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By FRANK JENKINS
fMltFUL punning of today's
now yields a few nugget o(
fact and largo masses of specula
lion. "THE scanty minuets of fact
havo to do wlllt bombing.
Rome Is hit again by Ameri
can daylight bombers on a
scale at leant equal to last
month's attack.
Milan and Turin, In Italy's
Industrial Po valley, are smash
ed by RAF bombers in what the
British air ministry describes as
"greater strength than ever be
fore." Berlin is bombed by swift
British Mosquito, whose Job Is
to '(lit In and out so fast the
anti-aircraft gunners can't hit
them.
Nine American Liberators
from somewhero In the north hit
the Jap Kuriles again.
nro these kernels of fact, let's
A add a few guesses.
Thi Kalian bomblnos. both In
Home and In the valley of the
I iHV
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r, are Intended as threatening
lilnta to tho Italians that they'd
better quit suiting. .
The Berlin attack Is Intended
to keep the Germans Jittery.
The Kuriles thmst Is Intended
to show the Japs they can be hit
from the north and so they'd
better be careful about extend
ing themselves to the south.
fHE German evacuation of
Sicily I reported to be pro
ceeding at a quickened pace.
Ships are scuttling back and
forth across the Messina strait
under an unprecedented um
brella of anti-aircraft (iro de
signed to keep our murderous
bomber away. Thl mean, of
course, that the end of Sicily is
near.
"THE Russians roll on. They're
25 miles from Bryansk and
Binly 5 miles from Kharkov. They
Jay the Germans there will ap
parently fight to tho finish In
stead of attempting a strategic
'retreat.
It looks like another Gcrmon
fight to GAIN TIME to prepare
another defense line.
THAT about finishes the fact
ual developments. On the
speculative sldo of tho news
Russia' nhsenco from tho
Churchill-FDR session easily
tops the list.
Russia announces through
Tass, the official government
news agency (an Institution
which we, thank the Lord, don't
have) that tho soviet government
"did not receive an Invitation
to be present at tho meeting."
Tass adds:
"Because of tho NATURE OF
THE CONFERENCE, particlpn-
a1
Ion of any ono representative,
if the soviet government Is not
envisaged."
TF you can figure . that out,
you're good. This writer has
a notion that It's just as wolf not
to try.
All this fuss about Stalin's ab
sence from the current Churchill-Roosevelt
confab may bo just
dust in the enemy's eyes. It may
have, been agreed In advance
that Churchill will return via
Moscow to give Stalin a first
hand report of everything that
was done.
Anyway, lot's not dream up
a ruckus between us and the
Russians. No good can come of
unofficial speculation of that
sort. Any guessing we outsiders
may do Is only the wildest kind
0ft skull practice, for we DON'T
VNOW ANYTHING.
Only the Insiders know.
.
THIS writer has the naive Idea
that instead of all this hush
hush mummery It would bo bet
ter for us to make a frank, plain,
honest statement of what we're
going to TRY to do after the war
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SEVENTH ARMY
TAKES GERMAN
STRONGHOLD
Nazis Speed Retreat
Across Messina
Straits
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 13
()') The allies have captured
Runduzzo, key axis stronghold
In the center of the front in
northeast Sicily, it was announc
ed tonight.
The American seventh army
troops entered the city this
morning, thus collapsing the
center of tho shrinking axis
lines remaining on the Messina
bridgehead. .
Storm From West .
The Americans stormed . Into
the highland town from , the
west and north barely ahead of
British troops thrusting up from
the south.
Largo numbers of crack Ger
man grenadiers were believed to
bo facing capture in the area,
although tho bulk of the troops
probably tried to escape east
ward to the coast in the neigh
borhood of Taormlna. Th latter
point Itself ,1s menaced by Brit
ish troops advancing from the
south.
Tho Gormsns were being pur
sued along a 20-mlle road from
Randnzzo to Taormlna.
Rtach Edge of City
By nightfall yesterday the
Americana had reached the edge
of the city, ravaged by shells
and air bombs. They fought
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Support Plan
Splits Subsidy
Opposition
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (IP)
Tho administration appeared to
day to have split opposition to
its food subsidy rollback pro
gram with its billion dollar 1944
agricultural price support plan.
While Rop. Wolcott (R.-Mlch.)
declared tho new Idea "looks
like subsidy of the consumer by
subterfuge," Senator Aiken
(R-Vt.), another leader in the
recent farm bloc fight against
subsidies, predicted congress
would welcome any workable
plan which would guarantee ag
ricultural prices to encourage
production.
"I think such a proposal
would have good reception in
congress," the Vcrmonter told
an interviewer. "It would cost
tho least of any program thus
far suggested and In my opinion
it would be tho best means of
assuring adequate production.'"
Food . Administrator Marvin
Jones reportedly Is preparing to
request an Increase of upwards
of a billion dollars In funds of
the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion (CCC) to finance price
guarantees to farmers on select
ed crops.
The money would bemused to
support farm prices at levels de
signed to encourage maximum
production. Where support
' . (Continued on Page Two)
Churchill, FDR Talks May Emphasize
Military; Commanders to Be Selected
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
QUEBEC, Aug. 13 (P) A
Moscow announcement that
Russia was not invited to sit in
on the councils which President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill will open here soon
suggested today the conferences
would emphaslzo military rath
er than political aspects of al
lied war plans. y.
There has been no definite
announcement of - the subjects
with which the conference will
deal nor when the talks will, be
gin. Churchill, now absent from
Quebec, visited Niagara falls.
Prim Minister Churchill and Family in Quebec
l n Yen !
I av.
British Prim Minister Winston Churchill, Ms wife and daughter, are shown with Canadian
Prime Minister W. L. MacKensl King after their arrival in Quebec. Left to right: Mrs. Church
Ill, -Prim Minister ChurchiUi Prim Minister MacKensie King, and Mary Churchill, who ia a
subaltern In the British auxiliary territorial service.
Russ Squeeze Tighter on
, , Kharkov; New Front Told
LONDON. Aug-lfc-Wn Rus
sian troops smashed to within a
mile of Kharkov en th north
east today, reached a point 32
miles from Bryansk, and made
gains of up to 13 miles In a new
offensive aimed at Smolensk,
Moscow announced tonight.
LONDON, Aug. 13 (JP) A
new soviet offensive in the cen
tral front aimed' at Smolensk,
85 miles to the northwest, be
gan near Spas Demcnsk a few
days ago, a special Russian bul
letin announced tonight.
The offensivo struck In two
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 11 11 1
Detroit 3 6 2
Candini and Guillani; Over,
mire, Dana (1), Gorsica (2), Or
rell (7) and Unser. ,
New York 4 7 0
St. Louis 0 9 0
Chandler and Scars; Niggel-.
Ing, Potter (8) and Fcrrell, Hayes
(8).
Philadelphia 4 9 2
Cleveland 6 10 2
Black and Swift, Harder and
Rosar.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 4 12 2
Boston 5 10 2
Passeau and McCullough; An
drews and Masi.
Landis Heads for
New Job in War
WASHINGTON, Aug! 13 (VP)
James M. Landis, civilian de
fense director, appeared today
to be headed toward a new Job
in the war effort.
' Stephen Early, press secretary
at the Whlto House, said he
would not deny published re
ports that Landis would resign
soon to become a lend-lease ad
viser at Cairo, Egypt..
: r
yesterday and then left for an
unknown destination. ,
Russia Not Invited
The Russian announcement,
recorded in London by the sov
iet monitor, was broadcast by
the official soviet news agency
Tass, which said it had been
authorized to. state that "the
soviet government did not re
ceive an invitation to be pres
ent at the meeting."
"And because . of the nature
of the : conference," the an
nouncement added, "the partici
pation of anyone representative
of the soviet government at the
directions: ..From th- dlstrlcH
northwest - of Spaa Demensk
southwards from the region
southwest of the town towards
the northwest.
Crack Lin
The troops moving south crack
ed the strongly fortified German
defense line on a front of 22
miles, the bulletin said. - . .
This column in the north ad
vanced 13 miles, while the col
umn in the south gained 1 1 miles
after breaking through the front
in a nine-milo swath.
The two attacks apparently
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Army Wife Held
For Grand Jury;
Waives Hearing
ALBANY, Ore.. Aug. 13 (P)
Mrs. Catherine Wright, 26, ac
cused kidnaper of Baby Judith
Gurney was ordered held for the
Linn county grand jury today
and she expressed a desire to
"avoid all unnecessary formal
ity and get this over, with as
quickly as possible. f
With her court-appointed at
torney, Edward Sox, Mrs. Wright
appeared before Justice of the
Peace Victor Olliver to complete
her arraignment. Sox waived
preliminary hearing, paving the
way for grand jury . action,
which will await the call of Har
low L. Wcinrick, district at
torney. More composed than at any
time since her arrest,' Mrs
Wright had just eaten the first
meal of solid food since she has
been In jail. Her only food be
fore breakfast this morning has
been a quart of milk daily and
one cup of coffee. Her soldier
husband, Sgt. Jesse Wright, who
has expressed determination to
stand by her, was not present at
the hearing. .
Amy Ross, deputy sheriff and
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meeting in Quebec was not and
is not envisaged." ,
Russian desires for another
front recently have been under
scored, and the question of an
invasion of the foe's European
stronghold continues the most
provocative topic, likely to ap
pear on the Quebec agenda.
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (IP)
The prospect of new allied of
fensives in northern Europe and
southern . Asia in the next few
weeks apparently . poses for
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NAZI GOVERNMENT J
. JriVHAIlN!
Major Offices
Shifted to
Vienna
Said
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 13
(IP) Reports reaching here said
today that a substantial part of
the nazi government machinery
has been transferred from Berlin
to Vienna for safety from allied
air raids.
These ' reports also claimed
that nazi authorities were con
sidering proclaiming their capi
tal an open city in an effort to
save it from the same fate which
struck Hamburg, Cologne, Dues
seldorf and other German cities.
However,, pending any deci
sion, many major offices of the
relchs-chancellery, foreign of
fice, high command and minis
tries of marine, air and home af
fairs were said to have been
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Couple Arrested on
Liquor Theft Charge
PORTLAND, Aug. 13 (.f) As
sistant U. S. Attorney Mason
Dillard said today the Federal
Bureau of Investigation arrested
Ruphy Vivian Morris and his
wife, Edna, at Baker in connec
tion with theft of whiskey from
a railroad car several weeks ago
at Huntington.
The couple has been charged
with receiving a number of cases
of the stolen whiskey, .Dillard
said. The arrests were made last
night,...--- . . ! . ,
Merchant Vessel Sunk
In South Atlantic
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (IP)
The navy reported today that a
medium sized United States
merchant vessel was torpedoed
and sunk by an enemy sub
marine early in July in the
South Atlantic. Survivors have
landed at Miami, Fla., and New
York.
The navy said none of the
40-man crew was killed or ser
iously injured.
Gusiev New Soviet
Diplomat in England
MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (IP) The
presidium of the supreme, coun
cil of the soviet union announced
today appointment of Fedor Tar
asovich Gusiev to the post of
soviet ambassador to Great'
Britain.
Gusiev has been released as
ambassador to Canada, but no
successor there has been announced.
American, RAF Bombs
Tear Railway Yards,
Air, Navy Bases in--
Rome
By RELMAN MORIN
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 13
(JP) An American air armada of
possibly 500 plane swarmed
over Rome shortly before noon
today, smashing the San Lorenzo
and Littorio railroad yards, key
hubs of the axis communications
system in Italy.
The first waves of Flying Fort
resses from Maj. Gen. James H.
Doolitfle's command roared over
the San Lorenzo yards a little
after 11 a. m., while lighter
Mitchells and Marauders were
coming in at low level over the
Littorio yards, bombing and
pouring tracer into the Albany
burning target area.
Equal First Raid
The number of bombers par
ticipating In the mass attack was
said to equal those that raided
the Italian capital July. IS, when
500 heavy American bombers
and 200 fighters took part A
total of 1100 tons of explosive
were loosed then.
The attacks today brought
home to the Italian people recent
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Gas Rich" Klamath Boys Bring Wrath
0 OD AN IJamI( Mat CIMfi C6w4Ja)a
Intention of proceeding
against at least one service sta
tion in Klamath Falls was an
nounced here Friday by George
R. Lewis, OPA enforcement at
torney,' following ' disclosure of
a sensational incident at. Ash
land last weekend involving
two "gas rich" Klamath Falls
boy. - ' .
Lewis' said that" the. disclos
ures made by the youths,- upon
questioning, indicated violations
of OPA rulings by gasoline sta
tions and that suspension pro
cedure in at least one case was
planned. '
Caught in Park
According to the Ashland Tid
ings, the two Klamath Falls
youths and two Klamath', girls
were apprehended in . Lithia
Colorado Police
Hunt Cfues in -Torture
Killing ;
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS,
Colo., Aug. 13 W In a search
for clues in the torture (laying
of a sheepherder, Undersheriff
William MacFarlane said today
one Dossibility Was that the el
derly victim was bound and left
to die by sheep thieves.
The body of Bert Purdy, 85,
was found in his camp wagon
yesterday in a. remote gulley
about 18 miles south of Hayden,
Colo. His arms and legs had been
drawn back and tied at the small
of his back. He had died, author
ities said, of exposure, shock, or
heart attack He had been dead
about two days. ,- " i
' While explaining that it was
not certain Purdy was the vic
tim of rustlers, MacFarlane said
several livestock and sheep
thefts had been reported recent
ly in this northwestern Colorado
section.
Purdy' m p 1 o y er, Eber
Howell, noticed that the herder's
1300-sheep - flock had scattered.
The howling of Purdy's dog at
tracted Howell to the wagon.
The dog lay beside the body.
MacFarlane said Purdy was
bound by an expert The harder
he struggled to become free, the
tighter he drew the cords. .'The
rope was a quarter-inch cotton
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Henry Ford II Now ;
On Inactive Duty;
DETROIT, Aug. 13 (JP Lieut
(j.g.) Henry Ford II has been re
leased from active duty in the
United States naval reserve to
enable him take up important
duties at the Ford Motor com
pany. '-..:' ' " ,
The eldest son of the late Ed-
sel B.-Ford was placed on the
inactive list on Jvjjy 20. ;
Milan
By FRANK BRUTO
ON THE SWISS - ITALIAN
FRONTIER, Aug. 13 (JP) The
British air attack on industrial
Milan early this morning was
described by that city's news-
pa peri as "the most violent" of
this war,. with destruction sown
in all parts of the city.
The alarm sounded shortly
after midnight and the all clear
was not given until 2 a. m. Bomb
ers swept over the city in wave
and were met by the most inten
sive anti-aircraft fire yet put up
by Milan's batteries. ...
Might Fighter
From Chiasso, Swiss town on
the Italian border, Italian night
fighters could be heard in the
air. Two planes were distinctly
seen falling in flames as the
whole sky slowed with the ef
fects of numerous explosive and
incendiary bombs. .
The Milan newspaper assert
ed that one of the spires of the
city a noted cathedral was hit.
The famous Palazzo Marino on
the Piazza Delia Seals, seat of
the municipality, was burned to
" (Continued on Page Two)
park In Ashland last Sunday
night and lodged in jail, while
the girls were taken -to their
parent. One boy, under 18, was
fined 10 for loitering in the
park after hours, and the other
boy, just 18, was fined S10 for'
"aiding and abetting" a. minor
to-evade -Ashland' curfew law.
But what interested OPA. of
ficials here was the discovery
of various gas .coupons and a
five-gallon can of gasoline in
the' car used by the youths, fol
lowed by a statement from one
of the youths concerning their
evasion of gas rationing restric
tions. Youth Quoted
The youth was' quoted - by
Ashland authorities as follows;
"I applied to the Klamath
Mussolini Reported
Drowned in New ;
York News Story
NEW YORK, Aug! 13 (IP)
The New York Post said today
that,i "according to- reports in
circles frequently very well In
formed, Benito Mussolini, Italy's
ex-duce, drowned like a trapped
rat during a , vain attempt to
escape from Italy." ;
The Post, which declined to
give any further information as
to its sources, said the reports
indicated Mussolini had embark
ed, in a submarine from' an Ital
ian : port, "probably ' Leghorn,"
shortly: after his fall from po
litical power. ', .,';,
'.: ."The - submarine reportedly
was spotted by allied' airmen,
who bombed it repeatedly and
sent, it to the bottom," the Post
story - continued. It added that
details of the reported incident
were not made dear. -
Haying Season Over Peak;
Threshing Help Needed Next
- Haying season Is over its peak
and .as. yet . no difficulty has
been experienced by most farm
ers in securing help, it was an
nounced Friday from the United
States Employment office. '
According to report, haying
hands on the whole are better
than average this year, . too,
especially . in remaining on the
job.' A standard wage for farm
hands was set this summer re
sulting in workers ' staying on
one job - instead , of looking
around for a place which pays
higher wages.
.Turn Away Men
At the beginning, of the hay
season; Andy . Anderson, of the
employment office said, as many
Kuriles
By WILLIAM L. WORDEN
ADAK, Alaska, Aug. 12 (De
layed) (JP) In a raid which
caught the Japanese by surprise,
nine Liberators dropped frag
mentation and Incendiary bomb
yesterday on Paramushiro and
Shimusho, fought off 40 enemy
fighting planes and shot down
at least five.
Two American plane failed
to return. Three Liberators were
damaged but returned without
easualtiea.
No Enemy Plane .
' Returning pilot reported no
enemy plane were in the air
a they arrived over the target,
the raid apparently surprising
the Japanese as did the first
Paramushiro bombing July 20.
One force concentrated on
the Kataoka naval base, and the
second force' worked on the
Japanese army' Kashiwabara
staging base.
Contest Bombers
Enemy plane rose to meet
the Liberator after bomb had
been dropped on ' several as
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Falls -ration hoard for a non
highway ration- book and fraud
ulently stated I was going to
use the -gasoline for a tractor.
Instead, I used most of the gas
oline in my own ear, a 1930
Ford roadster. I - did not have
an A boo k- on this ear and
brought it to Klamath Falls
from Portland, -using the - "E"
ration tickets. Usually, I had
the- service -station-attendant
put the gas In a can and later
I would put- it in the -car, but
on several occasions-they put it
directly into the gas tank of my
car."- -. - - - -
- Later, the minor youth told
of -going into a Klamath Falls
service station in the older boy's
car Sunday morning, where
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Tank Helps to
Advertise Army
Premiere Show
A light tank rumbled through
Klamath' streets Th ursday
night helping to advertise the
forthcoming premier . benefit
show, "This is the Army," slated
for the Pelican theatre for Au
gust 18. 3
TtiA tank m Camr WMt -
tribution to the local show, ha a
250 horsepower airplane engine,
make, a speed of 40 miles an
hour, and for armament has five
30-calibre machine guns, one 37
millimeter cannon, and one sub
machine gun. ' -
The tank weighs 25,000
pounds, and each track weighs
2640 pounds. It , can jump a
seven-foot trench. -.
It is on display in front of the
Pelican, and will be there until
after the premiere showing, pro
. . (Continued on Page Two)
as eight or 10 farm hand, had
to be turned away each day and
lately at least two or three at
day, showing that there is no
shortage of this kind of help
at present. From July 15 to
31, 308 workers were sent out
on farms from the office here.
Threshing will start next
week and binders, jigger, cut
ting men, cower, cat skinners
and machine operators will then
be needed.
Weeding la through for th
summer. . Employment ' office)
records show that between 509
and 600 youngster helped on
this project, and farmer who
employed them reported a good
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