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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1948
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By FRANK JENKINS
EVERYBODY (Including tho
E Italian people) U necking an
answer today to thli question:
What la tht new Italian gov
ernment going to do now that it
hai kicked out Muuollnt and his
fascial gnT
"THE aituatlon aa (hit la written
A lan't clear enough to suggest
any definite, flat, positive an
swer. ...
THERE'S shooting trouble In
1 Milan, the birthplace of fas
cism. Bands of fascist (including,
probably, those who figure their
goose Is cooked anyway and they
might aa well die fighting aa to
dla before a firing squad) bar
ricade themselves In buildings
In the suburbs and tire on the
crowda of civilians and aoldicrs.
Inmates of the greet Milan
prison mutiny and burn part of
th building In an attempted
break. One waa killed and
many wounded In the ensuing
ruckus.
All workers have left their
Jobs, and unruly mobs are mill
ing In the streets, shouting "Lib
ertyl" "We want peace!" etc.
...
ARK this report; It's slgnif-
Irani! .
nrUMAN GARRISON
TROOPS at Milan, who have
been GUARDED by Italian
troops since the fall of Mussolini,
m Nrt LONGER to ba seen
(suggesting that thoy have been
spirited away.)
That, In its turn, suggests that
the new Italian government
wants to PROTECT THE GER
MANS now In Italy.
...
NJAPLE3 1 lo the scene of
fights In which several have
been killed and wounded In the
rnuraa of nonular celebrations
of the fall of fascism. There are
rnntlntinua nonular dcmonslra
tlons In other cities all over
Italy.
The Rome radio la continually
Interruntlna- its musical broad-
.! In warn th rtf-onln affainst
sensational rumors and to urge
P patience tnai peace cam oe
made IN TWO DAts,
...
THERE'S a highly Important
hen on In Turkey.
The Italian foreign minister
and the Turkish foreign minister
held a thrllllngly mysterious
meeting on an .Italian boat out
In the Sea of Marmora, and after
the meeting the Italian minister
left for homo in a piano specially
marked to Insure against its be
Ing shot down.
(If we've agreed not to shoot
down his marked plane, we
WANT him to get back home
and report on his deal.)
...
CHORTLY afterward, the An-
kara radio reports that the
Italians seem willing to negotiate
with the allies, but the fato of
the German divisions in Sicily
fand southern Italy seems to be
the MAIN DIFFICULTY.
(Recall here the tale about
German garrison troops In Milan
being guarded by Italian troops
following the fall of Mussolini.)
...
THE air Is thick with rumors
Switzerland says the Ger
mans are preparing strong de
fense lines along the Po (In
northern Italy.) Balkan reports
tell of- Italian troops being par
tially evacuated from Albania
and Greece.
The Algiers radio says Ger
man troops in Italy are moving
NORTHWARD. (There are oth
er rumors of Gorman troops
moving south through' Rome.)
Spanish newspapers say tho
Vatican is a "noonive oi extra
ordinary activity.)
ft . .
fTHERE are other reports of ac-
S- II .-I u.. ,u n ,.,
ernment at Us first meetings to
eradicate all traces of fascism in
Italy.
; ...
TN an effort to bring some def-
Inlto outlines of a plan that
seems to make sense out of this
fog of rumor and hearsay, let's
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MAE K. SHORT
INDICTMENTS
DISMISSED
Pay, Dog Commission
Charges Ruled Out
With Prejudice
The three Indictments return
ed by tho Klamath county grand
Jury against Mae K. Short, coun
ty clerk, last December 1, were
dismissed with prejudice In an
order lusucd by Judge Earl C.
Lntourette, dated July 27. Judge
Latourctto was assigned by the
state supreme court to hear the
case.
The dismissal follows a hear
ing held before Lntourette July
Oth on a motion of the defendant.
In which the defendant urged
that no crimes had been com
mitted. Overtime Pay Charge
Two of the indictments charged
Mrs. Short with Illegally receiv
ing overtime pay In connection
with election services. In the
dismissal order Latourette re
ferred to the Oregon law: "and
each county court shall audit
and pay out of the county treas
ury such fees as me services per
formed by the county cicru ana
sheriff, under this act, (elections
code) are in the judgment of the
county court reasonably worm.
Ho held that this section aumor-
Ized the clerk to receive such
compensation as tho county court
deemed reasonable.
Don Commission Service
The third indictment charged
the clerk with Jllcgolly receiving
funds from the dog commission
fund tor services rendered the
dog commission.
On this point Judge Latour
ette ruled that the services ren-
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Triple Row Seen
For Englebright
Job in Congress
SACRAMENTO. July 28 OP)
A three-way fight for the con
gressional scat of the late Harry
L. Englebright In the second dis
trict was definitely set lorAu-
sunt 31 today.
Mrs. Englebright, nevaaa iaiy,
widow of the republican whip
in the lower house, and State
Senator Clair Engle, Red Bluff,
beat the deadline for qualifying
for the sDcdial election that day
by filing tho required number
of names with Secretary of State
Frank M. Jordan yesterday, last
day to file
Stato Senator Jess Mayo,
Angels Camp, had qualified the
day before.
Although the district is claim
ed to bo the largest single con
grcsslonal district In the nation
outside of the stato of Nevada
which has but one representative
in the lower house not more
than 30,000 are expected to go
to the polls.
The election will be conducted
on a non-partisan basis. Engle,
however is a democrat; Mayo
and Mrs. Englebright republicans.
Thirst Heat KM, Three
Soldiers
CAMP YOUNG, Calif., July 28
UP) Death in the searing heat
of a desolate waterless expanse
followed a platoon of soldiers
that became lost during a six
day endurance maneuver on the
vnst, trackless wastelands of the
southern California-Arizona des
ert. Three were listed as dead and
a fourth missing and presumed
by the army to be dead, in a mea
ger report last night from mili
tary authorities which also dis
closed tho remainder of the
platoon had been rescued.
Die of Thirst
The three died of thirst, army
officials stated. Their names
were withheld pending notifica
tion of relatives. Some of those
rescued, the report said, were
severely affected by sun, exhaus
tion and lack of water, but were
expected to recover from their
trek across the simmering, sandy
Russians Soy
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Thl lonn Una af man are Garman soldier captured by the
north of Orel, according to the
BOMBS HEAP WASTE
5000 Tons Dropped on
Nazi Port Since
Saturday
LONDON, July 28 (P)- Fly
ing Fortresses battled their way
deep into central Germany today
and, despite heavy fighter op
position, bombed an aircraft as
sembly plant at the town of
Oschcrslebcn. only 80 miles
southwest of Berlin.
LONDON, July 28 OP) RAF
bombers returned to Hamburg
in great force last night, the
British announced today, to heap
further destruction on the great
north German port which has
been the object of continuing
round-the-clock attacks since
Saturday night.
About S000 tons of bombs
have fallen on tho city since Sat
urday night within a few hun
dred tons of the total Germany
dropped on all Britain in the fall
of 1940 during the worsrdays of
the battle of Britain.
Fourth Night Raid
It was the RAF's fourth suc
cessive night assault upon the
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Hurricane Cuts
Million Dollar
Swath in Texas
HOUSTON, Tex., July 28 OP)
Estimates of damago to property
and crops In the Houston-Gal
veston coastal - region rose to
$10,000,000 today and two deaths
and scores of injuries were re
ported after ono of tho worst
tropical hurricanes ever to hit
the Texas gulf coast.
The American Rice Growers
association estimated that the
upper Texas gulf coast rice crop
would suffer a sz.000,000 loss
Mayor George W. Frascr ' of
Galveston said that "estimates
of $1,000,000 worth of damago
are quite conservative for this
city."
Preliminary estimates placed
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on Desert Test
wilderness, where temperatures
Sunday and Monday soared to
the highest points in several
years.
Thermometers a t Imperial,
Calif., recorded 124 degrees Sun-
day and 116 Monday,
The contingent of soldiers be
came lost from its supply depot
Saturday in the remote Ogllby
area, near tho barren, rocky,
Chocolate mountains, a Jagged
range of hills 30 miles northeast
of El Centro, Calif., said the of
fice of the chief of staff at this
desert' army training center.
Their problem was a six-day test
of hardihood, under desert com
bat conditions.
Three Stray From Unit
A Camp Young officer who de
clined to be quoted said initial
reports indicated the platoon ran
out of water Saturday and its
lieutenant in command set out
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These Are Germans Captured at Orel -
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caption of the picture radioed from Moscow to New York.
Reds Smash at
Prepare Last Ditch Stand
LONDON, July 28 OP) The
Russians smashed on in their
Orel offensive to advance two
and a half to' four miles today
and .occupied over 30 populated
places, including the railway
station of Stanovov- Kotodets,
II miles southeast of Orel, a
special soviet communique said
tonight, ...$ ' '
The text of 'the ewmunlque:
"During the day of July 28
our troops in the Orel direction
ieontlnued thalr offensive and
advanced four to six milometers
(two and one-half to four miles)
and occupied over 30 populated
places, including - the railway
station of Stanovov . Kolodets,
President to
Broadcast Talk
On War Tonight
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, July 28 WV-
Against a backdrop of allied
might pounding forward on all
major fronts and the political
demise of Benito Mussolini,
President Roosevelt drafted to
day his first war report to the
American people in five and a
half months.
The president will broadcast
for half an hour on all networks
tonight at 6:30 o'clock PWT and
the White House labeled the ad
dress of "major importance."
. Mr. Roosevelt told his jyess
radio conference yesterday he
would talk on the war, and he
made it plain he considers war
activities at home and in the ac
tual theatres of combat of par
allel importance, a hint on the
scope of tonight's speech.
He was in a position to paint
a glowing picture of events in
the Mediterranean, the Pacific,
Russia and from the skies over
Europe.
But words of caution appeared
In order from the chief execu
tive on what has been happening
here to wages, prices, manpower,
Internal disputes in the govern
ment, as well as on an admitted
possibility that war production
goals for 1943 may not be at
tained.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H,
Cleveland 6 10
New York 2 5
Harder and Rosar; Chandler,
Donald (5) and Sears,
R. H. E
Detroit .-. 1 5
Boston
6
Trucks, Bridges (7) and Rich
ards; Judd and Partee. .
NATIONAL LEAGUE
, R. , H. E
Brooklyn 7 13
Chicago 8 16
,. Melton, Webber (6). Mueller
(6), Davis (7), Allen (9), Macon
(11) and Bragan; Passeau, Prim
(8), Burrows (9) Hanyzewskl (10)
and (McCollough. ,
COAST LEAGUE .
R. H. E,
San Diego .................. 0 ' 7
Los Angeles S 8
- Schanz, Chappell (8) and Sal
keld; Lynn and Holm.
Russians during the offensive
Orel; Nazis
18 milometers (11 miles) south
east of Orel.
Belgorod Activity
In the Belgorod area. In the
Donbas (Donets basin) and
southwest of Krasnodaro recon
naissance activities were in
progress.
On the Leningrad front in
tensive reconnaissance activities
were in progress and artillery
fire was exchanged.
During July 27 on all fronts
our troops disabled or destroyed
32 German tanks and 62 enemy
nlattes were brought down in
air combat and by anti-aircraft
fire." ' -'
Force Labor f
Retreating Germans are burn
ing villages, impressing the in
habitants into labor gangs and
forcing them to dig . trenches
and dugouts for the last desper
ate defense of Orel on the cen
tral Russian front, Red army
dispatches declared today. .
A Russian communique re
ported that Field Marshal Guen-
ther von Kluge s army was con-
tiniilni to fall back as me
Soviets pressed in on three sides
of the big nazl base.
Cut At Railway
Savase battles were being
fought on the sector northwest
of Orel, wnere ine nussmii
troora were cutting in toward
the Bryansk railway. The exact
lnmlitv was not identified in
h Rimsian dlsoatcnes dui n
was believed to be in the vicini
ty of the Orel-Bryansk railway
(Continued, on -rage -iwu
Pacific Airmen
Lash at Kiska;
Pound on Wake
WASHINGTON, July 28 (IP)
Air forces of the Pacific com
mand striking Japanese defenses
with unprecedented fury, made
19 attacks on KlsKa lsiana in
the North Pacific Monday and
Tuesday, the navy reported to
day, and again raided Wake is
land in the central i-acuic.
The 19 raids in two days an
nounced in a navy communique
raised to 40 the number of at
tacks which bombers and fighter-
bombers have made on embattled
Kiska in a four-day period.
The island has been raided
60 times this month as airmen
blasted the way , for expected
conquest of the enemy strong
hold by American amphibious
forces.
The raid on Wake island was
Intercepted by 29 Zero fighters
but the army .heavy Liberator
bombers destroyed seven of the
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Tionesta Loggers
Vote No Union in ,
NLRB Election
In a national labor relations
board . election held Tuesday,
woods employes of the Shaw
Lumber company at Tionesta,
voted to remain unorganized
The vote was no union 34, CIO
25. The AFL was not a con
tender in the election, which was
set about a month ago. It was a
consent election, the company of
fering no objection.
The Shaw mill at Tionesta was
organized' by the AFL three
years ago. The woods have re
trained, unorganized.
SEVENTH ARMY
SLUGS AT AXIS
ONipilP
Cefalu Captured in
Eastern Sweep of
Americans
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, July 28
OP) American troops of the
seventh army, sweeping east
ward toward the tip of Sicily,
have captured Cefalu, 90 miles
west of Messina strait, and are
advancing against strongly pre
pared German defenses at San
Stefano, it was announced at
allied headquarters today. . -
The Americans are slashing
forward on a deep front along
the north coast, and have also
captured Alimena, 29 miles
southeast of - Cefalu, and four
other towns behind a line from
Cefalu to Alimena.
The other four are Petralia,
nine miles north of Alimena; Col
lesano, nine miles southwest of
Cefalu; Calteveturo, -17 miles
southwest of Cefalu; and Pollz-
zia, just forward of Calteveturo,
"Slugging Stage"
The battle of the bridgehead
had reached the "slugging stage'
as Gen. Dwigbt D. Eisenhower's
headquarters communique . an
nounced that Canadian, troops
in me center of the front also
had made progress in hard fight
ing and against bitter ODDOai-
The British eighth army still
was stopped dead before Catania
in the eastern sector for the 13th
successive day longer than it
was stopped either at El Ala-
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RAF Liberators
Step on Toe of .;
Italian Boot
CAIRO. July 28 (JP RAF
Liberators and Halifax heavy
bombers from the Middle East
air command bombed the air
drome at Reggio Calabria on me
toe of the Italian boot Monday
night and yesterday mornine. an
allied communique reported to-
aay. .
The communiaue said that the
bombers scored hits on the air
drome surface and caused fires.
Beaufighters staged a daylight
attack on axis shipping in me
Aegean sea off the coast . of
Greece with bombs, cannon and
machinegun fire, the bulletin
said.
An iiauan vessel towlna a
large barge reported attack off
Melus island was badly damaged.
Returning pilots said that white
smoke and steam were seen
after the attack.'- A motor tor
pedo boat also was attacked.
Allied aircraft' suffered no
losses in the operations, the com
munique declared. '
Jungle Fighters
Tighten Squeeze
On Munda Japs
By MURLIN SPENCER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PA
CIFIC, July 28 OP) Jungle
wise American fighting men are
squeezing the Japanese at Mun
da, New Georgia, into an ever
shrinking finger of land.
New progress in the bitter
campaign against the - vitally
strategic central Solomons air
base was reported in today's
communique from General
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters. The announcement did not
give the extent of the advance
but a - spokesman said it was
"considerable" along the entire
line of battle.
The drive through strong
enemy defenses east of Munda
carried the Americans past- the
coastal village of Tetere to
within 2100 yards less than
one and one-fifth miles of the
airdrome. Strong pressure was
exerted against enemy "centers
of resistance" probably dug
outs so placed Wtheir machine
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laaaogno rcuies
Out Fascist's;
Nazis on Move
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editoi "
Bloody Insurrection verarino; on revolution wis nnArL-
ed to have broken out at Milan in northern Italy today
as the Rome radio announced that "complete dissolution"
of Mussolini's 21-year-old national fascist party had beenj
ordered by the new Italian government.
Meeting- nnder the presidency of Premier Marshal
Pietro Badoglio, the cabinet also voted to abrogate th
law unaer wnicn the fascist grand council became an
organ of the state, declaring the law was "incomplete
with the return to constitutional normality."
simultaneously, conflicting reports, from Madrid and
Algiers told of German troops on the move in Italy.
An Algiers broadcast said nazi forces were heading?
northward through Italy, while Madrid received word
from Rome that German troops had been seen moving
south through the Italian capital Monday.
WILD DEMONSTRATIONS
Italian frontier reports -pictured Italy as ensrulfed ln
a wild series of demonstrations and riots, marked by gun
fire and bloodshed in nearly a dozen cities of both north'
ern and southern Italy. -
It was too early, yet, to put a label on the upheaval,
but reports indicated it was a spontaneous revolt by war
weary Italians, by communists long driven underground,
and by fascists fighting for survival.
Dispatches said mobs swept the streets of Milan, birth
place of fascism, shouting:
Liberty!" f
"We want peace!" '
All Workers were reported
the situation was described
- - FASCISTS FIRE ON CITIZENS
- The newspaper II Corrierre Delia Era reported that
M-1 - at i r , i i , i j.j x.1 i - t
luciaia in wio auuin. Buuurue unrricaueu uiemaeivea lu
' The newspaper said the
fascist defiance was "long,
some of the followers of ex-Premier, Mussolini's regime
still battling authorities. " . -- j -
Inmates of the great Milan prison of Cellulare mu
tinied and burned part of the prison in an attempted
break.. One prisoner was killed and many were wounded.
- FIGHTS IN NAPLES .
Bomb-torn Naples was also the scene of fights in
which several were killed and wounded as the people
celebrated: the fall of fascism. Other cities in northern
and southern .Italy, witnessed continuous demonstrations.
A Rome' broadcast repeatedly interrupted programs to ,
warn the people against "sensational" rumors and urged
patience, declaring that it was not possible to make peace ,
in two. days. ' '
Italy's role in the war took on a deeper tinge of mys- .
tery. today amid a new flurry of peace rumors, specula-
turn that Turkey might act as mediator, and an Algiers ;
radio report that German troops were moving northward
through Italy . possibly abandoning the Italians to
their fate..- .... - - ...;.:;,...,: .
CONFLICTING REPORTS
The status of Italy under Premier Marshal Pietro
Badoglio's new regime was clouded by ahost of con-
uicung reporvs : . . .
1. In London, Prime Minister Churchill replied with
a crisp "No, sir," when asked in the house of commons
whether any reply had been received to requests for the
unconditional surrender of Italy.
2. Dispatches from Istanbul told of a hasty and mys
terious conference at sea between the Italian and Turkish
foreign, ministers, suggesting
a go-between in peace or armistice negotiations.
ITALIAN CONDITIONS
3. Madrid heard that Italy would continue the war on
the side of the axis only if Germany gave adequate aid
for the defense of southern Italy against the threat of
allied invasion.- . , -.v
4. Swiss dispatches said the Germans were preparing
a strong defense line along the Po river in northern Italy.
5. Turkish reports said German troops were massing
at several points along the Hungarian irontier, m tne
wake of nazi pressure attempting to prevent Hungary
from withdrawing from active participation, in the war.,
6. A Budapest broadcast declared that Athens, the
capital of Greece, had been placed under 8 p. m. curfew,
as a result of "events of the past few days." ...
. TROOPS LEAVE GREECE
7. Reports from the Balkans said Italian troops were
Vipintr nArtiallv evacuated from Greece and Albania.
8. The Algiers radio said nazi troops in considerable
numbers were heading northward through Italy, indi
cating that Germany was doubtful of the new Italian gov-,
ernment's intentions. I '
The obvious implication was that the Germans were
either seeking to escape before Italy shouid surrender or
were abandoning southern Italy as indefensible against
an allied invasion as Adolf Hitler was reported to have
insisted to Premier Mussolini last week in a meeting that
led to II Duce's downfall.
VATICAN REPORTS !
9. Swiss telegraph agency reports from the 'Italian
frontier declared without confirmation that Marshal Ba
doglio's regime was "discussing conditions of an armistice
in Vatican City, and dispatches to Spanish newspapers
said the Vatican was a beehive of extraordinary activity,
NBC quoted the Rome radio, however, as saying reports
of Italian peace overtures were "unfounded." '
10. Travelers reaching the Swiss border from Italy
reported serious clashes between die-hard fascists and
regular Italian army troops, chiefly in Milan, the birth
place of fascism. . , , '
Turin, Bologna, Genoa and other norther Italian
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to have left their jobs and
as extremely grave. .
fight to wipe out nests of
difficult and bloody," with
that Turkey might serve as