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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
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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'
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have thrown most ot their 15th
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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