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dblh m"-fr iters will Jump
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fNEFIAL EISENHOWER tolls
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my '' ""'. V.VU..H
ifM lor.1'- 'n r..,r..Tiin."
" m ' iu
ll (hen Mkc "' "- ;
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Pi . iff llio possibility l o
" 5' ' i nut. he
In u country so compn vy
,iiiil"l Dy Gestapo method
3 be false l b..e ..ny rc;
delation on U.o hopo that
ifiy will crack. Internally.
OST of us Imvo the Men tlmt
ni-finui'fi in iuiu.
(mv una nnvy "
Ubm followed along quite
dlly. . ..
. nnlnl s I ml Uio uerman
I r ..... iinnKK FIRST 111 the
1,1 wr. It l u-'
1 HHIJ . .. ...
Irnk will come when the i Cirr
...i i i. ii w i us i mm tiiiiut
nan nrmj - v,v". , . . ,..
n tan I vet. 11 uu
L. .,i iini. uit General bison-
wcr reminds us. much hord
IshtlnK remains to ie none uu-
i now aim nun iiuiu.
VJR blit sliota n'ro unduly wor-
' rlcd about us on tno home
v'.i.i,. i'mv in lm mro. tlmt
I he war Is finally lining well for
ur side (meaning, of course, the
;uropcaii wur), und Unit burring
rime miracle showered down on
liitler we ro certuin to win. uui
Uc have sense enough lo Know
hat wo haven t won yet unci inui
I lot of hard fighting remains to
dono before wo law win.
W nrnn'l enmnlptn afin. Ill
Iplte of all-lhe Uilk-niKiut-Jeople-
aravint. ineir wur juub huu iiuiiu
Inj! bacK Home, the oe roporii
LvallahU inllriiltt Dint wnr nro.
Iluction ISN'T dropping off.
llrA hnmA frfinlnr. Hmn'1 ronlW
Id bail as the brass lints FEAli
vc arc. '
t
, N imporltuit Knutcrn nlrplnno
manufacturer tolls the ncnnto
Inilltnry committee that In 1040
ic row a detailed Hitler plnn
o Invado Uio United Slates.
The Idea was to iniiko n feint
lliroush Newfnundliind mid then
really INVADE through Mexico.
Ho savs he eiit tho nlnn
IthrouRh diplonuilif sources, mid
when he brmiulit it hack to this
country he mind tho stnle de
partment knew nil nhout U.
ft sounds bad.
Stl . We muni rnmnmhnp fhnl
I- Bnernl stuffs hovo plans lo
"ivadc ALL countries. They use
tOmn Of tho nlnn nnrl anmn nt
Ihcir I gather dust In tho archives
indefinitely. It is probnblo that
wen in our most pacifist years,
our own ncncrnl staff hod plans
lor Invading Germany ond
Japan.
It Isn't Dt all linlllcolv (tint ufl
even had pluns for invading Eng
land. Making such plans uro
what gcnerul stuffs uro lor. It
would bo highly unusual if Hit-
. i 1 ,,lorls tlul" 1 hBve PlBn
'or Invading us.
I
IS we must remember thot
urn i co'i'liicrors (such as
Hitler) are nlwnvc iiirni.. i apt
n?,,.!.'''.?1"1 " well as mnko
"Mro or when ihev mill hit.
uiSS J '.'1 "linn we slmpl
MUST tin it ""V?" WB "nP'y
hn n.r.i , wor"' wars ore to
Ktf lit. !; towcoR.
I for iu. . """Muorora Timci
anV' " '"aa tiogs they really are"
with It ""I (ln conjunction
BY nfe,n.ntlons- 11 possible;
befoS. ,KSE1rVES lf wo "vo to
m.i ' " "'"iig spree.
WoHH "lu P"rn or mo
pat orn nlUOror', " ls 8 CLEAR
pattern, We enn't fall to recog-
paUcrn'l'r1-' ,wo rec08nlzcd the
hn enough, but wo
the rcaiilife 11,0 toM nor
" "aiislic courogo to ACT,
CHINESE
Inflation note:
GIVING awaI" ,clu'nKkl"8 ore
lion biinkn AY. low dcnominn
fe flceinn. 'n ,0 refu8ees who
OfCmn?""
!o nunnii-n... . noies are
5an BULKY that
cfry them m 0,1 Wh0 ot tllu'
"lr sSmL8 POLES over
a Suess f .. .i!l0U cnn form
value" m thls 88 to their
1bce!;ISnCOrnt"yi.lntlton has
ilbi body talk!
so f, "ues much.
And.
IPcnccl.' "u'mn8 much has
hap-
L?"l.evy now and d,'
(ns in
itlon
gets
ioos. thi vvnen t g
. the results are terrlhiS
1
PRICE 5 CENTS
JUPS SMASH
lypsE
Push Part of Two-Way
Clearing of
Railway
By 8PENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, July 12 (!')
Striking northward In Kwiing
tung province, the Japanese leil
wing west of the Canlun-Hiinkow
railway has reached a point 12
miles from strategically Import
ant Tlngtak, the Chinese high
command said tonight.
This push from the south Is
part of the Japanese two-way
drive aimed nt clearing the
Canton-Hankow railway. Ylng
tak Is 70 miles north of Canton
and 100 miles south of the Hunan
province rail city of llengyang,
where the Japanese army reach
ing clown from tho north was
hailed. Actually operation of
Ylnglak would place tho advance
elements of the Japanese jaws
within less than 100 miles of
each other.
Henayang right Bloody
Tho ' Cnlnose high command
declared that bloody fighting
lContlhued6irpogdrTwo) ;
i -
McAuley
Promoted
News of two Klamath Falls
servicemen was announced by
the war department In news re
leases today.
A promotion was received by
Milton Kenneth McAuley In the
U. S. army air corps, who wns
promoted to captain from the
rank of first lieutenant.
Assigned to active duty was
Second Lt. John Earl Everhart.
who Is with the army air corps.
Ho Is tho pilot of n heavy bomber
crew,
Johnston Returns
From Russia
NEW YORK, July 12 W
Eric Johnston, president of the
United States chamber of com
merce, returned In an army
transport piano today from a
visit of eight weeks in Russia.
Johnston arrived at LaGuar
dla airport shortly after noon,
and said ho was glad to be back
home.
Ho wns accompnnlcd by Wll
llnm h, While, editor of the
Emporia, Kos., Gazette, and
Joyce O'Horo, Johnston's as
sistant. Johnston and O'Hara went on
to Washington. Johnston said
he did not care to comment on
his Russian trip, other than to
mention h 1 s conference with
Premier Stalin.
National Bond
Sales Over Top
WASHINGTON, July 12 (7P)
War bond sales In the Fifth
War Loan totaled $18,811,000,
000 through yesterday, Ted R.
Gamble, war finance director,
reported today. Ho predicted
total sales In tho drive would
reach $20,000,000,000. Tho
quota was $16,000,000,000.
Tho drlvo officially closed
last Saturday. But final figures
will not bo available until early
In August because alt E, F and
G bonds sold through July will
bo credited to the grand total.
Bauxite Deposits
Found in Oregon
cATWAr -Tnlv 19. fPl Sizable
deposits ot high-alumina iron
ore or nlgn-iron pauxue, wm
could bo dug by surface mining,
have been found In northern
Washington county, the state de
partment of geology and mineral
Industries advised Governor
Snnll fnrlnv
The ore averages 20 to 26 per
cent Iron, 25 to 35 per cent
alumina, u to it per cum smwi
nnA is viAti iinnfi nhnnnhnrus.
The department sold it Is not
Known wnetner mo oiks tun iu
be treatod profitably, dui incu
cations are that profitable opor
Hon l Mlble.
Ms Pans
NEAR IIM
f Tli ShaHtu
i Tonvanl Boraer
U. S. Advances
Despite Stiff
German Battle
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME, July 12 (!') American light armored elements pushed
forward two miloi along the Italian west coast yesterday in the
face of bitter German resistance and captured the town of Cas
tlglioncello, thus bringing the fifth army to within eight miles
airline of Livorno (Leghorn).
Some eight miles inland, however. American Infantry ran
Into stiff opposition while advancing from Caiale toward Pastlna,
where the Germans showed the utmost determination to delay
their progress,
(The German radio said nail lines between Poggisbonsl and
the west coast were withdrawn two miles northward after par
ticularly violent fighting in which 25 U. S. .tanks were wiped
out. Heavy fighting was reported on both sides of the Tiber with
strong British formations which "launched a large scale attempt
to break through." German positions were declared "withdrawn
to shortened lines").
American troops further cast
By The Associated Press
SOoTllKAST ASIA COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS. Kan
dy, Ceylon, July 12 Lt. Gen.
Joseph W. Stilwcll's campaign
tu root the Japanese from monsoon-drenched
north Burma and
drive a land supply route to
C III nu reached another milestone
yesterday with the-juncture -of
Uio Chinese 22nd and 3Btli 'di
visions about seven miles vcit of
Magaung.
This freed the jungle-girt
mountain area between Kamaing
ond Moguung of all but isolated
bands of stragglers. Headquar
ters said the road was cleared
of organized resistance and that
the Chinese Una made local a
tacks ut the beleaguered base
of Myltkylno, last of three north
Burman bastions still portly held
In Japanese hands.
16.000 Japs Killed
Totol Japanese dead In north
Burma stand at more than
lfl.000 of which more than 10,000
were killed in May. June and
July.
The Jopancsc have been clear
cd from the Mognung and Fort
(Continued on Page Two) ,
New Baltic
Offense
Begun
LONDON, July 12 (VP) Open
ing a new offensive on tho sec
ond Baltic front, red army troops
have advanced 30 miles on 90
mllo front and captured Idrltsa,
40 miles northwest of Nevel.
Soviet troops captured .1000
other populated places along
with Jdritsu, 00 miles north ot
Polotsk, Premier Marshall Stalin
announced tonight In an order
of the day.
Three More Die
In Circus Fire
HARTFORD, Conn., July 12
(P) While officials continued
their investigation of, the circus
fire and tried to meet the mani
fold problems created by the
disaster, three more victims died
In local hospitals, and the death
toll reached 162.
Damage suits continued to be
filed ogoinst the circus and the
attachments on Its property rose
to $628,000. Many more such
actions were expected.
Turkish Participation in
War Considered in Ankara
By FRANK O'BRIEN
ANKARA, July 11 (Delayed)
(pi Conversations are afoot
hero which may lead to Turkish
participation in the wur before
tho end of the summer.
Tho talks are between repre
sentatives of Turkey, Russia and
Britain. . , . ,
These conferences of the soviet
and British ambassadors ond
Turkish leaders, principally Pre
mier Sukru Saracoglu, have been
taken up nt tho point wheie the
Cairo conferences last year left
Turkey's position within the
United -Nations undefined.
Beginning Points
; They must first surmount the
bitterness crented by allied
charges that Turkey failed to
keep her word and tho Turkish
counter that the.nllies failed com
pletely to equiPf'Turkey for war
as had been promised. Actual
military talks can begin tllr.
- CaHeade Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1944
also encountered tough going
northeast of Lajatico, where the
mi z is counterattacked fiercely,
but they repelled the thrust
and Lajatico itself was brought
under attack, ..Late dispatches
from the field said the nazls
still were holding out within
the town. -
In the upper -Tiber valley
eighth army troops occupied the
villages of Mcone Morra and
Mucinnano and cleared . 3000-
foot-high Mount Clvitella of the
enemv. .
At the same time allied tanks
crossed the. Mestore rivet, .up
per tributary of the Tiber, and
advanced -stpme-dtstance-Deyond
Ih'a river.V Furlhor, ast .In the
Pletralunea' area. . a German
counterattack caused' a. slight
loss of ground by the allies.
Meanwhile on the Adriatic
coast Italian troops were cred
Itcd with a slight advance In
the vicinity of the Musone river
and the city of Ancona was
brought under, artillery fire by
the allies, who now are only
eight miles away.
English Execute
German Spy
' LONDON. ' July 12 (P)Jo-
seoh Jan Van Hove, a former
Antwerp waiter who arrived
here from Belgium last Feb-
ruary 11 posing as a refugee,
was . executed at Pentonvllle
prison today as a German spy
the 16th person to be executed
in Britain lor espionage since
the boeinnlns of the war.
Van Hove was convicted on
May 24 at a trial at which it was
charged he was sent to Britain
by the Germans in an attempt
to obtain information about al
lied plans for the invasion of
western t rance, ms mission was
described as a complete failure,
Lithuanians
Killed by Nazis
LONDON. July 12 (OT In an
article published In the soviet
government newspaper Izvestia,
Justas Ralekis, chairman of the
presidium of Lithuanian soviet,
asserted that at least 200,000
Lithuanians had been killed and
hundreds of thousands taken to
Germany for slave labor.
A broadcast of the article to
the red army was recorded here
by the soviet monitor.
"There is not a town or vil
lage In Lithuania which has not
become a mass grave for inno
cent victims of the Hitlerite ter
ror," Raleckis asserted.
The United States has been
fully Informed of the successive
steps In the conversations, which
got under way about 10 days ago.
Simultaneous consultations are
taking place in Moscow and Lon
don and probably in Washing
ton, Beneath Dignity
The Turks are said to feel that
it would be beneath their nation
al dignity to participate in the
war by merely giving bases to
the allies.
Before everything else the
Turks want assurance on these
two points:
1, Assurance of Turkey's post
war political and territorial in
tegrity, accompanied by a clear
cut statement of allied post-war
alms, " -.
2; A satisfactory explanation
of how and when and to what ex
tent Turkey will be armed If she
ttiPllUmiW OW rage two)
T
LARGE HOLES
IN MAZMJME5
Russians 49 Miles
From Prussian
Border .
c. r-nriv niT.MftPr
MOSCOW, July 12 UP) The
knnekintf lareo new
holes in the already sagging Ger
man lines, surged westward to
day from a point less man t
miles cast of the east Prussian
unrAnf o a nam which, if con
tinued, would carry the fighting
to German soil by the end of
the weett.
(The German communlqui
"thi Hrlvancine Soviets'
ii.net r.t AlvluK in Lithuania. 51
miles from East Prussia, 33 miles
...lh r,t Kaunas and within 27
miles of the strategic East Prussia-Riga
railway over which two
nnri irmip! in the Baltic must
h. ennnlinri in narL Retreats
along the whole central front
were reported. Dy rsenm. uw
surrounded Wilno garrison was
1.-1 . 1 ! ,1 U.. Bif . .i' ' ..
VCM1B BUFl"'" WJ -
GenV -.Ivan r Chernaikhovsky's
pnvnlrv and tanks drove the
.nn.rh.irl Inwsrd East Prussia
in a 20-mile advance where the
spit of the province known as
the Swalki triangle sticks out
north of Grodno. -
General advances along the en'
fir ssn.mllo front between Lat
via and the Pripyat marshes
.rnnnl thrmioh JTinrp thfln , 400
places yesterday, killing at least
400U uerman soioiers ana onns
ing . about the capture of hun
dreds more.
Tnwnc Thru fined '
The new forward sweeps
placed me red army .aciuaiiy
within strming distances oi n.au
no AS tviiloo nwnvr r.rodno. 56
Tani'luetnlr M nnrl DflllCavmls
less than 'l 8. Military observers
in Mnoviuf saw- a direct threat
to Bailystok and Grodno in the
strong central diow. rinss, ai
ihn .rloQ nf thp Prinvaf marshes
to the south, already was lost
(uonunuea on rage awo;
Outdoor Gunnery
Range Authorized
An mifrlnnr rnnnerv ranee at
the Klamath naval air station
has been authorized Dy tne sec
retary of the navy, according
to telegrams irom senator uujr
Pnrlnn rnr-otupH hPTO todaV bV
State Senator Marshall Cornett
and. the office of the chamber of
commerce.
The facilities will include a
DinnnDi-j4 Hnrecicrhtinr ranee
shoteun sighting training tower
and sighting range. .n ap-
nrnnith tn ' fhf ta.vlWSVS to the
airport was included in the new
authorization.- -
. Cost of the additions will be
approximately $l4,sou. ,
Use Stamp Fines
Being Imposed
' Five dollar fines are being im
posed on all those who do not
have their federal use stamp, on
the windshields of their cars, it
was disclosed today by the dep
uty collector of internal revenue
. Numerous violators have had
to appear at the revenue office
in the Federal building since the
check was started on July o. Dep
uties have been checking cars on
the streets.
Those who had purchased their
stamps but had not put them on
the windshields were not penal
ized If they could prove that the
stamp had been bought previous
to the deadline.
City Employees
Top Bond Quota
EmDloves of the city of Klam
ath Falls more than doubled their
Fifth War Loan quota, it was
announced today.
The Dersonnel were assigned
quota of $4580 but they bought
a total of $10,925.75 In war bonds
and stamps. The fire department
went all out in buying $6145.50
to zoom way over its part of
tne city quot.
ROOFS KNOCK
July 12, 1944
Mm. (July 11) i :.....87 Min. ....... 4B
Precipitation last 24 , hours... 00
Stream ytar to data 9.B9
Normal 11.98 Last year ........17.78
Forecast! Cooler.
Wallace Returns to U. S.
t Kz.? if
I'.
Iff 1 r i '
Vice President Henry Wallace
pilot- and navigator who flew him irom China. Col. Richard
Kight (center), pilot from Palm Beach. Fla., and Capt. John C.
Wagner, Lakeville.- Ind., navigator, filled the same roles .on
Wendell Willkle's flight around
Roosevelt Reported Ready
To Request Wallace as
Running Mate,
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELf ;
WASHINGTON. July 12- (P)
President Roosevelt, having ac
cepted in advance a fourth term
nomination which long had been
assured, was reported ready to
day to recommend but not de-
13-rear-Od
Giri Found in
Saipan Harbor
WASHINGTON. July 12 (P)
The story of a 13-year-old Jap
anese girl who spent five days
in ' ship-packed . Saipan harbor
without discovery or apparently
serious injury . was told today
in a dispatch, from Saipan's marine-captured
Charan-Kanoa hos
pital. . ... . .
. Yamamoto, as she is known,
snent those five days . afloat on
a life preserver, her lips, face
and arms, blistered, from sun
hum. Staff Sereeant Nolle T. Rob
erts of Pascagoula, Miss., a ma
rine combat, correspondent,
wrote that she was picked up 20
miles at sea June 17. - How she.
happened to be there, he said
ns not Deen . exDiainea.- .
"She ignores tne war ana
calmly reads a Japanese version
of a Peter Rabbit comic book,
while doctors marvel that she is
alive, Roberts reported.
15 Die in Army ,
Pfane Crash :
SOUTH PORTLAND.'- Me.,
Jiilv 12 IP?) The death toll in
Maine's worst aviation tragedy
reached 15 early today ana
seven of scores injured when a
light army plane ploughed into
a war woriters : camp oi iuu
trailers and blew up were re
ported in danger of dying. ;
Six of tne oeaa ana approxi
mately half of the injured were
children. Nine adults also- per
ished. The Identified dead:
Lt.' Philip I. Russell.' 23 of
South Portland and Staff Sgt.
Wallace Mifflin, of Seattle, the
planes crew; Edward A. Ger-
rish, .32, Orono shipyard work
er: James . Little, four; 1 Nancy
Little, two; Gordon Gorham, 42;
and George ftoDertson, nine
months. ;
Stimson Arrives
In Britain
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE. July 12 (IP) Secretary
of War Stimson arrived in Brit
ain today for an inspection of
the European theater of oper
ations. - '. -. i ' . .''.'
Stimson came to Britain from
Italy.
He was accompanied by Exe
cutive Assistant Harvey M,
Bundy. Maj. Gen. Thomas Kirk,
surgeon-general of the United
States army, atid Maj, Gen. Alex
ander D. Su'f-les, army public
relations Director.. :
Number 10208
(left) pose in Seattle with his
the world. (AP wixephoto).
in Election
mand a- second" fehrt-'6rTVice
President Wallace. - V .' i V
' The - decision clinching ; the
nomination ahead of time pro
duced conjecture that Mr. Roose
velt probably would pass upa
formal acceptance-speech to the
democratic national convention,
eitner in person or Dy radio.-.
Only .Chore ' ; ;...
Selection of a vice-presidential
Candidate- is the- single-. major
chore remaining for the conven
tion starting a week;from today
in Chicago. Mr. Roosevelt is ex
pected to lend a hand with it by
nudging the delegates toward
Wallace.'' - '
Today or tomorrow," the chief
executive may let it be. known
that Wallace is his preference for
a running mate,-but that the con-
l.ontinuea on p age Two)
Japanese Holds
Targets of Raid
V.S. PACIFIC FLEET. HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Jujy
12 (p) Japanese holdings along
more than 4000 miles from the
Kuriles to Ceratri were' listed in
latest advices ' today 'as targets
uvme auiea air arm. .
ua xne sea, . American war
ships shelled Guam Sunday for
the second straight day.. (Tokyo
radio said that' between July..' 1
and 10 Guam has been raided
Dy yyu pianes which , caused
"some damage").", ; .
''-. Aground, marines and' soldiers
mopped up . enemy pockets n
Saipan. : . .
The air blows drew the reluct
ant Jap" airforce into "battle in
only one instance, over- repeatedly-attacked
Yap in the western
Carolines where Liberators oper
ating from the Southwest Pacific
shot, down five -of more than -20
interceptors as well . as destroy
ing an undetermined number of
parked planes Monday. .
I. S. Delegation Semes
BRETTON WOODS, N. ; tf.
July' 12 (P) The American del
egation to the United . Nations
monetary conference has served
a virtual ultimatum on soviet
union representatives demanding
a final answer on the all-import
ant question3 of quotas to a pro
posed multi-biiilon . currency
stabilization fund.- - ' - -
-- This was learned .today from
an unimpeachable conference
source who added that "the Ru
sian group indicated a reply from
Moscow might be expected: by
nightfall: He said he Was "quite
hopeful" the-answer ;Would be
favorable.
Want Laraer Quota .
Russia' is known -to be seeking
a auota larger, than 9l.ouu.ooo,-
000 originally assigned to- her
in a tentative draft, of the stabil
ization fund proposal' and at the
same time i to be .demanding
credit for . her war devastated
areas. The credit would be - 111
th form of a gold .contribution
Gl S DESTROY
TWENTYTANKS
EN SMASHES
American' Lines Near;
St.' Ley Two Miles i
From Lessay .
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE,' July 12 (iP) American
troops destroyed more than 20.
nazi tanks today in smashing
back -heavy German counter
blows at the center of their lines,
and swept forward to both winga
of the Zriamile front, slugging
to' within two miles of the west
ern anchor town of Lessay, and
even closer to St. Lo.' , ,
' The fierce repulse of German
armor, raised to 244 the toll of
enemy, tanks taken in France in
the past few days. .
I - Close oa St. Lo '
In violent fighting, Americans
closed - on St,' Lo the Germans'
central bastion in Normandy
from -two directions, and the
nazis counterattacked to cover a
German withdrawal to the west.
.. Doughboys tonight were with,
in less than two miles of St. Lo
on the east, ..a front dispatch de
clared. . ..
. . Charge Into Lines
Throwing their heaviest assault
toward .'Le . Desert, six miles-
northwest., of St., Lo, German
tanks and troops charged head.,
on into U. S. . lines,, and more;
than 20 enemy tanks went up in,
flames before the nazis retreated..
Le Desert, ' west of St. Jean da
Haye, was let in a no man's land,
with the doughboys a couple of
hundred yards from that village.
Despite the heavy- German
armored losses. Gen. Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery's headquarters
warned that "enemy armor still
is strong and he is fighting back'
vigorously but is being worn
down and -given no rest." - 1
' ; . -Wing Advances - 5
The;,wesf wing of -thfe -Amer
icaif -attack advanced -nearly - a) ;
mile; seizing the villages -of An
govIlle'Surlay and" La Bburdon-T
nerier and carrying to - within
(Continued .on Page Two), .r
'--; i 1 i
Commission Asks .
Riequests for
Canal Lining - ;
The 'city nlanninir commission
this','week asked the city to send
requests to. the necessary author
ities for -post-war construction of
a concrete lining as well as fenc
ing of, the U. S. reclamation
canal.- - - -.- -
'The concrete lining would not
only beautify the canal but
would prevent seepage into the
city.- . i . ...
. J. H. Carnahany city attorney,
was instructed by the city coun
cil Monday night to draft a reso
lution requesting - post-war lin
ing and fencing - of the canal,
copies- of - the resolution to be
sent to - this area's senators and
representatives in congress and
to the U. S. bureau of reclama
tion. ' . - - ......
Soldiers Killed
In Stolen Car
IPOKTLAND,; July 12 (JP)
Two soldiers died last night in
a. speeding car which a Port
land man. had , reported stolen
from, a parking .lot a short time
earlier.- .- '
Deputy ' Sheriff ' Ralph Davis
said the car; roared past him at
approximately 80 miles an hour,
crashed into a ditch and was de
molished against a tree.
" The .two were, identified by
Portland-army air base, where
they- were stationed, as Pvt.
Lloyd "G. Perry, ' Bradyville,
Tenn., and Pvt. John F. McKelv
vy. Moulton, Ala.
smaller' "than that required of!
other nations.
-, -.The-United States , delegation '
reportedly . agreed to hike the
Russian quota figure to $1,200,- .
000:000 with the understanding
that- she put up one-fourth of
that amount in gold or ten per
cent of her gold holdings, which
ever' was-' the : smaller, or sho
could accept' the smaller quota
and thereby reduce her gold
contribution proportionately un
der the formula that would ap- '
plyto; all participants. ;; - , ,
Misunderstanding
'The Russians, it was reported,
have. taken the stand that they
liad ' bbtained - pre - conferenco
promises from' the American for .
the special, war credits, but this!
-was said to have been the result
of a .misunderstanding, possibly
because Of language difficulties.
, It was understood that either
Premier Stalin or Foreign Min
ister ' Molotov woilld have t
make the final decision. - .