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Newspaper Page Text- SH lraitt mh iMtr-st 2111! K5 mmi J Na ""i- "JT fl 1 "Ni- ' , 5 Stream vur ta data 9.89 III III I II Till Mill ... rnlNK JENKINS fAll l""1 P"llllc "ro ' .iv.iri lii llio news today Lllh thin llffrrm:o: , , , I"" " .. ...... itn Ull Ull'lllll lie. Laments 111 tlio diiy's war fSiSLY nlHOlflcnnl developments "Y. Illl'lll IIL'WK Tiri.a ttenubllcim party luia t U lil WI1III. IlllH IIIIIJKh'IIVH . .1.-1 I..... Ma nKwunw. turn" PrVu lneere unci determined - i"i it i...- ......i.. .... ,ou h l' ""10' " "':cr"' t'uu"0 ' Thin In ll" sacred cuiue: Thfl cndliiK ONE-MAN 'gov trnmenl In America. rxEWExi drawing nmu i t-m- i i.... ..i.i.. ii. .. V twins "n1 rovciiiuiii 1 1 1 1 1 1 i-1 1 . nll ll"1 reusuna "," V . i.i. ..I iu. pnrtuliiM lln tri inn .1.1. l.U tr, tonic w "; - -,.n I livo rnudo NO plt'dncn, ?wd r Implied, to any man or woman." . He outlines mo v i T i lu, hni come in inn unn unlenre: "Thin election will brInK an o,ul ,0 ne-n,nn govern ment In America." H1 IE divorces the winning of the r... ..,. II.. DOMESTIC - Wil IIMIII .... POLITICAL, tank of ending one ., unvernmcnt with these ""The military conduct of this war l OUTSIDE thin campulKn. ll g mid mint remain COM fLctely out ok POLITICS If there U clvlllnn Interfer ence (with tho military) the now ,dmlnlitrntlon will put stop to II forthwith.' , THAT In to suy, winning Ihc wnr l a technical Job for profrlnnnl military men Just it n critical operation in a tech nical l"h for a trained and skilled nirgenn. Unskilled Interference will HARM not help. . , The civilian (political) Job In on Ihe home front, where ihc biltio against the world-wide trend toward one-man govern ment must be won,f tT .Wilis to thin writer, after UfticninK iw -'-k""- rpcech. that Dewey knows where listening to his acceptance he Is going. That in somctlilng nrw In recent Republican leaacr- flf' Wlllklo (umiuesllonably able and dynumlc) knew where he was going In 1040, he Jacked tho ability to TELL OTHERS. Among hl followers (of whom thin writer was one) there was always a disturbing feeling of confusion as to objectives., Landon had NO IDEA where he was going. Ho Just wanted in en hack SOMEWHERE and make a new atari. Dewey knows what he a after. , LISTENING to the speech of acceptance (In which Dewey reveals himself) and then reading the convention platform, this writer gained tho Impression that the platform Is an acceptance atatcment of Dewey's principles. That is as It should bo. A can dldnto running on a platform that means NOTHING to him Is like a man trying to ride i two horsos going In different dlrec ,! Hons. ! The result Is certain to bo a humiliating falL ( tiiif nintfnrm hns a liberal, I tolerunt and slncoro tono. Its attlludo toward Now ueai e pcrlmental legislation is to keep me good, discard mo uuu MAKE IT WORK. I, I.. nn l Jim mnn WHO 11 nuillllin lin I wrote it MEANT IT. It promises ; no rabbits pulled out of hats. lunwMiwr. n,n rivht that Dcwcy " and tho platform makers ..iii j ...ill nn nasv IHIVU UlllllllUU , Hero In thlR country, we vu Been tnught too long this cynical nnlltlrni rrpod: . ''Whore and how DO I GET MINE?" This is tho micstlon wo must fnco and nnswor In this cam- Knlgn: "What can I do to SAVE IY COUNTRY?" It's tho old battle of patriotism vs. ino iiosnpois. tM ' nnlflA un'rn nlowW (ond bloodily winning) the Infantry battlo of Salpan. Our planes and warships are blnsting the nearby Marianas ismiiua, ti.' Tn., nj.kAmhin and tor pedo ninncs ngnlnst one of our task forces engaged In this Job. Our navy reports tersely: The attacks wore unsuccessful. At tho some time, one of our navy tnsk forces BOMBARDa nnp nf tho Islands of the KURILES. Wo'ro covering lot of territory. a LITTLE by little, news filters it i. ii... n..ulM pnnitnr. ship that keeps China shrouded in secrecy mo iiinesc ship and ours. , What filters through Isn't reassuring as to PUI Wo ' had an important AIR BASE nt Hongynng. Tho Japs 1... in A V CM 1 1 anfnrn IHRV imvu iiinmi ii.. w.w-w - lg, wo destroyed as much of it wo couici. 1 , ... We have other air bases In this area. The Japs are gunning for mom. ' a a "THE Russians are booming westward with Bstonlshlng speed, taking town after town. These fallen places have been TO NUW impregiiauiu wi Ono guesses tiio Germans are Reds M On Two Lines From Philippines Pictured at the GOP conven tion in Chicago, where he rep resented the Philippine govern ment ln-exlie, it John W. Haul sermann of Richmond, O. Pres ident of the Banquet Consoli dated Mining company, whose aaiea mining ewiKf,.! , i, interned by the Japs, u m.nn airanad onW be- , ha hannaned td ba In this country on buslneas. - .uiiMrirwr. .Tnnn 2ft (yPI Tcngyang still was in Chinese hunda tontgni, me ik sold, although Japanese forces beseiglng the Hunan province rail Junction had been rein- forced The communique declared Chinese troops left behind enemy lines cast and west of the Canton- Hankow railway nnu u.-bu.. large-scale off caslves. Abandons Airfield n-u it c nlrfnrftp hns nban- i ii-' nurinlH nl HnncvanC. strateglu city surrounded by Jap anese Jorccs, ana a tuiiiiiiumw"" today said American P-51s drop- llt'U HIWMO....M f . the field formerly one of' tho 14lh' nrlnclpal forward bases in China. ..... Tho P-Sl attacK, wnicn iook pIbcc Monday, was aimed at mak- 1." IIa nlrflnlrl tmctcSS to the nnnmv ti loft one runway de stroyed, Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stll well's headquarters said. in Plamaa Tho communique added that Hcngynng was reporica 10 uu in flames. IjORS or mis nunan piuv ilH ho thn erent est military blow to China since 1038. , MaJ. Gen. Claire L. Chon nault's airforce was going all-out In an attempt to arrest Japans (Continued on rage iww Japs Trapped On New Guinea ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, NEW GUINEA, Juno 29 (P) A trap, already .. ... in inn iyiIIah. wan com Sresscd today on thousands of apanese at Wewak, British New Hulnno Tho erasure of 80 jungle coast miles in ia aays ay uanniiiiin who are within 70 miles of We wak on the cast was disclosed u.. -.. nmiolna MnpArthur. uy uLin .1 .. o .... . . Americans have been approxi mately HU mucs irom n on um ...nPi .innii Wmvnk was bvDasscd in thn Anrll ' 22 ' invasion of A Mono Ail nnp la O0 miles flWOV k,ii v'nnlc nnt.rnls since have pushed back cast toward We WBK lor Bl icasi in ui Oregon Girl Wins Radio Contest nnmr tun Tiiiia 50 Mario G. Rogndahl, University of Oregon student, won the Hour of Charm" vecal contest, spon sors of the 'radio program an nounced today. . ' Tho Portland coloratura so prano appeared with two other finalists at Cleveland Sunday with Phil Spltalny's all-glr( or HENGYflNS JAPS GET RElNFORCEWlEIffTS fit The ShuHiu Northern Rail Line Cleared; Bobruisk Taken ; LONDON, June 28 Un poweriui nutiian armies lasning out both on the White Russian and Finnish fronts have captured nU...I.U I - - "B4l.MlanJ lln." Inrtrmam Kalnra Minsk. nH haVB cleared the northern rail line to Hnllnwail 4 rt I It Bobruisk, by-passed fortified rail juncture some 80 miles southeast of the White Russian capital of Minsk, was taken by storm, Stalin's broadcast announcement said. Earlier reports said the Russians were closing in on five nasi divisions trapped there. Russia's far -northern army WASHINGTON, June 29 (Pllj .Tnnunflnft. rnslntnnco has beenp1 halted on Natulan Point on the southeastern shores of Saipan. . But farther north on that key Island of the western Pacific Marianas group, strong opposi tion is being encountered by American troops toward Gara pan,. principal city on Salpan. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific fleet commandcr-ln-chlcf, reported these developments to- oay. Natulan Held A 11 f Mafntnn Pnint where Onfl lansnaui rilpit rpPnntlV. in & suicidal counterattack against army und. marlhe forces, now is in American nanus. . Along the western! itbSKes: of daiinii, . i . n ..... .w Jungles, rough terrain' and.-sugar cane fields, havo made "small gains" against "severe enemy re sistance. 'Z ' Bombing naia .' The Jananeso tried to delay the . American advance by ' UUIIIU1IIS, - " " tnckltiE planes were shot down by antl-aircrau Daiieries. Meantime, to me norm ui UMII, roiliv craft blasted enemy positions on uinn hnmhincr nnemv Amnipnn pa ir nr.nflsffn nir barracks and 'a water reservoir. (Continued on rage iwui Rescue Party Reaches Fliers KINGMAN, Ariz., June 29 0P) A rescue party from the north rim of the Grand canyon reached Ik. ..trnnnnrl nrmV 'fllpm Oil IIIIUU dhhi'uu ... j - Tonto plateau today and reported the men, lsoiaiea muie man a i. ...All on1 tinltlltirpri. wutu, wmc i . 7. .1. cimne wprp rnnnrted lo be tne only need of the trio who para chuted irom a n-zt army, uuniuci n I O n m Turin 9.1 ThPNA-Were til. A a. in. --. jMnna immnrlintnlv hv.ft.nlane from the Kingman army air field and preparations were maae 10 begin the treacherous climb out of tne canyon. 292 Nazi Tanks, Out of Action; fiTTnniKKfip TJt7 AriOTT A DTP.P.Q ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Juno 29 OT me su nllln . pninrpfinrl nn :' j iAnr that 9.09. nnrmnn iiuuuuuu L1,lt" J -"' , , ; ; 1 .. 1. ,nt,A knon HicnnlPH HT fl P- laiina imvc mv.-.. stroyed in wormanay since D-day.' , , ; Incomplete reports showed at least 44 German aircraft shot rlnwn today over i ranee ana Germany.. Reservation Closed as Fire Danger Emphasized Arrival . of hot weather and imminence of the Fourth of July recreation and . travel period brought warnings to the Klam ath public today to beware of the danger of open country and f''EveryeprecButionary measure familiar to the . people here should be p.it into effect Imme diately," safe tho Klamath Forest protective association. Klam-th Indian reservation of ficials announced closure of for est areas, with exceptions, to be gin July 1 and continue for the auraiirn ui iim . ures were not announced as yet for tho state forests. The Indian service announced that principal through roads on the reservatloni'may be traveled without permit, and that permits - CitHirude Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944 Murmansk, Marshal Stalin an- struck into Petrozadovsk, capl- tal of the soviet Karelo-Finnish republic, and rolled on to take the rail Junction of Kondopoga and completely clear the rail road to the supply port of Mur mansk. Of the White Russian drive, Stalin's announcement said: "First white Russian ironi. toods, overcoming resistance of the encircled German Bob ruisk grouping, today carriea by assault the town -and large railway Junction of Bobruisk, important communications cen ter and powerful defense center of German defenses covering tho Minsk and Baranovicm, di rection."- . .. , .. The fall or uonsov, ic w" 50 miles northeast of Minsk, ap ucared near, earlier dispatches said. ... ' 1 MOSCOW, June vn 3 o v 1 e t armies converging op , (ConUnued on rage; Temporary Peace Settles Over Lumber Industry . .Tnnft 29 MP) Tepdoverthe XaornternaUonaTwood. workers of America concluded r executive meeting without "TAFLLuntberandJawmill Workers union, which had also proiesv "i "' ',", -. recom- denial 01 w?gC "--- hr. mended earner umi - i th inn. remum . ""-'.- hn,vp, was ng to tne vyi-.d 3 1943 wages, announced that it WBBi", inprpase to WOUlU QKIIlttiiu o , , - a minimum of $1.15 an hour at a meeting here Juiy o gon and Washington lumber op- Tho nrpvinus - demand, rejected by the WLB, was for cents. , , , X lie UlUVll amv " flee of price administration to roll back lumoer prices, cuais ing that the average realization UnA noarlv Hnilhlrf Since Jl imu i"-"v the war, and that operators were heavily upgraaing lumoer. 7100 Square Miles Liberated SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED JSAf suuiwm 1 FORCE, June 29 (A) Allied i hi lihprnted arjDroxi- MII1I1C3 l.n-. - . .i.w unn sauare miles of France, counting today's British advances, or slightly more than 1 1 n ppnt nf the one 1 1 ti 1 l ui wm; i"-- - nntlnn's . 212.659 square mile "The allies hold approximately 125 miles of French seacoast. The total French seacoast meas ures about 1950 miles. nut t-emilred to travel on roads in agricultural lands ad- j . l llnnAn -ADflG Permits to enter closed roads ...in i I..... A in nprnnna having Will u iBaui- y f V timber or grazing contracts or bona fide Dusmess m areas, but permits will not be granted for . recreational h"- UUBL'a Logging camp employes may obtain their iiermits from their company timekeeper. Traveling salesmen may obtain permits from logging camp timekeepers H...lnrl Iknv hnUP hllslnPSS With the company. Permittees with para are rpniilri " to carry a ..nl nl nil ilmnq. . Biiuvci n, . . . . ...mil, mill ha IcQiied at sta Hons at Beatty (Willis Pankey), Klamatn Agency. Lt. Col. Andrew B. Galatian bombing squadron before a raid Dewey H opes Of Party on Presidential Campaign Thomas E. Dewey told what he called the "world's biggest press conierence loaay mat ne nopes to confer with all of the nation's Wendell L. Willkie, on presiden- ii.i : .1. Declining to - discuss cabinet possibilities if he wins the White Honse the emllin ROP (Triominee "gave speedy indorse ment to many planks of the Audley : Apartments Sold to Bigger The Audley apartments at 8th and Walnut were sold today to Mr ' ami Mpe RavmnnH "Rinopr by H. E. Peltz. Built in 1930, the brick build- ih rinniBin. IK '-Fiirmchari Qn34-. monte Mrc Ifnv T n rr J-Mar-t car. retary of the East Side Electric company, will, oe the- manager for the new owners.. Mr. nnri Mrs. RiPffpp ramp hAxn ;n 1 ana un v.ni t iii-i v tu j.0.i( lie jo ucau jl inc tast bide n-iectric company. TVT J TIT T-11 I In 1005. hv stnee thrnnt?h Pnkp- gama,. and are -widely known pioneers. They have bought a nnmo in AchlnnH - P0H7 ctill owns Main street Dronertv near CIvfK nnA IVTnln T3nlt-, UlAtll CI 1 1 VA 4Unilli X CllA Klamath s first automobile. raui . r arrens actea as legal ndvisor fnr all nartips pnnpprn- ed, and A. B. Epperson of the office of John McFee. . realtor, auiiicu iv diiiuuiucu 10 iiiuic uiaii f 11 111 The Audley apartments were built by Ralph Audley Egger. navy. .... Jap Return to Coast Studied SAN FRANCISCO. June. 29 (ff) ' Maj. Gen. Charles H. Ilnnoelnd nnm u-oclarn flpfoncn commander, : at a press confer- have to have time to study the cituntlnn h p f n r p nnswerine a question as to whether he would permit Japanese -Americans 10 return to the Pacific coast. T An nnt IrnniV Ptinilh flhOUt it," he said. Commenting on the possibility of any otner cnanges s wnr" nnlipjpQ he said: I .ni Viqiip tn nfurlv the situation fnr a month or two. It wouia be very foolish anyway to maice any radical cnanges. Hull Considers R..Alr Wi'tfT Finns WASHINGTON, June 29 (P) n in nt ctntp Hull said to- j... 11 i ika n,,puiipn nf n break with Finland is receiving full consideration nere. - a .i.Ai itiVipthpr snme an nsnuu U..V.-. - --. miohf hp made later In the day. Hull told his noon news conference- that he tould not sayi about tnai ai me mu Edmund Gullion, American charge d'affaire, i sstill in Hel uiitti w - , NIIIIIIIIMIII I '"hiiip!I' i . 'im - June 29, 1944 Max. (June 28) 84 Min 46 Precipitation last 24 hours .00 Stream year to date Normal 11.78 Lat year 17.78 Forecasts Fair. Ready For A Raid w Jr. of Beachwood. N. J., addresses members on tbe Jap base at Rabaul. to Confer With of foreign policy, the president's iair employment pracuuca um mittee, foreign, trade and others. ; Tribune Support , . Dewev was-asked specifically if he "welcomes the - editorial al ikn rVtinortrt Trthiino '1 on foreign policy.- There was a taUgll XtUlla UK failA,Aoi . Sm lino v TiaUpv rp.nllpn? I IT Unntir 4hot T hltio i UUJ1 IViiWYT- Minn its nut, editorial support of the Tribune: l snail welcome we suppuiL ux every good', :American in the whole United'States." - 1 sormrA Ann on I j. lie uuiiiuii.g oo uu a uiiiie and puffed a cigarette-in-holder, M..V. a,4n Ka 'VmnMin . Ti, Roosevelt fashion. while the re porters . asKea .meir questions. one query was now ne pian Gerhardt Leads 29th Infantry SUPREME HEADQUARTERS att t D n rvDrnTTinwinv FORCE, June 29 (ff) Maj.-Gen. i nar Ps nnnipr iiPrnHrni. siin in tt gcuciai nnu v v. i-i an ui. vnv- last war, was revealed today as commanaer or me ftiuentdn 29th infantry division in action at TJnfmonrlir at, iiuimoiiuj, ' TllpnnfphDC cOVoral fiOVS 9Cn placed tne aivision in tne vicin ny of isigny. . Diplomats Leave For Capitals United States Ambassador Nor man Armour ana Chilean Am- i A pAnnrln Pine flnllari-ln left here this morning for their respective homu capitals. Armour was accompanied- 10 ure tmpun, hv the British Ambassador Sir David Kelly., . - iTha etaro npnnniiipni hii- nounced earlier this week that A-emmi -Vioon rppallpH - to Washington . for consultations) Fifth Army Troops Punch put Gain By NOLAND NORGAARD . Tjniwi? .Tnnft 9Q - tP Alone n klnkniav littoroH With PflfimV a .... . .. - dead and. abandoned equipment, . . -e t . flfln American troops or me mm army punched forward another wilae alnnfl Tlalv'fl WCSt 1IVC Hilled ' - coast yesterday and captured tne town 01 uasmgiiciu, 25 - miles from . lilvorno iieg horn), while a second Ameri can column farther iniana pierced through German lines to within a dozen miles of Siena, allied headquarters said today. . . . L '., Lilvorno is an lmponani imn - 11 1 Dlca ulhUo'AiA- ll- nines UCiun x ""I - - na is a key rail and communi cations center 31 miles south of Florence. Confusion ' -a ' nr;t.iai . .cmltpsman dc- Jlll uuiv.n. ' ' clared the enemy "Is showing signs of confusion in me tuoai al sector, where the incessant 1 un.ln- feu- Amprlran g'UnS UtlblciiiiB ,, caused heavy casualties and; the roundup of prisoners irom ucsi mated German units progressed Capture of Castagneto gave II III limillll'lll'IIIIIMIIIIIIIllllll i h'iiiwil. gignmmmw 9.1 Number 10197 i-t Mitchell Leaders with campaign appeals.- Dewey repiiea mat naa not yes oeen aetermined. auu: uuii b iiov an an sialic all fitted out, do ybii?" one- of the newsmen asked, .obviously "Vnii: Jnn't, ha.ra an - nim1nnA HUUUU5 W hill? UUUlkttllg . UI o plane which President Roosevelt migni use, aixnougn ine'-wmte House has said it was not done ffil thn ananifir nnrnncn "Nn " Tlowov orinnal "hnl T came our nere- yesterday in a vciy guuu one. - rin. 1U- ' - wi.g uuuiig itie conierence, Dewey halted the proceedings to. admonish --politely a nhoto- lijontmued on jpage Two) Six Chosen for Campaign Plans CHICAGO, June 29 (JPj The newly elected republican nation al' mmmiHuo nnmiir a nnmrnit. tee of six tpday to confer with Gov.-Thomas E. Dewey on his choice for a new national chair- retnn Tn run liio notvtnn 1 rtrt -tn-wt 4Via. mail ij a. Ull inu vniiiptugu ivi fclicr presidency. The full committee win meet again tomorrow morn ing. - . rnl T? T2 r-rin- n rpawn was named ex-officio chairman u. me siA-iiieniuer group. Officers Killed On Saipan " WASHINGTON, 'June .29 (fl3) Deaths in action of two officers from the operations division of iha ironorl staff whlla onlirtO oe observers on Saipan for the chief of staff were announced today uy secretary or .wui oiunsuii. Pnl Pnfl Ft fiilttuvthnrno chief of the Pacific theater sec tion of tne operations division, was killed by a Japanese sniper, otii T.f Pnl UVprtprirk- d Tprrv. a member of the strategy section, was Kiiiea wnen a ouniuer cui lided with the artillery liaison plane from which he was direct ing artillery fire. of bis Of Five Miles on Italy's West Coast fV.a ollfae nnnfrnl nf flfl imtlOr tant lateral road which former ly linked the enemy's coastal defenders with the . nazis' cen tral sector. The e n e m y - intensified by nrrnwtr . mnPR IID HI P TTIPSnS tne retarding of the fifth army ad vance, . felling trees, acruss roads, then booby-trapping u m Anetmvintt nil hrirlces and laying minefields. The tac tics failed to prevent a ciose pursuit, and an enemy infantry AAmna.. . whlph nt.tpmnted to break the advance by infiltra tion back into tne capturea vil lage of Sassetta was wiped out. . . Capture Junction An American armored force driving from the southwest cap tured the .road junction town of lA-nn4:ninn nn hltfhwnV 73- flnd leading elements thrust beyond to .within u mues 01 oiena. The village of Montalcinello al so was taken. , ' . ' -; The French, on the right wing t ii. fifth armv rpnnrtpd RUb- UI me i"' """ill .-r--; stantial gains, capturing the towns of Monticchicllo, Pienza FATHERLAND ..- Montgomery's Troops Widen Bridgehead Across Odon By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED . EXPEDITION A RY FORCE, June 29 UP) Increas ingly heavy fighting raged at La Byude, 21 miles north of rann'o nitir limll. I MA-tnnnrf., today, supreme headquarters an nounced, and reconnaissance re- pons indicated xne uerman llltfh " nnmmanA : uran Klnrtlnrf strategic reserves from Germany. 10 ouppurb lie luiieriiig ul ue fense. Gen. - Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery's British widened their bridgehead across the Odon river ana seized important n 1 g n o",ciir,rt Atrarlnnlfina Una Viattln area around Esquay, four to six miles souuiwesi or iaeu, 111 uu encircling maneuver. The Ger- ma ns iiraia varrrtoA- nliiai4i tf' IlIBlia T J. . 1 Ull UUJ W have thrown most ot their 15th j ,tv.-- : : i it,. aiiu r 1 ill tuuiics uiiu liic an ug- gle centering around the eastern end of the allied battleline. Montgomery Barrage A 4imial HfnnfrfnrnAPir Vt-iM n. . 1 j iivoi iiiuiitguiiivi j uuiiuau from hundreds' of guns, coupied YT1U1 CI111I.U KK- ll. O tVL.J UilUUll- ed at German reserves trying to reach the battle zone. British heavy bombers overnight struck ai meiz, a.crtoKe'poiui rur uer man strategic raerves moving; westward irom tne reicii. - - Incomplete reports of today's air activities showed at least 44 f-aw iwew 1 1 rfVi lord 4tctiiirtrl in ltn usually ferocious air battles over ranee ana uermany toaay ana aVintif 9nn RarmMi fiahipru ntv. peared over cloud-spotted battlo areas. - . Enemy Support , But enemy air ' support was coming from air bases driven back 100., miles i;Dy auiea- war pla'nes.' ' , ' , . TVib' aiinrnmn. mmmnnil in a morning announcement, said '.'It IS lu ue expcuieu 111c utcxiiiaiui (Uontmuea on jfage iwo; , : Briton? Evince Mildinterest fn Convention hnews .kept: stories - of the - repub- ... . .r ui ncan -:convennon 111 witogu uu -the inside pages of . British news papers' today . and: the average Briton showed only mild inter est in tne nomination or uur, Thomas E. Dewey for the presi dency. .. Although the papers gave full reports they were more or less routinesand British correspond ents generally ; expressed . tho opinion in their stories mat ma convention was apathetic, General Extends Fishing Ban wttw . vnPTC .Tnnft 29 YPi Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to Aoit iiamH nuw instrnptinn tn UDJ " w" European fishermen extending the ban on usning ior anuiner wee'k, "this time over a shorter length, of the coastline," v A spokesman for Eisenhower broadcast that the supreme com mander's "requirement now is that no fishing be carried on in the coastal waters . from the French port of Bayonne, near the Spanish frontier, to the West Frisian islands until July 6, 1944 at p. m." ' '".; The broadcast, heard by CBS, warned that fishing might be come extremely dangerous at any time. and Montalcino, all southeast of Siena. ; - . Take Prisoners Tt ,a(I annnnnpprl that th( fifth army alone has taken over 25,000 prisoners since the of fensive began, seven weeks ago : today. , The total bag of prisoners ior the offensive exceeds 32,000. American gunners, : with -a surprise concentration of fire. destroyed a n e w i y organise enemy artillery unit. In a single sector the Germans lost six: tanks, five gunsi two anii-tann guns, and 15 caissons. .... The eigntn army ruuuriei limited gains in heavy fighting. n tho nrpaa nf Lake Trasimeno and . north of Perugia: Eleven guns , were aestroyea aim. -w enemy , troops were wiped put , in mopping up Casella, six miles northeast of Perugia. , West of Lake Trasimeno tho , villages- of Frattavecchia and Lafoce were occupied.-Among trophies taken were German railway guns with . 70-foot, bar rels, firing 500-ptoipd i projec tiles. . .-- ' - . tuontlnucd on rage iiw chestra. ,.TO,w;.wii.w..:v.-.r.w.wlM