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iBTtsion Fretft lAJJSen.
George S. Patton'g American
army was halted in its smash to
ward Germany and battled rein
forced Germans in the Moselle
valley, ;j c., .V.?, V ; x ' .
. Roaslan Front Russian troops
smashed the remaining SO miles
across Romania and reached the
Yugoslavia border and a linking
of the Soviets with Marshal' Xl-i
to's tough partisans -. appeared
near: Bulfaria pleaded for an
armistice with Russia.
Italy The decisive battle for
northern Italy -approached as Al
lied troops closed wiuun live
miles of Rimini, Adriatic anchor
of the German Gothic line.
Pacific Nayy planes sank
three small Japanese . freighters
off Mindanao! in the Philippines,
and simultaneously v American
and Australian fighter -bombers
swept over VogeHtoP peninsula
' on Dutch New Guinea, hitting
Japanese positions. . ,
Bulgaria Bulgaria, was re
ported to have notified Britain,
Russia and the United States she
has declared war on Germany.
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t. Western front: -161 miles
(from Breda, Netherlands).
J. Southern France: fSt miles
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Points of Wifrld Eeace
FiniiXexie5
LONDON, Sept MP-Ameri-
can medium i and ' light bombers
saturated Brest with high explo
sives for more than three hours
today, wrecking gun emplace
ments and road blocks in the Brit-
tarry peninsula fortress and leav
ing, ammunition' and fuel -dumps
ablaze. ? -' 1"' :-1 '" '
Three separate raids were made
and pilots returning from the last
one said they; were convinced the
capitulation of the estimated 25,
009 Germans-; holding out in the
fortress was only a matter-of a
day; or so. j . - f
Six times in the last four days
Brest has been plastered, and the
total bomb tonnage rained on it
ha$ risen to ; 3500. Some of ' the
Marauder mediums, bated
newly established Treat
fields, swooped within 1 2000 feet
ioii me cut. iwnicn was auame I rxnrkrri c nioV
of I the fortress and the flames
spread rapidly, crewmen said. ;
Tonight British heavies dumped
over 1500 tons j of bombs on Lo
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WASHINGTON. Sept. eXPV-British, Russian and American
delegates to Dumbarton. Oaks have now reached virtual agree
ment on all the major points of a post-war tnternanonai organ
ization to keep the peace, it was ascertained today, ";. k:
In "effect this is tantamounti to informal agreement among
the three powers because although the Dumbarton Oaks recom
mendations must be sent to each
capital for approval, the delegates
hrvtrbew in 1 constant touchrth
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Patty Thomas, dancing star ef Bob Hope's entertainment groap, does
a Mbnmps-a-dals7M with an nnldentled US marine at a marine corps
base "somewhere In the South 8eas." (AP Wlrephote from marine
corps) . : . ' - - - r I '
Nazis Make :
No Peace Plea
Britisher Says
LONDON, Sept, .-(P)-No peace
plea has yet been made to the
United Nations by ' Germany, a
spokesman for the British govern'
merit stated emphatically tonight.
lie made the statement, he said,
to dispose of recently recurrent ru
mors that Germany has been seek
ing opportunities to open talks
with the allies.
. Any German peace emissary can
approach the western allies only
through the supreme commander,
Gen. Dwight D.. Eisenhower; the
spokesman said, 'and the western
allies will not cease fighting until
Eisenhower gives the order.
This he will not do until he gets
an unconditional .surrender . from
the German., high . command, en
dorsed , by .the . German general
j staff, this source said. ' -
The Germans thenv would be
presented with document "in
forming tfiem " that-the allies de-
Two Southern
Leaders Talk
With Roosevelt
By ' th Associated Press
' Governors of two southern
states where anti-fourth term sen
timent is reported strong talked
with President Roosevelt at the
White House yesterday.
Gov. Coke Stevenson of Texas
was the first to see Mr. Roosevelt
and was followed later by Gov.
James H. Davis of Louisiana.: Both
said they came at the president's
invitation.
Stevenson was reticent about
any poliucal discussion he may
have had with the president but
Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones, who went with him to the
White House, said later that he
supposed the governor and the
president "naturally talked" about
the Texas political situation.
Himself a Texan, Jones said he
was "sure nobody short of God is
going, to straighten them out" ' in
Texas but' described as a good
Bronze Plants
Make1 Pledge
To Produce
mand a free nana1 in all matters suggestion Stevenson's p r e p o sal
relating to enemy forces-food,
transport, economic and financial
facilities, industry and political af
fairs. Only ii the Germans accept
' theaie terms will the . "cease fire'
order "be issued.. , ,
FDR, Truman
On 3 Tickets
ALBANY, N. Y, ScpV M-
Uew York state's ballots may car
ry ue names of President Boose
velt and Sen. Harry S. Truman as
candidates of the American labor
and liberal parties, State Supreme
Court Justice Francis Bergan de
cided today, t '"
Bergan denied. petitions for in
junctions restraining the secretary
of state from certifying the names
of the two democratic candidates
as nominees of the ALP and the
liberal party.
The petitions were" brought by
former democratic Rep. John J,
' O'Connor of New York city and
Walter J. Flanagan of Brooklyn
who 'contended - the. candidates
should have been -nominated by
convention. ' ' ' - C . ; .
that Texas have two slats of dem
ocratic electors ' in the November
elections.' .
Sen. Harry S. Truman, the dem
ocrauc vice presidenuai nominee
who also went with Stevenson to
thi White House, declared, how
ever, inai ine governor wouia
straighten them out"
The party split developed last
My when a pro-Roosevelt faction
walked out of the Texas democra
tic convention after anti-Roosevelt
delegates won test votes,
avis told newsmen he and Mr.
vtlt talked "very little pol-
but that he had told the
ident of the political situation
state. He predicted the pres
t would carry Louisiana.
CLEVELAND, Sept.
out production at the: two CI eve
land Graphite 1 Bronze Co. plants
which the army seized after a six
day walkouf Was pledged tonight
by Matthrew I Smith, secretary
of-the Mechanics Educational So
ciety of America. Smith gave the
pledge after conference with Lt
Col. George D. Lynn, Cleveland
district ordnance chief now super
vising operations at! the factories.
Smith also agreed! to arbitrate
the dispute! bysthe methods direct
ed in the Cleveland; regional war
labor -board order. ! :
Earlier, National MESA officers
threatened a general .strike in all
MESA - controlled plants - unless
Elmder Torok. whose discharge
precipitated j the walkout, was re
instated before the return of the
two plants to private ownership.
The threat was made as .virtu
ally all production bearings for B
29 Superfortresses and other mili
tary vehicles was resumed at tthe
plants following army seizure of
facilities last night I on President
Roosevelt's order.
itics
prfes
in his
iden
Hero Weds
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A
ervice Vote
Will Be Large
PORTLAND, Sept. -i-Votes
from Oregon men and women In
the armed forces may have con
siderable influence.' in the No
vember election, the registrar of
voters said today, reporting abou
10,000 applications -for absentee
ballots in Multnomah county
alone. " '' :.r :
If there is a 75 per cent return
of the ballots mailed out, as there
was in the May primary, the ser
vice vote will be a large factor
here, James W.: Gleason predic
ted. He estimates that' at least
15,000 ballots will be sent from
the county. 1 M '?
Approximately 20,000 men and
women in uniform from, Multno
mah county are eligible to vote.
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Tic Alton W. Knappenberger,!
one-man army,- who won the'
eenrresslonal medal of honor
for killing oatright CO Germans
at Anslo beachhead.' Is pictured
kissing ' his bride, 18-year-old
' Bath Elckhoff, after they were
married v at Norrlstown; Pa,
August 23. (International
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Burma Allies Gain
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan
dy, Ceylon, Sept. (HflAllied pa
trols probing far below captured
juogaung m norm Burma are
heading steadily toward Hopin and
reorganized Japanese - defenses
along . the Myi tkyina Mandalar
railway, a headquarters communi
que said tonight n - ; i i
TO.whos Inntf
d?fiHeV3L"nke .bSrelmUCh career in ecclesiastical and tem
perance work and brief excursion
into the poliucal arena earned him
national attention, died today.
The Methodist clergyman, in
Chicago to attend a meeting of the
anti-saloon league, succumbed to a
cerebral hemorrhage ; in Wesley
Memorial hospital.
He devoted decades to what he
once termed "active , anti-liquor
warfare," and was projected into
the political news in 1928 becausef
of bis efforts to defeat 3 Alfred .
S m i t h, democratic ; presidential
candidate.
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Havre, another holdout port, this
one on the channel coast. Troops,
gun positions, " supply depots and
other targets ! were hit . 1-
Dther Halifaxes and Lancasters
wth large fighter escort made a
heavy attack; on Emden, nearest
haven to which the 'enemy can
hope to evacuate that portion o
his naval strength based' in chan
nel ports. No fighters were seen
by the bomber crews either along
the route or; over Emden, and
flak was light to moderate.
Smoke from Emden 'could be
seen 90 miles, the pilots said.
This was the second time RAF
heavies have; been over Germany
in daylight with fighter cover all
the way.' j . !
iMore than 3,000,000 surrender
leaflets were; dropped by fighters
on German garrisons at Le Havre,
OStend, Brest, Boulogne, Calais
and Dunkerque. , , V
apoKan
Kimmel's Son
Lost With Sub
WASHINGTON, SepL 6-VPhU.
Commander Manning Marius
Kimmel. 2li son of Rear Admiral
Husband Ej Kimmel, is missing in
action , with his submarine, the
Robalo and her crew of at least
65 officers and men.;'- . ,
The navy announced loss of the
year-old submarine today, bring
ing to 28 the number of American
submersible lost since the war
started. K -'
'Kimmel had been commanding
officer of the Robalo since 'last
March. Earlier he had served as
diving officer: on another subma
rine and won a silver star for his
part in destruction: of " signifi
cant amount of Japanese ship
ping." He jbad been on submarine
duty, three years after his gradu
ation from I Annapolis.
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War Workers'
Training Out
i WASHINGTON. Sept. 6 -VPi
House and senate conferees oh
demobilization 'land reconversion
legislation today scrapped a pro
vision of the senate bill setting
up a general program ojt postwar
retraining and reemployment of
war workers. ' -J
I However, the conference! com
mittee agreed to put into the leg
islation a retraining program, cre
ated by executive order!, for vet
erans and disabled civilians and
to provide ah administrator to co
ordinate all Such federal and state
retraining plans. ' J
Rep. Disney (D-Oklal commit
tee member, said "the conferees
took the position that we should
not create another vas NY A to
retrain civilian' workers who al
ready are trained in sosne line of
work." i . :
their-governments as eachjMi
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Atlantic City
Has Bad Fire I
ATLANTIC CITY, N J, Sept e.
-ffi-Tirt fed by bursting gas
mains consumed an entire block
of boardwalk stores and burned
j out five floors of the eight-story
a I 'mm
east.
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Tells of Great
St. Lo Victor y
SPOKANE, Sept. 0.-ff-The as
sault on St Lo, cracking open
German defenses and leading to
the allied victory in France, "de
fies description" and "probably
will -be noted as one 'of the great
battles of this war," Says a letter
from Sgt Fentoh Roskelley,
The wermacht is disintegrating
under- the fury of our powerf u
fcoxea.'raald the letter written' 10
days ago hy Roskelley, University
of Idaho 'gradjkiateand,f p r m e
Chronicle reporter! His home i
at Challis, Idaho. .
2 Breaking the quiet of a peaceful
morning on the front before St
Lo, where Roskelley was .with an
army automatic weapons outfit,
3,000 bombers in a never ending
procession seemed to march across
thesky":M:U J.- :;
First came wave after 'wave of
ighter-bombersT then !"the "hea-
-vies, shimmering' in the sun, speck
ling the blue sky. clear back to the
horizon. They converged upon the
battered city and from their bel
lies the bombs tumbled on jerry.!
The roar of the planes and the
rumble of exploding! bombs ' rose
until the ground trembled under
our feet1:-, ' j- : .
"It ended like it began. The roar
faded and died.! But then our ar
mor lashed out and plunged
through to cut Brittany to pieces
and drive on to Paris."
hotel Knickerbocker before it was
brought under control.
Damages were unofficially pla
ced at $200,000.!
The hotel management said 300
guests were helped into the street
by servicemen i stationed in the
city and that none suffered injur
ies although many lost their per
sonal belongings. i :., V ;
vThr; plant understood to be
close 'to. the ideas. brought the
conf ereneej'by' the UnitedV States.
Both thef American oncepv r rep
resentation of srnalLt)erabn the
rganiuaa!febunci:a a sys
tem of national force tjuotasrath-
er than the Russian plan for an international-
itr force are mqhid.ed.
At coulassembly . and world
court .are the main 'structural
points agreed Jipon. i;
- Provision - i- made ior granting
France a position of equality with
Russia, Britain, the United States
and China as that nation regafhers
her strength and again becomes
one of the world's first-rate pow-
..ers..; t. .... -m . ;
Not Over Yet
The first phase of the Dumber
ton Oaks talks Is not yet conclud
ed, however, because technical
points and questions of wording
remain to be cleared up.
The next major steps' is conver
sations' among Britain,' the United
States and China which are ex
pected to last about VweekC' Al
though officials decline to say it
publicly, China has "been kept in
formed of developing ideaavL and
has made hers known to the dele-
cates. so that it is unlikely that
any barrier will arise in the way of
quick four power agreement
Sea Serpent
Only Weavers'
SANDPOINT, Idaho, Sept -tiP)
-A Sandpoint man says he' too has
seen' the well-publicized sea ser
pent of Payette lake in southern
Idaho and he gives this one-word
description of it: - - : - -Beavers."
' .
Paul .Walter," former owner of
CampPend Oreille here, said he
sighted 'the "serpent" a few days
ago while driving along the shore.
It " appeared to be 30 or 40 feet
long and was traveling slowly in
the water.- -
He.iocused his field glasses on
itJanfl recognized . the heads and
occasionally - appearing tails of
three beavers swimming in single-
file.- ' t 1 " " "
"Papa, mama and baby out for
a swim." said waiter.
Has Idea
A A y.
' A A
Service saea wear "dog tags,- se
honorably, discharged service
docs should be entitled U wear
nua Un." That's the belief ofl
Starlet Joyce Reynolds, - Who
baa desixned the proposed "man
tag" and sabmltted a copy i to
the commanding officer ef the
dor induction center at San
Carlos, Calif. Bare Mbs . Eey
nelds deeoratea Bosky, a mixed
German Shepherd, , who ' Is
dlseharg-ed veteran ef two years
guard and sentry duty at Fort
BfaeArthor. (International) :
Newspaper Says Jews I
Not Given Full Rights )
PARIS, Sept 9 -ff- The
newspaper "Combat" said today
that Jews were not given full
freedom, along with the rest of
France because no positive mea
sures have been taken to assure
their rights even though nari an
ti - Semitic ordinances have been
outlawed by the De Gaulle ad
ministration. -' . '
Potatoes .were first discovered
by white men in Colombia, South
America, in 1538.
TODAY AND FRIDAY.
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HELSINKI, Sep t" e.-ff)-Fin-
land's 14-man peace delegation de
parted tonight from the capital's
blacked-out railroad station and is
expected to reach Moscow Thurs
day.
As the train pulled out-Foreign'
Minister C J. A. Enckell shouted
to the delegates: "Good luck. Send
back good news.", i
Meanwhile. Finland rallied ; be
hind President. Mannerheim. The
Carelian. academic., society, pro
German and heretofore against
settlement with the Russians, ex
pressed loyalty to the. government.
as did the union of war .veterans.
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Veteran Kills .
Old Friend
SAN FRANCISCO; Sept .-
-A 45-year-old veteran of ' two
wars was arraigned on a. murder
charge today in the d rimi tic
shooting of his longtime friend.
guest of honor at a Veterans of
Foreign Wars meeting last night
.. He was Harry Barton, dischar
ged three weeks ago from a naval
hospital where he was treated for
hypertension.. Barton, veteran of
the World war, had served in the
Pacific as a Seabee.
The dead man was Carey Smith
Conners, 50. He was sitting on the
rostrum at the veterans' auditor
ium when. Police Lt James Quig
ley reported. Barton calmly
walked toward him and pumped
eight bullets from two pistols into
his body. Veterans at the meeting
thought at first it was some sort
of Joke. '
Conners died two hours later.
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United States is in Smith county,
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