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D ADOGLIO'S ' government da
cldes to declara Rom an
open city.
Tha (details are still hazy as
this U written, but seem to (all
Into ah understandable pattern.
Tha decision -appear to have
been made on July 31, and was
announced to our side through
tha Holy Sea,
Thereafter there were delays,
nd It Is quit probable that we
suspected the Italians of stalling
to give the Germans all the time
possible.' So, day before yester
day, we bombed Rome again,
O That, "apparently! brought 're-suits.:,-...;.
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ALL this, please understand,
is guesswork, but it does at
least seem a reasonable guess.
Badogtlo has obviously been
stalling to give the Germans
time.)
CONDITIONS for permitting
Roma to assume the 'status
Of an open city will undoubtedly
include closing all railroad
trackage used for moving axis
troops through tha city, removal
of the Italian war government,
ceasing manufacture of war sup
plies and admission to Rome of
an allied commission to see to It
that all the open-city obligations
(as prescribed by International
law) are carried out.
' Badogllo, presumably, has
49 greed ta these conditions.
.
fERMAN resistance In Sicily
in collapsing at all points,
and It Is obvious today that Ger
many's sole remaining aim Is to
escape to tho Italian mainland
with as many troops and as
much war material as possible
a la Dunkcrque.
' The dispatches give us only a
glimpse of what is hnppcnlng,
but we can construct tho picturo
pretty accurately for ourselves.
The Germans, obviously short of
planes, arc undertaking to cover
their retirement across tho Mes
sina strait by means of artillery,
Largo numbers of 18-inch rifles
pave been placod on the toe of
the Italian boot to command tho
Sicilian side, and these aro sup
plemented by huge numbers of
ntl-aircraft guns.
Over tho umbrella of "flak"
rising from these guns our
bombers are buzzing like angry
bees, pouring every variety of
bomb up to two-tonncrs on tho
retiring enemy, British warships
are pouring In sholls from the
edges.
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TT'S Dunkcrque over again, un
dcr somewhat more favorable
circumstances due to' tho nar
rowness of tho Messina strait,
and you may be sure that tho
British, many of whose troops
were on the receiving end at
Dunkcrque, are wading In with
grim ' determination to GET
EVEN.
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THE Germans still on Sicily
appear 'to be fighting coolly
0j tho end to protect tho with
drawal operation over the. Mes
sina 'strait.'
; A question occurs at this
point; 1 ... ,
' Why do they fight to the death
In Sicily when they surrendered
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JERRIES
EVACUATION OF
i WRECK
Rondazzo's Capture
Caves in Center
Of Line
By RELMAN MORIN
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 14 OP)
Pelted by everything from block
busters to machinegun" -bullets
from the air and artillery fire
from the sea, the German army
has begun a full-scale evacuation
In an effort to save as much ma
terial and manpower as possible
from the wreckge of Sicily for
the battle of Italy.
With their center caved In by
the allied capture of Rendazio,
north of Mt. Etna, the Germans
put their evacuation machinery
Into .full awing. It was officially
announced' today. They -WW
retreating behind a strong rear
guard which fell back rapidly
In front of victorious British
and American Infantry attacks.
Ptralno Falls
Sweeping to within 34 miles
of Messina In virtually all sec
tors, the allies captured Piralno
on the north coast, Floresta in
the central sector, and Riposto,
Giarre and Mllo on the east
coast.
All Mt. Una Is now in allied
hands.
An allied commentator, con
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FOR Reaffirms
Pledges Made in
Atlantic Charter
WASHINGTON'. Aug.' 14 0T)
President Roosevelt, declaring
the allies now "stand upon the
threshold of major developments
In this war," reaffirmed his be
lief today in the Atlantic chart
er pledges to establish world
freedom.
In a formal statement com
memorating both tho second an
niversary of the signing of the
charter and the eighth birthday
of the U. S. social security law,
the chief cxccutlvo came out
again for extension of that act's
benefits to many groups not now
covered and also for health pro
tection.
He said tho allies are deter
mined to gain "total victory"
over the axis and recognize as
enemies not only Germany,
Italy, and Japan, but all "forces
of oppression, intolerance, inse
curity and Injustice."
Russians Open
Greatesi
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
WITH THE RED ARMY ON
THE BRYANSK FRONT, Aug.
14 OP) It can now bo told that
the red army summer offen
sive was opened by. a tremend
ous artillery barrage rated by
mo soviet command as the
greatest In history.
The bombardment of the Ger
man lines touched off at 3 a. m..
July 12, was estimated at least
10 times heavier than the fire
at Verdun. About 3000 gun bar
rels were massed in each mile
of the front for the break
through. (Artillery so concen
trated would form two or three
lines hub-to-hub.) . .
Rolls West
The offensive now is rolling
steadily westward from Orel to
ward Bryansk while later at
km fcrtw
Rescue Croon r
;:, pertdtne; -police officers' ,hs4
werktut as thty wtra breed
4 reitrlln-horde of revaf -admirer
f Creener rrank SlnaP
ra, center, ' who a r r 1 1 tf In
southern California to star in
an RKO-Radie morle and ap
pear In Hollywood bowl.
"Oohl" laid Sinatra dasedly
after running the gauntlet of
yuwltt. wha met hm, t fa
TO eETJLESS GAS
East Promised More;
Pleasure Ban to
Be Lifted
Br The Associated Press .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 OP)
Less gas for the midwest and
southwest, a promise of more
for the east and, in time, aboli
tion of the pleasure-driving ban
was decreed by government au
thorities today.
The sweeping dictum on mo
tor fuel was issued last night by
the office of price administra
tion (OPA) and promptly sec
onded by Interior Secretary
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Steel Company Men
Vote to End Strike
BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. i4 (IP)
Striking employes of the Re
public Steel corporation's Buf
falo plant today voted to end
immediately a walkout which, a
company official said, had par
alyzed the mill's steel produc
tion. Joseph T. McNlchols, district
director of the CIO United
Steelworkcrs of America said
tho 2300 employes voted unani
mously to end the stoppage
which began Wednesday night
in ono department and spread
throughout the mill yesterday.
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Summmer Offensive Vith
Artillery Barrage in History
tacks are being pressed around
Kharkov and between Bryansk
and Smolensk.
Transported by American
made trucks in large numbers
and supported by American and
British tanks and planes in les
ser numbers, the Russians are
carrying out their first great
summer push along the lines of
two successful winter offensives
with a series of successive
blows.
Envelops Karachev
West of Orel, the red army
Is enveloping Karachcv from
the south along the - Nazhet
river,' closing the last escape
gap for the enemy fleeing the
former Orel salient.. The gap
through Karachcv, now only
three miles wide, is under ar
tillery fire and a number - ot
SOVIET VISE
SQUEEZES
UKRAINE CITY
Defenses Menaced by
Smash Through at
Spas Demensk
LONDON, Aug. 14 W) Sorl.t
troop drove forward four to
five miles and captured over 20
populated place in their new
offensive from Spas Demensk
toward Smolensk, and in the
Bryansk push captured ' more
than It towns and villages la
galas up to five mile, Moscow
asneuasea; tontgnt, - ;
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'MOSCOW,-:AuV If OP) The
reel army has battered It way
Into the streets ot Kharkov
from several directions and ob
tained a firm vise-like hold
about that Ukraine steel center,
front line dispatches said today.
: To the. north where Russian
forces had piled on another of
fensive in the gradually devel
oping umm?r campaign?! two
other German defense - hubar
Bryansk and- Smoleru, . were
menaced' by the smashing of
strong fortifications in the
Spas Demensk sector. '
When . tho northern. Russian
group reached the vicinity of
Spas Demensk a southern group
began attacks and, in the first
day, broke through to the city,
The ' final assault and capture
ol the city was carried through
when a third Russian group
tame .to the assistance .of the
first two.
The soviet midnight communi
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Milk Producers
Get Increase in
Butter! at Price
PORTLAND, Aug. 14 OP)
Central Oregon milk producer
today were granted a butterfat
price Increase of S cents a pound
by the regional office of price
administration, San Francisco,
Dr. Blair Stewart, district OPA
price officer, announced..
This raised the celling price
from 85 to 90 cents. The -producers
had asked a $1 ceiling. -
: The order allowed an increase
In the wholesale ceiling price of
milk from 11.79 to 12.25 cents
a quart.
i The retail celling price of 131
cents . a quart ..remained - un
changed, but retailers were, per
mitted to discontinue quantity
discounts.
' Klamath producers' are seek
ing a jump from 85 cents to $1
in butterfat ceiling prices, . the
same as the central Oregon re
quest. Germans are expected to be
trapped. (
It is raining intermittently
out here now. - Fighting is go
ing on in swamps, boggy fields
and soaked forests..- The Ger
mans are resisting fiercely with
their backs to two defense lines,
Karachev to the Desna river
near Bryansk and along . the
Dnieper river. ' I , .
' Rides Truck 1
' I rode out to this front in an
American . three-quarter-ton
bucket seated weapon carrier
truck, .v - i- -1
In the headquarters tent over
which red air force planes dron
ed constantly to and from the
front, I heard an analysis of
the . offensive by MaJ. Gen.
Peter,- petrovlch Sabonnikov,
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The 230-horsepower tank brought here from Camp White as an advertisement for ta pre
miere benefit show "This I the Army" wa taken over by local roongsterc soon after Its antral
Thundar afternoon. Friday when this picture was taken there we not eves standing room left
inside the tank and those who couldn't get in were Investigating the. entside. Ticket to. the pre
miere are going rapidly. HowoverV -there are about 300 scats still available la all three price
ranges." '- ' " . -''. v'-" ''
Salamaua, Vital Jap Base,
Devastated by U. S. Bombs
By C YATES McDANIEL
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Xuif. 14- Jtitch o! au)mlua;
Japan's vital ah base on north
eastern New Guinea, lay In
smoking ruins today, devastated
in 45 minutes by 177 tons of
bomb dropped from Liberators,
Flying Fortresses and Marauders.-'
Debris littered the waterfront
of the one-mile long isthmus on
which Salamaua juts into the
Huon gulf; the big airdrome, two
miles inland, was the scene of
widespread damage; Chinatown
and the village of Kela, which
faces Salamaua across a bay,
were covered with dust and
smoke.
. Presage Capture
Whether this Friday, the thir
teenth, raid presages capture of
Salamaua by American and Aus
tralian jungle troops, now only
five miles to the south at Dob
dubi, remains to be seen. But, it
was just such a concentrated
aerial blasting 106 tons of
bombs dropped in less than 45
minutes July 7 on an enemy
jungle position known as Ob
servation hill which preceded
the last decisive ground tri
umph scored by the allies in the
New Guinea sector. That was
the capture in mid-July of Mubo,
Baseball:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 9 9 0
Brooklyn ;. 2 '.; 9 2
'Riddle and Mueller; Head,
Webber (6), Sayles (8) and Bra
gan. First game: ' ' '
Pittsburgh 8
Philadelphia 2
14
5
Klinger and Lopez; Kraus,
KarL (S), Eyrich (7) and Moore.
Second .game:
Pittsburgh 2.5 1
Philadelphia 1 7 0
Butcher, Gornickl (8) and
Baker; Gerheauser, Kimball (8)
and. Finley..
Chicago 2 6 1
Boston 3 9 0
Hanyzewski, P r i m (8) and
McCullough; Salvo and Kluttz.
St. Louis ..........,.......ll 14 0
New York ............. 10 4
M u n g e r and Odea; wutig,
Mungo (2), East (8) and Lom
bard!..' ".
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 2 9 2
St. Louis 1- 2 0
Zuber and Sears; Muncrief,
Caster (8) and Hayes. -
Philadelphia . 9 12 2
Cleveland 12 17 0
Faean. Ciola (4) and Wanner:
Dean, Naymick ' (5); Salveson
(0),. Heving (8) and Rosar. .
Youngsters Take Over Tank
12 miles south of Salamaua.
Salamaua, which the J a p a
nte captured in January: ,1942,
'-lis enly 15 mileouth and west
of Japanese-held New Britain,
which is dotted with enemy air
and shipping bases. :
Five Wave ;
Today's communique -gave
this picture of the devastation
wrought by Friday's raiders, at
tacking in five waves:
"The whole area was covered
with dust, smoke and debris.
Fires rose to a height ot 6000
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Parolee Charged
With Murder in
Twin Slaying .'.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 14 OP)
A first degree murder charge
was filed today against Henry
Hagert, reform school parolee,
in the - slaying of - James and
Charles Collins, 13-year old
twins. The charge was brought
in juvenile court by Detective
Inspector Frank W. Story.
Gov. John W. Bricker pledg
ed the state's' aid in curbing
delinquency as authorities
checked further into the case
of the parolee, who's mother
declared: ."He wasn't a bad boy,
just wild; he was very difficult
since he had brain fever."
"We want to assure the of
ficials . of Cleveland that the
state welfare department will
do anything in its power to
help' them find the answer to
the problem," Gov. Bricker
said..
The twins, James and Charles
Collins, - who had been shot
through the head, were found
late yesterday in a wooded sec
tion of suburban Bay Village.
Story quoted Henry Hagert as
admitting he killed the twins
"just for the heck of it" and
because "I didn't like them."
The inspector added that the
youth, who will be 18 next
month, also confessed to a criminal-
attack Wednesday on Jack
Buchanan, son of City Food In
spector . B. Buchanan.
Man Held For
Poisoning Wife
TACOMA, Aug. 14 (fl5) Wil
liam Archer, 59, , of Puyallup
was placed under arrest this
morning for investigation in
connection .with the poisoning
of his wife, Mrs. Anna Archer,
44, and his daughter, Roslna,
20, Pierce County . Prosecutor
Thor Toliefson said:
The women were taken to
hospital yesterday morning suf
fering ' violent illness after
drinking coffee. Investigation
by the prosecutor yesterday re
vealed arsenic had been placed
in grounds in the coffee pot
which the women had used. - -
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Messerschmif t -: Plane
Works Hit in ;
Day Raid -
By WILLIAM McGAFFTH
CAIRO, Aug. 14 OP) A
strong force .of African-based
Liberator bombers of the U. S.
9th air force plastered the huge
Messerschmitt - Aircraft works
at- Wiener Neustadt, on the
Danube river 27 miles south- of
Vienna, in a heavy daylight
raid yesterday, middle east
headquarters announced today.
The planes, which attacked
from a high altitude, flew
a round trip of nearly 2500 miles
to, drop nearly 350,000 pounds
of high explosive bombs.. -
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"Wiener Neustadt is only 200
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Pioneer Relic '
Displays Get :
Much Attention
Many Interested, spectators
stopped to' look at the window
displays of pioneer relics shown
in several of the .downtown
stores Saturday in- commemora
tion of the - Old Oregon Trail
Centennial which is being cele
brated here as well as all over
the state next week. '
This year marks the 100th
anniversary of-the founding of
the. provisional government in
Oregon, the coming of the first
covered wagon train to the Wil
lamette valley and Fremont's
expedition through' central Ore
gon. ; T v- , '
A large .number of the ar
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Chiefs of Allied Military
Machine, Open Quebec Talks :
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL.
QUEBEC, Aug. 14 OP) The.
Quebec military conference en
tered its second and most signif
icant stage today as the top men
guiding the destiny of the Unit
ed States mighty forces began
war councils with their British
counterparts.
The sessions were preliminary
to ft forthcoming conference
here . sometime soon between
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill. Neither has
yet arrived. Churchill left ear
lier in the week for an unan
nounced destination. ..
Eden Speculated -;
Meantime speculation -was
heard here that Anthony Eden,
British foreign secretary, might
ITALY MOVES
TO SAVE Gin
FROM
BOMBS
Americans Batter Rail
Installations '- 1
Two Times ;
By JAMES M. LONG t
LONDON,- Aug. 14 OP) That
Italian government announced
today that a result of yetter
day' American raid it had "de
cided publicly and formally ta
declare Rome an open city with
out further delay and the Ital-i
lan government la taking tha
necessary steps according to m
ternational law." ji'
The announcement, made or r
the Rome radio, said such si de
cision first was communicated to.
the Vatican two weeks ago and.
that tha government "has been
waiting to - know the circum-;
stances In which this declaration
would be accepted by the allie.''
- Decision Reached ' ' ' I
In view of the repetition of
air raids on Rome," it added tha
decision had been reached to takav
the action without further delay..;
A British government spokes
man intimated a London; an-,
nouncement on the subject mlghV.
be forthcoming later.
There wa no confirmation in.
official circles here, however, or
in the text ot a Stefanl News
agency announcement (ism
Rome as to whether the declara-
or -that the Italian government's
proposals would prove accept-,
able. '-',
' Must be Satisfied
Obviously- the allies -would
have to be satisfied that Rome
still the seat of Badogllo' "con
tinue fighting- government is
actually stripped of all military
installations, cleared of the gov
ernment, and closed as a transit,
point for. troops and supplies be
fore they would accept it as an
open' city.. ... ..,..'
The Berlin radio as well as the
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Canal Fencing
Move Has Strong
Local Support :
The Xaglea lodge is finding
irnntf lnntf siinnnrt In Its effort
to remove the serious drowning
hazard at the A canal in Klam
ath Falls, according to President
Jack Henry of the lodge.
Henry talked at some length
to Congressman Lowell Stock '
man about the matter, and re
ceived assurances from Stock-,
roan: that he would help out in
any- way possible. - Henry said
Stockman told him he would be;
willing to sponsor a bill for fenc
ing the government canal In the
city. .
The local ' Moose lodge has
gone on record as favoring than
project, and the Junior chamber -of
commerce will consider it on
Monday night. Big Lakes local '
No. 25-11, AFL, voted to sup-.'
port, the movement. The legisla-.
tive committee of the Railroad.
Brotherhood is behind the pro-!
ject. ' -,. 'v'. . '
Henry said communications .
will be sent : to all fraternal
groups in town asking for sup
port. .-. - " V
attend.. One spokesman, ques
tioned on the possibility, count
ered with "Well, there are some
odds he'll come."
The chiefs of the American
army,- navy and air forces ar
rived here last night and en
gaged in brief preliminary dis
cussions with British chiefs of
staff, but not until today did
they get to work in earnest,
- Americans Present .
The American are General
George C. Marshall, chief of
staff ot the army; Admiral Ern
est J. King, commander in chief -of
the navy; General H. H. Arn
old, commanding the army air
forces; Admiral William D.
Leahy, personal chief of staff to
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