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Capture of Troyes, Key Rail
Hub, Is Sought to Close
Last Direct Escape Route
Supreme Headquarters, AEF,
Aug. 23 (U.R) Powerful Amer
ican tank columns pounded east
ward within a day's ride of the
German frontier today, striking
for the key railway hub of
Troyes in a bid to close the last
direct escape route for all the
Nazi armies of southern France.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
tanks and motorized infantry
men had broken contact with
headquarters in their dramatic
strike toward the frontiers of
the reich, and headquarters
maintained strict secrecy on the
whereabouts of the advanced
American spearheads.
Drive Passes Sens
Front dispatches revealed,
however, that the Yanks were
driving at breakneck speed be
yond the ancient fortified city
of Sens,' which they captured
yesterday after a 65-mile thrust
around the southern suburbs of
Paris, and heading directly for
Troyes, 130 miles west of Ger
many. With the American break
through into eastern France,
headquarters permitted corre
spondents to state flatly that the
battle of France is nearing its
end and that the liberation of
the entire country is not far off.
Far behind Patton's flying col
umns, a powerful American tank
army massed around liberated
Paris, while other American
and Allied armies converged on
the Seine river line, tightening
a great noose around the broken
remnants of the German 7th
army in Normandy.
Only about 93.000 of the more
than 400 000 Germans' who de
fended Normandy on D-day
were alive and uncaptured In
the narrowing corridor extend
ing from the Channel to the
northern suburbs of Paris and
from the Seine to the Touques
and Vie river lines.
And those fleeing remnants
were being hounded mercilessly
from land and air, bombed and
shelled as they raced for the
Seine, where Allied planes swept
through low-hanging clouds to
strafe the river crossings.
Canadian, British and Amer
ican troops pushing eastward
toward the Seine advanced an
average of 10 miles all along
the line yesterday, with Cana
dian units along the Channel
coast sweeping into Trouville.
only 7V4 miles from the Seine
estuary.
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London, Aug. 23. (U.R) Two
Soviet armies, advancing at the
rate of 22 miles a day through
the Romanian eastern plains
leading to the Galati Gap, gate
way to Bucharest and the
Ploesti oil fields, captured the
German strongholds of Vaslui,
Tighina and Akkerman today,
Premier Marshal Josef Stalin
announced In a communique
from Moscow tonight.
The 3rd Ukrainian army
stormed into the German Dncstr
river strongholds of Tiehina
50 miles northwest of Odessa,
and Akkerman, 24 miles south
west of Odessa, while to the
west the 2nd Ukrainian army
took Vaslui in the twin drive
designed to knock Romania out
fo the war and deprive Germany
of her last major source of oil.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
George Field demonstrating
how to safely eliminate a nor
net's ne?t with a vacuum clean-
Ed Lyman holding an im
promptu reading class In the
.works of Damon Runyon.
Ellsworth Schuler describing
how he was temporarily
"adopted" as a ruse to find ho
tel quarters in crowded San
Francisco.
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Droves of Nazi prisoners, corralled
France beachhead, prove almost too
Tropez. More than 14,000 prisoners
French Erase Stains on National Honor
By Reconquering Capital Lost in 1940
(The writer of the following
dispatch was United Press direc
tor for France before the foil of
that country to the Nazis.)
By Ralph E. Helnzen
Unletd Press Correspondent
The fall of Paris to Gen.
Pierre Koenig's army and
French patriots wiped out the
stains on national honor felt by
all Frenchmen since the capital
fell undefended June, 1940. At
the price of a great amount of
blood and enormous suffering
the French have won back all
the honor lost in the Bordeaux
capitulation.
It was particularly fitting that
Gen. George S. Patton after
driving the Germans back In a
virtual rout should have circled
Paris, then allowed Koenig's
gallant army of the French un
derground to reconquer their
lost capital. All France knows,
however, that it was America
which freed Paris.
Blood Payment
When the Prussian armies
evacuated Paris in 1871, the
Rothschild bankers had paid the
then enormous war fine of five
billion gold francs. This time,
Paris was freed only at the cost
of much gallant French blood
MARSEILLE FALLS
TO FRENCH ARMS
Rome, Aug. 23 UP.) French
troops stormed triumphantly In
to Marseille tonight, capturing
France's second city against
weak Nazi opposition, while
American tanks and Infantry
men swept through the hills 120
miles to the north In a lightning
drive that carried through Grrn
able to the eastern rim of the
Rhone valley.
Strong German forces en
trenched In Marseille quit cold
as the French veterans burst
through their outer defenses
and raced into the city streets.
A few Isolated bands of Nazis
still held out In the port area
tonight, but headquarters spokes
men said the French were dig
ging them out of their barricades
with bayonet and grenade and
that all organized opposition had
ended.
More than 17,000 prisoners
have been captured In the first
week of the invasion. Gen. Sir
Henry Maitland Wilson, fupreme
Allied commander, announced
in his daily communique. Of
these, 12,000 already have been
evacuated to Italy and Corsica.
Full Leased Wirt
(Acme Rmiio-t clcphotn)
by hard-hitting Allied Armies pushing northward from their soutnorn
numerous for American M. P.'s attempting to tabulate them near St.
were taken in first six days of fastest-breaking invasion ever mounted
by the Allies.
Germans Tricked
Into Evacuating
Paris Garrison
London, Aug. 23 (U.R) A
superbly-1 1 m ed strategical
maneuver as old as the his
tory of war tricked the Ger
mans Into evacuating the bulk
of their garrison from Paris
and enabled French patriot
forces to liberate the city un
aided, military observers said
today.
With 5 0,000 well-armed
men inside the capital, the
French withheld their up
rising until the American
army reached the suburbs.
The American columns
fanned out swiftly on three
sides of Paris, but carefully
left open a narrow gap in the
east. Then they began squeez
ing in slowly on that gap,
tricking the enemy into be
lieving they Intended to sur
round and assault the city,
and the Nazis decided to get
out.
which real patriots, who spurn
ed collaboration shed steadily
in the underground war against
her conquerors since 1940,
The remarkable aspect of
Koenig's victory communique is
that it showed a general upris
ing of the whole of Paris which
routed the Germans probably
without the destruction of the
capital. Paris police have long
been traditionally nationalist,
EDWIN H. JANNEY
TAKEN BY DEATH
Edwin H. Janner, for many
years president of the Jackson
County Abstract company,
passed away in a local hospital
Aug. 22 after a prolonged Ill
ness. Private services will be held
Thursday and friends are re
quested not to send flowers.
TO BERLIN
By United Press
The shortest distances to
Berlin from advanced Al
lied lines today:
Northern France 520
miles (gain of 75 miles in
werk).
Southern France 590
miles (gain of 71 miles In
week).
Italy 602 miles (un
changed for week).
Russia 328 miles (un
changed for week). ,
Ms-
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1944
loyal to all the successive repub
lican governments regardless of
the political complexion. Their
war memorials in the courtyard
of the Paris prefecture showed
thousands of names of the Paris
police who fell in the three wars
against Germany. That they fin
ally turned against Vichy in a
general strike and then rallied
to Kocnig proved that finally
France was wholly roused
against the occupying enemy.
Railroads Strategic
There are few real military
strategic spots in Paris except
the railroads, once the Germans
retreat. On the other hand
Koenig must guard Paris against
any possibility of internal dis
order, but the military occupa
tion of the railroads, the indus
trial suburbs, the Champs
Elysee, and the Place de la Con
corde, Place de la Bastille, and
the Place de la Republique, will I
suffice to keep Paris quiet.
LANDING TOLD
London, Aug. 23 (U.R) The
Algiers radio said today that
French Interior forces had occu
pied the ancient fortress city of
Perplgnan, on the Mediterra
nean, Just north of the Spanish
frontier and across the south
ern tip of France from Arcs
chon, on the Bay. of Biscay,
where unconfirmed reports said
Allied troops landed this morn
ing.
Although supreme headquar
ters refused to comment on the
situation, both the British radio
and the London Daily Express
carried reports of the landing,
which would be the thiid inva
sion of France,
Guest House Burns
On Hearst Estate
Yreka, Cal., Aug. 23. U,R)
Fire destroyed ono building and
burned nearly an acre of land
yesterday at Wintoon, remote
and palatial estate of William
Randolph Hearst, it was report
ed today.
The flames were brought
under control by the Shasta and
McCloud fire depart m e n t a.
Three firemen suffered minor
Injuries. The building burned
was "The Gables", a former
guest house used as servants
quarter.
ROMANIA QUITS WAR
Administrator Tells Senate
Investigators Big Demand
Consumer Goods.
Washington, Aug. 23 (U.R)
Surplus Property Administrator
William L. Clayton told the sen
ate war investigating committee
today that "commission brokers
are swarming all over the place"
in attempts to buy up surplus
government war goods for plants
which re-sell the material at
high profits.
His testimony came as senate
floor debate began on the Mur-ray-Stewart-Taft
surplus proper
ty disposal bill which would cre
ate an eight-man board to ad
minister an expected $75 000.
0 0 0,0 0 0 to $100,000,000,000
worth of surplus war good.
Must Begin Now
Clayton said he was trying to
curb the activities of commission
merchants seeking to buy war
goods. Despite their activities,
surplus property disposal must
begin now, Clayton told the com
mittee, In order to protect em
ployment and markets after the
war.
On the sennte floor, Sen. Al
len J. Ellender D., La., chal
lenged the section of the Murray-Stewart
Taft bill which
would entitle a four-man Joint
committee from the house and
senate to attend meetings of the
proposed surplus property
board.
Sen. A. B. Chandler, D., Ky..
answered It was the duty of
congress "to undertake the task
of keeping the American people
informed."
Yard Sale Cited
J. S. Wilson, maritime com
mission assistant, another war
investigating committee witness,
said that the commission sold a
San Jacinto, Texas, shlnvard to
the Du Pont Co. for $200,000. A
fair price might have been as
high as $500,000, he admitted.
The sale was made privately
without competitive bidding and
the property Is to be used as a
site for a chemical plant Wilson
said In response to questions.
Advocating immediate sale of
surplus consumer goods, Clayton
said there was a big hole In the
form of demand for consumer
goods right now Into which
much of the surplus can be put
without hurting employment.
HUCKLEBERRY PICKERS
ARRIVING AT PATCHES
Campers have started to ar
rive at the huckleberry patches
In the county, Including the fa
vorite, Huckleberry mountain, In
the Union Creek district, forest
service officials said today. Some
of the Huckleberry mountain
campers have been mnking the
trek since they were children. A
few arrive early enough to have
the same camp site year after
year. Residents of the Fort Klam
ath area also flock to the place.
A number of the pickers have
gone there for 50 years or more.
The forest service reports the
huckleberries have started to
ripen and are quite plentiful.
The Blue Canyon area beyond
Butte Falls is also a favorite spot
with pickers.
CIGARETTE BLAMED IN
STORE AWNING BLAZE
Fire, probably started by a
cigarette tossed from a window
above, according to city firemen,
partly destroyed an awning at
the Trowbridge and Flynn Elec
tric company, 214 West Main
street, last night. Firemen an
swered the alarm at 8:33 p. m.
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
By United Press
THE CLANDESTINE RADIO
STATION ATLANTIC SAID
TODAY THAT ROMANIA BY
ROYAL PROCLAMATION,
HAS QUIT THE WAR.
LONDON. AUG. 23 U.R
THE BRITISH BROADCAST
ING CORPORATION SAID TO
NIGHT IT HAD INTERCEPT
ED A ROMANIAN RADIO AN
NOUNCEMENT SAYING
THAT THE ROMANIAN GOV
ERNMENT WAS WILLING TO
DISCUSS PEACE TERMS
WITH RUSSIA.
HEAVIEST RAID IN
By United Press
The heaviest raid of a two
weeks steady aerial campaign
against Halmnhera, stepping
stone to the PhilioDlncs. was re
vealed today as other Allied !
airmen battered widespread ene
my bases through the southwest
and central Pacific,
A communique from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters disclosed that Allied bomb
ers dumped 135 tons of explo
sives on Halmahera Monday
without opposition. The raids
were reaching the scope of other
aerial "softening up" assaults,
which preceded landings as Mac
Arthur's forces swept up the
northern New Guinea coast to
within 600 miles of the Philip
pines. Other far eastern air force
bombers harassed Japanese
bases from the southern tip of
the Philippines to deep In the
Dutch East Indies.
Air patrols bombed Dnvao on
Mindanao Island In the southern
Philippines Sunday and other
bombers returned Monday to
score several near misses on an
8000-ton freighter in the harbor.
In the central Pacific. Amer
ican bombers made a new attack
on enemy shipDing at Marcus
harbor, only four hours' flying
time from Tokyo Two cargo ves
sels were attacked In masthead
sweeps that left one burning
and the other "noticeably
slowed" and smoking heavily.
Allies Nearing
Allied forces fan out hi northern
Seine lownrd L Hnvre while other
Pari. Orleans and For.talntnirnu
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ROOSEVELT TELLS
CONFEREES LONG
PEACEJOSSIBLE
Close Friendship of Big
Three to Mean Peace for
'Our Grandchildren,' Word
Washington, Aug. 23MU.R)
President Roosevelt today told
delegates to the Dumbarton
Oaks International Security con
ference that if Britain, Russia
and the United States can main
tain their new and close friend
ships "we may have a peaceful
period for our grandchildren to
grow up in."
Greeting the delegates in his
office, Mr. Roosevelt warned in
a brief impromptu speech, how
ever, that as long as 17-to-20
year old Germans who now are
being taken prisoner by Allied
forces have anything to say
about world affairs, "the peril
of Nazism will always be with
us."
Dulles Agrees
Mr. Roosevelt met the dele
gates at almost the same time
that John Foster Dulles, foreign
policy adviser to Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, was telling reporters
that ho had reached "a large
area of agreement" In lengthy
conferences with two leading
republican senators.
Reporters were not present
when the President met the
delegates but a transcript of his
remarks was made available
later in the afternoon.
Dulles, here to discuss for
eign policy in general and the
Dumbarton Oaks talks In par
ticular with Secretary of State
Corricll Hull later today, met
for 80 minutes with Sen. War
ren R. Austin, Vt., and for an
hour with Sen. Arthur H. Van
elenberg, Mich. Both are mem
bers of the Senate Foreign Re
lations committee.
Vandcnberg told reporters he
and t!i; GOP presidential nom
inee's adviser are "as nearly In
agreement as two men can be."
New Goals
(Arm teirphota)
France, pushing along rant bans of
spcarneadi rush forward to encircle
were sources ot new Uirust toward
cut France la ball.
F
HOISnRI-COLOR
Ill-armed Underground Army
Slaughters German Rear
Guard After 4-Day Fight.
London, Aug. 23 (U.R) An
angry army of French patriots
rebelled against their Nazi con
querors and liberated their cap
ital city of Paris today.
Striking for their own free
dom even as a massive Amer
ican tank army gathered at tho
city gates, hundreds of thou
sands of embattle Parisians
stormed Nazi barricades, over
whelmed the enemy garrison
and hoisted the Tricolor tri
umphantly over the city.
First word of the patriot blow
came In a dramatic announce
ment from Gen. Pierre Koenig,
commander-in-chief of tho
French forces of the Interior,
that Insurrection had been rag
ing through the capital since
early Saturday morning, when
the call for a general uprising
was flashed to the underground
In Paris.
Four-Day Fight
In four days of street fighting
such as the ancient city had not
seen since the storming of tho
Bastille 155 years ago, the in
armed patriots routed the bulk
of the German occupation forces
from Paris and slaughtered tho
doomed rearguards left to cover
the Nazi evacuation.
The rcconquest of the city, tho
first of the Allied capitals to bo
wreated ba,ck from the Nazis,
p was the most spectacular blow
struck by Europe's smoldering
underground armies since tho
German hordes overran the con
tinent four years ago.
With the capture of Paris tho
patriots at a single stroke de-
' prived the Germans of the main
railway center in all France and
cut off the main escape routes
for the enemy troops now scram
bling to escape from remote cor
ners of tho nation:
First reports out of the liber
ated capital gave few details of
the last hours of the Nazi occu
pation, but those sketchy ac
counts made lt clear that tho
trapped enemy rear guards dug
In behind street barricades at
scores of points and battled to
the death against the vengeance
hungry Parisians.
Bloody Climax
An organized army of 50,000
underground fighters bore tho
brunt of the final assault, but
all Paris Joined In the uprising
before the street battle was
more than a few hours old. ,
The fight reached its bloody
climax yesterday when the pa
trlots, equipped with light artil
lery that apparently had been
run Into the city from the Amer
ican army massed in tho sub
urbs, began shelling the last
remaining German strongpolnts.
Simultaneously, the entire
Paris police force, which had
gone on strike last week in a
gesture of defiance to the Ger
man authority, threw in with
the rebels and clinched the vic
tory. The gendarmes seized tho
police prefecture, cut down tho
Nazi defenders and converted
tho entire He de la Cite in the
middle ot te Seine Into a
stronghold.
The Germans spent their last
strength In a series of bloody
and unsuccessful attempts to
retake the island, and by night
fall all organized resistance In
side the city had collapsed.
Traitors Rounded Up
(There was no Immediate Indi
cation whether the famous
Notre Damo cathedral, on tho
He de la Cite, had been damaged
in the fight.)
A handful of Vichy traitors
who remained behind when tho
Germans withdrew their main
forces from Paris were rounded
up In short order and turned
over to the FFI for trial and
almost certain death.
A proclamation Issued by
General Koenig revealed that
all of the city was in French
hands again this morning, four
years and 70 days after the
wehrmacht paraded its armored
i columns Into the city and raised
! tho swastika over the Eiffel
I Tower.