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during the day and RAF Mitch
ell! attacked the St. Omer
freight yards. The air ministry
aid the planet were not chal
lenged. -
A Canadian Spitfire wing
encountered more than 15 Me
109s over the Cosnay area in
northern France. The English
leader. Wing Commander J. E.
Johnson, shot down an enemy
aircraft to become the second
highest scoring pilot still serv
ing with the fighter command,
with 23. victims.
Raid Normandy
The Vichy radio said Ameri
can planes raided a place in
Normandy.
' Among the formidable squad
rons crossing and recrossing the
traits of Dover today were
many medium bombers identi
fied by coastal residents as
Americans.
- Enemy raiders scattered
bombs in east Anglia and also
rumbled over - southeast Eng
land last night. - At least two
were shot down. An alarm
aounded In London soon after
midnight, but no incidents were
reported.
THE GOLDEN STORK
AZUSA. Calif.. UP Roy Arn
old, former mayor, bet five of his
friends S5 each at odds of 20 to 1
that the baby his wife expected
would be a girl.
It was a fact which saved
Arnold $500. He collected S25.
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
HAVE YOUR RUGS and furnl
- tura cleaned before the fall
rush. Cleaned either at shop
or at your home. Also floors
waxed. Phone 5875.
FOR THE BETTER grades of
fuel oil, accurate, metered
deliveries, try Fred H. Hell
bronner, 821 Spring street,
telephone 4153. Distributor
Shell Beating Oils. . 9-Unt
PHONE 5315 for Quality, Dis
tilled, Clean burning ASSO
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Every gallon a full gallon of
heat energy. BALSIGER OIL
COMPANY. 8-31m
APARTMENT suitable for one.
-1211 Mortimer. 8-24
FOR SALE 3 -piece blonde bed
room set, almost new, $50.
On Westinghouse electric
rang 850; one Jersey cow
$100. R. B. Blackmail, Rt. J,
Box 1048. 8-24
LLOYD W. RUSK Contractor
and Builder. Remodeling.
1821 Arthur St. Phone 3405.
9-12m
WANTED 100 fur coats to re
model and alter. Mrs. Greg
. ory.
FENNY CLEANERS
802 Mam 8-27
COMPLETE service men' gift
oepi, at Kudyj Men' Shop,
6th and Main. 9-20m
WANTED Baby buggy. Phone
0182. g-24
WANTED Experienced mould'
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man. Day shift. Steady work,
48 hour. Time and a half
over 40. Phone 7709 or 4389.
8091tf
LOST One male snrinser man
lei, aged 7 months, mostly
- brown with whit marking
Named Skipper. Phone 4747.
8-25
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to care lor z small children
and do some work in my home,
. days. Phone 4747 after 6 p. m.,
or inquire at lozo Jefferson
' ' St. ; ..... . 8-25
FOR SALE Several thousand
tmeleaned brick, soft mortar.
Lloyd W. Rusk, 1621 Arthur.
Phone 2405. 8-25
4-ROOM HOUSE, garden. 311
Division. 8-28
FOR SALE One Guernsey cow,
good family cow. Also one
table separator. 2nd house east
. of viaduct on Dorris road. A.
L. Seymour. Phone 3915. 8-25
FOR SALE New coal stove,
. holds 100 lbs. coal. $47.95.
: Stoves frozen tomorrow. Buy
. today. Phone 8945 after 5:1
8-23
WANTED TO RENT For about
- 2 months, furnished home or
apartment, close in, to accom
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Phone 3342. 8-24
ELECTRIC RANGE and trash
-, burner for sale. 2302 Garden.
j- , 6-25
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lady' black Rothmoor coat at
T-Bone Cafe, please return to
Rt. 8, Box S98. No questions
... asked. 8-25
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
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and FDR have a pretty good idea
of what it's all about.
TYE outsiders have the hazy
notion that it's connected in
some way with Russian moves
on the AFTER THE WAR chess
board. EVERYWHERE the news re-
ness in the air. For some time
the idea has prevailed in more
or less informed quarters that the
Germans are HOLDING BACK
the bulk of their remaining air
force for some desperate emerg
encysuch as an invasion of the
continent.
Some time ago they re sup
posed to have shifted the bulk
of their production from bomb
ers, which are an offensive
weapon, to fighters, whose job
is DEFENSIVE. -It's
unlikely that the German
air force is as near gone as the
reports we've been getting seem
to suggest
QNE of the objectives of mod
em air war is to force the
enemy to send up his fighters
and then biiOOT THEM DOWN.
The Germans tried that on the
British, but the RAF held back
enough of its fighters to meet
the emergency when it came.
Maybe that's what the Ger
mans are doing now.
(Continued from Page One)
in anthracite mines, declined to
comment on Ickes order.
Ickes, a coal administrator.
announced termination of gov
ernment possession and control
of the mines of 83 companies,
and a spokesman said "some" of
them were operated under con
tracts with the UMW. Asked
about Lewis' threat, he said
We 11 just have to see what hap
pens."
Lewis, in ending the third gen
eral strike by the UMW in June,
said that his miners were to
work until October 31 only if
the government retained control
of the mines throughout that pe
riod.
Accord With Act
, The mine were returned In
accordance with the Smith-Con-nally
anti-strike act requirement
that property seized by the gov
ernment be returned within SO
days after restoration 'of "pro
ductive emciency.
Although citing this provision
of the act, Ickes did not reveal
his interpretation of the provision
or say whether Attorney Gen
eral Biddle has given him the
ruling he has asked on what the
act requires him to do about re
storing the mines.
3700 Under U. S.
Approximately .3700 mines
continue under government con
trol. Ickes has been "surveying
the productive efficiency" of
tnese mines "preliminary to de
termining the applicability of
tne provision of the Smith-Con-nally
act pertaining to the re
lease of the property."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (P)
Thomas Kennedy, quiet-spoken
secretary-treasurer of the United
Mine Workers of America, told
his former colleagues on the war
labor board (WLB) today that
an increase of $1.30 a day for
anthracite miners is fully justi
fied and necessary to retain man
power.
Appearing before the board
he quit last spring in disagree
ment with its policies, Kennedy
said that "in an effort to effect
a compromise basis upon which
an agreement could be written
the mine workers offered to set
tle for an 'overall" figure of
$1.30 per day, or $1 per day
net ,
SEMES TAKEN
Men wishing to enlist in the
Seabees who missed Warrant
Carpenter Leo Wolgamood on
his visit here Saturday, may still
apply at the local navy recruit
ing office, Dan Schreiber, re
cruiter, said today.- -
If applicants appear to be
qualified for ratings, and if they
are physically fit, Schreiber can
send the applicant to Portland
at government expense for their
ratings. This applies only to
men classified in the draft as 1-A
pr 3-A, and who have not yet
received their induction orders.
After the induction orders are
received, men may not enlist in
any branch, but must wait to be
Inducted.
VITAL STATISTICS
FARRELL Born at Hillside
hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore.,
on August 21, 1943, to Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Terrell, general deliv
ery, Keno, a girl. Weight: 7
pounds, 12 ounces.
Hans Norland Fir Insurance.
NAZIS APPEAR
RETREATING III
SOUTH RUSSIA
(Continued from Page One)
134 enemy planes yesterday,
the Russians said.
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
LONDON, Aug. 23 W) Pre
mier Marshal Stalin announced
the capture of Kharkov today
and the Germans appeared to
"be in general retreat across
south Russia.
A Stalin order of the day to
field commanders, broadcast by
the Moscow radio and recorded
here by the soviet monitor,
told of the seizure of the city
by storm.
Admit Loss
The German high command
communique, issued earlier in
the day, had admitted the loss
of Kharkov, saying that the
nazl garrison withdrew without
Russian pressure.
Directed to Lt. Gen. Lvan
Konev, Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin
and General Orlovsky, the or
der said:
Today, August 23, our
troops of the steppe front, with
active collaboration from the
blank of troop the Voronezh
and southwestern fronts, as a
result of fierce engagements
broke the resistance of the en
emy and took by storm the
town of Kharkov.
Kharkov Liberated
"Thus, the second capital
our native Kharkov is liberat
ed from the yoke of the Ger
man fascist blackguards. (Khar
kov is a former capital of the
Ukraine.)
"In offensive engagements
for the liberation of the town
of Kharkov, our troops display
ed high military skill, courage
and ability to maneuver."
The fall of the city was pre
sented by DNB, German news
agency, as an evacuation in
which Russian pressure had no
part. In a broadcast announc
ing .withdrawal from the base.
DNB said Kharkov was no
longer a "valuable center of
traffic and supply and de
clared all important installa
tions there had been destroyed
by the nazis before they pulled
out.
- Changes Hands
Kharkov, the great industrial
center in the Ukraine, was last
recaptured by the Russians in
February and lost by them
again . in March and has
changed hands four times in
less than two years.
It represented the major nazl
position east of the Dnieper
river and has been for the base
of a salient from which the
Germans could thrust out to
menace the Russians anywhere
from Moscow to the Caucasus.
Russian broadcast ana re
ports from the Germans them
selves indicated violent fighting
west of the city now rising to
ward perhaps some fateful con
clusions. The nazis were at
pains to insist that the with
drawal ' was orderly.
Hard Pressed
The Russians have declared
that German commanders were
so hard-pressed that they were
throwing new formations into
the battleline at the moment of
their arrival and without rest.
Kharkov was added to the
lengthening list of Russian tri
umphs the list including Orel
and Belgorod won not by
costly frontal assault but by the
same slashing flank attacks
which relieved Stalingrad, two
Russian armies enveloped
Kharkov from north and south.
The German announcement
that Kharkov was again in Rus
sian hands was broadcast in the
overseas service report but not
to nazis at home. They were
told that "there is nothing
new."
Confirm Vows
The German high command
later confirmed the loss of
Kharkov in a communique
broadcast for both domestic
and foreign consumption say
ing:
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held by Minister of Industry
Leopold Picarrdi with workers
In heavily-bombed Milan, Turin
and Genoa, who were told that
the people's wish for pence has
been blocked by "enormous dif
ficulties." The insistent clamor for
peace was echoed by the Cor
riere Delia Sera at Milan, which
urged the government "not to
let even the least favorable
chance to take the country out
of war escape."
(From Madrid came word that
Rome dispatches indicated that
the Italians do not intend to re
sist allied invasion but will not
oppose German resistance be
cause they feel that conflict
with the Germans would result
in larger loss of life and pro
perty than remaining aloof.
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GETS PROMOTION
Charles Herman Bremer, form
er printer for the Herald and
News, has been promoted from
second to first lieutenant, it was
learned Monday in an announce
ment from the war department.
Bremer enlisted in the army
May 18. 1942. He was made
second lieutenant several months
ago. At present he is stationed
in North Carolina. His wife, the
former Ethel Driscoll, is with
him.
Jap Bombers
Swarm In Waves
Over Chungking
(Continued From Page One)
capital at 9:30 a. m., and lasted
two hours.
The raid marked the late open
ing of Chungking's "bombing
season, which in 1941 and ear
lier years usually started early in
May.
. Although the capital's popula
tion is swollen to over 800.000,
the air-raid dugouts are capable
of accommodating all, and orders
were given only a few days ago
that no more should be built. '
Fall of Salamaua
Near as Allies
Press Over Ridge
(Continued From Page One)
directly across the mouth of the
Francisco from the airdrome.
, Japs Withdraw
Under the pressure of these
blows, said headquarters reports,
the Japanese withdrew deeper
within their last circle of de
fenses, continuing the general
retreat begun two days before.
Allied troops moved up all along
the semi-circular front to Invest
the enemy's evacuated positions.
Sat. William Stark
Wounded In Action
Among the names made public
by the war department today as
wounded in action was the name
of Staff Sergeant William H.
Stark, son of Walter H. Stark.
now of Portland and formerly of
Klamath Falls.
Sergeant Stark was reported
as wounded somewhere in the
southwest Pacific area.
OLD LAW
During Colonial days, all ve
hicles were required to maintain
a "walking pace" in Massacnu
setts and Rhode Island and, in
some cases, had to "be preceded
by a flagman on foot."
ill i ii i ii n
LAST DAY
"TWO WEEKS TO LIVI"
"NORTHWIT NANaiRS"
Tomorrow
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Dies From Wounds
2.
Seabe Howard Orossen was
reported killed as the result of
gunshot wounds, according to a
telegram received by his wile
from the war department. No
word has been received as to
the details of Grotsen's death
as yet.
TO MEET WITH
11
Members of the Oregon State
highway commission will arrive
In Klamath Falls Friday evening,
August 27, to meet with the locfcl
county court, city planning com
mission and the roads and high
ways committee of the chamber
of commerce and to consider a
joint road program prepared by
them.
The program will be presented
at a dinner starting at 8:30 p. m.
at the Pelican cafe.
In the party will be the three
members of the commission,
Arthur Schaupp of Klamath
Falls, Merle Chessman of As
toria and T. H. Banfield, chair
man. of Portland. They will be
accompanied by R. H. Baldock,
chief engineer of the commis
sion: J. Si. Devcrs, commission
counsel and H. G. Smith, con
struction engineer, all of Salem;
also Tom Davis, public roads ad
ministrator of Portland, and
others, 'Including several news
paper men.
The group will come here from
Lakeview where they are sched
uled for a noon meeting on Fri
day. From here, members of the
party will return home via Eu
gene. '
State to Prove
Layton Sane On
Day of Slaying
(Continued From Page One)
the girl had run unclothed along
the rocky path above the river
in which her body was found
He had been too frightened to
tell of what happened, he said,
until questioned by state police
at Milwaukie. ,
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Litvinoff Ousting Not
Linked With Conference
By JOHN M. HIOHTOWER
QUEBEC, Aug. 23 lP) As
nearly as It could bo accom
plished without a forthright of
ficial statement, the recall of
Maxim Litvinoff as sovlot am
bassador to Washington was di
vorced today from proceedings
of the British-American war
conference hero.
Moscow's purpose In making
known at this time that Litvin
off would not return to the
United Stales romalned obscure
in the absence of any exploita
tion from tho Russian capital,
but tho understanding of Amer
ican officialdom regarding tho
incident was niario clear by an
authority closely associated
with the Quebec conference.
Not Conneoted
His statement was that the
replacement of Litvinoff by An
drei A. Gromyko, embassy
counsellor and charge d'affaires
in Washington, was not con
nected In any way With the
conference. Tho fact that Lit
vinoff would not go back to
Washington had been known to
officials in the American capi
tal for weeks, it was brought
out, but the matter was one for
Russian, not A m e r i c n, an
nouncement. (In Washington, state depart
ment officials declined to say
when tie soviet government
naa requested tins govern
ment's agreement to the ap
pointment of Gromyko. Such a
request is routine diplomatic
courtesy.)
No Significance
In relation to the Quebec
446,000 Dads
To Be Drafted
By January
WASHINGTON. Aug. JJ P)
Draft Director Lewis B. Hersh-
ey, in the first official pro
nouncement of the kind, said
today it probably would be ne
cessary to induct 446,000 pre
Pearl Harbor fathers by Janu
ary in order lo meet quotas for
the balance of this year.
The figure was given In a
letter sent to the 0300 local
boards explaining why the ban
on drafting pre-Pcarl Harbor
fathers, except those In non-do-fcrable
work and therefore sub
ject' to induction at any time,
had been lifted effective Octo
ber 1. ,
Since he put the total num
ber of draft age (28 through 27)
fathers In non-agricultural
work at 6.939,000 Hcrshey's
figure showed approximately
seven out of 100 of them can
expect to be in uniform before
this year ends. Perhaps 21 out
of 100 may be sent to Induc
tion stations, however.
PRESIDENTIAL HOME
First residence of a U. S. presi
dent while in office was the
Cherry street (New York City)
home occupied by George waan
ington from 1789 to 1790.
If you want to sell It phone
The Herald and New "want-
ads." 3124.
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meeting and the fact that Rus
sia has no representation here,
tho samo authority said that
again ho could soo no signifi
cance, Tho questioning was occa
sioned by speculation here, as
well as in dispatches from Lon
don, that Russia was replacing
Litvinoff as a gesturo of disap
proval with the work of British-American
leaders and also
as a means of emphasizing her
repeated demands for an inva
sion of western Europe.
In this regard It was noted
that Nicholus Zhlvaynov, repre
sentative of Toss, tho Russian
news agency, had checked out
of press headquarters at the
Clarendon hotel hero, But
Stephen Early, secretary to
President Roosevelt, said no
significance wus to be attached
lo his departure.
Real Purpose
Tho real purposes of Lltvln
otf's withdrawal, of conr.tr,
could merely be guessed at. The
possibilities mentioned In dis
cussion here, outside tho second
front speculation, were mainly
concerned with tho theory thut
he was needed for some other
assignment.
One suggestion was that Rus
sia might be maneuvering to
Join In the next allied war con
ference, at least to the extent
of having a highly-placed ob
server present. Litvinoff, with
his record of British-American
friendship and his long espou
sal of international collabora
tion to maintain peace, might
bo the man for that Job.
Hefty Blows at
Japs Planned at
War Conferences
(Continued from Page One)
drive through the streets of Que
bec, with a stop at city hall so
the people could see therrt, Mr.
Roosevelt was hoping to find
time to get in more ticks on the
address he will make in Ottawa
Wednesday.
TDR's Speech
His speech Is expected to stress
friendly Canadian-American re
lations and touch on the confer
ence here only In the most gen
eral way.
Soong flew In from Washing
ton late yesterday, at the request
of President Roosevelt Presi
dential Secretary Stephen Early
emphasized that his discussions
with the chief executive and
Prime Minister Churchill of Brit
ain "will have to do with the
plans for the war on Japan."
'That fact gave support to the
idea that allied strategy perfect
ed here calls for powerful aerial
thrusts at the Japanese from
bases In eastern China.
TOMORROW
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT ONLY
ALLIED AERIAL
MIGHT RUINS
(Continued from Page One)
forces were slashing at Salerno,
British Liberators and Halifax
from the Middle East bombed
Italian rail switching yards Sat
urday at Crotone, a port on the
arch of the Itullan boot.
Tho British fliers obsorved ex
plosions and fires, some near a
chemical factory, a Cairo an
nouncement said,
Soven allied aircraft were re
ported missing from the Satur
day night and Sunday raids, two
of them from the Middle East
force,
British Wellingtons followed
up the Marauder attacks en
Salerno aguln last night.
Fighters Accompany
For tho first time, A-36 In
vader fighters accompanied the
Marauder squadrons as escort.
(The Italian communique,
broadcast from Runic and re
corded by the Associated Press,
said that groat damage was
caused In Sulorno,
(Rome asserted 13 allied
planes were shot down at Sa
lerno by German fighters and
five more at Crotone, near Cape
Colonna, and at the port of
Prevcsa.
Salerno Is one of the railroad
gateways to the too and Instep
of the Italian boot.
An electric rail line passes
through the port. Cutting this
line would force axis army com
manders to route troops and
supplies far Inland, more than
doubling the distance required
to establish and feed the axis
army in South Italy.
Danes Blow Up
Nazi Factories,
Despite Appeal
(Continued From Pag One)
the Stockholm's Tidnlngen re
ported. Despite a new quisling decree
making death the penalty for
Knlttrlsbroen near Copenhagen,
sabotage In Norway, freight car
containing food were wrecked at
Bergen, tho Tidnlngen said.
A report from Norway said
many parsons bombed out of
their homes In Germany were be
ing moved to Norway, wner in
nazis were taklna over hotel and
resort centers.
From Convention Tim Sutti
van nd Russell Cooper return
ed Sunday morning from tho
IWA-CIO convention in Sacramento.
SALERNO YARDS
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