Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 27, 1944, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text!,JS Hp I'rti 1 Vnnnnn nm I J J FOR AIRFIELD, HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON i (Continued From Page One) B hit tH'e" enemy airfield on Jag-i?iomba'tdmnt' Aids If M TU DpnnH rnmtniiniaue. con ne&Ho the .- Guam operation, id warships, planes ana arui- -"Tery neipea me nanus in m drive out on Orote peninsula. Supporting these invasions, Gen. Douglas MacArthur an nounced today that his south west Pacific bombers smashed ..- the enemy's Woleai island air drome in the western Carolines Tuesday with 27 tons of bombs. On British New Guinea, Amer ican lines held firm against Jap attempts to break out of a We wak trap in the vicinity of the Driniumor river. Further west in the Dutch New Guinea sec tor, Japs were caught attempt ing to flee from the invaded Schouten islands to Manokwari and a barge loaded with SO sol diers was sunk by PT boats and bombers. Rehearing Petition , FiUd With Court SAN FRANCISCO. July 27 iP) A petition for rehearing.: of de-J portauon proceedings agairisr Harry Bridges, paciiic coast la bor leader, has been filed in the ninth U. S. circuit court of ap peals. .' , - ; . The court a month, ago; siis tained the . action of Federal Judge Martin I. Walsh in deny ing Bridges a writ of habeas cor pus to diock me deportation or der of U. S. Attorney General Francis A. Biddle. i RAPE VICTIM . RELUCTANT TO TELL STORY NAZIS FORCED TO FALL BACK AFTER SPLIT (Continued from Page One) anese hill positions southwest of i engenung. Japanese forces driving up the Canton-Hankow railway appar ently, were, stalled at least tem porarily" in the area above Tsing yun, 40 miles northwest of Can ton. . Penetrate Kiangii Butia-'Japanese column hit ting eastward from Changsha in Hunan province penetrated into the neighboring province of Kl angsi, reaching within- 12 miles' of Pingsiang,.-9 miles northeast of Hengyang. This drive was viewed as probably intended to strengthen the Japanese left flank, and possibly to seize sev eral important airfields in Kiang si provia.ee. - . In western Yunnan province, the Chinese also maintained steady, pressure, on Kunglunpo, astride the old - Bnrmn a southwest of Sungshan, and won another hill position, Chinese uvauqudris sola;: Lightning Fires Under Control ' The KFPA reported Thurs day that all the fires that were started by lightning on Tuesday night were out or- completely Reluctant to tell her story "be cause there s too many people" and at times hysterical, the 12- year-old complaining witness in the trial for Charles WeldoifT Wright, charged with statutory rape, appeared on the stand Wed nesday afternoon and Thursday to testify against the defendant. Under questioning Thursday morning by District Attorney L. Orth Sisemore, the young girl hesitantly related that the 24-year-old sailor attacked her after turning the lights out at his auto cabin home where the 12-year-old girl earlier in the evening had been taking care of the Wright's two small children, while they with another couple had gone out. Mrs. Wright, ac cording to the attorney's onen- ing statement, was at the other couple's cabin at the time of the alleged attack on June 3. Wednesday, as she wa fpctifv. ing, the little girl" collapsed and had to be taken from the court room, necessitating early ad journment of court that afternoon. Circuit Judge DaviH n Vm. denberg is presiding. Attorney for the defendant Is A. C. Yaden. To Altura Jack . Almeter, manager of the U. S. employ ment service office, George Mis feldt and Charles. H...Mack of Klamath Falls attended a meet ing of the Modoc county de fense council held Wednesday evening at Canby. If it's a "frozen" need, advertise for in the classified. article you a used one (Continued From Page One) west of St. Lo, and then captured Le Mesnil Herman,- six miles south of $fc Lo and nine miles from the jump-off point of Wed nesday . morning. This thrust severed the road to Avranches. Blazing BattU The whole 40-mile American front was blazing in battle, and east of fat. J-o in the sector near Caumont, still other doughboys gained two miles and won two towns. The powerful armored smash was rapidFy crumbling enemy defenses, and sweeping up hun dreds of prisoners. ' " 1 "v-Towns Fall Front. dispatcnes reported the fair of Periers and Lessay, long defended Jn desperate struggle by the Germans, shortly after ad vance patrols n a d reached Periers. The tank offensive had picked up three miles in six hours at one point. Part of .the armored offensive crashing- through the German center picked up three miles in six hours of. battle today. Close Trap Fanning out eastward from St. Gilles and Canisy, thev be gan closing a trap on Germans in a Bend of the Vire river be low St. Lo. capturing Le Mesnil Herman,-six-miles south of St. Lo and nine miles from their jujup-oix poini. Likes Uniforms ft .. . fmd&&t. (NKA Tclcnhato) The 13 buttons, six service stripes, four campaign ribbons, the Purple Heart and uniform of U. S. Navy Machinist's Mate 1c put Mrs. Pearl Thompson, 31, In Son Francisco's city jail when Navy Shore Patrol spotted her wearing the outfit. Mrs. Thompson, who is the estranged wife of sailor in South Pacific, explained that she just couldn t resist uni forms. Bureau to Fulfill Food Promises WASHINGTON. Julv 27 UPl Despite a tight manpower situ ation and other difficulties, the reclamation bureau expects to make its promised contribution of new food supplies for 1945 and 1946 Construction is under wav on 26 projects under the war foods program and it is probable that four more projects can be start ed in time to nroduce in 194B. bureau officials said today. ; An increase from 1,729,205 in 1930 to 1,900,217 in 1940 was shown by West Virginia's popu lation in the recent census. (Continued From Page One) small section of the colony bar racks area, isolated from the re mainder of the area by a man tight fence. Within its confines are- -housing - quarters, -utilities, kitchen, and other facilities dup licating those outside the stock ade. When a bombing plane re leases bombs in rapid succession while making its run across the target it releases a "stick" of bombs. A large number of. bombs dropped in one bunch is known as a salvo. MMM Phone 4567 Box Office Opens 1:30 and 6:45 MM - Box Office Opens t;U NEW mi TODAY HI POSITIVELY ENDS TONIGHT DESPERTSTEIYIHEWSHEOMfSS JAVA WITH HIS PRECIOUS CARGO OF HUMAN LIFE! Gary's most heroic role as a fighting Navy doctor: a-2 adored by three women- 'oving only one! ft? ' vl,Tl -. . tfO'V eT ',.a ito!Us i "t K -V' S 2nd Big HH .-sr. v mm " iv '3u f ty I JOAN DAVIS -TOMi jani ntAZEi hS -Ur"l juoyoaiw fx i GARY C0 I irt' i 'J CECIL B.DeMILLE'S "The Story of DnWassell" IN TECHNICOLOR larai;;e day DENNIS O'KEEFE f Utf Ui wot bit .-. . W HIGHWAYS SATSFAGTORY Satisfaction with war-time maintenance of highways of this section of the state was express ed informally here yesterday by members of the state highway commission and engineering staff, here overnight on an in' spection tour. State roads are generally in good condition despite industrial and other heavy traffic, the offi cials said. The visiting officials went over the new access road to the Klamath naval air station, and were taken on a trip through the station by Commander R. R. Darron, commanding officer, and Lt. B. M. Turner, executive officer. The afternoon journey took tno party through tho southern part of the county, and a short visit was pa d to the Tulelake area. The party viewed the Tule lake segregation center from the peninsula hill. The officials were greeted at the center gate by Lt Colonel Verne Austin, command ant of Uamp Tulelake. The roads committee of tho chamber of commerce was host to tho visiting officials at dinner last night. The narty went north over the Willamette highway to' &ugene today. Included in the party, in ad dition to state officials, were Congressman Harris Ellsworth of the fourth congressional district, and W. H. Lynch, engineer for the public roads administration. Several of the officials early Thursday paid a brief visit to the Klamath Marine Barracks, through the courtesy of Colonel B. Dubel, commanding officer. Machine tools, in aircraft building, reached an all-time record in the U. S. with tho pro duction of 200,000 unitswhich is luo per cent more than for 194U and eight times normal yearly production over the past 10 years. Durlns lflJd I9.nn i. thp UnitpH Rtniem war. A seriously injured by doing home uijr ticHiiiug wim gasoline. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page Ono) henchmen aro still pinning a lot of faith to tho xobots. THERE Is a bit more detail tu day on tho German generals the Four Horsemen nro shoot ing. Tho outgivings of Hie Ht lln radio suggest a total of SIX additional liquidations, and Gocbbcls Is muttering In his hinnHv him-d about nioio kill ings still to come. Speed tha fliiyi THE British announce today that an allied naval tusk, fnron VtlD hit Sllhnhl!. Ill tllO Dutch East Indies, as the Japs j said yesterday. Battleships, cruisers, destroy ers and carrier planes utmost completely destroyed Siilinng's harbor installations In a 35 minute bombardment. Tho war ships came in to tho point-blank ranges mado possible by the Japs' lack o( air power. In this operation, we see the old plncor beginning to work. IN tho Important Islands llial mm llin PIllllnnlllpK. Dlllin and JAPAN, we are still killing Japs. Wc'vo killed 2800 on Guam In five days. There arc a lot moro to be killed before we can break through to our objective. 'THE news from Argentina cer. talnly doesn't sound good. Wc'ro getting started clown there a Western Hemisphere version of tho Europenn strug- gle-for-powcr mess Hint above everything wo ought to Kthi OUT of tho Americas. Invader Eligible To Enter Academy GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 27 (y)I'vt. Curl Anderson, 19, advised his father West Point of ficials had written, saying ho Is eligible to enter tho Military academy. Anderson Senior doesn't see how the boy can muko It. Ho has been in France since D-Diiy. Turtle merit lias tho combined good qualities of pork, chicken, beef, mutton and venison. Mobilization to Relieve Front, Says Hitler Paper LONDON. July 27 (m In stark comment on Paul Joseph Gocbbels' assertion that total mobilization would relieve the receding German front. Hitler's own newspaper said today "We openly dcclaro that never since the beginning of the war have our nerves and hearts been ex posed to heavier trials. The comment in tho Voclkls- cher Bcobachter, Berlin organ of the nnzt party, appeared be side a report of the snoech of the weekly appointed "Reich Pleni potentiary for Toftil Mobilization." mmm tip orrirt Optni 11:10 Last Times Today HUMPHREY BOQART in "PASSAGE TO. MARSEILLE" Second Hit "HAY FOOT" Starts FRIDAY ALSO Box Office Opens IMMdilil s. HI UtfOMUTU) Ml 4I M 4M1 NEW TODAY i VaS tlx" 1 k elites0 TF?-w-w- a& a, i "... i 1 V rkVJIl S-'ISJ St a i July 27 STARTS TODAY ALSO NOSE aONINCI ACTION OMUion nan ' aaanv uiituiBiv I annul fiiniHi 1:30 tni 1:41 st iktJ wanning u'r:.--.''aEs-. 3 i . AlAtf hale ij OSfit.TKC, lafesr" ' M)MCMMlSBlftl(S LATEST NEWS Newt uj., reed EpiMiur;; "movies A t' 0 L ' 4..! IKI THE WAD" IN THE WAR" V? 1 111 . TttUS$.MrtltbtJ,txrJntt.