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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1944)
TODAY ONLY CTION , ti Grande la Shown ESC ft SECOND Jgyl BIG HIT II' un m S3 J is; V I t 1 :i fiu J if BEDS CAPTURE TWO VILLAGES NEAR BORDER (Continued from Pngo One) up inuro (hiin 270 towns unci vil lage (lui'liiK tint dny on n long front stretching from thu I'rluyut imimhes to tho Latvian frontier iirrn. Moscow, however, hud not confirmed thu now soviet offrn kIvo In sntilheni Poland which Berlin mild hud begun. Strike From Northwoit Tho German high command mi Id thu Hininliinn struck from linrthwent of 'I'lirnoiiol, where they lint wcro reported within HI) ml leu of ulniteulc Lwow, unci west of Luck., 12(1 miles south oiint of Lublin, which guards tho southeast approaches to War saw. A drlvo from Luck also would poxc n southern flanking threat to Drcsl-Lltovak, fortress town scarred by two want, which stands on tho main line went to Wiirxuw and anchors tho en emy's Dug rlvi'r defenses. rtod Ellmlnatod "Some Itimnliin penetrations wore eliminated In counter thrusts," tho Berlin rndlo mild of tho now offensive. Moscow, hiihlluully silent on lii'W operations until they aro well developed, had not men tioned any new drive south of tho I'rlpyiil marshes. Break-Nock Pace Tho lUmslnns kept up their brenk-neck ptica throuKh waver ing defenses a they struck on In tho Baltic slate toward tho ENDS TONIGHT "Roger Touhy Gangster" PRESTON FOSTER VICTOR M'LAGLEN 3 & MIDNIGHT iniiou, Shw "jT 1 ' . Bo Office open. ' 1 111 - r . 1 ..... fortified lino guarding Sunt Prus nla. 'J'ho Urlllsh radio mild In a broadcast lioiimed to Kuropo that Iho Oerniann had begun to din mount Installations in tho Kant Prussian fortress port of K6nig berg. (CBS recorded a broadcant by London saying tho Russian had begun shelling Grodno, old Pol lh fortress town Hoarding the approucheii to nouthorn Eant 1'rilHHlU.) Moscow dispatches naid tho Hussians were within neven mllen of Grodno, EYED BY TURKEY (Continued From Pago One) tho war "before tho end of Oc tober," a trunsoecan broadcant from Berlin said today . that most foreign representatives had left Ankuru or summer rest duncen, Tho Jnpancnu, Hungarian and nulgarian envoys will follow the lead of German Ambassador Franz von Papcn In quitting tho capital, tho agency reported. Buying thin showed "the calm prevailing In political circles. OBITUARY NiM.IK I'll OH A MANLY ' Nellie Tttura Manly, a rvalrirul of Tin no.. . Calif., for ilio pnt .bree id on Um, iinMort ftwoy near Tulrlak. Calif., on rrlilny, July M, 1044, Tho ilnrvmrd Wat a MftllVft of Guile, Wli and at Oia time of tirr pAinliijt wah ntfod 44 years three man t ha and four days, Khe ( survived Uy her luuhnnd. I' till Manly, and one daughter, Maryetlon. f Tloneta. Calif., and her father, Al Jfhnnn, of ihU tflly. Two alklrra, Orn Cumminm, of Ouilrk, Waihi, and I'nrt CUulvalnu, of Klarnalh ralU, Ore. The reniNlna rent tn Ward's Klamath funeral Home. 03.1 With, where friend may rail after 7 p. m, Hoturday, Tim nut tin of the funeral arrangements will bo Announced later. , Clwtsificd nd kct result. At HERALD AND NEWS,' KLAMATH FALLS,' OREGON BUTTLE NEARS T TLO (Contfnucd From Pago One) lor, supremo headquarters said. Bad Weather . Tho worst flying , weather nlnco Invasion day limited tho powerful allied air arm to loss than 80 sorties un until this aftornuon, Tlueo towns fell In the four mllo southward drlvo from the marshes of Plcssis toward Pc rlcrs closing In tho American lino menacing that middle stronghold, In tho largest single day advance since Cherbourg's capture. Sixteen towns and vil lages on tho American front have been seized In the lost 24 hours. Fight Desperately The Germans fought desper ately to hold their lino on tho lateral road running from Les soy 21 miles southeastward through Poriers to St. Lo. A front dispatch said the enemy poured the toughest artillery fire yet encountered against one U. S. column Hearing tho Pont Ilebcrt rond north of St. Lo after a 600-yard advance. In fantrymen fought yard by yard for tho big road hub of St. Lo. and were cloning in from posi tions at L.a Bar re do Scmllly, two miles to tho cant. British troops have captured more than 7000 Germans and killed or wounded four times as many 28.000 to 30.000 since D-Day, a British staff of ficer at the front declared, on a lull persisted on the British' Canadian sector to tho east.. The wholo allied bag of pris oners was above 54,000, for an American announcement June 11 said 46,819 enemy troops had been taken by U. S. forces. . Positions This was the position of the American front this mornine: Lcssay One mile north of tho town after the capture of the hamlet of Bcauvals, converging on the town from tho east where they were two mllen awav at Pissot, while on the west they were aoout a mile and a half away after advancing from St. Germaln-Sur-Ay. . Perlcrs A late telenhone call from the 21st army group this morning said the Americans had driven to within two miles of the town from the north. Pre. vlous information a few hours before recorded the capture of Lcs Granges . and Gonfreville, four miles north of the town, and St. Patrice do Claids, three miles northwest. St. Lo Late information this morning said the Americans" had pusnea west from La Barre de Semilly. breaking tho deadlock there. This one Dincer was clos ing on the town while a half- mue advance northwest of St. Lo, down the Vire river through Creterville, placed another American column .. less than three miles from St. Lo in- this direction. Japs Execute Captured Pilots NEW YORK, July 15 (P) A Japanese broadcast directed to American forces in the South west PAcifir nnrl rtnrrritA l.v lha federal communications commis sion today said several American airmen captured in the first Su nerfortresn rnM nn nn,ih.pn Kyushu last month had been ex ecuted. The broadcast warned that "anv nlrmnn whn full kBn out over Japan will . be exe- "This is the order of the day," It added. . The American airmen, met wun -me same fate which was meted out in rnlHnra nt Ta1.,.h some two years ago," continued Wolfe Doubts Jap Threats SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 15 m Doubt that Japan ese have executed captured air men from tho first RiinarfnrlHAH. MC f aii on j nortnern Kyushu was inu.tBwu ioaay oy Brig. Gen. Kenneth R Wntfo s "That's tho kin n ganda thrown out by japan right ......is iu uoost morale on the homo front," he told a newsman. "Every time they lost an island or a strip of territory they make new threats." Gen. Wolfe is visiting his wife .uNiigiuur nere. . Visitina Hw. . TT ixr ti.u , 9 J. i 7 J i win . of Wlnemuca,' Nev.,' a for mer Klamath Falls resident, ar rived vesterdav in vldt ...in, t,i. I'stef, Mrs. J. 'A. Uerlings; of " " naiawin siopped off here on . his . way . .to .Seattle whom no will Kn - i : .. It is his first visit to Klamath Falls -in 18 years. . i. , Refrigeration ': Equipment Co Karl Utquhirt 811 Klamath Phone 645S -vror ' : Commercial Refrigeration SALES and SERVICE ANCHOR POIN OF SAIN Japs Renew Hengyang Offense CHUNGKING, July 15 JP) Japanese vigorously renewing their assault on the Canton-Hankow rail key of Hengyang in southern Hunan, succeeded In breaking Into , the streets of the city but wero annihilated, the Chinese . high command an nounced today. Vigorous flKhtinc was report ed underway In the broad area comprising Hcngyang's outer de fenses, particularly at Yuhsicn, Llllng and Yungfcng with the Chinese making some progress. Two Jap Forces Try New Guinea Break-Th rough (Continued from Page One) low Drlnlcmor five miles Inland from itg mouth. , To Defend Airdrome Tho fording of the river was not strategically important, he added, because- the object was to defend Tadji airdrome, about IS miles behind the front. : Resistance virtually has ceas ed in this. area. Bitter fighting occurred In May, with Japanese opposition gradually dwindling. A headquarters announcement July 11 said known Japanese losses then were 3067, including 42 prisoners. Among widespread allied aerial attacks, a-130-ton bomb load was dumped on objectives near Rabaul, New Britain. This made a total of 844 tons unload ed on this target through July 13, in intensified attacks on the by-passed supply center. Invaders Pushed Out of Hills SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEAD QUARTERS, KANDY, Ceylon,, July 15 (P) The Japanese northeast of Im phal apparently were on their way out of the Manipur hills of India today. They were fighting a rearguard action toward the Chindwin valley of Burma in the closing phases of their Ill fated invasion. . Allied troops, pushing ' after the main body of the Japanese retreating from the Ukhrul area above Imphal have established contact with the- enemy rear guard at Maoku, 10 miles south east of Ukhrul on the track to Humine, "the exit from the Man ipur hills to the Chindwin," a communique from Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's headquart ers announced. ... Service Women' Die In Line of Duty : WASHINGTON, July 15 (JP) More than two score women members of the nation's armed forces nurses, WACS, WAVES, marines have died in line of duty since the start of the war and even more are prisoners. Six army nurses died in the bombing of army field hospitals on the beachhead at- Anzio, Italy.- Twenty-three others died in accidents while in perform ance of duty, army records show. The women's army corps lists one WAC killed in line of duty, a jeep accident in North Africa. The marines have lost seven members in accidents while the women were on duty. Four navy nurses have died in plane crashes while on as signments. About 60 army nurses and 16 navy nurses are. prisoners, all of them captured when the Philippines fell to the Jap anese. - Grass Fires Put Out by Department A grass-fire. Friday evening and one oh - Saturday morning brought the fire department out to extinguish them. At' -4:08 Thursday-they were called to 1237 Front street in Shippington and Friday morn ing they went to the 200 block on Hillside. . . - ; , ? ; Camp Fire Glrli Girls who are going to Camp Fire Girls summer camD starting July 16 are to meet behind the high school on Monclaire street , sun day morning. at 8:30 a. m. Girls will be checked' in, loaded, and ready to leavo at 9 o'clock. Girls who have signed up but "who are unable to attend camp are asked to call immediately Mrs, B. C. Johnston at 5975. No Meeting The executive board of the Camp Fire Girls will not meet during July. A AT FOR NORTHWEST . (Continued From Page One) ers, and rotating beacons to guide him, as well as constant radio contact with weather and emergency landing stations along the line. . .; Proceeding to the north out of Klamath Falls, he1 may fol low one of two beams to the airways over Medford; he may proceed direct to Portland, al though, this route is over rugged terrain; he may follow a new airwoy to The Dalles, or go di rect to Pasco, Wash., and from there through Snoqualmie pass. The safety route for contact flying f r o m Oakland to the north is now via airways to Red Bluff, Klamath Falls and The Dalles. , .; Flat Terrain This brings the airman up a series of .valleys, over almost flat terrain and eliminates the necessity of climbing to high altitudes in the event of bad weather over the mountains. The contact flier may, at low altitude, go to Portland through the gorge route or If that is closed, go through Snoqualmie pass via Yakima. Altho'ugh the number of transient aircraft now ' utilizing the Klamath Falls hub is a mili tary secret, it is known that dailv more aircraft pass tnrougn this city tnan lormeriy new ine coastal routes in an entire year. Commercial Activity Bids Already members of the chamber of commerce aviation committee are bidding for post war airline and commercial ac tivity. The extensive airways instal lation will give this civic group a trump card In this bidding, inasmuch as aviation executives ordinarily will follow the routes' upon which facilities are ai. roaHv Available. - In addition, it was pointed out that military expansion o: the local airport is fitted to handle not only any present day aircraft, but- the weight ana size oi inose wniuii we mm in the drafting board state. . Exchange Plan Off Schedule IRUN,, Spain, July 15 (VrA proposed cAuiaifsc w and German nationals this week at Lisbon has been thrown off nha4,,la Kv . failuro nf . three trainloads of British refugees to arrive at this border town, ap parently because of . disrupted EinAa in 1Van0 - ' Spanish railway' officials spent nours yesteraay leiejjuuuuig, me Germans at Hendaye in an ef fort to obtain information and tmfllli. 41.o naTla nrimittorl ..thpv knew only that the trains, which left Germany juiy-o,- were "somewhere east ot aoraeaux. haiio Kaon urnltinff In Spain since July -8 to take the refugees to Portugal, ine ex oKnnco u,n snhprinled to beein in jl5DOH twu uaya. a(,u. linot- riroHinohnlm . 1c waiting r ... a . rriV-a there with approximately 900 uermans. .. . Towniend Dance The Town- send club will hold -its regular Saturday night dance in the KC hall starting at .9 o'clock. Mod ern and old time dancing will be enjoyed. The public is always welcome. . ...... AMEEICAN LEAGUE w. Pet .561 St Loulr New York Boston Washington Cleveland Detroit .... Philadelphia . . 41 .' 43 . 33 . 39 . 38 . 37 .532 38 41 42 42 42 39 .531 .481 .481 .475 .468 .466 mcago 34 Garnet Yesterday New York 4. Boston 3. ... Detroit 2, Chicago 0. ' Cleveland 3.- St. Lollls 2. - Philadelphia 4-4, Washington NATIONAL LEAUUB -., W. St Louis 42 Pittsburgh ; 40 Cincinnati. - 43 New York 38 Brooklyn . 33 Philadelphia- : 32 Chicago k . 30 Boston . 30 Games Yesterday r Chicago 11. Pittsburgh S; -.' Cincinnati 3, St Louis O. ; New York 2, .Philadelphia 1, Only games scheduled. COAST LEAGUE - . W. San Francisco ; 51 . Oakland .10 Los Angelea u. so Seattle ...... 40 San Diego. SO PorUand . ........ 47 . L. Pet 22' : .703 .563 .558 .494 .434 .432 .423 .393 Pet. .528 .521 .510 .505 .500 .485 .485 .489 Hollywood Sacramento . 45 Results Last Night San Francisco 7. PorUand 3. Los Angeles 2. Sacramento 0. Hollywood 4. Seattle 2. San Diego 2, Oakland -1. Bombers Hammer At Railroads Near Paris . LONDON. July 15 fP) Brit ish Lancaster bombers ham mered at railroads in the sub urbs of Paris early today. This was a climax to widespread night air assaults in which other heavies hit flying bomb installa tions in France and Mosquitos ripped into German positions in Normandy and objectives In Germany. The important Villeneuve-Sf. Gorges railroad yards on the southeastern outskirts of Paris gave the Lancasters their target for this morning. Reconnaissance had disclosed large concentra tions of rolling stock there, load ed with supplies for the battle area. E MELTS 1 ITALY (Continued From Page One) leading elements of the Ameri can forces on the west coast were within six miles of the edge of Livorno late yesterday. In a broad forward swecn. one American column passed Grizzano, 23 miles due east of Livorno, and occupied all the important heights covering the approach to the Arno river, 10 miles away. Capture Villamaana Another American force carv tured Villamagna, 15 miles west of Poggibonsi, while still other u. . units swept through Chi anni and Belvedere, enemy strongholds guarding the Era valley avenue toward the Arno valley. Belvedere is five and a half miles northeast of Chianni. . 32,000 Prisoners Prisoners taken by the fifth army since it started its offen sive May 11 now exceed 32,000, while the eighth army reported prisoners were pouring into its cages at an average rate of 160 daily since the offensive began. This would add a total of more than 10.000. The possibility was seen that the Germans plan to fall back on the Arno river. Recent re connaissance showed the enemy digging gun emplacements along the Arno between Flor ence and Pisa. Occupy Village The eighth army occupied the village of Santa Lucia in the upper Tiger valley and ad vanced to within two miles of Citta di Castello, a road junc tion. Eleven enemy planes were shot down and 13 allied aircraft were lost yesterday in Mediter ranean allied air forces activi ty, which included an attack by HA Domoers on a refinery at Brod. Yugoslavia, last night after American heavy bombers hit oil facilities and rail yards in the Budapest area during the day. Madame Chiang Makes Residence On Island RIO DE JANEIRO. July 15 (P) Mrs. Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of China s generalissimo - who arrived here this week for a tl.e-months rest, has taken up residence on the tiny island of Brocoio in Rio de Janeiro bay. The island once was the home of a Brazilian multi-millionaire. It was purchased by the munici pality; of Rio ae Janeiro recent ly for use as a civic garden. (Chungking dispatcb said China s first lady suffered nerv ous exhaustion, insomnia and chronic urticaria an inflamma tion of the skin and went to Brazil to avoid the intense sum. mer heat of China.), . . . PRESIDENT ELECTED PORTLAND, July 15 (P) Thomas C' Young, Portland, was elected president of Columbia Empire Industries last . night. Lloyd Riches, Salem, was elect ed first vice president. Developing Printing . Enlarging UNDERWOOD'S PHOTO SERVICE 211 Under wofed Bldg. COME AND HAVE YOUR HEARING TESTED FREE!: I TUESDAY; JULY 18 "FROM 1 P. M. TO 8 P. M. Certified Sonotone Consultant will best, WINEMA HOTEL I la his regular. SONOTONE HEARING CENTER (no charge or obligation for consultation or test) BATTERIES . FOR ALL HEARING AIDS PACE THREI STILL 1TJ DARK' By JACK BELL CHICAGO, July 15 (P) N. " tional Chairman Robert E. Han negan kept democratic conven tion leaders in the dark today i on the White House attitude to- ward the party's vice presiden tial nomination and its Dlatform but there were strong indica tions President Roosevelt - had decided to let the delegates write the second half of their ticket. . ; ; Reportedly bearlne an exnres- I sion of the president's viev g. nannegan went into seclusion immediately after his arrival from Washington without even . meeting wun sucn convention -leaders as Senator Samuel Jack- ' son of Indiana, the permanent chairman. .. . " ; - , Aides said he was "not ready ', to talk." - , There . were apparently.', au thentic - reports, however, that '. Hanncgan had in his possession , a letter from the president to the convention, which is expectedv.to . nominate him for a fourth term ', Thursday, expressing his prefer- , ence for Vice President Helnrv A. Wallace as a running mate ', out leaving tne final choice 'to the delegates. - ; . . . . v . Mr. . Roosevelt . was said- in . this connection to have rejected , strong pleas by Hannegan that -the president make a second choice, or at least list several others who would be acceptable to him besides Wallace.- ' v L' Chamber of commerce ' direct ors on a split vote this- week approved a national chamber referendum favoring, permitting one type of carrier to ; operate other forms of transportation -wnen in tne puDiic interest." The vote was 6 to 3. It is reported that Drinclble interest in the issue before, the national chamber is - between railroads and airlines, the latter . favoring policies which would prohibit railroads from going into the airline business.' - . . The chamber directors ; went on record favoring a series .of declarations on aviation policies ', in national chamber - refrenda, r including the establishment, of a "federal aid" program in con- j uevtiuu witn airports. . . f Thompson Freed by-' Judge's Ruling w '' ; A directed verdict yesterday ' ended the trial of Everett Gerald Thompson, who was charged., with the theft of $80- from the Crosscut cafe at Chiloquin. - ' Judge David R. Vandenberg held that the state had failed: to present evidence - connecting, Thompson with the crime., Tha judge's ruling freed Thompson, defended by A.; c.. Yaden.- ; State evidence was to . the ef fect that Thompson- was at-tp! near tne scene of the theft,, that a considerable sum of im o n'e'y was found on his person, -that. his hat was found nearby, and that he told Indian Officer John Ar. kell that he didn't know wheth er he had stolen the money -but if he did he would pay it back. Defense evidence was unne cessary as the judge directed )tha verdict at the close of the state's case. . : . . No Dance The public dances sponsored by the Eagles arid auxiliary on Saturday nights at the FOE hall have been disebn. tinued for the summer.- We want you on our mailing itti Hence this sensational offer . . .The world's raoit talked-of stamp: Frail? c.sco de Goya'a painting ef -'IB Duchess of Alba better known ' as THE NUDE DUCHESS." Rtmtm ber, the stamp . la entirely' FRKE. When mailed we will Include - our price Hats, stamp finder and .other of oar special offers. Send for yours now. Only one to each new- cut tomer. T. K. BARKER, P.. O. Bex 448X, Palo Alto. 1 I I T T
