M
foil?)
Pay's Sews
By FRANK JENKINS
irllK great tank bultlo nt Caen
I M- nn Tim tlrltliili orn
throwing a plnccr around the
embattled town. IU laws todny
pnly ELEVEN MILKS apart.
jOMMEL li scared; In reported
PRICE 5 CENTS
h- runhlntr lit) S I R A
(rom deep In
nOM
IV In
f- If rimitrvM
i HnH itvitn flprmnnv
A British aUiff officer miys the
Rrrmnni aro committing EVERY
PIECE OF ARMOn (usually
mt'iiiiliilf tnnkn) they have In the
rcn hut so fur haven't even
denied our linen Ho says the
nails UP to ,,ow nnvo ,)C'" hrlnK
l,iu up reinforcement by nluhl
but todny nro muvlng In by DAY-
L'o'i'r ' planes are slaughtering
them, knocking out 100 vehicles
ihlJ morning
uEItE, however, l the snher-
M I.... .l,l,.HuM- Sn NARROW
li our ton-hold on the Normandy
inure Hint tho British battlshlp
llmlney I backing up tho Hrltl.li
: .... II.,.. thrnu I 111 ulu'lls II)
mile Inland Into the allocking
German
mi.- i.,f..iiirv battle on Salnnn
I Is tlll tough. (It takes time
lo kill 20.000 holedup Jups.)
Tho adjacent Mariana Wands
of Guam. Tlnlan and Rota, to
the south, aro being bombed.
V. l.lnnria in ihn llfirth.
"alio gelling It Yap, WELL
lo Ihe soumwcsi, i..,
'j i... ... l..nH.hnnrl New Guinea
bombers, who report stirring up
a hornet I neiit oi jap lignicn.
Red Armies Prepare
For Attack On Minsk
By EDDY GILMORE
MObLUW, June JU IAI-J rea army mm. .-v K.w..a .v.--,
river northeast of Minsk, while engineers of two soviet armies hurried pontoons into place
r . i i ... I .Lrt Ia Unfnra tha Ahito Pi.cctr.ri rnniTnl
lor moss crossings ot ine losr naiuiui - "
.j .1. aaa. c if ttro trnrri ctrnnn liprmnn forces on the west
Meld aispoicnes saia me iirsi ui ni ....... -
bonk and from artillery positions west of the river, but there were no indications that the
, , , LI- a- aI.a a rtnnA 1-lArO
retreating nazis wouia db odio io muisc u ji-
. ... " . .. -i .u. ntaunw to Minck nnneoreo onen.
Althouqn tno iignnng was inuii, me yu.-..-, - r,
i- .. 7. ? cinrn-nui.t Yok and medium bombers kept up a round-the-clock.
aerial offensive against ine wunermg wen, ...wv....
i GLANCE at your map will
toll you wnai we re ounm "
why. Thee lland contltutc a
7"' .. ,'!! hnvs to FORCE
before we can nu me rniiippui
,nd CHINA
fully
hard and iucceii-
In Th Shania-Cancade Wonderland
Juk 30, 1944
Max. (Jun 29) 90 Min.
PrecipiUtion lut 24 . houn
Stream yar to date
Normal .11.1 Lut year
Foreeaitt Fair. .
50
.....90
9.99
..17.78
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1944
Number 10198
Radio Network to Help Fortit Protection
Where Russians Drive Against Nazis
rru. fnft ..!- kv.nailftcd. for
the Jap can iorrkiri;Bnn ium
pUneii Into them AT NIGH
from their homeland.
We have to TAKE them.
WE have to force tho gate, be
the Jbo arc moving
heaven and earth lo clean u
...i ni rhlna before wo can
Mrrr.tiuA fore lo bear
Your map will tell you how
bo 1 and, when we begin to land
on v.mii . .. it
(And how we ll ml them If
wo loso thorn beforo wo can got
ashore.) , , ,
THE Russians aro fighting on
tho Ucrexlna river, northeast
of Minsk. . .. ,
ll was at tho Borcilna that
Napoleon's Idiotic Invasion of
Russia finally and utterly col
lapsed. The remnant of his
Grand Army had struggled back
that far from Moscow through
tho bitter winds and tho drift ng
snows of tho terrible Russian
winter Tho Russians wore hang
ing on his flanks, but not attack-
1UK III miw. .
in- t. ....... .unro in weak
nis riviitiiun-M , i
they wcro physically unable to
get across tho little r yor. m
Iho Berezina thawed the follow
ing spring, thousands of frozen
French bodies were uncovcrcu
Tho stench, when they decom
posed In tho warm soring sun
poisoned the air for miles around
nnuv ii. i irnole venture Ihat
W u.i....nl hnneful nostr
Revolution Franco by spllim
iaivia j, V.I.I-.lulyAlO V
k'"-.! V livi . ,:Vr j jT . STATUTf MlUS
" xT- h? RUSSIA
L- . "Vr ?tS MOGILEVlIT 2nd Wfciic Ru.w
I ' , '4---'J : ' ,"IIM"""1 auai
li
a" " 1 . ..... n mlu art bat
Arrows Indicate wner. uoom , -itiIie-
terlna aqalnst G..rn.n :mm.nd(AP wlr.photo).
tlons are tna sin 01
Task Force Strikes Jap
fsfands in New attack
n.. unnMlN BELL
Associated Press Foreign StafT
111111 a w a W TASK FORCE
IN THE NORTH PACIFIC, Juno
26 (') (ueiayoa;- vu' t
fog-prowling task force blazed
like roaring wraiths of destruc
tion In a now attack second In
two weeks on japans rvunie
Islands todny. '
rn v. 4 --rint a mnrn nn om V chin
ping and the Kurnbu-Zokl air-
dromo III me soumcru cuu ui
Pnrnmushiro Lslnnd.
wnuo larger snips Domunra-
hor best blood with "ch prMign
1.1 fncA (fit (toll? .
Tho answer, written on tne
. - i.i.tnu u hrutailv
simple ONE-MAN government
Napoleon was rncT "V"
Napoleon had been bitten by the
ufl of POWER. The bile of tho
power bug is fatal, for the dis
ease that follows warps and
i,i.i. minds like the
dope habit.
THE Russians, in at least four
columns, aro converging on
Minsk. Tho dispatches relate
Hint "gront gwnrms of Storrno
vlks, Vnks and medium Russian
bombers nro keeping up a round-the-clock
offensive against tho
This startling statement stands
out from the cabled reports.
.n j 1 nn1 rnnturca
soared near tho lBO.OOJ 1 mark for
tho PAST t'lVij aio.
DON'T Jump to any premature
conclusion that the Russja"?
wl 1 bo n ucrun m T.
M. . 1 ir.ri in Russia
no. inn uuiii""'?,' r i
are probably falling back to a
now; line somowhero in Poland
ana pay ng ine peiwiw
ing too long. Their resistance
iwfil stiffen when tho new lino is
reached.
vtb 1 -I. f rAlnllnns with
Finland todny. Finland has
gone ALL-OVER to Germany
"thus formally admitting to the
world." State Secretary Hulls
' . 1. .. 1 .i.A Una "now
entered a hard and fast military
partnership wlin nazi um.,
irrevocable throughout the wnr,
. 1- - nt rirfhllnir the
alMes of tho United States, la
alliance with tho enemies 01 mo
United States. , ' .
11. .11 I'TMu netlon was
nun mivtn. ...h .
)nlrr.n ullhnilt recourse to the
established DEMOCRATIC PRO
fiRnnnir. nt Finland and respon
.1L111... , Ik.. nnnflAnimnees
must rest solely on the Finnish
government. (
THE Finnish government, to
all intents and purposes, is
Minister's Talk
Sets Stage for
Armour's Return
wiCHINP.TnN .Innn 30 IA")
A mnnnnh hv War Minister JUH11
n A l-ffnntimi in whieh
he urged his country to prepare
. . I ... 1. 1 .... t IUn
lor an lneviuium wm.
stage todny for the return this
weekend 01 Amoassauur nui
man Armour from Buenos Aires
T1 . r annntn ,1 1 TPPT 1 Tl t Jr.
gcntlna to prepare for war was
.. i. t..a in nt T.n Plntn. Ar-
IIIIIUU UUIIC V " - - - .
centlna. but received little at
tention in tniS UUUIIHJ utvouo
of tho great flood of invasion
. V .nlnaotiH horO OV
iho utile dcDartmcnt and
aroused especial interest among
American oiticiais. . ,
T-Bone Steaks
Boost Bond Safe
niuvnv niTV .limn an IP
.lll IU" wi -
Canyon City was over the top
1 ill. virtu war r.nnn drive to
daythanks chiefly to T-bone
stcnKB. .
Rcstauralour ueorgu .;-
"j ihnt Ms inn s
nana iiiiuu,iv. .
stenk specinlty would be served
only to war dohu
Result: Canyon City was the
first Grant county community
to reach its oono. quui.
50,000 Nazis
Killed in Russia
i.nNDON. June 30 (P)
Moscow announced tonight BO
UUU uermaiio "- . tV"
Zi),uuu tHRcii ." -. r"
flrst White Russinn front be
tween June a " .
un tne seuunu -
front, the Russian broadcast
said, 30,000 Germans were
killed and 3250 captured.
ed shore installations, destroyers
struck at enemy ships and boats
between Kurabu and Sulibachl
off the eastern Paramushiro
coast. '
Fleet Run Down
a ii.kifl knal loot nnlblv
n 113II1IIK i,v,w - ii
making catches for the Suribachi
canneries, was vinonnj "
j .. u. IUn tnelr nrrp.
uuwii uy , , . ..
This was a direct diow hi
i innA cnnnlv n finh
major KlUJiiijr -..i-i-.rf
and rice form the principal items
of the Japanese aict.
au minuivs
iri.A UnmhaMmnnt lasted near
i.. on mii.i.in0 Ktit iho fflotrnvers
were in action: much longer
their five-inch guns Dialing away
i t.n niMUf ot thp flRhlntf fleet
in niv 1 1 r. - - . v 7--
and other seagoing craft.
. There was some return iirc
r .1.1m nnA ehnrH. hilt thp
tiUIII oiupj, " - -
- tn.1, fnrm c mn V hriinhed
aside the opposition of torpedo
boats or otner small war vessels
and vanished into the fog as sud-
rlnntv DC It haH anneared. No shiD
The fog gave me ibsk xorce
(Continuea on rage iwoj
Casualty Figures
On Sai pan Given
in A cuTMP.TnH .Tnnn 30 fyPl-
nna'"-w't
a n.innn nact,nitip nn Sainan
i s 1 a n d in the Western Pacific
Mariapas total B75I4 including
1474 men killed, 7400 wounded
and 878 missing.
Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz,
n irl f 1 ..nl rnramntlltpr in Chief.
I-Ul-Ii". a.- r i
snid that no accurate estimate of
Japanese casualties in the fight
ing through sugar cane fields,
jungle and over rough terrain is
possible, but that at least 4951
T n AtaA
That many nave Deen ouneu
by American troops on oaipan.
"A great many Japanese dead
I " hn enlH. "hnvn
been carried back by the retreat
ing enemy troops. .
TkA CcoUno oaM 71 tiqtI
planes were downed in 24 hours.
The biggest crossings were
hpnHprl hv staffs of Gen. Ivan
Chcrniakovsky's third White
Kusstan army ano oen. ivan
noaramlnn1! first Raltic Armv.
all veterans of quick crossings
under fire.
Moves Rapidly
CM..IV.,ifpef nt Min1r thft first
Whltn Diiecian armv nf thp new-
ly-made Marshal Konstantin K.
tokossovsky, a tail scnoiany
veteran of the last war, was
moving rapidly up the valley of
the Pitch toward Minsk, crack
ing an important outer defense
line, ot tne city
Vnb'oeenvslrv'R fiffhterc leav
ing the Berezina river far be
hind them, nave opened a gate
way down the Gomel - Minsk
highway ano railway mm
ilanes ot uoi. oen. oi nvmwuu
leruci I.. Rudenko providing a
MurApini, cnrh as seldom has
been - seen in this 'war.
Assumes Importance
mu 4 ormv' twn.!iiried out-
flanking movements pn-tb
the north of Minsk which al
ready has "severed tne .. city s
northern railway and one of the
south toward Baranowicie
., fnr thp Germans a
more serious Importance.
The nortnernmost swihk
beneath Polotsk and reached
positions 10 miles from this im
portant communications center,
while another group got to
pointa 11 miles from the rail-
Transient Hurt
In SP Accident
m L (
., firtt.'-i --a-imiiiii m Htmmi mmmMMmrmMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmnMmmn'MnnwMinnnTrirTWKrTTnrm
ALLIES POUND
SALIENT INTO
- . i vi -i v,-, AUrfiva tinrmnrl. nr.
ThU oicture shows Charles Ogi: manager ox vim x4wnu- vv - - "
siding at e3-Up controU of th. new radio ndlng ec.iTing apparatus. juyt t p
: .is -z alJ fAiniAT i-rjnti adiouuna Lank ZlTr. . . . . ,-
in tne ouices ox uo anuouwu w. wy.a-. - . ; -3
ll P
u. d. on urn
7IllSmTI0NS
T . t i-rieov n tmn sietit. was
IUC llij ----.
t-l..Mp TTrlrint mnminff 111 the
tllJUl tv - ,
cAi.4nem Puniffi- vards when
lumber In a freight car in which
he was riding was oeuevea iu
have shifted, injuring the man s
The coiorea man was raiiuvw
to the Klamath Valley hospital
where he is under treatment. It
is not known where ne is irom
Airmen Reach
Rim of Gorge
GRAND CANYON, Ariz., June
20 (P) Dr. Harold C. Bryant, su-
National park, said today that
.U nrmv oirmpn Ulhd had hCGfl
uuee .. . " J " .
trapped in- the great gorge since
June 21 had reached the north
"""The men are well," Dr. Bry
ant said. ' '
The three filers, wno para
chuted from a disabled bomber
nn tcnintprf Tnntn nlsteau. were
led to safety by two experienced
canyon cnmDers wno enierea me
chasm yesterday.
nr nrvnnt eniH thp men would
be returned to the south rim, a
. . r 1 one K.llan 1.1, n
distance oi sumu mnvo mj
circuitous route, placed on a
ninna on.1 f I nwn in Kinsman.
Ariz., army air iieia ioiukhv.
Radio Network Aids in
4 FofttFvrf r otection
radio communications 'riet'&inek '-..jother.'' state '-total
ENEMY LINES
. : . . i . - . i
British Within Eleven
- Miles of
Caen
Br WES GALLAGHER
55TTPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 30 (P) Marshal
Erwin Rommel- has brought en.
tlrely iresn reserves mio or
mandv but the allies have ham
mered, a "considerable salient"
into e n e m y lines soumweav ui
Caen, supreme headquarters an
nounced tonight. -
" Advance elements of Lt. Gen.
Miles C Dempsey's British sec
ond ' army, thrusting on' both
sides of Caen, re reported
within 11 miles of drawing a cir
cle about that port, the seventh
1. CAn ..'
U1VBI HUyUIMUl UI A-IOIA.C.
" '.'Satisfactory ',;' .
The Vltuatibn was described by
'headquarters as "altogether sat
Isfactoryv" :
; Field dispatches said Rom.
mel's. effort to smash the salient
Detween tne uoon ano urne riv
ers had been a ."complete fail,
tire:.' Although a nazi counter-attack
on Dempsey's right Hank,
last night drove the British back
more pu b imie in tne initial
stages. . ; .. ...
i He f . Casualties
' Headauartera' said thp Hpr.
maim mifferprl "vprv hpaw pn
Haitian" in IIiami AAimlAw.!,..!..
...... . ... bviuiKiaiiwns.
andi field, dispatches estimated
i i . j . . .. .
umi iwu uucii enemy lanKa
were knocked out or crippled.
. ru j : : i -n "
- V i .it: uti man xauiu saiu X1UI1M
mel's' tanks -were under com-
mana oi uen. ueyer von senwep-
WnhMV .millfarv oHqnltA . T
j..mMM8I n.j. n.muiv ui UVU.
don before the war.)
From newly captured Marce.
let. Gen.; Sir Bernard I. Monti
gomery's troops struck due east
toward Caen in a thrust that
menaced one of the city's main
airfields.' At -last ' reports allied
.' frnnrlniial. nn: Patra nwi
'
inAeuTWr.Tnw .Tun., fl itP)
The United Slates tinauy orusc
tc .nuiinne with Finland today.
declaring that Scandinavian
country to De a puypei. vi
uermany.-
A tnw n.aafhprincr manv dinlo-
.11... o -
matic crises during the three
years in whicn r inland ana nus
sia have been at war, this gov
Ai.mY.ant thrnnph thp state de
partment, made the break.
laiven rBuui
A .UI. anQrtmpnt nfflpinl at
auiic nil"" ......... -
ut hanHo4 tn thp Finnish
charge d'affairs, Alexander Thes;
left last remaining xieisiniu
representative here his pass
port and a note from Secretary
Hull giving the reasons for the
break. x
Hull stated that tne recent m-
ntrntinn nf flnmiiin trnnns into
inland witn tne consent oi ine
Finnish government and German
infiltration into the councils of
4u. Finni.1. ftmrprnmpnt ripnrivpH
LUC x imiiaii 6i"v" ...-
tt: i i c lil.Ai.fi, nt DKlmn nnH
r 11 11(1 1 1U 111 uuci . J - ......... .
reduced the government of the
n t rinlnnj .tn tha unn.
nepuuiiu ui J.11HOI1U v..
dition of a puppet of nazi Ger
iiiaiijr. .
The break marKS tne ena oi
many efforts over a .period of
It-ontinueo on rage j.wi
No Whiskey Bonus
For Oregonidns
onnTT.AND. June 30 A)
n : ...... ...ill not rpppive. a
Jl tgUliituia -
whiskey bonus in July, the state
liquor control cunumaiuu
.aaaa Indav
Permit-holders will be limited
to the quart of whiskey permit
ted under ration quotas. In May
i T.ma thp pnmmissinn allotted
an extra fifth of "bonus" whis
key.
... i' ......acinar '-erratpffic - OOintS
wuin. i".""6 - 'J
throughout Klamatlj, forest areas
will facilitate fire protection in
the woods this summer. -
Central station " for', sending
j a mpfinases was set
IU1U icwsmuu o .
up this week in the offices of
the Klamath Forest Protective
association on Conger avenue.
with a sending aeriai iuwk"
there and . receiving .apparatus
.nnntarl nil thrpft tuEh DOleS On
the hills west of the city. .r
The forestry station nere iiaa
t aii lattarc icoiBi On one
iiie i.qn i . .... . .
hand, communication is main-
Klamath County Reaches
Two-Thirds of Bond Goal
', Two-thirds of the K 1 a m a t h
county E bond goal has been
reached- in the Fifth War Loan
drive, and $45,000 a day to the
end of the drive period will put
the county over the top, it was
announced today by Joe Hicks,
general chairman of the Kiwan-
Is-sponsoreo campaign.
KLAMATH service men army, navy and marine corps
are home-hungry. They live In barracks that are com
fortable but can't be like an honest-to-goodness home.
So, these service men will welcome the chance to go
to your home on one of the Fourth of July hoWays as
your guest for lunch or. dinner. Arrange to take one or
more service men to the rodeo, too. ,
"Don? forg the army men .t Tulelake Twenty-five of
thorn hove been released to visit Klamath Falls.
Calf 910 Immediately, and make the arrangements.
Mr,rp than 6000 tickets have
been issued for the bond-buyers
trir. to thp Marine Barracks Sun
day, indicating the activity in E
bond sales. Tickets win oe iucu
through Sunday and, anyone who
has purchased bonds during the
drive is entitled to tickets. Coun
try bond purcnasers, unapie iu
get into town to get uueu,
get them irom communis u
Hirks said that the premiere
i i nt "Thp F.vp nf St.
5 now in s w . .r.
in.k nt tha Pplirnn theatre this
ui ii i .1 . . " . .... . ,
wppk had Droved an effective
. .. . . i ti-i,
bond-buying stimulus, mm
ets for the stage show set for the
yi i T..U, i; Ig.iipH tn pxtra
J-eilVnli owij 7 i
$100 bond purchasers, are about
gone, fayrou savings eiiiici,
can find out from their employ
ers how to obtain these tickets,
r. pop. an tn S500 bond buyers.
. A special bond sale feature at
the Elks lodge -inursuuof jujv
ed In sales of $12,425 in E bonds.
FDR Signs Bill
For Freedom of
Phiiippines
w a r-TTTXT-TrM Tunc. 30 (FP)
Legislation pledging the United
vaders from the Philippines and
to -grant , the lsianas men iuu
: i nnan- nc. ennrv as normal
lIlUClTCUUCiivi. " '. ; .
i. (.,nf nne nan tit 16-
governiiieiiw XM.-"- ---- --
stored-was signeu iwpj j
nant WnnPVPlt. . .
"it. i nnntamnlated that as
soon as conditions warrant," Mr
ii : J in nn aApnmn!inv.
Kooseveit saiu m --
ing statement, "civil government
will De set .up uuww
llOnai oillteia. . ,
The legislation is embodied in
two congressional resolutions,
the first making possible earlier
independence ior uie
-11aa11,, oat fnr Jlllv 4. 1946
and the second authorizing a
joint economic commission to
consider tne renaoiuiuu ui ure
Philippines.
Finns Begin
General Strike
wmnniruftTur .Tiinp 30 (IP
O i UWUIW""ip " " ,
The Free Danish Press service
reported today tnat a general
strike had started in Copen
haopn pinsin? down all traffic
from the main passenger and
freight stations, suspending sureei
car service ana snuiung an suups
nnH' hanks.
A German troops train leaving
the main station Just before the
strike was reported wrecked by
an pxrilosion. .
The report said patriots dem
onstrated last nignt, overiuriiiiig
street cars which were used as
harrinaripe nffainct .pfforts nf OC-
ciipying Germans to quell the
disturDances.
AnAvtmanf ctatinns thrnilffhAut
the' state, and on the other the
contact.is maoe witn sets locaiea
in various parts of the Klamath
area.- .-. v.- ...
ltfain. lnpat ctaf inn-rinihts - are
Yainax butte, Parker mountain
lnnlrnut .r-hncp mniintain lOO jr.
n,it shaVp hnttp lookout. "Wey
erhaeuser "Camp' ,4 and King's
Uabin. it is also possioie to coni
mun ipatp-with nortablp' sets. oh
firp linps'.ponstructibii iobsand
other field activities.;- . ', :.
; i- One- automobile is equipped
iwith 'receiving and sending ap
paratus.;,' ' : '; .". i."
-1 1 AmI... M.n.MoK.'nlii)U
unantn ugiv, iiioiitif,..
Klamath .Forest Protective' assc-
n. At, aa .mn tnn.mmn oMin .18
wauuii) mm . r
almnAif .nnwillff if C HCpflllnPial. ' .
- A demonstration occurxeo. on
the first day the network-was in
operation. Bob Benson, working
north ot mover station on ..a
road job, cut the fingers of one
hand. Loren Close, his foreman,
radioed immediately 10 iiieuiiB
((Continued on rage wo)
Inner Tubes to
Be Ration Free-
WA RVrrNriTfSpr. . June 30 :WP
The. off ice of price administra
tion today oruereo. tne reniuvtu
from rationing of all tire Inner
lUDes, eiiecuve lumuaw. .
: Tt alcn annnilllPpH that' S tOtal
of 3,900,000 new passenger car
tires nave , Deen aiiuutiicu
rationing .. in July and August,
an increase, of 50,000 - tires in
both months over tne June
quota. . ... - . - .."' '" y-"'.--' -' -taaaa
- t,,Ka . invpnlnrles. are
now sufficiently large to sup
ply the needs or an ,moiur,
OPA said, in- eliminating the re-
Aiiiramant fnr rationing Oertifi-
cates. Tubes were brought un
der rationing in January,, wki,
along with tires. ' - .
Mercury Hits
New High Here
:--T will -ur'prp warm Thursday.
you had good reason .to be,: The
1I1C1I.U1J ui- " .'. " a "
summer when the thermometer
reached an official 90 degrees.
Minimum for the same day
was 50 degrees and there was
no precipitation.
Minesweeper
Sunk OH Coast
' -rinrtlnv-a'-T.mA an:,. a
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coastal minesweeper was sunk in
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vessel.:off Cuttyhunk last night
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members:-: of the - former are
missing,-the navy announced to
day... .
First naval district headquart
ers;said that the commanding of-
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minesweeper were -picked up by.
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craft. The destroyer escort aid
ed. and. assisted m the search for
others. "
The. navy said the destroyer
escort suffered no apparent damage,.
Germans Flee
North In Italy
:-r ROME, June: 30 :(IP) Ger.
man troops of Italy's west coast.
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ward yesterday and the Ameri
cans, in swift pursuit, reached
the vicinity of iCecma, only -20
airline miles south of the port
Ot .L,ivorno (iiegnorn;,. amea
headquarters said- today, v
- American jarmored- torces iar
theccinland -stabbed to withia
seven -miles .of the - historic city!;
of Siena, 31 miles below Floiy.
$nce, and French troops on
their . right were only 10 miles
from the same -target.
At the same time strong ene
my resistance began cracking
under, neavy eignm auny av
tacks and British forces, stream-Ino-
northward. - cantured the -
nicturesdue Lake Trasimeno
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town- OI' V.aailgilUiic -w af .
which had been - a nazi sea
plane base as well as a strong
point. It is the site of the fa
mous castle of the Knights of
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Brownell Elected Head of
GOP National Committee
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unifiuu. uu... i- -. -
bert Brownell, Jr., 40-year-old
New York lawyer, was una ui
mously elected chairman of the
Republican National committee
today to direct the presidential
campaign oi ov. x u u m
Dewey.. " " f
Drlnr tn tha Plpetion. DeWeV
addressed the committee Infor
mally and declared tne repuDii
can party would remain united
nnenita what hp palled - "devisive
efforts" on the part of the pres
ent national administration.
. Siirepprla Iowan.
T3t.ninpll eitAAppHq- HarriRnn E.
Cnanslpr: nf P p H a r RanldS. Ia..
WHO was named cnairman in
cember, 1942, after the resigna
tion of Rep. Joseph W. Martin,
Jr.. of Massachusetts. ;
Subsequently, Brownell an
no u n c e d the appaintment of
spangier, tne mium uiauiu
j as .general' counsel for the com
mittee. Bpangier nuivreua
Dietcner. .
The new cnaurman nas pn
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for 14 years. A native of Peru,
Neb., he was graduated witn ingu
honors from the University of
Nebraska and Yale law school.
i. organii
A nmati Nam Vnrk nfatA lnf
Islator, he has a reputation for
his ability to organize political
campaigns..
. Brownell was the choice of
Governor Dewey and had the en
dorsement also ot governor jonn
W. Brisker of Ohio, Dewey's
running mate.
Other national committee of
ficers elected included three new
vice chairmen: Warner W..
Schroeder of Illinois; Mrs. Hor
ace' A. Sayre of Oklahoma, and
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