKARA, Turkey. July 14
(Delayed) Of) Rumors circu
lated in Ankara today that dip
lomatic and economic relations
may bo broken shortly between
Turkey and Germany,
The allies were said to have
demanded such a break. .
Thcro was no confirmation of
the reports, but also no denial
cither from Turkish or allied
quarters.
The Istanbul newspaper Tan
quoted tho Transkontinent Ger
man news aRcncy as saying the
German foreign office had warn
ed that Germany was closoly
watching southeast European de
velopments, especially a "coun
try which is considering going
to war." .
Tan said lt was obvious that
tho country referred to was
Turkey and that the threat
probably would draw a reply
by tho Turkish press..
LONDON, July 15 (P)
Guardedly hinting that the Ger
mans expect Turkey to enter
(Continued on Page Three)
Army Officers
Killed in Crash
Chattanooga! Tcnn., July
15 P)Maj. Gen. Paul W. New
garden, commander of the 10th
armored division, two colonels,
and at least two other persons
wero'-lnstantly killed near here
last night when an army plane
crashed during a heavy storm.
Capt. Lester M. Nichols, pub
lic relations officer for the 10th
armored division at Camp Gor
don, Ga., announced the fatali
ties. chargod with dcrolectlon of
duty at Pearl Harbor, until
next December 7, third anni
versary of tho Japanese attack.
Navy Secretary Forrestal
named a panel to convene here
Monday to begin its studies.
Its president is Admiral Orin
G. Murfin, retired.
War Secretary Stlmson
named a board of inquiry head
ed by Lt. Gen. George Grunert,
commanding general of the east
ern defense command. This
board was Instructed to hold
sessions "at such times and
places as aro required."
Tho work of these boards Is
not in itself the beginning of
court martial proceedings
against those in command at
Pearl Harbor when the Japa
nese struck. However, their rec
ommendation could lead to .a
formal start tft the trials.- ,
- CaHeuda Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, T944
South
and general aria lion expansion,
carried over much less rugged
t xne approacn is miae Dy
meaiw--of -oxtenslver .-radio -and
radio b e a m facilities located
two miles south of the airport.
It was pointed out by aviation
officials that establishment' of
aerial navigation aids- ln , and
out of Klamath Falls, gives air
men a wide choice of routes to
take advantage of the best pos
sible weather conditions.
Four Routes to Seattle
. For example,- it is now pos
sible for an airman going north
to follow four-routes into Se
attle. He will have such facili
ties as radio beams, cone mark
continued on Page Three)
27 Arrested on
Draft Violation
Charges
Twenty -seven Tulelake Japanese-Americans
were . arrested
la to yesterday on charges of vio
lating the selective service act.
They had been previously in
dicted by a federal grand jury
at Sacramento and bench war
rants issued. .
The evacuees are accused of
failing to report for pre-induc-tion
examinations on May 2 and
3 at the Tulelake center.
' Wesley Erich, deputy U. S.
marshal, and three other U. S.
officers, served the warrants
and made the arrests. They
moved 16 of the accused men
to Eureka, Calif., and the others
will be taken there later.,.
The, Japanese-Americans will
be tried in federal district court
at Eureka.
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R H E
New York ..: .. .1 8 2
Philadelphia .........3 6 0
. Voiselle and Lombard!; Lee
and PeacocK.
, .. R H E
Brooklyn 3 6 0
Boston 8 8 2
Melton, Webber (8) and Owen
Andrews and Kluttz.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R H E
Chicauo : 8 10 2
Detroit.... 4 7 1
Ross, Maltzberger (5) and
Tresh; Newhouser, Beck (9) and
Richards. -
; R H E
St. Louis ...2 8.3
Cleveland 13 15 0
Holllngsworth, Zoldak . (3)
and Mancuso; Klleman and
Schuletter, - '
Bond Safes Near
SMiUi6nMark
Klamath- county Fifth War
Loan sales hit $4,931,935.25 to
day with strong indications they
will go well. over the $5,000,000
mark. The quota was $3,815,000.
The vital E bond phase of the
campaign showed . a., total of
$1,097,091,75, against a total of
$987,000. -i ' - -
Large ' purchases and . alloca
tion totalled $3,673,372 today.
Herald and New carriers have
Initiative. Most ol tnese Boys-ana girl are Duyieren &arne. street seuer; caaie raanan, route i;
tion deals from The Herald , and New office. - ,
Front row. from left to rlaht. thev are: Everett Karnes, street seller: Eddie Mahon. route 14:
Betty Nelson, route 12; Garry Bay, route 11; Robert Olson, route 32; Kenneth E. Karnes, street
seller; Roger Dwyer, street aeller; Ralph Carroll Jr., street seller: Tommy Schubert,, route 16.
Back row: Jack Fairchild, route 30; Bob Fisher, route 35; LaMont Wilson, Main street; LeRoy
Lofdahl. route 18; Wesley Crane, street seller; Kathleen Pugh, route 10; Billio Lee Haney, route
12; Mack VanMeter, route" 5; Bob Stile, route 13. and Frank Dorsey, route 37. Not all of the
carriers are shown here.. : t : -
Tw0 .Jalieserc
New Guinea
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, July
15 (&) Two starvation-threatened
Japanese forces .: are at
tempting to break allied encircle
ment in New Guinea, one by bit
ter fighting and the second by
escape through hazardous
jungles, headquarters announced
today.
The "fierce ' resistance",,, of
American outposts halted an
initial breakthrough attempt-of
the 18th imperial army, after
vanguards of its 45,000 men
crossed the Drinlmor river, 21
miles east of Aitape, in British
New Guinea. Fighting continued
along a fluid front,, while--the
main body was forced to reor
ganize for another attack under
continual fire. -
Move Into Jungles
Remnants of the now-impotent
Fisher Improves
In Hospital
Ray Eubanks of Bend who
was shot in the leg while fishing
from the banks of Lake Tym
banogas Friday morning- was
improving Saturday in a Eugene
hospital. Eubanks was - mistak
enly shot for a coyote, accord
ing to state police and sheriff's
officers who investigated.'
Investigations were turned
over to Lane county officers be
cause the shooting occurred -in
Lane county. . .
Questioned by officers Friday
was Wilbert Van Arnam of Cor
vallis who was said to have shot
the gun, and not Harold Pratt of
Corvallis as was reported . yes
terday. Pratt was camping with
Van Arman but was. in bed at
the time of the accident.
According to officials, Eu
banks leg was badly splintered
below the . knee when he was
shot for a coyote while fishing
with his ' wife and two - other
companions. ' . ...
Woman Killed in
Auto Accident
Nellie Thora Manly, 42, was
killed Friday morning when
the car which she wps driving
from Tionesta.to Tulelake,
Calif., overturned on' the state
highway about six miles south
of the Japanese relocation - cen
ter. ,
Mrs. Manly was going toward
Tulelake about 8 o'clock in the
morning when it is - thought
that, the a c c l d e n t occurred.
There were no witnesses to the
accident but a passing car no
ticed the Manly car overturned
off tho' side of the' road. The
car had evidently turned over
four' or five times. . . i
The body was taken to the
Kerr mortuary in Alturas and
was removed Friday afternoon
to Ward's funeral home, in
Klamath Falls where burial
will be conducted.
July 15, 1944
Max. f July. 14) 88 Min. .........'...50
Precipitation lait 24 houri 00
Stream year to data 9.89
Normal 12.01 Lait year 17.78
Forecast: Partly cloudy., . . ,,,
Patriotic Newsboys
purchased a total of S3450 worth of war bonds on their own
Break - Through
Japanese in the- Sarmlmanfin
bay area, about 300 miles' westward-
in Dutch New Guinea,
plunged toward inland jungles
from positions made untenable
by allied advances. American
units occupied the strategic Se
War airdrome; three miles west
of the Meffin bay airstrip, with
out resistance Wednesday. . ' -The
, Japanese attack in- the
Aitape' area, which began Wed
nesday made some progress' be
fore it was halted, .a headquar
ters spokesman said. One allied
outpost withdrew, and the Nipponese-crossed
the wide, shal
' (Continued on Page Three) ;
Forest Closures
Published . j
Forest closure notices for the
Fremont national forest areas ap
pear in the legal publications of
this newspaper today, and for
esters urged that Ideal people
read tne notices carefully. - i
Closures and other fire preven
tion measures are now in full
force In the' forests, and hazards
are rising steadily.. . t
Klamath Forest Protective as
sociation reported that out. of 10
fires in its area so far five were
man-Caused. : i
A small fire in the Richard
son ranch country' east, of -here
was discovered and checked Friday.-.
I I
General Fegan to Inspect
Marine Barracks Monday
Maj.! Gen. Joseph -C. Fegan,
commander of all marines on the
Pacific coast,', is scheduled to
make an inspection tour of the
Marine Barracks here: Monday,
This will, be the general's first
visit to' - the newly-established
Klamath Falls base. . i
Prior to assuming command of
the Department of the Pacific
on May 24, General Fegan was
in charge of Camp Pendleton at
Oceanside, Calif., the largest mil
itary establishment in the world.
. The veteran marine served the
corps 35 years in a dozen coun
tries. He was -appointed to the
corps by President Roosevelt in
1908 and elevated to his present
rank by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in August, 1942. -
During his long career in the
service, he has been stationed in
Cuba, the Philippines, Santa Do
mingo, Haiti, and China. He com
manded the famous Fourth Mar
ines in Shanghai from August,
1938. to December. 1838. -
, General Fegan Is a graduate
of the naval war college as well
as the field officers' course, Mar
ine Corps school. He has seen
duty at numerous posts and sta
tions on both the qast and west
coasts ana also aDoara snip.
A son. First Lieutenant Joseph
C, Fegan. JrV took -part in the
Number 10211.
I IILUIUinilUL. ... .fc ,
MELTS IW ITALY
By NOLAND. NORGAARD
ROME. July 15 UP) Ameri
can troops have driven to with
in three and a half miles of the
seaport of Livorno (Leghorn),
in the wake of suddenly melting
German resistance, and have
captured' the town of ' Chianni,
13 miles inland from tne west
coast, -it was announced today.
The most significant gains in
the Dast two weeKs of neavy
fighting. DUttine the fifth army
within artillery range of Livor
no and nine miles from tne-at-
no- river. were made yesterday ;
with the battered Germans fall
ing back at most points.
The French who ' celebrated
Bastile -Day by seizing- Poggi
bonsi in j- combined flanking
move and direct .assault, pur
sued the enemy northward. .
An. allied spokesman said the
(Continued on -Page xnree;
Hot Day on Way
In Klamath
' Saturday was well on the way
to becoming a hot day. People on
down, town- streets sweltered as
temperatures had soared to an
official 87 degrees Dy 2:ju &ai
. Maximum for the day was ex
Maximm'for the day was-ex
pected to reach a .higher ; point
by later in the afternoon. ,
invasion of the Marshall islands
as an artillery officer. . . ;
Ma, Gen. Fegan
j
BATTLE IK
ANGHOH PDINTl
0FJA1NT 10
Americans ' Engage IT.
' . Of .25 German :
Divisions
By WES GALLAGHER '
- SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 15 (P) American
troops, engaging 11 or 12 of
the 20 to 25 nazi divisions com
mitted in Normandy, struck for
ward today to the outskirts of
Lessay, and battled to withlit
little more than a mile of St. Lo.:
opposite anchor of the Germans'
powerful road defense line on
the invasion front.
Supreme headquarters disclos
ed the Germans have 60 to 63
divisions now in western France
with 20 to 25 hurled against
the liberating armies in Nor
mandy. Allied invasion strength,
was not disclosed, , but 15 allied
divisions eight .of them Amerr
lean have been identified -officially
as in action
' Begin Battle . '".
U. S. Infantrymen reached the
outskirts of Lessay soon after
noon today, and began battling
in the suburbs. : ' ,
The- Germans fought' back
savagely against steady - Ameri
can pressure against both these
end bastions of their road line,
strung across- western - Nor-!
mandy. Other doughboys fought
two miles from Periers, central, v
stronghold on the Lessay-St. Lw
road, after striking, ahead four
miles and straightening their
lines in that sector. .
: Guns Turned Loose "";
Street -fighting swirled - thiat-
afternoon in Lessay 's suburbs:'
turned loose big field guns in
tl- Heaviest artillery duel of the
five-day-old drive for that town..
A l'ront dispatch declared the
Americans .were within 2000"
yards of St. Lo' outskirts. - - v.
urnisn troops at tne eastern
end ot the" front ""recaptured' hill; '
112 scene of bloody, see-saw
fighting in the last week north
of Esquay and again struck into
Mai tot,, four miles south,, est of
Caen, ' but there were no -large-
scale engagements in- that -sec-
(Continued on Page .xnreej -
Webb Says Jap
Defeat Sealed
At Midway
.. PORTLAND, July 15 (VP) Ja
pan's defeat was. sealed at the
battle of Midway, believes Wen
dell Webb, new managing editor
of. the Salem, Oregon,. States
man, who reported the battle
for the Associated Press. .'.',.
A Japanese victory would
have cleared the way to the Ha-
waiian islands and possibly the
Pacific; coast,. he told the city
club. .
Praising the pace of the armed
forces since December 7,. 1942,
Webb said that "if anybody two
years ago had told me we would
take Saipan inside of 10 years
I would have thought he wag
crazy."- .; .- -. !
German Generafs
Suffer Epidemic :
WASHINGTON, July 15 (VP)-'
German generals, faced with de--feats,
on every front and unable
to meet the. demands' of nazi
party: leaders, are suffering an
"epidemic ot neart, lanure ana
apoplexy, an overseas broadcast
of the office Of war information -said.
today. ' .
To people of nazi-occupied Eu
rope, the OWI beamed a mes
sage -from Senator Hill (D-Ala.)
relating that unsuccessiui Herman-
military leaders are . using
illness as an excuse for retire
ment from their commands. V-
Hill recalled that Field Marsh
al Von Runstedt, commander of
Germany s antl-mvasion. forces
in France, was reported in ill
health after his troops failed to
prevent -allied, landings. . .-;
Yank Planes
Raid Guam
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
July 15 (VP The Tokyo radio
reported, today that. 85 Ameri
can planes had raided Guam ana
that- two' American Liberator
bombers attacked Two Jima in.
the; ' Kazan group, 870 miles
northwest of Guam, and added:
V"A ' powerful ' unit, with carriers-,
battleships, cruisers and
destroyers' is. continuing activities-near,
Guam. The war sltua- .
tion-does not allow a moment of
optimism." '5, '-' : .. :-.'.; - '
Since the Kazan or ' Volcano
island group heretofore has been
beyond the range of American
land-based bombers, a raid by
Liberators would mean that the
heavy - bomber atrip on newly
captured' Saipan island had been
put into pperatig.v