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PAGE TWELVE CI' Blood and Guts Amazed At Palermo Welcome After Italians Surrender Easily Br DON WHITEHEAD PALERMO, Sicily, July 23 (Delayed) P) The Yanks re swarming through this great capital of Sicily today while most of the approximate ly 400,000 inhabitants are cheering their presence and welcoming them with an amaz ing show of hospitality. Even an old campaigner like Lieut. George S. Patton Jr. is slightly bewildered by the en thusiastic reception given him and his men. 'They even threw flowers, lemons and watermelons," he chuckled. "But it should be emphasized that all the fruit was tossed to ui In a spirit of friendliness." Greatest Blits ' Patton termed the drive on Palermo the "greatest blitz In history." . Eighteen hours after a great armored column began a drive on the city it was officially sur rendered by General Molinero, Italian commander of Palermo. "I am Just visiting fire man," Patton said. "The credit all goes to the men who led the troops and armor in Sicily. "They did a remarkable job." Officers Watt When a corps commander en tered the outskirts of Palermo at 7:24 p. m. he found a car load of Italian officers waiting his arrival. Among the Italians was General Molinero, who had tried to surrender to advance patrols at dusk. He came to the corps commander's car. But im mediately difficulties arose be cause the corps commander spoke no Italian. . This difficulty was Ironed out through an interpreter, and the American general came to the point quickly, demanding unconditional surrender. Ho More Fight . "General Molinero said he was through and would fight no more," the corps commander aid. "He added that there would be no resistance from his men. "However, Millnero said there was another general who was in command of troops in the citadel of Palermo, and that he couldn't speak for him. He was unable to say whether the other general would give up, but said he- felt morally certain there would be no resistance. He add ed that this general was at the royal palace." Try to Find General - With this information, the American general organized an expedition to find the second Italian general, Mario Arisio. He borrowed a pillow case from an Italian family and tied it to the radio mast of his car for the drive to the palace. But the pillow case hung limply at the mast and wouldn't flap in the breeze. It was a pretty inconspicuous flag of truce, so one of the general's men noticed an Italian waving a wnite sheet from a fishine pole. He borrowed it for the oc casion. The sheet flapped fine in the breeze as they drove through me sireeis. Locate Chief uui wnen we . arrived we eouldnt find anyone to do business with," the corps com mander said. "Finally we lo cated the head of police and he brought the general to me." The Italian was willing to surrender anything he could give the Americans, and said he would sign any terms of sur render. However, there was no written surrender and only the verbal demand for uncondi tional capitulation, which was accepted immediately. Fall at 8:00 P. M. Officially, the fall of Palermo was at 8:00 p. m. Orders had been issued that troops should be in Palermo by 8:00. At ex actly 8:00 orders were signed , for troops to march into the city, and as a result Rcmni Patton won a bet by 28 hours from . Air Marshal Wiggles worth. On July 18, Patton bet Wig glesworth his troops would be in raiermo by midnight of July 23. At that time this appeared to be an optimistic estimate h. cause troops and armor hadn't pegun to move toward Palermo. ' Move Along Coast However, three days ago arm ored troops moved along the coast road, while a task force under Lieut. Col. William Dar by of Fort Smith, Ark., moved in to protect the left flank of the push. . Moving Into the Menfi area, the armor was held up at the Bclice river by demolitions, but on July 21 the corps comman der gave orders for the armor to move the next morning at 6:00 o'clock for an attack on Palermo. Prepare to Bomb - The air force prepared to bomb the cities en route to Palermo if any of them resisted the advance, but when they be gan surrendering to reconnais sance elements of the great column.lhe bombing order was Objective of I- IP.rflllllllllOIII)lllllllO When Allies reach Messina, at the northeast tip of Sicily, they ! will be in sight of the Italian mainland. This picture shows the : city of Messina, its harbor and the hills of Italy In the background. Sleight-of-Hand Artist Gets Prestige of General Among Trobriand Natives By VERM HAUGLAND KIRIWINA ISLAND, The Tro- briands, July 11 (AP) (De layed) Via Boat and Airmail) Kiriwina had its first band con cert today and an air raid couldn't have created a greater sensation. Never before had band in struments been seen. Some of the natives not many had heard gramophones or radio music. The band, of the American NAZIS CLAIM LONDON, July 28 ) The German high command asserted in its communique today that 11 allied ships and boats had been sunk and 11 others, including a light cruiser, had been damaged in various air and sea actions. The claims, broadcast from Ber lin and recorded by The Associ ated Press, were without allied confirmation. The actions were listed as fol lows: U-boats sank eight ships total ing 44,241 tons and damaged six freighters and a light cruiser in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Long distance bombers sank two merchantmen and damaged three in an attack on a convoy in the Atlantic. Other German broadcasts said this action was off Portugal. German patrol boats engaged British motor torpedo boats off the Dutch coast and sank one and damaged one. A Berlin broadcast said U boat sinkings in July now totaled 336,000 tons, or more than three times the total the Germans re ported for June. cancelled and everything moved along on schedule. The drive to Palermo trapped the western end of the island, with probably 40,000 troops in the net. Great quantities of ma teriel probably will be found when the clean-up is finally made. Big Supply Taken General Patton said that one of the outstanding achievements in the capture of Palermo was in supply. For example, the day before the push began, 100,000 gallons of gasoline were landed ample fuel for the cross-island trek . Wherever an army vehicle stopped,- crowds of people gatlv ered quickly, and at least one among them usually spoke Eng lish. The troops were enjoying it hugely. One doughboy battled his way through an admiring throng and exclaimed: "Who's nuts in this crowd? I'm begin ning to be afraid it's me." MO lit IB SUBMARINES HOW'S THE SUMMER TREATING YOU? Thousands have found how to beat the heat with Mexsana, formerly Mexican Heat Powder using it to take the hot feeling out of sunburn, ease the smart of heat rash and irri tated akin. Families everywhere are also turning to this soothing powder to relieve the itch and cool the burn of simple rashes and diaper rash. Allied Thrust army tank force which, had oc cupied the island June 30, as sembled in a meadow. ' Copper-skinned natives, gog glc-cyed at the sight of the shiny instruments, gathered around. Technical Sergeant Vaun A Wood of Phoenix, Ariz., master of ceremonies, stepped out and announced the first number, a march. Staff Sergeant Gordon G. Walliman of Globe, Ariz., bandleader, raised his baton. At the first note, the natives jumped. A few backed away in momentary fear. Others stood transfixed, open mouthed. Then they all broke into delighted squeals and shrill chatter but quickly became silent to listen Hundreds of other natives came on the run as the brassy notes carried to neighboring vil lages. A vaudeville magician, Mit chel Dyszel of Somerville, N. J., topped off the band concert with some slcight-of hand and, speaking from theatre and night club experience, declared the natives "the ideal audience." The performance of Dyszel, a first class private and army mail clerk, gave him all the prestige among the natives of a major general. He said he thought he might even become king if he had ambitions that way. DUBIOUS PRAISE PORTLAND, July 28 UP) Rep. Lowell Stockman, Pendle ton, the biggest man in congress, gave unaccustomed republican praise to President Roosevelt yesterday for his direction of the war effort. The six-foot six-inch congress man added quickly: "But he is doing a damn good job of losing the home front." "Say anything you want about the OPA. It's the most mis-managed thing in America," Stock man said in an Oregonian inter view. - The second district represen tative also lauded the work of Representatives Holmes and Horan of Washington, Senators Holman and McNary of Oregon, and had a special word for Rep resentative Harris Ellsworth of Roscburg. "That boy's a comer. . He's one of the hardest working and best liked of all the freshmen in Washington,". Stockman said. If you want to sell it phone The Herald and News "want ads," 3124. Mexsana is the kind of medicated powder often recommended by spe cialists. Yet it costs very little and is even more economical in the larger sizes. Keep in mind if your summer troubles are the bum of unburn, the sting of mosquito bites, or the itching and heat of heat rash, get speed Jrfreiief with Mexsana. HERALDAND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TOKYO CLAIMS KONG REPULSED LONDON, July 28 (IP) The Tokyo radio in a broadcast re corded by the Associated Press said today that an attempt by six allied planes to raid Hong Kong yesterday was blocked by the city's anti-aircraft de fenses. Heavy flak, the radio reported, caused the planes to jettison their bombs in the water. A later broadcast from Ber lin, , relaying Tokyo dispatches, said about 20 American bomb ers also raided Hankow Sun day, the attack resulting in air battles over Hengyang in Hu nan province in which four American machines were shot down. The" imperial high command in a Tokyo broadcast asserted that a United States cruiser of the San Francisco . c 1 a s s was sunk by Japanese submarines si ;'i ' i Y " r.Y: Ui" ON H0N6 I fir- H u off Sun Cristobal island in the Southwest Pacific on July 20. Tho broadcast said the sub marines broke through pro tective screen of destroyers to score a direct hit on the cruiser. Tho report was not confirmed by allied sources. (Jane's Fighting Ships lists the San Francisco as a heavy cruiser displacing 9050 tons, carrying a complement of 094 officers and men. Other cruis ers in the same class are the Astoria, Minneapolis, New Or leans, Tuscaloosa, Quincy and Vlncenncs, The San Francisco was placed in commission on March 9, 1933). Tho Quincy, Vlncennes and Astoria were sunk in the battle for the Solomons on the night of August 8-9,. 1942. Camp Adair Land Payments Viwd PORTLAND, July 28 (ZD Amounts paid by the government for land in the Camp Adair mil itary reservation are under scrutiny of the federal district court. Judge Claude McColUxh or dered the Investigation yester day after refusing to approve a $6893 evaluation by federal ap praisers on 160 acres known as the Hunish tract. Classified Ads Bring Results. ROT U MOOR art pat mtitltn at dfiigning coat that ttay tmart and ntw look h 4 $taon after iratott. 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Jtjy -- -:::faasaSasaa AUXILIARY OF LEGION AIDS FUTURE NURSES Every girl now taking nurses training courses or who would like to do so but Is in need of financial assistance to coniplcle her course, is asked to contact the American Legion auxiliary, It was announced this week by Mrs. Annnbelle Newton, national defense chairman. The sum of $80,000 has been sot asido by tho national execu tive committee of tho auxiliary to bo used in aiding women be tween the ages of 18 and 33 years to enter nurses training or to complete a nurses tralnlni! course. This is not a loan fund. Amounts up to $250 will bo given to student nurses already enrolled in a hospital school for mimes and who find themselves so lacking In funds that they would have to withdraw from the school. This amount will al so be given to young women having completed high school Tl nrptomt ur, tht rtrh tlll-vool fabric art ntl 'to u irliu that naald inir saw il urdu Ihnt HOTIIMOOn taatt actually, art. V $78.00 ill A flood of tomtom fur poun down thtit toalt and Ihtrt't a flood of qnatltil in tht fab riot . tht kind of qnalllii that hat madt HOTJJMOOH famout, $128.00 July 28. 1948 Civilian Defense Date August 6, 1043, b) Time Mobilization call will bo Issued at 7:30 p. m, The following units will b mobilized: ' Police at regular stations. Medical at Red Cross head quarters and other regular stations. Fire at fire station. Wardens t regular sta tions. Utilities as directed by util ities chief. ond whose character require." mvnts have been approved and accepted by an accredited school of nursing, but need financial aid to begin their course. ; Tho young women applying need not havo any connection with tho American Legion aux lllnry although the members oC , tho unit would be glad to advlV) regarding the fund In any way, that they can. For information or application blanks girls, should call Mrs. La Forge at 5927 or Mrs. Schubert at 6693. 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