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Hitler Ttar Hii Iriralof WsbpSi
, 1 ' Homburg Shipyord Blotting Bringi Fear to Heort of Berlins niPTMTflDOUin V TDIIII IL"BB!ITC
,he,,r. f t 'iK",V, 'V' V- nilllf IUP DriPU 5; M - Prisoners
A SWISS ncwtpapcr, quoting a
" traveler Jtut returned from
Gennany, ay the mot PKR
filSTENT rumor la that a mil
itary dlctatornhlp will be art up
jti September,
Today the German Interna
tional Information bureau (a nazl
propatanda outfit) aayt in a
Lroadcatt: "It it understood In
ffrrlln that a number of import
ant dtscuuiona of a military and
political nature have taken place
in the fuehrer's headquartcrt In
the pant few dayi."
These discussions, it is added,
were participated in by Kcitri,
head of the German army,
Doenitx, head of the German
risvv, and (among others) the
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR.
MOTE, please, that thesa
rumors follow the downfall
of fascism in Italy and the set
ting up of what appears to b
military dictatorship. Ideas, you
know, DO SPREAD.)
'THIS returned Swiss traveler
think possible replacement
of Hitler may be more wishful
thinking than the truth, but
Jdds: 'There ,1a CERTAINLY
much speculation ' among the
people at to tho possibility of
ending the devastating battles
and returning to peace, in whjch
human wisdom would again have
tha upper hand."
"VOV'D be tilly to believe these
. rumon Implicitly. But
DONT UTTERLY DISBELIEVE
them.
Remember this:
The comforting German plan
ait along has been to withdraw,
IF NECESSARY, from outlying
conquered areas to the "fortress
of Europe" In which German
military power would, with short
Interior lines, defy the enemy
Indefinitely and win stale
mated peace.
This comforting dream of un
shakable German security has
been rudely shaken by the stern
Valltles of ALLIED AIR
"TOWER.
The quip that set England
laughing a while back to the
effect that "the trouble with
Hitler's fortress of Europe it that
it HAS NO ROOF" was coined
;BEFORE HAMBURG.
' It Is now more than a mere
smart crack. Hamburg has
made -it a dread and awful
PROBABILITY.
JJAMBURG'S fate appear to
. have impressed the German
tirofoundly especially tho Ber
liner, who have a pretty good
Idea they're next on the list,
London hear today through
German sources (spies, presum
ably) that Berlin is approaching
a state of panic, with mass stam
pede of terrified people seeking
to get away from the doomed
rflty. .
J There aro reports that the
fiorliners' panic Is being fed by
bombcrazcd refugees from Ham
burg who aro spreading stories
of fantastic casualties and hor
rors In that destroyed me
tropolis. There are rumor from the
neutral countries that the Ger
mans aro planning to declare
perlln an "open city" In hopes
of saving it from tho fate of
Hamburg,
don't have to rely entirely
upon rumors for a picture
of German panic following Ham
burg. " Suppose the Japs had just de
stroyed San Francisco from the
air, In spite of ALL we could
do to prevent It. Los Angeles
ould be reasonably certain that
would be next, and might be
getting panicky! ,
. Even up here, some of us
might be heading for the hills
with our families.
DEMEMBER 1918 ' and what
followed when tho going got
bad for Germany,
! Remember Tacitus' estimate
mide 2000 years ago) of tho AN
' .; .(Continued en Pan Three)
' ':.74 ' ii- rf Important Military, J
I " 'V4,JV- ' Political Talks L'
-j n . :: , or
t ?? El - ' " ' 1 By FKANK BRUTTO fill
K'-? "if aVJL . f, P' f --s BERN,SwitoIaad,ABg.TttJ I J f
VlfiFY ' rf?.Vi VCiS'A- V,J l'1-,, - - i '! reported today that a traveler H F
AW I - - -.'v I 4 f - V who had just returned from Ger- II
I fjit-i t'.X I . . r1 -w-'-' V mi aaU that among mm t LI 1
While a tcro f amok from pravlout attack bans aw th devastated port f HtmbUTg, bomb bursts from as 'attack bf
U. S, Flying Fortran add thair thattartsg blast te tha wrack aga. Bunts bit th git HosIdijwrk faipj'Mds, U-boat pro
duction canter In tha port which gave bavas to on-third of tba Garmaa under flt. Hambtoy was ridd in gnatatt fore
by sin attack in 10 days. A Danish consular official wtimatM tha cost la Ufa at 200,808. Army air forc photo, '
D1TISWN0T
BIG,' SAYS HERSHEY
Two Million Men Will
8e Needed
in
Next Year
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7
P) MaJ. Gen, Lewi B. Her
shey said "today "Selective serv
ice, in the procurement of men
for the armed forces, Is on the
plateau" and "the job ahead of
us is nasty but not big."
The national director of ' se
lective service, at a press con
ference here, wa referring to
the drafting of pre-war fathers
now authorized for October 1
whenever essential to meet
quotas.
He said 2,000,000 men would
be needed within tho next year,
and that they could not be ex
pected to como entirely from
sources other than fathers from
18 to 37.
Ho said, however, that of the
7,000,000 such men "We would
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4faert Qienger,
Early Chiloquin
Merchant, Dies
Albert Charles Glcnger, 68,
for 34 years connected with va
rious merchandising enterprises
in Klamath county, died Friday
evening at his homo at Chilo
quin, Mr, Gicnger had been suffer
ing for some time from a heart
ailment which was believed re
sponsible for hi death.
The Chiloquin merchant was
born In Wurttenburg, Germany.
He came to Klamath Falls from
Tillamook 34 years ago, and for
a number of years was In busi
ness here, ,
He operated the old Ashland
fruit market at Third and Main
streets. Moving to fhtloquin,
he operated a general merchan
dise business which he told to
the Klamath Supply, Ho then
returned to Klamath Falls, and
for a time ran a store at Sixth
and Main streets.
About 1820, Mr, Gicnger and
Jack Almeter of Klamath Falls
set up a store at Chiloquin, Al-
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U. S. Airmen Bring Ruin to
South Pacific Jap Bases
By C. YATES McDANIEL
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Aug.
7 (P) Vulnerable spots where
the next blowt against the Jap
anese may fait now that Munda
is ours, felt the fiery impact of
America growing air might in
the Pacific during raids reported
in today's communique from
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Our fighters whipped a
Alt Crater Lake
Entrances Now
Open to Travel
All entrances, Including the
north and east gates are now
open to Crater Lake, it was an
nounced by Thomas C, Parker,
assistant superintendent ol
Crater Lake national park Sat
urday, . . , .
The rim road around the lake
is also passable, though it Is not
in the best of condition.
There is stiil plenty of snow
at the lake, according to Parker,
who said the depth is that which
is usually found in May and
June, and it is probable that
the snow will remain on the
ground all summer.
There are no lodge or store
accommodations at the lake this
year, though many people bring
their own lunches and spend
the day at the resort.
Parker was in Klamath Jails
Saturday to try to get a crew
of 10 or 15 men to work on
road Improvements - In - the
Crater lake area, , ,
Community Sing
To Boost August
Sale of War Bonds ,
A big community sing in front
of the American Legion hall at
8 p. m. Tuesday is set as an out
standing August event in the
American Legion-sponsored war
bond drive.
Mrs. Elsie Weaver is in gen
eral charge of this event,
A feature of the evening will
be an auction of bonds and
stamps, with merchandise and
airplane' rides offered.
The public was urgently invit
ed to attend this gathering, A
previous community aing in con
nection with the bond drive was
numerically superior enemy in
an air battle off southern Bou
gainville. That enemy air and
shipping sector is the most form
idable barrier still between us
and Japan mighty fortress of
Rabaul, New Britain, ,
Fighter Escort
Our bombers "In all categories
with a fighter escort" a recur
ring phrase in Pacific reports
which yet is new enough to x
cite the emotions blasted Ee
kata bay, a float plana base,
with 6 tons of explosives. It is
on Santa Isabel island, north
east of New Georgia, flanking
the line' of advance and supply
from Guadalcanal to Munda, Its
elimination is vital. .
Other bombers 750 miles te
the west ranged along the New
Guinea coast, wrecking the sup
ply barges Japan 1 utilizing to
maintain the garrison at Sato-
maua, New Guinea, Salamaus,
menaced by -Australians and
Americans only five miles away,
is the objective of the left prong
of the offensive which opened
last' June 30, Munda was the
goal on the right.
Stragglers Tracked
On Munda, our jungle troops
fanned out from the newly won
4000-foot airstrip into nearby
mangrove swamps tracking down
fleeing stragglers of the crushed
Japanese garrison. More than
1600 enemy dead have been
. (Continued on Faga Two)
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R, H. E,
New York ;..,3 8 1
Philadelphia 1 5 3
Wensloff and Dickey; Black,
Arntzen (8) and Swift, Wagner
(8).
R.
St. Louis U .-..2
H. E.
S X
S 8
Smith,
Cleveland . 0
Sundra and Hayes;
Kennedy (8) and Bosar,
S. H. E,
Washington S 10 2
Boston -7 11 0
Mertz, Miller (8) and Guiliani;
Dobson, Brown (9) and Partee,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Boston ...,;..7 15 0
Brooklyn .4 12 0
Javery, Barrett (8) and Kiutts;
Davis, Head (8) and Melton (8)
and Owaa. '
NAZIS EVACUAT!
SMOLENSK RE
Orel
; Big
Deflation Puts
German Base
In Danger
LONDON, Aug. ? m Rus
sian troops driving on Bryansk
advanced six to eight miles, cap-
taring mora than 100 populated
places today, Moscow announced.
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
" MOSCOW, Aug. 7 W) Infor
mation received from Russian;
guerrillas behind the German
lines today said the nazia were
carrying out a general civilian
evacuation o the Smolensk re
gion.
Smolensk, 220 miles west of
Moscow and probably the meat
important German base in all
Russia, would be endangered by
complete deflation of the Orel
salient to the southeast as the
Russians already hold positions
lew than 50 miles te the north
east between Yartsevo and Vy
azma. '
The information from tha par
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IN
Admirals Celebrate Anniversary of
South Pacific Baiiie by Outlining
Strategy, Promising Jap Destruction
By JOBS M. KIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Aug. T ,(P)
Admiral Ernest J. King out
lined today an allied world
strategy aimed at keeping China
in the, war against Japan and
exerting "every possible effort"
to assist Russia by diverting
German forces front the Rus
sian f ronC
The commander in chief ol
th United States fleet said that
in the Pacific area the allies
are following a "concerted
plan of operations" to put in?
creasing pressure on Japanese
communications and also cap
ture, strategic positions "which
enable, us to give the enemy
more hell as we go along."
Oiicusiti War
King, a member, of the allied
high command as well as chief
of the fleet discussed the war
is? ,o interview gristed on. the
By FRANK BRUTTO i
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. t ijF;
The Keue Zaercher Hachriehten
reported today that a traveler
who had just returned from Ger
many said that among rumors
sweeping the resell was the
"most persistent one that a mil
itary dictatorship might be set
up in September.
The article gave measure of
support te recent reporting of
Spanish correspondents in Ber
lin that momentous develop
ments were shaping inside Ger
many. The traveler was not iden
tified.
wtthfttl Tbiaking -
The expectation of the re
placement of Hitler by a mili
tary dictatorship as soon Sep
tember' may be more "wahful
-thinking, than -the -tret,1- taiiii
the writer to NaeftrfehteB, but
he added that certainly there
was much speculation reported
among the people en the possi
bility of ending fee "devastat
ing battles ami returning to
peace, in which human wisdom
would again have the u
hand."
Upon arrival in Berlin, the
traveler was quoted as saying,
ha was bombarded with ques
tions, mostly "When will the war
end?" . " -;
Faac Safest
The hope of victory us longer
keeps the Germans plodding, he
said, but the fear of defeat. Asa
result, he added, a cleft had de
veloped among thinking German
people, one side eager to see
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Police Hmi
Lone Spokane
Bank Bandit
SPOKANE, Aug. 7 m
Search was continuing today
for tha lone bandit who made
away with $5378 in the holdup
of the Old National bank's East
Sprague branch yesterday.
The iaxieab which he com
mandeered to make his escape
later' was found in Use ware
house district near the center of
the city, Detective August Bet
tinger reported. Ho quoted a
witness as saying a man left the
cab and walked toward the bus
iness district, one hand stuffed
In his shirt front
Bettinger saw a possibility,
however, that the bar,dii might
. (Continued en Fag Two'?
request o wire service report
ers at the navy department. .
He had been asked particular
ly to discuss the situation in Use
Pacific an this anniversary of
the start of the conquest of
Guadalcanal, the first American
offensive operattoa of the war.
NAVAL HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Aug.
7 (Admiral William F. Hal
sey Jr., on the first anniversary
of the beginning of the battle
for the South Pacific, promised
today that the United States
will carry the war Into Japan
itself.
rtroy Enmy
We will destroy the enemy,
Halsey told a press conference.
"We shall push forward until
the battle of the South Pacific
becomes the battle of Japan.
"W hav ieiraad by gsla
Mrs. W. 8. OiHsay, SS. what
S-say-eia aaagataij Jsaits,
kidaappad from as Albasy bo-
pttat 'BmsarsTIt shown with
aar g-yMi-eld dtuohur. Ku-
Ms. H trac of t&a
child ill bB found.
BUYiliP
..nrnrrflT imiiirj
Tirol mm
No Evidence Found;
Mrs. Gurney --
Improved
ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 7 m !
The mysterious disappearance of
baby Judith Gurney took on the
aspect of the "perfect erase to
day as authorities admitted flat
ly they lacked "one iota" of evi
dence to link anyone with the
Harlow Weinrick, Linn county
district attorney, said that i&vesH
tigaung officers were "just as
much in the dark now as os the
day the child disappeared." She
was missed from her crib in the
Albany General hospital nursery
early Tuesday when she was two
days old. '
. Strang?
Observers reported unidenti
fied strangers te civilian clothes
had arrived. in Albany and ap
parently were working on the
case, but the FBI said it was tak
ing no part to the investigation,
Russell Kramer, chief of the
; (Continued on Page Two) ,
Dry Creek Timber ;
Blaze Under Control
- The 400-acre Umber blaze fa
the Dry creek area near take-
view . is ; now . under control,
Klamath "Forest Protective as
sociation officials disclosed to
day. Mopping-up ' operations
were in progress Saturday, but it
was too early to estimate damage
to timber la the area. . The tee
started about a week ago. -
and Woody experience the best
manner la which te deal with
the crafty foe, who appears des
perately to resist until he is de
stroyed." . r : .:-?.
' Confidant : . -.
- The commander te chief ef
naval forces in this war theatre
said the United States is enter
ing the second year of the South
Pacific campaign "with every
confidence in ultimate victory.
- "We view what lies ahead
with the satisfaction that comes
from having thus far soundly
beaten a powerful enemy' to
every phase of air and sea. war
fare, be , continued. - '
S irons; Forces
"Jn the past we , have often
fought against forces Stat great.
ly outnumbered our own, how
our forces are stronger than at
any time since we first began
(Continued on Pag Thi
By DA-SirL BE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IHHGRTH AFRICA, Aug. 7 m
AiBericas first division - iio-p '
have stormed and captured th
vital mountain fortress town of
Tronia in central Sicily and
allied forces advanced on other
sectors to sweep up a total of
125,000 axis prisoners, bead -
quarters announced today.
A field dispatch reported trt
Italian soldiers in Bianeaviila.
iS miles northwest of Catania
and two miles south of Adrano,
raised white Sag and furrend-"
ered yesterday to British eighth -army
units after heavy air:
takt - - - .- .
Lis rHj'oiaid
The German line to now dis
hy seizure cf Treiaa
guarding the escape hatch west
of Mt Etna, it was announced.
U, S. units inflicted heavy ea-
ualties os German elite troop '
aeieadtog tae town in tome of
the most sang fighting of tb
- American ssval forces eees-
J5iJ th Miami fit ITitti- A
miles Esfrfe of Paflthnov-and'al"
Bed bombers shattered Messina
. in uir Heavies mvscs cevas
tattog this last Sicilian escape
pert - Brttisfe warships again
poanded the east coastal read of
withdrawal near Taormina,
Thiila Rtit
The fall of Troina threatened
te prevent. Junction of the Ger
man 15 th armored division and
Herman Goering division in
their retreat toward Messina.
(Field '"reports Tuesday bast
said Tresis was taken, bet in'
Americans had bees able only
to wts toeholds near the town
the fare of the stem German
The Sicilian front now Is only
45 miles wide.
The British eighth army ad
vanced on all sectors, threaten
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Retrooctve Pay
Dates far CIO
Workers Told
Retroactive dates for, ceres
and a half cent pay increases te
employes of logging operations
affiliated with toe Internationa!
Woodworkers of America, CIO,
have seen recommended by
Esferee Richard M, Steiner, of
the war labor board, and Will
some before the West Coast Lam-
her commission for approval.
August 11 has been reeom
mended for the retroactive date
for Algona Lumber company,
Other retroactive date reeom
mendattosa ase August S3 for
.the John G Og&urs Lumber
company, for the Barley Lumber
company, Feather , River com
pany. Shevlia-Hixoa Lumber,
Srooks-Scanlon, Scott, Medoud
Lumber company, the Medford
corporation, Chiloquin Lumber
company, Maxwell logging, tha
BMehcsefe company .and th
Crawford Lumoer company, -
weyeroaeuser ana iong &eii -
employes have been recommend
ed for retroactive increase
hack to September 1.
Stetaer recommended Septem
ber 23 for tee retroactive date
for Gchoca Lumber company
employes,.: . ' - - , .
Allied Bombs Fall
Or Western Germany
LOSSOK. Aug, T W A larga
force of plane, apparently heavy
bombers, thunderea aouwwara
across the English Channel early
today and the nazi high comma nd
iaid feme Bossos were drop-pea
over western Germany "without
causing damage, , , -
Specific targets were not 1js
mediately disclosed.
Britain had Its sixth raid Ire
ight to a row. Sot sinfl sir
raid casualty his beea r ported
sow to 33 d?. f