PACE TWO
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Yank Bombers Control South Philippine Sky
Oil! 89 SHIPS
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ARMY SPEARS i "M'"A-r, i MASShfElT
ACROSS NAZI DRIVE INTO
FORCE BUSTS
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ed,"-Adm. Chester Nimitz' com
munique said. Eight enemy
planes rose to contest there
strikes, and all were shot down.
Approximately 60 aircraft
caught on the grounds were de
stroyed. "Barracks, warehouses, and
hangars were hit at the several
airdromes attacked," the an
nouncement continued. "Enemy
waterfront installations at Ma
tins, Cagayan and Surigao were
also bombed."
Cargo Ships Sunk
Aside from obliterating the
convoy, the task force part of
Adm. William Halsey Jrs third
fleet pounced on enemy ship
ping in Sarangani Bay, Davoa
Gulf and near Cagayan and Suri
gao. Their blows resulted in
"the sinking or probable sink
ing of 16 small cargo ships, one
medium cargo, one patrol craft
and many sampans, and setting
fire to two small cargo ships and
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U. S. plane losses "were very
light," and there was no dam
age to American surface ships,
the navy said.
The navy's failure to mention
that Japanese warships sought to
protect the convoy and other
shipping prompted a supposi
tion the enemy's Philippines
fleet was still licking the
wounds it suffered in the sea
battle off the Marianas last June.
life -isp. -t Jfte4
tdf r MoT
BY HOT WEATHER
V C. A. Henderson, county 'agent,
and Layton Stephens, reclama
tion engineer, inspected the
Klamath irrigation project Mon
day. Henderson stated that the last
10 days of hot weather have
speeded up the harvest and the
grain harvest is much further ad
vanced than usual in the south
era part of the district. The
grain, clover, and pea harvest is
general throughout the entire
area. .
; Ross Aubrey, head of the state
federal shipping point inspection
service in the Klamath district,
stated that potato shipments are
now better than 30 cars a day.
'--.It is noticeable that many
(fields of potatoes are ripening!
last iouowing me irost mat oc
curred September 2.
Dairy
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Jones
left Thursday, September 7, to
visit their daughter, Mrs. James
Fulton and family of The Dalles,
Ore., for a while.
mt. ana mrs. joe tiorsiey re
ceived word from their son
Clyde, that he has been recently
transferred from England to Ire
land. Mrs. Horsley is at pre
sent with her parents in Med
for. Leland Stoehsler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Stoehsler of
Dairy, husband of Jaunita Hors
ley Stoehsler, has left for over
seas. No word as to his destina
tion has been received.
Harry Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Brown of east Dairy,
who is stationed somewhere in
the South Pacific, recently sent
home a Japanese bicycle for his
brother, r.ichard. It resembles
an American bicycle in many
ways.
Word has been received fromj
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Bomb bursts shatter Jap Installations at Ucanan In southern Philippines during raid oj American oomoero
and long-range fighters. This tlrst picture ot American raids over the Philippines tvee (rrmpnif Ulustrauon
of Gen. MacArthur's statement that "Our Air Force now dominates the southern Philippines." Signal Corp
radio- telepnoto Iron) Australia.
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This Is the first photo of the tell turret of the B-29 Super-Fortress. Thl
Kunner sits In pressurized compartment above his guns-two JO-caUba
machine guns plus a 2-mm. cannon-whlch he operates by remote con
trol system similar to that used on battleships. Gunners on the othef
four turrets are even further removed from manual contact with tneli
guns. ae fcpa.eU .ter e.n-t vn-Mon of tho rccoU, which h;fc'7 in-r-es
accuiiuuy 01 lire.
Staff Sgt, Theodor Heim, son of
Mrs. Lina Heim of Klamath
Falls, wl-o is stationed in the
South Pacific, that he and a
group of other boys went deer
hunting and were lucky to bring
back some. Lots of deer, but
the country is so roueh and
grown up with vegetation, that
hunting is almost impossible. He
is able to ride a motorcycle
again, after his recent operation.
He says the weather is starting
to get really hot again, with a
lot of rain.
Sgt. Cecil V. Schmoe, grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Schmoe. has been moved from
England to France. Ho reports
the weather there much like
Mississippi kind. Cecil has a
brother-in-law and cousin' sta
tioned in France, also.
Mrs. Olaf Nelson returned
home Thursday evening from
Grants Pass, where she has been
picking hops for the past few
weeKS.
Mrs. E. B. Schmoe of 3950
Homedale road, is confined to
her home with illness this week.
To prevent damage by high
winds dahlias should be staked.
If ifs a "frozen" article you
need, advertise for a used one
in the classified.
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Pep talks, community singing
and the rousing music of the
marine band got the Klamath
county combined drive off to an
energetic start at the banquet for
committee chairmen and cam-
fiaign workers held at tho Wil
ard hotel Monday night.
Varne Owens was toastmaster
for the evening, and Orth Sise
more, Mitchell Tillotson, Delos
Mills, Paul Landry, Arnold Gra
lapp, and Vernon Chase briefly
outlined the plans of their special
branches of the campaign. Re
ports were heard from G. C.
Blohm, treasurer, and Charles R.
Stark, secretary, and Malcolm
Eplcy gave a short talk on how
the innovation of a combined
drive had come about. John
Houston led the group singing.
Encouraging to tho workers
of the drive was the announce
ment that $11,000 had already
been sent in to the fund. W. D.
Miller provided the kick-off
dinner as part of his contribu
tion to the campaign.
Commandos to
Disband, Center
To Continue
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it would have been impossible
to have carried out our numer
ous projects without the sup
port of our many friends. We
wish to take this final oppor
tunity to again thank our
friends and aonors.
"This work will continue and
the Commandos, individually,
will continue to help in every
way possible.
"May God bless your every
effort.
"Klamath Commando
Unit No. 1.
"Capt. Bernio Heidemann."
Petitions For City
Ballots Requested
By September 16
All those people intending to
file for petitions for city offices
to be voted on in the fall election
are asked by clerks at the city
hall to file before September 16.
This is requested so that the
names can be printed on the bal
lot and sent out with the county
ballots on September 22 to serv
icemen. Any names coming in later
than September 16 will necessi
tate a separate ballot to be sent
in a separate envelope with ex
tra cost to the taxpayers.
ASKS OBSERVANCE
SALEM, Sept. 12 (Pj Gov
ernor Earl Sncll today asked
for observance of Constitution
Day next Sunday, suggesting
that all communities hold spec
ial programs.
COURTESY
HEADQUARTERS
We're never too
busy or bothered to
take time out for
Courtesy.
True, we're a bit
short - handed. A t
times it may take a
little longer to serve
you.
But we rofuia to
lower our standards,
or to compromise
with care in the com
pounding of prescrip- .
tions.
0 Wo feel sure you'd
rather wait than wor
ry. 9 And we want you
to know that we
really value your
patronago these days.
corporiitcd into the rcich
uuzi accrue.
To tho north, they seized
Fort Ebon Kmucl, one of the
strongest of tho liclgluil Llcgu
Ring forts against only modcr
utc resistance, mid .smashed on
within a mllo of the Dutch
frontier four miles from Maastricht.
300,000 Prisoners
The first army's total of
prisoners Jumped up 15.000 In
a week to a total of 160,706,
and supreme headquarters de
clared the overall allied bag of
prisoners for the campaign in
northern France now was "well
in excess of 300,000." Moro than
65,000 have been taken in south
ern France.
The U. S. third army mean
while cracked the nail Mosollo
valley defenses in strength, A
front dispatch said the dough
boy brcuk-through had again
forced the Germuns Into a full
scale withdrawal from positions
on the chsI bank of tho river
from Pont-A-Nousson to Just
above Nancy.
Fort Fills
Fort Eben Emacl, once re
garded as Impregnable by the
Belgians, fell to the Germuns
in a one-day assault at tho out
set of their invasion of the low
lands in May, 1940.
The Americans tanning out
from Liege also seized Spa, on
the road to Malmcdy. The town
is famous for mineral springs
discovered in 1326.
Front Solid
A solid front from the North
sea to the Mediterranean was
formed by a Junction of the
third army and the seventh
army. The British second army
was over the Dutch border,
pounding toward a less formid
able section of the line guard
ing the Germans.
A battlctront dispatch said
the fiercely-resisting Germans
at Le Havre, Franco's second
port, had surrendered at 11:30
a. m., 36 hours after a crushing
British assault began and after
thunderous air and sea bombardment
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provincial capital of Pistoia
(pop. 72,000) and Prato and ad
vanced on northeast.
The Germans said the "detach
ing movements to the Appcnninc
(Gothic) line were concluded ac
cording to plan," indicating that
a decisive oaitio tor norm Italy
was at hand. At nearest points,
the allies were four miles from
Rimini, heavily fortified eastern
anchor of German defenses.
Gravel Pit Caves
In On Laborer
Art Cowpcrthwaitc, a civilian
employe working near the
Marine Barracks, was Injured
Monday afternoon when a
gravel pit near the Barracks
caved in on him.
He was dug out before he
could suffocate, although he
was bruised. He is reported to
be resting easily at Hillside hos
pital today.
Pick-Up Plus
Scored by Pilot
LONDON, Sept. 12 (P) On
his return from flying through
debris after strafing a German
column near Brest, Lt. Holland
W. Funk, Thunderbolt pilot from
Carlton, Ore., picked up:
A shell case from a German
88 MM. gun which lodged in one
wing; part of a German cart,
which hung from his gas tank,
and a letter addressed to a Ger
man soldier, which had, become
stuck in the barrel of one of his
machine guns.
The tropical jacana, a bird no
larger than a robin, has a foot
span larger than a horse's hoof.
M'if" wis BfiAnuwMitf 111 Aitifl JMaAMiaiii'iIUwi
Mitt Vonut Ramey, "Mlts Wnihlnqlon. D. C." (loft), receives
her crown as "Mlts America of 1944" Irotu MUs Jean Bartel, of
Lot Anqelei. tho 1943 titloholdor. at Atlantic City, altor Misi
Ramey won tho annual Atlantic City beauty pageant. (AP wire-photo).
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broader international politlcnl
aspects."
"I think you'd belter say mil
itary." Early replied after a
pause.
Cruikshank switched the news
away from .urgent war prob
lems by saying that loduy was
the 36lh wedding anniversary
of Prime Minister and Mrs. ;
Churchill. ,
"He brought her a largo:
bouquet of magnificent Quebec '
roses this morning," Cruikshnnk j
said. "11 is interesting to recall!
that 3U years ago when they I
married Mr. Churchill first at-!
taincd cubinct rank. He was ,
president of tho bourd of trade '
in 11)08." j
Grand Ronde Bank
Holdup Suspects 1
Indicted by Jury !
DALLAS, Sept. 12 M') Indict-!
merits charging assault and rub-1
bcry while armed with a danger-1
ous weapon were returned by
the Polk county grand Jury yes-;
tciday against Elmer R. Lane, !
31, and Malcy A. Stone, 30, ac- i
cuscd of the Grand Ronde bank
holdup. I
The bank of Grand Rondo was !
held up August 2 by two men .
who trussed the hands of J. C.
Barry, cashier, at gunpoint and ;
escaped with $14,000. Lane and ;
Stone were arrested in Boise :
August 22. and authorities said j
$0400 of the loot was found ii) ;
their possession. j
AID LABOR SHORTAGE
SALEM, Sept. 12 (!') Help
of state employes has relieved
the critical shortage of cannery
labor here, L. C. Stoll, slate
manpower director, nuld today
In thanking them for their
work.
Soma pooplo trust to luck.
Others buy Insurance from Hani
Norland. 118 North 7th. Phono
6080.
Eugene Mayor to
Abandon Politics
EUGENE, Sept. 12 (VP) Ell
sha Large, mayor of Eugene for
the last 12 years, declined to
day to seek reelection, and en
dorsed the candidacy of Earl
McNutt, head of a local con
struction company.
Mayor Large opposed tho
manager plnn of city govern
ment, which will soon go Into
force here. McNutt has been a
Lane county resident since
1895.
AWARDED DFC
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (A')
Two Oregon pilots, Capt. Melvln
H. McClaln, Bend, nnd Second
Lt. Walter A. While, Portland,
have been awarded the D!h
tinguished Flying Cross for nc
lion over Austria last spring.
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