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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.-
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Vittorio Emanuele has signed a
decree giving up his throne and
conterrmg nis powers upon ma
son, Crown- Prince Umberto,' it
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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) ,