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Saturday ?S2 degrees; mini
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except fog en eaast; slightly
wanner Sunday except
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All those who know a little of
- art -and of history breathed sight
of relief when word came that
those monuments of medieval ar
chitecture, Mont-Saint -Michel
and Chartres cathedral had es
caped any serious damage in the
fighting in France. American
.tourists ' who got off the beaten
path from Cherbourg to Paris re
member them, as do veterans of
"the first world war who visited
these famous shrines during their
stay In France. An even 'greater
number of Americans know them
-through the book of Henry Ad
ams: "Mont - Saint - Michel and
.Chartres.' ,
- In Mont-Saint-Michel Adams
. found, the purest expression of the
religious aspiration of the middle
ages, when the energy of the hu
man mind found its outlet in the
rearing of great catedrals and in
"the crusades for the redemption
of the holy land from' .the infidel.
' Mont-Saint-Michel is the abbey
church built atop a tiny islet off
the southern coast - of the Nor
mandy peninsula. R i c h a r d II,
grandfather of William the . Con
queror, began the building of the
church in the year 1020. It was
not completed until 1135. So
abruptly did it rise above the sea
that both the west and the east
portions' of the structure collapsed
under their excessive weight and
were rebuilt in" the 13th and as
' late as the 15th centuries. The
.. church itself sitting atop the
mountain is " mid-medieval in ar
chitecture, the newer portions are
Gothic. . "':': i j
Dedicated to the archangel St
Michael, this church represents
.the high point of Norman achieve
ment in the middle ages. The
-energy which had
'-- (Continued on Editorial Page)
No Obstacles
To Agreement
4
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - (fl3)
The impending political unity con
ference between Secretary of State
Hull and John Foster . Dulles on
postwar world security was paral
leled on the, international side to
day by word that there sre no sei
rious obstacles to agreement . on
peace organl2atiHr -'plans among
the United States, . Russia j and
Britain. " The International : talks
begin Monday. , Hull and Dulles
will meet Wednesday., ; j -
-It was indicated also that agree
ment between the United 'States,
Britain and China in a follow-up
' next month of the conference with
Russia would be speedy , and ef
fective. v i
. Secretary Hull will open; the
Soviet-American-British phase of
the four power talks. He is offi
cial host to the conference, which
was called by him in accordance
with the delaration of Mosow to
which those three nations and Chi
na subscribed last November.
(Further details on page 2)
f
Lt. Shellliorn
Dies in Soutli
Pacific Action
; Lt WUliam Shellhorn, United
States marine corps,' has :' been
killed In action in the South Pa
cific, according to word received
by his wife, the - former Martha
Getzendaner, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. M. A. Getzendaner,:- Mrs.
Shellhorn received the - word
Thursday from the war department.-.-'-'-,
'.O;: :-.., i
Lt Shellhorn has been overseas
since October, 1943." The couple
was married in San Diego, Calif.,
last September. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shellhorn of
Marinette, Wis. , ";- J - :
. . Before enlisting in the marine
corps Lt Shellhorn attended Car
thage college, Illinois. He received
his officer's training at Quantico,
- Mrs.. Shellhorn resides here with
her parents and is employed at the
Marion county . welfare 'commls-
Sion.
B6nibt3rH
JaFreig
1 GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC Sunday,
Aug, 20.-, (J) "-, Continuing the
steady patrol of southern Philip
pine wters, a Liberator bomber
damaged a small Japanese freight
er off Davao. - headauaters an
nounced today. -I
s Patrol planes bombed Halmahe
ra. southern guardian of the Phil-
Jppines, and Vogelkop peninsula,
tl;e northwestern tip of New
Guinea. They also struck at Pa
lau. Fourteen barges were de
stroyed or 'damaged oll Manok
w art northern Dutch New Guinea.
This patrol activity ' continued
- the aerial war which Gen. Doug
las MacArthur said has reduced
the enemy's potential strength in
: LT.mds around New Gurea.
Among Big
KdZTY-rOURTH YEAS ' f 22 PACP . j . j Sclta. Owgoi StmAry Morning, Amyuat 1W . V,'- j , . ' j .- ' , , ; 'l j. ' ' VOm m . ;
. is;- H- i i J J iJ . I. - . - i 'i , ,' : !.
Red Army
Advances
10 Miles)
Russians Launch
New Big Pincera
Move on Nazis ; ;
LONDON, Sunday, Aug. 2Lr(JP)
-Red army trooDs yesterday ad
vanced up to 10 miles in- thrusts
imperilling Lomza and Ostrow
Mazowiecki, German bastions
guarding the lower East Prussian
border northeast of Warsaw, while
Berlin said that another powerful
Soviet army; had punched, out a
"breach in major depth" in Nazi
lines on the eastern rim of East
Prussia.' - ' . ' ; ,Ti: .
Pincers Move On
The- Russian pincers movement
on Germany's " exposed' eastern
province was launched by two Red
armies totalling 300,000 men, sup
ported by strong tank and war
plane formations, Berlin said. The
main center of fighting" was near
the East Prussian - Lithuanian
frontier, the Germans said.
Moscow's communique was si
lent about the western Lithuanian
front where Gen. Ivan Chernia-
khovsky's Third White Russian
army Thursday reached the East
Prussian border, but dispatches
from the Soviet capital said the
Russians there were awaiting an
announcement of the first Soviet
crossing into Reich territory in 30
years., j.,
S Idealities Fall
Gen. G. F. Zakharov's Second
White Russian' army began the
new drive between Warsaw and
the southern border of East Pros
sia. capturing 80 localities, - the
bulletin said. Curving around be
low the Wisna marshes one col-
humn seized Koionuja, oniy ia
miles from Lomza, and 38 miles
west of Bialystock, the Soviet of
fensive base.
Edward Ames,
Kenneth Kean
Die in Action
t CpL Edward E. Ames, US ma
rine corps, who has been missing
since June' 23, was listed at dead
ih an announcement from the US
navy Saturday. - His parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ames, route
6, Salem.
ALBANY, Aug. 19 Pfc. Ken
neth Karl Kean died at sea of
wounds received in action, accord
lng to information from the war
department received by his father,
C. H. Kean. While the place where
he was wounded is not given in the
announcement it is believed
to
have been in the South Pacific,
The message was received with
in a short time of notification that
a younger son, Richard Kean, was
missing in action.
German French Losses
Estimated at 400,000
NEW YORK, Sunday, Aug.
The London radio said today that
German losses in killed, wounded
and prisoners in northern France
Q T- (.Biitfrtiict v ecimQtA1 At AAA .
000." The broadcast was recorded
by CBS. - : : ' - : ' ' -
At Least :ioo'?TOjnppm-w
By Wendell Webb : - '
Manasinf Xdltor, Tbe Statcatnan
At" least 155 ; men? ftm? Salem
and its immediate environs; al
ready were on the- list of ' hero-
dead of World war II today, as al
lied armies pounded down . the
road to Berlin and Tokyo and vic
tory, a "- ; : - '
The mounting roll of honor, as
compiled by The Statesman from
all : available , sources, shewed
about 65 per cent of those from
this sector killed in action were in
the army, 20 per cent in the, navy,
and 15 per cent in the marines.
At least three in the merchant
marine also have died. r --Ot
the 155 known dead, about
one-half have been killed in ac
tion or died of wounds in the Pa
cific theatre of war, one-third in
,the. European theatre, and onej
sixth have died of illness or in ac
cidents . on continental United
States. ' . . -
. The saddening news of ; death
Germahs Scuttle iFrehclimanGrketsiHis Mother InraAtv hjj 77D ; ! t;
Their Eleet in ! i tJ.U.i --T-- JlIlYiUer& )Y niVTlHa M Qhis h
& M
Southwest France ;
IRUN, Spiil,?Aug. 19 -W- The
German fleei'in southwest France,
both naval land ; mercantile, " has
been scuttled in the Bay of Bis
cay andt i4 the Gironde' river
channel 4ier Bordeaux. . it was
learned herl tonight ; U I " -.K
The fleet ionsisted of a number
of. torpedo boats, submarine aux
iliary shipj, I light submarines.
armed trawlers and many coastal
freighters.
The freighters! could t be seen
from the panish shore today.
They put out from Bayonne and
St, JeanlDf llupor a few miles
ana were seutviea oy neir crews,
who went Iback I ashorel in life
boats. ?1 I ji: J.:; V i :V
Vie
icers
Flee
Swiss Border
-it i
ON TH1 FRENCH - SWISS
FRONTIER! Aug! 19-UP)r Pierre
Laval arTid at Belfori it noon
today and tarshl Petain wae sx
pected therl during the night C:
cording to frontier reports tonight.
Belfort tn France: about 25
miles westofi Basel, Switzerland,
and about tjie same distance from
the German, border.
The repatts which could not be
confirmed aid Laval was estab
lishing administrative offices at
Bel fort.
LONDQlK, Aug. 19-(-fVichy's
chief of government Pierre Laval,
Garman Ambassador Otto A. Betz,
and Naaof nciai? nave ;ned Tans,
and Axi f frtjes are fighting Amer
kan tank irpearheads somewhere
south of tilt "French capital, the
German! Tgansocean News! agency
said todayl 1 1 ' I " - I , T -.
ine proAXis yicny government
also is thifkjnglof leaving that
capital, ths broadcast ! said, and
added "it is ! possible this itransfer
may already, be in progress." Fur-
ther detail on the plight Of Vichy
personnel 'ire promised by Mon-
day. I If . I .-'J jl.v. :
The Amfrlcan tank thrust south
of Paris is$ "reconnaisance move-
menf the Berlin radio said. "A
direct thrjlstjof these American
forces On 3aris is riot on at this
HoppactfWUl
Be Cbntiiiued
NexC Season
The hopjagreement will be con-
tinued for,; the coming year on a
basis similar to! that for the cast
season, f according to ; information
from the department .of J agricul
ture received hy Paul J Rowell,
manager cf the hop control board.
. f The marketing agreement in ef
feet is an understanding between
industry id the secretary of ag
riculture jermitting; industry i to
make regulations for its own bene
fit including annual acreage and
crop determination, gathering and
operation is thej clearing house for
dissemination - of statistics, and
branches o( the industry.
r The nevl board, for which nonv
inations were, made last spring,' is !
expected lo be announced soon;
The ceilisg price of hops also is
expected shortly.
v t i -' -. I
fe. 1--T S ! ,.
has reached into every commun
ity of thealley Salem, West Sa;
lem,;. SQverton, Dallas, Mount An
gel, " Woodburn, - Independence,
MonmouGi, Jefferson, Hubbard,
Turner, Aurora, CanbyJ Dayton,
Aumsvill4 i Lebanon; Mill City,
Grand f Rondet Stayton, Sweet
Home, liberty! Willamina, Scio,
Brooks, McCoy Keizer, Fruitland,
Crabtree, Zena, Hsyesvule and
many another town.
The list of necessity does not in
clude alt? eligible - names, . since
many mid-Willamette men were
inducted $r enlisted Jin other areas,
and if their families ; since - have
not reach her except by chance
uuough friends ; iy .
The Statesman's f roll i of honor
takes in n approximate' radius of
25 to S5ijctulesi Through the co -
operation of persons who know of
area-casualties which they are not
certain fcave been recorded, it is
hoped to keep it complete.
M Utt
Towards
k i -...ft
It Toulon
. f . ' " j Towards Rlione Jl ' i-
. . r. - v y :-.
I
;
. -"SUi
i i i - .
t-'v f -.
I
it:' "
. : a r
l . jASt i iii
A frech1 soldier! member ;o a unit
vfith allied units, rushed into his mother's outstretched arm as he
wis reunited with her at Alenoon following liberation of that town
by allied forces. Be had been 4 way naanber ef years. (AF wire
Vhota jvia signal eerps radlopht.) ..,:. "4 , .
Platdonof
omen to Leave
This 1 Afternoon
i , f ! I ' 1
Salem will i say farewell today
to 25 daughters of the mid-Wil
laniette valley whoi have ; stepped
forward; as free-wil volunteers ti
serve their country tate and nav; r
in (the j official uiiiform of ths
WAVES untflf victory is achievel
and Ithe Deace.to follow secured.
Largest group of newly; enlisted
WyESi eveffto Tship out" eh
masse irom any parti oij Oregon,
the1 bnit! .comprises the; special Sd
lem WAVE Volunteer tola toon, ori-
gaqization of f fwhicj has been in
progress! for the lastjseveral weeks.
v DeDartina! ifrom Salem at B
o'clock piis afternoion the future
navy women twill go to Portland
and there will board a special
east-bound military train.
(Additionaldetailff on page 2)
GOR' ReelfiCt
1 S -J - I I !.-.-
Ail Mincers
I 'I - ! i - .It-. -j -"- .tf .'
, PORTLAND, Ore U Aug! lJMPJf-
Oregon State Republican Cen
tral committee reelected : all off!
cers today and decided to organize
republican ! war veterans clutis
I throughout the state.
- The cUnmittee also voted to red-
omknend - to the state legislature
that! the! committee bei enlarged to
include all county chairmen and
virri-rhairmpiv - - -I r
NeU j R. Allen. Grants - Pass,
chairman; Kenneth' Nielsen, EU
gene, secretary, anq Howard Wat,'
Porjtland, treasurer were elected
unanimously without: opposition.
(Additional details on page ; 2.)
H -. I ' i
Antoio NaccarcL' 27, an. Italian
t ,
Drisoner of i war i escaoed - from
Camp Adair Saturdai, acording lo
reports; to the Salem. police;; fie
was clad in a sun tan shirt: and
blue pants: both marked with l a
white PW identifying him as a pri
sorier of war. ll'-ll' I
The man is described i as. being
5 leet 5 inches tall jwith black eyes,
curly black hair ind light brown
complexion, 'and $ras carrying I a
uunuicj xie was usij seen in uc
vicinity of the former community
oi ouver, now a par oi me nxui
tartr rservatipn. . ; h i . .
tXOperaUon A$ked
Qn Fire Pretention
U ,T i . . t . s ,
J . Charges Pray, state police chief,
1 today- asked Oregon motorists to
J cooperate .with state officials , in
I preventing serious fire damage "5 to
I valuab!
e grain fjjna'and timber
lands fcf the state.
. ' 1
4
drivint threosh northern France
ITU-,
4-
Hurley, Netion
Oh China Trip
WASHINGTON, Aug. M -P)
President Roosevelt announced
late today that he was sending
MaJ. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley and
Donald 1 M. Nelson on a mission
to' China to discuss military sup
ply, military and economic prob
lems I with Generalissimo ; Chiang
Kai-Shek. ..
They will leave shortly! and be
in China several months.
General Hurley has been a spe
cial emissary abroad for the chief
executive for several years. Nel-
war production board will be filled
during his absence by Vice Chair
man Charles' E. Wilson, j "
The presidential mission will re
move Nelson,- stoutest advocate of
Immediate preparedness for indus
trial reconversion, from the coun
try before his program for. limited
civilian: goods production gets fair
ly started. I "-. "
: IilL place the program under
command ot. Wilson, who report
edly opposed Nelson's plan at the
outset, but went along when Nel
son insisted on putting it into ef
fect Over protests of the army, na
vy arid; manpower authorities. - "J;
R. Ei Warick Wounded
By Shotgun Charge - I
. R.; E, Warkk,'of the Broadacre
district near Hubbard, was taken
to Salem Deaconess hospital with
a . fractured arm last night, and
James: Byran Tapp, ".4J,vof the
same area," was lodged in- the
county tail. State police said War
ick had been wounded by a shot
gun charge.' Tapp was taken into
custody toray by state police . of-.
fleers I Karl Murphy and Bui
BeZO Per Cent
tVK
. The state tax on Oregon incomes
for 1844 will be reduced 20 per
cent' from the base, as compared
witl? sf 75 pet cent cut oh incomes
last !yarr the state tax commis
sion; announced Saturday. - '
"No property . tax will be levied
for State purposes. , ' x
; The reduction in the income tax
rate is authorized under the 1943
law providing for the distrttmtion
of income tax surpluses during
boom fears when tax receipts total
considerably more than is needed
by the state. - - :
Thet SO per cent reduction is ef
fective with' taxes payable in 1945.
' The" tax commission estimated
that revenues during the year end
ing June 30, 1945, will i be 21
. if f - ; ' 'I
ROME,-Aug. lHff)-Hard-driv-
ing French tanks today led the
American Seventh army1 into St
Maximim-le-Ste. Baumei only 25
miles northeast of Marseille and
22 miles below the vital road hub
of Aix-en-Provence, as the Allies
outflanked the great -Toulon naval
base in a broad enveloping move
ment headed swiftly towards the
Rhone river valley, f
I Less than 350 airline miles sepa
rated the' forces " j in j' southern
France from those in the north as
they moved rapidly ahead for a
union that would; split France in
two longitudinally, : f
Some'' Opposition f ;
Announcing the, latest 10-miles
a day gain against German opposi
tion that was "considerable" at
some places but feeble, at others,
Allied headquarters said .the bag
of captured Germans , now had
passed : 10,000 and identified the
second German general captured
as Gen. Ferdinand Neuling,' com
mander of the 62nd reserve corps.
- Other American forces shot out
northward to the Vicinity of Gras
se, eight miles northwest of Can
nes, and La Bastide 23 miles
northwest of Cannes, thus deep
ening up to 30 miles their solid
foothold along mor than 50 miles
of the curving srench Meaner
ranean shores on which they land
ed Tuesday. - .U
Withdraw Fast
An Allied stafi officer said the
Germans were withdrawing so
rapidly that hteV
were! unable to
accomplish their
lusual demoli
j ;!-..-t.--'-:-
treins. , !
Only on the coast a dozen miles
directly east of
'dulonj was Ger
man opposition described as truly
determined. t j .' i !..
Allied forces
Press Thrust
Into Burma;
SOUTHEAST
IASI A:-, COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kendy,
Ceylon.? Aug. 19 hkflV-' Allied for
ces, pressing their thrust south-
westward,, along
the Mogaung . r
Mandalay railway through intense
heat and heavy monsoon rains to
day maintained their average ad
vance pace of a-'mile day.?
Two I hundred; ' Japanese were
killed by, the British 36th division
in the first 12 days of its push
from Mogaung. J This , unit first
aU-BrfUsh; butfif uhde Gerpj .Jo
seph Wj Stflwellfs command, cap
tured. Diego v Sdarez, j capital or
Madagascar, in 1942. and was in
the ' Arakan campaign j early this
year.;'4r; . J "l-.i.:-" .
Waist - deep waterTand mud
prevented the,, allies from .bring
ing upl artillerylbut British and
American aircraft gave close sup
port to. this advance ahd! to other
allied forces driving down the Tid
dim road and Kabaw .valleyi
Successful Extraction
ST J.OUIS, f ug. 19 r
Charles Hugh Crocker;! 5, of Great
Falls,. :Mont, - had. a r successful
tooth . extraction: today from ; his
bronchfal , tubej The; tooth had
lodged in the child's throat during
a tonsflectomy. j :yu T;v!3
of PreAvar
300,000, nearly all of which . will
be from income taxes, f -!.rTi "..
. An estimated ;9,874,77 will be
needed! to run jthe stste govern
mental units which are dependent
upon -legislative appropriations,
and f oir " the state's : share in ele
mentary educittlbi':5.i-i-t':'""-'
In addition: to this;, $5,000,000
will be distributed to i counties to
reduce? county school taxes, leav
ins a net surplus of $6,425,221.
$ 'The ?1943 lawj provides that for
each $1,000,000 bf net jsurplus, the
tax shall be cut S ner cent The
30 per cent cut means that each
taxpayer will figure otjil his tax at
the regular pre-war rate, and then
riav only 70 per .cent! of fthe
amount- - 'i ""-it ;
Germany Definitely Loser iii
Battle of France;! Capital Is
Seared by Fires, Explosions
t .'; - - i :--(-.--' ''( ' 4 ' " i ' i i
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Ansr. 20
(Sunday )(AP) Fires and
as the beaten German army
demolitions in the face of the
Speedy American reconnaissance patrols stabbed nearly
into the Paris suburbs and columns; of the American Third
army reached the Seine' river
fashioned a tremendous knockout blow. I
On this 75th day of invasion, Germany stands defeated
in the battle of France, and American troops can advance
on Paris any time Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley chooses to throw '
French Patriot
Army Occupies
70Vulag
es
LONDON, Aug. J 19-Cff)-French
forces' of jthe interiorj.rising .be-
hind the German lines, have lib
erate4 701irulageJtof -the i area
southeast Of Paris, are taking oyer
whole departments of France, and
intensifying the corralling' of Ger
mans seeking to escape from - the
southwest, H was announced to
day, i -, I -'.f ';;;'s!
The once - hunted men of the
Maquis men of the underbrush
organized in cellars and iorest
glades and armed by -parachute,
have become hunters on a gigantic
scale, lit was disclosed in a com
munique from . headquarters of
MaJ,-Gen Joseph Pierre Koenig,
commander of all resistance forces
in the interior. . -''""'i',", .'-;
All police in the Saone and Loire
departments have Joined the Ma
quis, he announced, and German
garrisons j at Thonon, ! IJvian,' Le
fayet and Ighamonix are negotiat
ing to surrender. (Swiss dispatch
es said j the Maquis . already - had
occupied Thpnon and Evian.)
SmaU Force ;
HoldsBcdkans
t BARI, ;italyAug.Xii ;4ff) A
German force of fewer than , 60
divisions most of them-far under
strength," is holding": the ' entire
Balkans including the front fac
ing Russia, an examination of the
most! recent reports reaching. this
listening post indicated; today, t
The Germans have strung out
two-thirds of this number, across
600 mountainous miles .between
the Black sea and Karkow in Pd
landj dispersed' about a dozen dir
visions below the Danube and con
centrated the remainder; in central
and northwestern Yugoslavia. :
" These troops constitute the min
imum with which . Germany can
hope to retain the Balkans, it is
believed here, and withdrawals to
help meet the new Allied invasion
.are. unlikely, ; ' ;
ese
Chinese, troops' have gained 'high
ground west -of .: Hengyang 1 and
have;, repulsed Japanese attacks,
the " Chinese high command an
nounced tonight
-; At the same time a Japanese
column moving southwest' from
Siang Slang, about 60 miles
north of Hengyang, was contacted
by Chinese forces and suffered
many, casualties, the communique
said - .
5 (The German controlled Oslo
radio In 1 Tokyo dispatch said
46,000 ' allied troops f Including
Americans, British and Canadian
troops were fighting with the Chi
nese in an attempt to retake Heng
yang from the JEpanese." -
explosions! seared Paris today
apparently hastened ruthless
great allied tide at the capital,
25 miles west as the ' allies
vthe weight of his armor and in- '
fantry westward. t-
The; Swiss radio said American
forces already were in the Paris
suburbs, j
Rumors Thick - I
'British papers all headlined re '
ports jthat the Americans were in
man' or, neutral rumors without
Paris, but all were quoting Ger
confirmation. . - - i
Destruction of the German ar- i
my, not the immedi4Ul liberation
of Paris, remained the allied goal, ,'
and 'this was speeding on apacsw. ,
- The Falaise ; gap, 1 where '.mucli.
of the German Seventh army was
destroyed In a week of siege, fi
nally was sealed off entirely, and
the fleeing remnants that raced
away from it under the worst
aerial scouring in . history found
only that they had run into a big-
ger trap j against the meandering
and . bridgeless Seine. -. I
SU1I Fighting Ahead V -
. There: $tiQ is fighting ahead for
the; allies hard, bitter fighting
against an "enemy determined to -make
thelAmerican, Canadian and '
British troops pay as heavy a price
as possible for the progress they
make, pot victory is inevitable.
War ; Correspondent Don White
head; reported. He added that' ths
Germans have not enough strength s
left in f France to stop this great ,
allied tide that is pouring in upon
them. The Germans only hope of
holidng France had been to keep -the
Americans bottle up. in the,
Normandy peninsula land - that .
hope was smashed. j ; ' '
Nasis Not Destroyed ' ; r " ; ! : ; ;
The iGerman seventh army, bol-i -stered
f by- elements of the 15th '
army from the Calais coast, "ha
not been! destroyed,' wrote Asso
ciated; Press correspondent Wil
liam S. White, with the American
first! nny bu be declared : th
Germans had left thousands upon
thousands of casualties behind in v
salvaging much of their armor for
the dash to the Seine. !t .
That dash, however, was op-
posed by tremendous allied ; ai
power that in three days had de
stroyed 10,000 tanks and trucks.
how About a head suave?
. TRIBUNE, Kas, Aug. 19-P)- A
man can't get a shave on Saturday
in the shop of D. S. Thirp, but he
can buy haircut. Too busy,? ex
plains; Thorp. In a pinch most any
man cani shave himself but only a
contortionist can cut his own hair.
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. - s Nertheim France Explosions'
shake"" Paris as v Germans- carry.
Out, demolitions in apparent plan
' to abandon city to Yanks knock
ing at door, Talaise gap finally
closed; Americans - approach
Seine in encircling drive; Ger
' mans announce flight of Petain
government . ' .. -. -,
, Seathern France -Allies flank
.Toulon base in wide run; French
" tanks pace American' 7th army
Into Marseille area; French pa-
triots occupy 70 villages, win al
legiance French police. " 3
. Italy Allied patrols find Ger
mans sitting tight on Gothic line.
Poland Reds drive forward,
on six; fronts, advance up to 10"
-miles in thrusts imperiling low-
er East Prussian border defenses
Facifie .- , American bombers
continue attacks - on - Japanese
island 'defenses, . f .
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