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mm mi ww w l ' . ' . ' M) , -: t ii ! I. i fBTrBANK JENKINS, kFN tho f0"1 "'dor comes f,d our men finally Jump inr Iho urcotcHt mllltory d Lro of time. FOOD will E extremely Importnnt cm i men cun't fight unless thoy American nnd British troops critical few days aflur the Lion Blurts nnd before rcg communications huvo been .llslicd. . E British novo told u tiilto little obout these- prupura- ich Brllluli soldier will carry I- pockets two "24-hour pucks." Each pack con J a waterproof box con mi two blocks of compressed cil, which by the addition rater becomes a plateful of icliio, nlrcndy sweetened; ton ills a block of meat, u packet salt eight tca-sugur-mllk ". h,i nt rillutli chllCO- and one w !.,.... ilntc, two packages of chew- Bum and lour uiuiuu ui ddltlon to these ration each man will have an r : .nt nn mnMlRlltlir 11 5 extract and vitaminized folate. Each will carry a ft folding pocket-fitting cook iompletc with o week s sup U fuel tablets so that when- the opportunity comes ho hove HOT meals. IS omcrilency food supply hat will bo carried by each cr will keep him going for I two to thrco days, i addition, each unit will ir what are known as 14 pneks," which will supplc t tlio fond supplies carried ho Individual soldlor. Each contain food for 14 men, provides for soven complete Me in diet. Included In St units packs Is a British Gillon that Is Ingenious, to ho least a solf-hcating soup L-t. - ll...n nnni him B lllOW down the middle, and when Huso is lighted hot soup is dublc within four minutes. army that 11 ordered a mll- nl ihnm mmccl iiiciy. wmi kr orders to follow. F that the Brlt- k i.n tnA . its nhout the Burallnns they have made to L n.lM mn4 (tA rinrlnff the 5,,, fircl rinua nf tllO invasion. may bo qulto suro mat oui men will Do cquuuy wen Idcd for ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944 Number 10125. Japs Fling Planes Into Biak Sky To Meet Yank Offense By MURLIN SPENCER ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, NEW . GUINEA, Juno 6 (II Japan flung moro of her husbanded airforce Into swirling sky battles In tlio south west Pacific risking 70 planes, COURT VOIDS OLD niNf. tlio- food. Incident illy will bo one of tho last ICS done, and will therefore txtrcmely secret. When the t begins to go Into tho In n .-nfl nttnrv ' nnuttlhln nro ...m'hn nUn tn nrcvent rj of It from getting to tho I that tlio uermnns win te hcavon and earth to have ind. ' - RF. uinrn' lnnll centuries In ic history of tho world when fas at least conceivably pos' ft tn lnnnr-h mi attack in lair rgo force without tho enemy fnn news of It in advance Imunlcatlons wcro then Im feet nnd travel was slow. iho airplane lias changed oil t nnri It la nntu nn InnUnr OOS- I to keep, tho news of largo In rn 1 1 mm nntlrolv BWOV from I enemv. There has been Hlv n Hnv nr n nloht when jnun observation planes have toon over Enslund spying on fything that can bo seen fa the air. Much con bo con led, but It Is Impossible to feol the largo concentrations (hips that will bo necessary fcrry our forces to tho shores furope. Inniit iI,a V,not ti.A pnn An la in I everything ready and start pon as mgnt fans inus giv f tho shortest possible notice jib enemy INSURANCE RULING Readv for Jons on Biak r- After WARHINr.TON. Junn S (II nt.AM.ii inn n ri.i-itimtt inrii mi stood for 75 years, tho supreme couri ncia loouy inui inauruucu is business in interstate com merce, and is subject to tlio Sher man anti-trust act. .In!! ninolc wrntn tho court's 4-3 decision. Chief Justice Stone wroto a dissenting opinion in which Justice Frankfurter con curred. Justice Jackson also wroto an opinion in which he dissented In party. Justice Rob erts ana ncva iuuk nu ii v in the case. Tho case specifically Involved 196 stock flro Insurance com panies, and 27 Individuals con- A mllh (ha Cnnthnnvtorn Underwriters association Florida, Alabama, Virginia, iNonn Caro lina, South Carolina and Georgia. Aetata lanrni Atitl.li.iiat rhnrcfn hrniltfht bv tile justice dopartmont were dis missed by the federal district aahh t Atlanta nn the ffround thai tlio supremo court had held for 79 years mat mo dusiiiu n inaiironM wn tint rnmmorcc and, henco, tlie companies were not subject to tho Sherman act, which prohibits combinations or conspiracies which restrain inter- tints "nmmnrpn Added interest was given inc case by tho fact that legislation is pending before congress to exempt Insurance companies from tho federal anti-trust legis latlon and to leave their regula I In.. In tlln BtntlVC.. Thirty-five states inea pricis iirclnz tho supremo court to noia tnal insurance wan nui ir mnrrn anri nnt RUblCCt to ICQ' eral regulation. To rule other wise. It was contended, would (Continued on Page our Old Sedan Hunted In Kidnap Case CCATTIP .Tnnn X (JP The Ull --w, wu.iu - v- l,..A.rlnu . aM U-iHnnnintf nf fiVG- ycar-old Florence lausicj iYiin still was shrouded In mystery iA-in.i uiith run H no pflrrvlnc out en Intensive search for an old, riirtv sednn DCUOVea 10 " v v un in ihn nhrtuntinn. The child, daughter of Lt. nA nnn Mrs .Inenb Marks. formerly of Chicago, was taken from her homo early Saturday morning and abandoned a few miniito later less than a mile linn tinrmn irUIIl , lit-'! HUM... Police said they were told by the child that two men partic- inari tn ihn nhduciion. one 01 tuhnm WAR dressed in a blue ..Hlnm with strlnpft on the slecvo like a navy officer One of the men, she said, called her by name. ' . . nnn man was picked up for nilnlr.r fiatiirrtav niaht. DO Hce said. He still is being held. losing 30 and mounted fierce mnrlni. Iia pntlalnnnA atfnlnat a new American ground offensive on bloody UlaK, reports dis closed today. ' Loss of only one allied plane was listed In the accounts of air action during which seven other Nipponese aircraft probably were shot down in addition to tho 30 and several were de stroyed on the ground. On Biak, main Lslnnd In the Schoutens off north Dutch New Guinea, Gen. Douglas MacAr thur changed his offensive tac tics after his sixth army units which landed there May 27 fail ed in a push along a coastal road toward thrco airfields. Drive Along Ridges In the new drive, while one column moved back from retreat along that road another bucked treacherous terrain in an accom panying drive along the ridges from wnicn mo japanusu pic- t.inxelu hurl nnnrffn1 linwn a mUf dcrous fire. The columns crunch ed ahead slowly against intense inmv mortar, machlnegun and rifle opposition. Twenty Japanese dive bomb ers were sent against me in ..nuinr. t.Ati.ViV,nnrl Aiictrnllan Kittyhawks shot down eight and acK acK gunners gut uuuun-i. T 1k Antithuiiet nn the DUtcn Vnw Onlnnn mainland. Light nings tangled over the enemy base of Babo with 20 Zeros downing 11 for certain and prob nhlv fnur others for a loss, of ono LiKhtning. Tho biggest air battle occurred nuir Tmlr In tho Carolines whero 30 enemy, fighters. tried vainly to breaK up a strong aay ners of the bombers shot down nt ioat in nnrhnns thrA others. during a long running fight In Whlcn 1U liberators were aam aged, three crewmen killed and lour wounaca. But tne Domoura .nnmwl thnir 3ft tnnn nf evnlo- nlvnn sauarelv in the center of Uublon townsnip ana an guv back to their Admiralty bases.. G Speaks From M if sso's Balcony htw vnnv .Tnnn S IlPi The nlllnH antrv intn RnmA received its crowning touch today when a soldier stooa wun one ui ms comrades on the marble balcony nvnrlnnkintf thn famous PalaZZO Vnnnvln ' Ufhpm MllMnlinI USed to harangue, the Italian people ana maae a speecn uuuui fa ion dictator, wuu saia. A fthnnrlntr prnwd of Italian men, women and children stood below and although they didn't understand a word he said they laughed and cheered and waved f laizs. Mutual Broadcasting System enl4 thn n T enpnkpr from MuS- sonni s Daicony whs ooim n of Port Chester, N. Y., a signal corps camera man. "I promised my mother that is what I'd do when I got to Rome. I can do anything Musso can do. I'm on American," Vitto was quoted as saying. WEATHER Juno 5. 1944 Max. (June 4) 72.. Min 44. Precipitation last 24 hours .. .00 Stream year to date 8.45 Normal 11.18 Last year. .17. 14 Forecasti Showers ' - y v '' c . " y ' ' '' f f y' A Allies Roll North Rome Falls In Brisk Struggle Br NOLAND NORGAARD . ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES, June 5 (P) A well come approacmng nysiena snowerea aowri upon tne min army in captured Rome today as allied troops surged into the town in ai.ai. arAUtlntf n 1 1 m Vit.ro snrl rnllnH nn ocrnoo iha Tlrtoi- In n.mil of the Germans falling back to possible defense lines 150 miles northward. - r With the major parts of two German armies, the 10th anc 14th, already declared by Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark to have been destroyed, 500 heavy American bombers today joined a mighty attack on the retreat routes north of Rome. - NAZI COLUMNS HIT , ' While Romans cheered and sang after a night of liberation in which bare-chested Partisans had joined allied troops in eject' Ine the Germans and fascists from the virtually undamnscri -ltv. the heavy bombers blasted railyards at Ferrara, C a s t e 1 Mag giore, Bologna, Faenza and Forli along the doubletrack line id Venice and Rimini. . ....... By mid-afternoon, fighter-bombers had destroyed - and danv aged, at least 300 vehicles among the German columns fleeing norcnwara. . . . - Lightnings raked airfields and other targets in the Po val ley, and the Mediterranean allied air forces announced that both,, major rail lines into France already were temporarily blocked by Sunday attacks. ' - - , . ., In Rome, no important artistic or religious monuments wera found destroyed as a result of German demolition or the short. snarp street ciasnes witn uerman rearguards which sought to de lay the Sunday occupation. A few military installations had been demolished by the retreating, Germans. The only wrecked sections of the city were immediately ad jacent to the San Lorenzo, Tiburtina, Ostiense and Trastevern rauyards which the allies had bombed. , partisans Help ii i mlfm II ii' n il i ll n i iimiii 1 s4 Amnhlbloui ailiaators (top) hug the shore of Biak Island in the Schouten group In the south west Pacific, ready for land or sea action. In the background, LST's are being umoaaea. m American medium tank (lower) roll, onto the beach at Biak Island in the .Sehout.n groupeady first bittle of this kind I in" the southwest Pacific. (AP Wirephoto from Slgp.l Corps Radiophoto.) Naming of Forest Jack Kimball Wins Support F. R. TO SPEAK WASHINGTON, Jun 5 (P) President Roosevelt ad dress the nation at 5:30 p. m.. PWT, tonight-to discuss the fall of Rome in a 15-minute broadcast to be carried by the four major networks.. .. rone oil $ Invasion Flash Results in Safeguards to Prevent Similar Mistakes BV Thm &aaam1ba.4 DiiI tldltlonal safeguards, with '.aid and approval of alllod torshlp authorities, havo been ilnlo effect in the London of of the Associated Press as jult of an erroneous Invasion k sent Saturday inadvertently i Inexporienced girl operator itransmittcd over all AP news is. t message Sunday from Rob Bunnelle, chief of AP's Lon jburoau, said appropriate ac rnad been taken in full con tlon with tho authorities to fantoe censorship control and Emission supervision over "ties furnishing direct con jpns between AP's London 'iNow York offices. pe erroneous flash, saying General Eisenhower's head- rs announced allied lana- in uranco, was sent by a lar-old British falrl. Joan who had punched It out m . 1 1 I .. 1. 1 . H vtiuiiig on a Iliucuiiic !' tne time in operation. A operators In London .are i - AM.n1 .t,i.ltfon ntfrl0e of secrecy and additionally under formal ana luuy acmiuwuncu instructions not to transmit any nnnv without the censor s stamp. Thus the only possible way for any unautnorizea matter iu iii on the transAtlantlc channel Is ' " i in hl Instance Ha iibphhcm ... by an operator punching on the teletype ww auuicv.....e, either editorial nor censorship "shortly after trying her hand at punching a practice flash, Miss Ellis received from the censor the first take of a soviet com munique for transmission. She began punching this on tho same perforator tape used In practice, but neglected . to tear off the practice8 part before letting the tape run through tho transmitter. Quick Correction Consequently the erroneous In vasion flash was received in Now York; and immediately trans mitted, before the "take" of Rus sian news came through. A Lon don supervisor, .Irone Honshall, u,aa tho first tn -Hetect the mis take and . Initiate corrective action. . Thn flnah wne tlmnd at 4:39 DPW A nnto tn withhold it was sent two minutes later and Lon don's "kill" message was irans- nl A-iA Tha intorvnl wn too brief for the erroneous report to appear in print anywnere, uui ru rar works Immediately broadcast lt, j mn0f lletanora nnnnrpntlv rushed to notify friends before hearing the "kill" that, followed. The report was announced in baseball parks and theaters thrnnohnut the country, and many church bells were rung. Some clergymen began arrang Ihi, Im. enanlnl nrflVfiP ServiCCS. nl tha "Pnln nrnunrlR in New York stood and observed one minute ol silence. An notnr in the New York .i...' Th nminhfflrls" an nounced the flash to the audience as the cast took its curium iu. The Arkansas department of , (Continued in fago tvun Six Dismissed On Air Charges TIIIDi VI n .Tnnn 5 (fi Third air force headquarters an nounced officially toaay ui- I I -, ntw fl.rlntT nffirPrC- lin- missal ui. aiA i.j ..-n - --- der its command for wilfully violating flight regulations in tended to prevent accidents. : n fnrmnr T.t WeS- ia nonrBB William Harju, 24, "Y" street, vancouvci, woo former member of a 'fighter i - .. WovArnu nrmv air squuuxuu a " " ; ,. Wnvcross. . Ga.. was- dis missed and sentenced also to six months at hard labor tor. a vm in l..inrr o fnfnllTV. Hurju, the court-martial pro ceedings disclosed, was flight feader of a P-38 fighter group and . 'undertook uunauthorized acroDatics ai r," feet. Another pilot, attempting to duplicate tne mucu.; crashed and was Kiuea. , Man Accused of Accosting Girl a annnntna B VOUIM! serviceman's wife, as she was . , , ,innA intn Sunday night from attending a show at the Tower tneatre, uura ald Vassev was in the county jail Monday charged with as Vi. ...in. i.innr 4r mnp The young woman midnight Sunday after leaving the theatre, she had almost reached her home, nearoy wnen . nnKnorori ViPiairip her. crabbed at her and spoke . in r..i4ii.. cha eaA ehn mnnflced to elude him and ran into the house. Vassey was arresxea Dy authorities a short time later, Bly Girl Enters Queen Contest Dark-halrcd Martha Glvan; pf Bly is the fourth young girl to .4.H iU itnna -fnt nilPPTI fit the UlllVl llic iw-v. w M " Klamath Buckaroo Days on July 2, 3 and 4. t . - . Martha is 18 years old and has horse. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Griffin, Bly ranchers and she attended Bly high school. Riding and dancing are her favorite hobbies., i , V She is employed at present by tho Pacific uruit express mm pany in mamatn atts. . Tinr.nsn1 hv The Herald and News that the name of the late Jackson F. Kimball be given to the state forest ana par oemg established on the former Yaw vA ti.ai.1 neat- lTnrt. Klamath, re ceived general support here to aay.- . County Judge u. ti. iteeaer, a member of the state board of for- actn. eaiA ho ctrnn&lv favors the plan;' The county court may rec ommend It at mis weens meet ing, and similar action is expect- prl frnm tne cnamDer 01 com. marfm rfirontnrs. i . - The Yawkey tract, a pane-nice fmm urhtoh a heautiful stand of pine timber has been harvested, has been taken-over by the state forestry department for a state forest, and it is plan ned to pane tne area surruunuws tha onlnrfnl hparlwaters of-Wood 4,ct nff hlshwav Nn. 97. Much timDer remains uh uie tract. - . ThA muiieniinai. CIltfPPRtpd that the forest and park be named in honor of Mr. JtiimDau, wno passed away recently, and who ... IrlanllflMl with thp Klamath timber Industry and forest fire protection for a quarter 01 a cen. tury or more. Polish Minister Visits Washington WACTITMnTClN .Tlinp K tLP Prime Minister Stanislaw Miko lajczyk of Poland .arrived here InriDV fftf n .. WPPK R V1S1L as-B n..t nt ho. TTnitprl StatPS ffOV- ernment. xne visit is maae wim full advance information to the Russian and British govern- ments. and has raised some hope Were of a new unaerstana ing between the Polish regime Immediately before Miko lajczyk arrived by automobile from Baltimore Undersecretary of State Edward R. Stettinius nt n niuoe imnffirpnpp that his visit would bring a general exchange of views Detweeu mm and American oiiiciais. Japs Drive Near Strategic City CHUNGKING. June 5 (IP) Japanese vanguards from the north struck within 25 miles to night of strategic Changsha, jrovlnciar capital oi nuuuii, Held dispatches said. .- , Thin marlrprf a 17-mile ad vance from Sinshih. ' ; The U. S. 14tn air torce is giving strong support to the Chinese fighting to halt the en emy advance toward Chang sha. harassing the Japanese without respite. Field dispatches said a sec- 3 TnnnmACc. nnllimn whihh Bd- vanced ten miles southwest from Slnshlh had been driven back. . - jopSw Utr W. W. HERCHEH. T.fSNDON. June '8 'it Ap proximately -1280 n American heavy ibombers . and ifighters leading an allied aerial .assault of powerful proportions -against .1... I.if;l 1Trtf.nr.ri. rnast , iic uiLwim smashed military installations in the Boulogne and Calais : areas tnriav -with. an.. estimated 2200 short tons of bombs. (The German 'radio at; Paris asserted American .bomber ' for- m.lUn. .imp. nvoi Pnrii ntnffln. IIUIMUU. TT . ' V. v.w. - " " Berlin reported Russian planes - . i i i - : were over- nungary -m&i. wgui;. This was the fourth attack in a row against the Fas de (Calais, the' area - of France closest: to rnfflanrl onH it. enmp BftPT KAf bombers' attacked French coast objectives and targets. in col ogne, uermany, last nigut. - I inniT i.in n 1 1, m i bu TT :mnM thon thrpA -Vinum powerful fleets of American and T3ri4tt,h ' h-A m h a r ' , tHunrlprprl across: the English? channel. s nM . imp rippan . ..tnp mora than -200 miles of French :coast linn 'hrfotlini, with- Clprman gunshas been shaken -from end to end by allied nomos. The big British , bombers made it thpir tarffpt fnr the third con- spciitive niaht last, night. . The U. S. eigntn- air iorce. nas neg lpntp crrntAivin tArtfpbt rleener. in the continent for the-past, four (Continued on rage our; T . Aliu r -o. uci mail icaTjjUaTas died within the shadow of the Roman forum and in the streets nt Ik. - 1 .... v BuvuimiciiL 4iuuier III bitter clashes as Italian partisans, barecnested and wearing ham mer and. sickle insignia fought hand to hand with fascist and nazis in a brief battle for lib eration.. . . The Ttjllia'n nnnn1are nhpprprl American and allied infantry and tank teams as- they threaded the city's streets, rushed to kiss the bearded ' and - grimy liberators arirl-'witK xhrlll f-ripB. wamprl nf ambushes- ahead, i ! Some of the Romans died in the. city's closing hours of Ger- mam 1nm!nnilfn irirtim tf machineguns they tried to-seize almost oare-nanaea. . . .But - despite the sporadic clashes,' which took place even thnnoh 4hp Harman hicfh rnm mand. had. pretended .until the ratr. rnsT Mnma urna an ' iinpn i"i l.v the Italian capital with its .store nf niiltnral nnrl rpliinTfa treas ures . apparently came through unscathed for the most part. -: -i . i . Vatican Quiet " - TJ.il tr. a nffifara colli all WAS quiet- at the Vatican,' where the pope nas oeen a virtual prisuner of German bayonets since last Sor.te.mhpr A Berlin broadcast said -Baron - von Weizsaecker, German, ambassador to the Holy See, "has left his residence in Rome, Villa Bonaparte, ana moved to-Vatican City. Other diplomatic -missions of the tri partite, powers will move to IVallnan ' f-itv tlamplv thnRP Of Janon. Huncrarv- Slovakia. Ro- monia and Finland." ' British correspondents in Mad rid said- the pope spent Sunday n..Ar- nnrl in rnnsultation with papal officials during the ouia m viuicni. uucipiiuu city. The Swiss guard had been (Conunuea on rage ruury Goenng Got Sacred Loot ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, mpT.FS .Tiinp a tiV The theft of a costly altar statue from- the 'Rnnprlintinn Ahhpv ' at CaSSinO for Reichmarshal Hermann Goering has been proven by -an order of the day issued on May 28 . by Lt. Gen., Richard Held rich; commander of the German first paracnute division, an om rial nllipH snurre Raid todav.- ' The order said: "I have sent a deputation to reichsmarshal . . Thp Hpmitatinn took with them as a present from the division to the reichsmarshal,. a costly oltor ctntilo tnlrpn from the Cas- smo abbey by. one Dattaiion oi U U:w4 na-aiiila VafllmPnt The reichsmarshar received our delegation in uernn on way zo. He evinced great pleasure at the gift of tne first -paracnute .ai- irleinn " ' . . .... - U. S. Subs Sink k 76 Jap Ships,V W A CHlwriTTlW .'Tun ' R " IIP United States' submarines have il.rriVDH IK mnM nf JBnanMfl dwindling f 1 e e t of merchant ships, the navy reported 'today, bringing the total of enemy ships sunk by American . sub merslbles to WJ. ' Reds Repulse German Tanks LONDON. June 5 (AP) Rus- Imnn. aiiain' VlJIVP SllC- jio.i uujio n cessfully repulsed large, forces of enemy. tanKS. ana uuaiin j nnrth nnrl nnrthwest of Iasi, in Dnmania thp snviet COmmUIU que announced tonight. i Soviet airmen made a mass raid on the railway junction of lectives in the town, the broad cast communique saia, . a time when there were many enemy military trains at the rail junction. As a result of the accompanied by explosions, the war bulletin reported. Locomo- . : maxima nlarfnrm wafions with eauinment, - fuel ; tankers and -war material dumps were ...4- ira in thp rain, in wnicn one soviet plane failed to. re turn. . Quits if ' v;nM V.n'. T-m.n...l. I. day gav-up-thtv-Italian- throntv and conferred . pows on . hi son, ' Umberto, after ' allies 'took Rome.- UP ITALY THRONE WAT3T.TTG' " Tuna K fHA , Vint all av mm) vwiw w V aiB Vittorio Emanuele has signed a decree giving up his throne and conterrmg nis powers upon ma son, Crown- Prince Umberto,' it J i..j.UI . . F WoS HilllUUilUBa kUiligu... H The monarch named Umberto; lieutenant general of the realm, but in the official decree re tninpH titlp ' aft hpad nf . .theft House of Savoy and remains a King witnout power. , Vittorio Emanuele, " 74, has ruled Italy nearly 44 years, hav ing ascended the throne July 29, luuu. . He announced ipse Aoril 12 his "final and irrevoca ble" decision to withdraw from public life "on the day on wnicn allied . troops eater Rome," and to -turn his kingly powers over to Prince Umberto, as lieutenant general of tho . realm. --- 1 The king's decision to retira paved the way in April for the formation oi an eniarKeu com promise war cabinet under Mar ; shal Pietro Badogllo, in which all six political parties forming a liberation junta were repre sented. : Umberto, tall and erect, is an. He became a general under Benito Mussolini's regime at the age of 29, and achieved the rank of marshal in September. 1942. He married Marie-Jose of -Releium in 1930.' and they have I four children. - Wildly Cheering Italians Help Yanks in Rome March Through Nazis' Resistance By DANIEL DE LUCE B . liPi Musso lini's balcony hung empty in the mlat nf mnnnlleht as fifth army soldiers in Indian file en circled the former aicunura m .1 4ha PalaT-n Vpnezia last . . - - uki nnA thnnvaniin nf Roman liiajiiv aiiw - - Partisans fanned the fires of lib eration. . ., Behind a screen of Partisan ..ni.,nin.r. ...Vin wore hammer VUIUUIW..B ' -" - i Mi-i.iA nrmhnnrie wavpa red flags and brandished old fire arms, American forces aruvc ju the Tiber river through futile r..MMn rpetstanro in the-streets resistance that was real de spite the German pretense mm Rome was an open city. ... . . Ulk- Ra T.aao? .. Some Romans died in the fight for freedom, cigarettes between their Hps and cheers in their throats. ; Some were lying acrosn the German .machineguns tncy had tried to seize barehanded. "Why were you so long com Ing?" We expected you four :. montns ago," saia some m ui Partisans. ' , , . i Others m unwnimperiug i lence, asking no questions, wait ed for their wounds tp.be. ban daged. - Thousands wore with the oe cuDvina forces. They Waved flags and red banners,' splashed through water irom i oronuD water mains: to grasp the hands Of the troops, almost smothered the liberators with roses and kisses. ' '- . Cunw Nailt -They shrieked curses at blin Ing German prisoners, cried al the sight of a dying American (Continued on fjage Four) ,