Yanks Burst Across Seine, Isolating Paris, Flanking Robot Coast
Toulon Entered
By French After
Bombardment
Street Fighting in Pro
gress Americans 9
Miles from Marseille
Rome, Aug. 21 (U.PJ French
invasion forces entered the
western and northern sections
of the key naval base of Toulon
last night and street fighting
was in progress there today aa
American forces to the north
west stabbed to within nine
miles of Marseille, France's sec
ond largest city,
French forces of the 7th army
entered Toulon, a city with a
pre-war population of more
than 100,000, through the sub
urbs of Les Quatre Chemins,
Les Routes, and Valbourdin, aft
er two battleships and six
cruisers had subjected the port
to a terrific bombardment.
I.e Beausset Taken
Other French forces captur
ed the town of Le Beausset, five
miles northwest of Toulon on
the main road to Marseille,
while forward elements of the
allied forces were approaching
Aubagne, key road Junction
about nine miles east of Mar
seille.. Irtheir sweep around Tou
lon,''allied troops with the aid
of air and sea bombardment
captured Hotel De Golf, one
mile east of Hyeres, which had
been converted into a strong
point by the Germans; the hillr
top town of Le Revest-Les-Eaux,
a little more than two
miles north of Toulon, and Mt.
Caume, nearly two miles west
of Le Reyest.
Pertuis Captured
Farther north, allied forces
driving toward Avignon cap
tured Pertuis, 27 miles north
west of Marseille. Also in the
northern sector, the allies storm
ed into Valensole, 50 airline
miles due north of Toulon.
French forces of the interior had
surrounded the German garri
son in Pertuis before it fell
"firmly in our hands," an allied
communique said.
i)tii. Sir Henry Maitland Wil
son, supreme allied commands,
announced in his dally comr
munique that some 14,000 Ger
man prisoners have been taken
In the first six days of the fast
est-breaking invasion ever
mounted by the allies.
A third German general
Ma, Hans Schuberth, civil af
fairs commander for the Basses
Alps district and his entire
staff of six officers and 30 men
were among the latest prisoners
to fall into allied hands.
An official, statement said
Schuberth was known as an
"ardent nazi."
Allied Cruisers
Shell Bayonne
tan, Spain, Aug. 21 W)
TnsAf light allied cruisers be
gan shelling . almost non-existent
German defenses in the
Bayonne area of southern
France before dawn today. .
Spanish residents of this bor
der town 18 miles to the south
had a grandstand seat.
The cruisers which first pa
trolled the coast south of Bor
deaux evidently were feeling
out German defenses, but drew
only an occasional reply from
two or three coastal batteries
near Bayonne.
South of Bayonne Hitler's At
lantic wall no longer exists, for
the Germans pulled out last
night, leaving their defense
works in ruins.
An American motorized col
umn meanwhile was reported to
have passed through Angou-
leme, 130 miles south of Nantes
on the Loire river and 165 miles
northwest of Bayonne, without
encountering resistance on its
way toward the Spanish fron
tier. The Americans were said in
border reports to have received
a joyful welcoming by the
French in all villages and
towns through which they pass
ed. Road to Berlin
(By Auoelated Prii
1 Russian fronf: 322 miles
f measured from eastern suburbs
f Warsaw).
2 N o r t h e r n France: 535
miles (measured from near Me
lun). 5 Italian front: 603 miles
neasured from Florence),
y S o u t h e r n France: 670
niles (measured from Castel-ane).
C apital
56th Year, No. 199 JEHTntZSriSS, Saltm, Oregon, Monday, August 21,
B-29 Super, oris
In Double Raid
Against Japan
Washington, Aug. 21 W
B-29 bombers in the second
wave of Sunday's double-strike
at Japan reported today sight
ing the flames of destruction
wrought by the daylight flight
of Superfortresses while still a
half-hour flight from industrial
targets at Kyishu.
Four of the huge bombers
were reported lost to enemy ac
tion in the coordinated day and
night attacks by the 20th air
force.
The announced losses all were
sustained by the day raiders
which met strong fighter op
position. Jap Planes Hit
Our planes shot down 15 en
emy fighters, while 13 were
probably destroyed and 12 dam
aged. The text of communique No.
10 from headquarters of the
20th air force:
"Superfortresses of the 20th
bomber command in Sunday
night's attack again hit Japa
nese industrial targets in the
yawata area of the Japanese
homeland island of Kyushu fol
lowing up the daynight attack.
"Crews of the B-29's on the
night mission reported that they
could see fires from the previ
ous attack burning 30 minutes
before arriving over the target.
Bombing results were reported
in preliminary estimates as fair.
Enemy opposition was rather
light and anti-aircraft fire was
moderate and inaccurate.
Strong Opposition
"Planes making the daylight
attack met relatively strong
fighter opposition, and revised
estimates of results show 15 en
emy fighter planes destroyed, 13
probably destroyed and 12 dam
aged from the coordinated day
and night attack; four planes
have been reported lost due to
enemy action."
The Tokyo radio, as usual,
minimized the effects of the
raids, terming damage "negli
gible" and claiming that 23
planes out of a total of 80 were
destroyed in the first raid. It
also asserted that 20 parachut
ing American crewmen were
captured. The Japanese broad
casts said the first raid was
against four cities on Kyushu,
the southernmost main island,
naming Fukuoka, Moji, Kokura
and Yawata. The latter, site of
numerous heavy industries, has
been hit twice previously. The
Japanese said they lost three
fighter planes.
War Correspondent
Killed in Action
London, Aug. 21 (P War
Correspondent Thomas Stanley
Treanor, front reporter for the
Los Angeles Times and the Na
tional Broadcasting company,
died in a field hospital in
France early Saturday morning
from injuries suffered in a
"tank accident" near Dreux, it
was announced today.
(The announcement gave no
details of the accident, but an
NBC statement in New York
said the reporter was injured
fatally when a jeep in which
he was riding was over by an
American tank.)
Japs Abandon
Easing Philippine Invasion
General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, Aug. 21 (P) Japan
is withdrawing her planes from- the Moluccas and ripping up the
abandoned dromes, leaving that island cluster below the Philip
pines wide open for allied in
vasion.
Largest island of the Moluc
cas group, also known as the
Spice islands, is Halmahera, 200
miles west of New Guinea and
only 300 south of Mindanao.
Announcing that "under con
stant punishment, the enemy is
apparently withdrawing his air
forces to bases further westward
beyond our bomber range," Gen.
Douglas MacArthur said in a
communique today:
"This will make possible an
advance westward without the
necessity of costly frontal as
saults to clear the way.
"Our air force is continuing
its pressure out is finding many
enemy air bases non-operative
and others stripped of planes.
Soviet Forces
Annihilate 3
Nazi Divisions
Moscow, Aug. 21 (&) Soviet
forces have smashed three naii
divisions in the Sandomier sal
ient below Warsaw, while other
red army units have yielded
slightly before costly German
attempts to rescue possibly 200,
000 troops isolated on the Baltie
front, a Russian communique
announced today.
In the Warsaw sector, mean
while, Russian troops have driv
en closer to Paga, suburb to the
east of the city, and have cap
tured some vital positions to the
northeast, front dispatches said.
Marshal Ivan S. Konev's first
Ukrainian army, thrusting up
the west bank of the Vistula, 11
quidated the trapped Germans
north of Sandomierz. "As the
enemy refused to surrender,
most of the encircled enemy
troops were killed," the Russian
war bulletin declared.
The victory freed Konev's
forces for a possible drive either
southwest on the main fortress
of Krakow, north toward War
saw, or directly west across the
Polish plains toward German Si
lesia, which would snap the Po
lish capital's communications
lines.
144 Tanks Smashed
The slight red army reverse
occurred in the Jelgava sector
near the Gulf of Rega, where
144 German tanks and self pro
pelled guns were reported
knocked out.
In Estonia, Gen. Ivan Maslen
nikov's third Baltic army, cap
turing more than 150 populated
places, drove to within seven
miles of Tartu on the Tallinn
Riga railway.
Below the Estonian sector in
Latvia Gen. Andrei Yeremen-
ko's second Baltic army, sweep
ing up more than 70 places, ad
vanced to within 55 miles east
of Riga with the capture of Erg
lin on the Madona-Riga railway.
Russians Open
Romanian Push
London, Aug. 21 (U.fi) The
German high command an
nounced in a communique to
day that the red army has
launched its long-expected Ro
manian offensive, presumably
in an attempt to break through
the Galati gap to Bucharest and
the great Ploesti oil fields.
The new assault was launched
with strong support from
Stormovik attack planes south
of Tiraspol and northwest of
Iasi, the German communique
said, plunging into battle the
last quiet sectors of the 1,200
mile eastern front from the Gulf
of Finland to the Black Sea,
"Bitter fighting is in pro
gress in both sectors," the com
munique said, but gave no fur
ther details.
The Russian cleared the Ger
mans from Tiraspol, on the
north bank of the Dneiper river
60 miles from the Black sea,
last April and subsequently
established several bridgeheads
on the south bank, which, how
ever, never were exploited.
Iasi, a communications center
100 miles to the west, was
brought under siege by soviet
troops from the west, north,
and northeast last April.
Moluccas
"The enemy is no longer con
testing the air over the Moluc
cas." The communique added that
the Molucca chain was being
"strategically sterilized and di
vided into its component links,"
leaving the numerous garrisons
there impotent for anything but
local action.
Allied planes continued to
strike at Japanese targets in
the Pacific on a 2,500-mile arc
from Timor to the Marianas.
American fighters, probably
from Guam or Saipan, strafed
Rota and Pagan in the Marianas
Thursday and Friday.
A Liberator damaged a 1,500
ton freighter-transport off Da
vao in the southern Philippines
Friday.
-iri
German Prisoners in Southern France Invasion (IP) Captured German seamen are transferred
from an American PT boat to a Canadian assault craft off the beachhead in southern France. An
American destroyer sank their ship. (AP wirephoto from OWI radio from Canadian navy.)
Big3 Talk World Postwar
Security Organization
Washington, Aug. 21 W) Representatives of the United Slates,
Great Britain and Russia today began planning a world security
organization which all agreed must be based on the "sovereign
quality" of large and small nations alike, and must be backed
by military forces available promptly and in strength. Secretary
Churchill Sees
War End Near
With the Eighth Army near
Florence Aug. 20 (Delayed) )
Prime Minister Churchill told
a brigade of bronzed Canadian
tankmen today that the great
battle raging in Normandy pro
mises to bring the end of the
war much nearer.
"I cannot predict an early end
to the war, but I could not guar
antee against it ending sooner
than we have allowed ourselves
to hope," declared the prime
minister as he faced a great cir
cle of fighting men backed by
their Sherman tanks not far
from the front lines.
Touring the eighth army front
with Gen. Sir. Harold Alexan
der, the prime minister visited
ground where the allies fought
more than a week to push the
Germans back to Florence. He
wore the uniform of a colonel,
an honorary rank.
Churchill nimbly dismounted
from Alexander's car to face the
Canadian tank forces which
played an extremely vital part
in smashing through the Gustav
and Hitler lines in the Liri val
ley. About 100 men before him
had helped raid Dieppe in
France.
"The enemy is still active and
strong," he said, "and the Ger
man army still fights with the
relics of its old efficiency. But
behind the lines, weakness and
division are spreading and ev
erywhere, there are signs of in
ternal decay and dull apathy
overtaking the weak.
"The dissension is such that
when a general goes to Berlin,
he doesn't know whether he is
to be promoted or hanged."
Churchill Praises
American 5th
Army
Rome, Aug. 21 ( Prime
Minister Churchill praised the
American 5th army today as one
of the great striking forces of
the allied nations and paid a
special compliment to U. S.
troops of Japanese and Negro
ancestry.
Churchill paid his tribute to
the 5th after witnessing a par
ade of the famed 34th infantry
division.
"The 34th was the first, or
among the first, of all United
States troops to leave the new
world and carry by their sacri
fices and valor the precious
blessing of freedom and justice
to lands enslaved," the prime
minister said.
Americans Build
Air Bases in Riveria
Rome, Aug. 21 ff) Ameri
can aviation engineers began
constructing airdromes in south
ern France the day after allied
assault forces put ashore, it
was disclosed today.
The cooperation of French
farmers, who showed the en
gineers where minefields were
located, was credited officially
with saving many precious
hours and possibly many lives
in the task.
Journal
1944
" of State Hull ODened the initial
session of the historic confer-
ence at Dumbarton Oaks at
10:30 a.m. (EWT) with a sharp
rap of the gavel on the horse
shoe shaped oak table and said:
"The conference will come to
order."
In his opening address Hull
called for strong commitments
to use force when necessary,
saying it "must be available
promptly, in adequate measure,
and with certainty."
Ambassador Andrei A. Grom
yko, chief Russian delegate, re
sponding to Hull, likewise em
phasized the need for force cap
able of preventing a recurrence
of world war. While he stressed
the responsibility for world se
curity, to be borne by the great
powers 'because of their
strength, he said, the founda
tion of a world organization
must be "the principle of the
sovereign equality of all free
dom loving countries."
Sir Alexander Cadogan, the
British delegation's leader, like
Hull and Gromyko emphasized
the need for force and for fair
treatment of small nations, but
he declared additionally that
"peace may come sooner than
some expect" and that therefore
the conference should move
swiftly toward setting up some
framework of future interna
tional cooperation.
The first session lasted about
35 minutes.
Nazi Amazon
Killed on Tank
On the British Front, Nor
mandy, Aug. 21 (fl) The first
German "Amazon" definitely
identified as fighting with the
Wehrmacht, apparently as a
member of a tank crew, was
found dead during the battle
of the Normandy bulge.
A British stretcher bearer re
ported today:
"A woman soldier was dis
covered when British burial
squads were going over the
scene of the bitter tank battle
in the Vire sector between
Viessoix and Burcy.
"Her flaxen hair had rolled
out of her steel helmet and fal
len to her shoulders. She was
in full German uniform and
wore trousers, field boots and
a small pack in battle order.
On her jacket was a silver
star, a type of badge not often
seen on Germans, and the epau
lets of her tunic had the braid
of a corporal."
The stretcher bearer said he
searched her clothes without
finding any hint of her name
or identity. A photograph of
four Germans soldiers and the
woman was found in her wal
let. Lying dead near her was
a German soldier in a panzer
uniform who was identified as
the man standing beside her in
the group photograph.
Tour Begun by
Willis Mahoney
Klamath Falls, Aug. 21 W
Willis Mahoney, democratic
nominee for U. S. senator, be
gan a campaign tour of Oregon
today after announcing he will
open an office here in addition
to his state headquarters pre
viously opened in Portland.
Price Five Cents
Subs Sink 19
More Jap Ships
Washington, Aug. 21 (TV
American submarines in the Pa
cific and Far East have sunk
19 more Japanese ships, includ
ing a light cruiser and an es
cort vessel, the navy reported
today, bringing to 706 the total
of enemy vessels sunk by subs.
Making its first report on
United States submarine activi
ties in 11 days. The navy said
these vessels had been sunk:
One light cruiser, one escort
vessel, one large tanker, three
medium cargo transports, 11
medium cargo vessels and two
small cargo vessels.
The total of combatant ships
sunk by submarines rose to 56,
while 11 others have been re
ported probably sunk and 14
damaged.
American underwater craft
have sunk 630 non-combatant
ships, probably sunk 26, and
damaged 101, bringing to 858
the total of Japanese vessels of
all kinds sunk, probably sunk,
or damaged since Pearl Harbor
by our submarines.
Nazis Destroy
Warsaw Areas
London, Aug. 21 () The
Germans are laying waste large
sections of Warsaw with artil
lary and planes, trying to smash
underground forces battling
nazi troops within the city, Pol
ish quarters here said today.
Much of the old city has been
virtually wiped out and the fa
mous 15th century cathedral has
been almost pulverized, the in
formants said.
A communique relayed from
the underground said German
infantry and tanks had pene
trated into the old city, where
patriot fighters are concentrat
ed, after a terrific artillery and
plane bombardment.
The Polish telegraph agency
said the Germans have seized
70,000 Poles in Warsaw in the
last few days and herded them
into a concentration camp in an
effort to break the revolt.
Quoting the Polish under
ground radio in Warsaw, the
news agency said the Germans
were "systematically burning
down the city. Street after
street has been set on fire."
Destruction in
Fleeing Germans in France
By Edward W. Bcattie
With the British in Pursuit o( the German Army, Aug. 21 (U.R)
The German army today is perilously close to rout as the swirling
battle of western France heads toward two great climaxes which
may make it the battle for
France or the battle for Europe.
These are the climaxes which
may be reached in this week's
fighting:
1. The fall of Paris a great
climax of the spirit set free in
the city which for generations
has been the fountain head of
liberty in continental Europe,
and a great military triumph to
cut off the hub of the entire
French railway system.
2. The final destruction of the
German 7lh army, together with
its associated panzer groups and
artillery and infantry drained
from the 15th army defending
the Pas de Calais and the low
countries.
The second is of far grealer
military importance than the
capture of Paris because it un
doubtedly means the end ot
further serious fighting in
France.
Destruction definitely is "in
Siege of Revolt-Torn
Proceeds on 3 Sides as Allies
Finish off 7th Army Survivors
Battle of Northwestern France to Be Ended in
Complete and Decisive Victory Says Monte
109,575 German Casualties in Sweep to Paris
Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Aug. 21 (UP.) The battle of north
western France has ended in complete and decisive victory for
the allies and the end of the European war is in sight, Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery declared today as allied armies laid
siege to Paris from three sides, breached the Seine river line, and
swung in from Normandy to finish off the survivors of the routed
nazi 7th army.
"The Lord, mighty In battles, has given us the victory," Mont
gomery said in a stirring order of the day to the combined British,
American, and Canadian armies under his overall ground com
mand. "The news is very good from the war fronts all over the world.
The end of the war is in sight. Let's finish off the business in
record time."
Montgomery said the past 10 days have seen the elimination of
the German army south of the
Scine as an effective force, and
that "terrific" destruction of
nazi men and armor still is go
ing on in the by-passed Nor
mandy pocket.
Victory Definite
"The victory has been defin
ite, complete and decisive," he
said, asserting that the allied tri
umph marked the beginning of
the end of Germany military
domination in all France.
"Having brought disaster to
! the German forces in northwest
France, we must now complete
the destruction of such of his
forces as are still available to
be destroyed.
"After knowing what has
happened to their armies in
northwest France, it is unlikely
that these forces will come to
us, so we will go to them,"
Montgomery's order declared.
10,000 More Surrender
Almost as he spoke, 10,000
beaten, dazed nazi veterans laid
down their arms and surren
dered to the overwhelming al
lied tanks, artillery and rifle
men massed around them in the
Normandy pocket. At the same
time, British, Canadian, and
American troops surged east
ward toward the Seine, herding
the disintegrating remnants of
the 7lh army into the guns of
Yankee forces that crossed the
Seine northwest of Paris and
fannejl out across the enenny's
line ul iiigiu.
Already, It was announced
that Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
3rd army in its sweep to Paris
had captured 49,650 Germans,
killed 11,025 and wounded 48,
900 a total of 109,575.
3 Generals Taken
United Press War Corres
ent Richard D. McMillan re
ported that the latest bag of cap
tives included three nazi gen
erals: Lt. Gen. Badinski, com
mander of the 276th division;
Gen. Elfeidt, commander of the
84th corps, and Lt. Gen. Menni,
listed as leader of the 84th di
vision. The forcing of the Seine river
barrier virtually isolated revolt
torn Paris and menaced the
nazi robot bomb bases along the
charnel coast.
Allied headquarters an
nounced officially that the
Americans were across the
Seine a great strength at Man
tes, and German radio reports
admitted that Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton's troops also forced
a crossing 12 miles to the
north at Vernon.
A steady stream of men and
armor was reported pouring
into the bridgeheads and Ber
lin said Patton's forces were
fanning out along the south
bank of the Seine on a front
more than 30 miles, reaching
(Continued on page 7, column 6)
Store for
the cards" for the reeling Ger
mans, as the British mop up
bewildered fragments of Ger
man units in the Argantan-Fal-alse
pocket and move on a
broad, straight front toward the
Seine to squeeze the fleeing re
mainders of the 7th army
against the on-rushing Ameri
cans. The retreating Germans hard
ly are an organized army any
longer. Some divisions are
down from 10.000 to 15.000 men
to 1000 or fewer. They are
short of transport, short of
guns, short of any hope of as
sistance. If, as seems likelv, they can
be brought to a show-down bat
tle this side of the Seine it
is doubtful, in the opinion of
allied military authorities
whether they wilt ever again be
able to stand up and fight within
France.
Paris
S-
French Battle
Nazis in Paris
London, Aug. 21 0J.R) Th
German army battled a spread
ing French patriot rebellion in
the streets ot Paris today and a
United Press dispatch from the
Franco-Swiss frontier reported
that puppet Premier Pierre La
val and his collapsing pro-nazl
government had fled from
Vichy to the German border.
While the Germans placed
Paris under virtual martial law
and threatened It with destruc
tion if the Patriots did not sub
side, French Maquis sources re
ported Laval and others in his
collaborationist cabinet had ar
rived at Morvillars, less than
six miles from the Swiss border.
United Press Staff Corre
spondent Aldo Forte, who cross
ed into France from Switzerland
several days ago, said Laval
and his suite were travelling
under a heavy German SS
guard, moving swiftly in power
ful camouflaged automobiles.
French quarters in London
estimated that 30,000 to 50,000
Maquis organized members of
the French forces of the inter-ior-'-were
leading the rebellion
.in an effort to speed the libera
tion of Hi,; largest city in conti-
nental Europe and th fourth
largest in the world.
Maquis Capture
City of Toulouse
London, Aug. 21 VP) . Th
Algiers radio said today that
on Sunday the Maquis captured
Toulouse, sixtli largest city (
France.
Toulouse (Pop: 213,200) la
in southwest France, 60 mile
north of the Spanish border.
Frequent neutral reports have
told of German withdrawals
from that area.
Another Algiers radio report
said French forces of the Inter
ior were fighting German troops
in the streets of threatened Mar
seille, second city of France,
which lies close to American
seventh army advance units.
French patriots now control
France comprising eight depart
ments, says Gen. Joseph Koenig,
commander of the French forces
of the interior.
In a communlgue broadcast
by the Algiers radio, Koenig
said that during the week ended
Aug. 19 French patriots killed
1821 Germans, wounded 415
and captured 22C5, suffering
only slight losses themselves.
Reports relayed here through
Port Bou, Spain, said the Ma
quis controlled the entire Pyr
enees region of southwestern
France from the Atlantic to the
Mediterranean. All German
forces just north of the Spanish
border have withdrawn north
ward and French patriots hava
appointed administrators.
A dispatch from Irun, Spain,
said the last German forces at
Hendaye, just across the border
in France, -have pulled out and
only regular French customs
men guarded the frontier.
Bomber Sinks Big
Jap Cruiser Off China
Chungking, Aug. 21 W A
Liberator bomber of the U. S.
14th air force has sunk a 14,200-
ton Japanese cruiser in a sweep
off the Chinese coast east ot
Hongkong, Gen. Joseph W. Still-
well's headquarters announced
today.
The attack look place Satur
day, Ihe announcement snld.
The Weather
Pair tonight and Tuesday. Con
tinued warm. Max. 87; Min, 47.
Rain 0. River today. -4 It.