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I Wcro "" ".., f,.n unci, of
trh biir ' d rlvt.r und
w 11 ' itoiulcd Into
Snips l'vu '
i,.,iomiy
ri. , .
.pi- ,5 n.illlcltc the R-
Hera
fit Tito Shanta-Cacada Wonderland
jraPlgijPj
'lift
July 13. 1944
u. li.i 191 ' 83 Mln ....43
Pr.rlnltstion last . 24 houri ..- 00
Stream year to date Jj-Jjj
Normal U.89 Last year ........17.78
Forecast: warmer,
PRICE 5 CENTS
Japs Attack fit fiitape
I ml" Hi offenslvu north o
17 E d the Ci.ili.tl gup 'ul
?W".V. II . 1,1..
i.i u.. in,., tin
IIs 1 .. i. .I hv our olivl
Hicu riy v-;,,,,,- i,nm0.
'TrrylW will do the
i ;
L.rnv un'i nnv really star
l lllnii iiow on mo "
'm re. ond U
S1 ' , ' ,c7;C" I... been so
rj exacted that It to n wwd
Ll like Uio coming of Christ
" "Sr...!" i milin curia In
Si' It wo waited long enough It
louM arrive. ,,
FDIt, wuuruuy :, ;.Y.
believes Hint u"r' "J"?"
Kccr the country through the
"". " j ii... mou nil Deuce.
pncllcally ALL executive who
" nn their lobi a long
lime come lo feci Hint way.
.. v. i i uood enough
,u hlbuli.e"d l'way.
lomM baek'to the office after an
h.nFO nncl linns 7
running smoothly und efficiently
tT doesn't matter o much what
irnn think, nnoui H. ntwi
mi i. ...iw.iiwr tiio Amcri
W II CUUlii I. 7 . ..,
i. I. .... rniirhirl the
point where thoy arc convinced
thslONLY ONE MAN 1 capable
of running Ihe unnca omie.
this Inillsnenmblo man com
1 i. i. n thread that rum
more or leu through ail rocorouu
Tlio Alliciilnim got It In Per
icles' lime. I'erlelcs wan a
shrewd and able demagogue wno
specialized in giving tne Aincn
...l.Al Ihm, wiinlnrl. no mat
lulls wiih niv . -: .
ler wlint it cost. It cost a lot,
but (he Allicnlmiit LIKED It.
It worked, loo for B LONG
llmi Tlio earlv dccoclci of
DnrUlnB rllln nr.. WnflWn hill
lorically as the "golden age" of
Athens.
KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944
Number 10209
H
EAVY FORCE
MASSED FOR
NEW ASSAULT
Nips Hope to Blast
Escape From
New Guinea
Club Homo For Service Men's Relative
inuiMprn AT.T.IKn HEAD-
QUAlfi'KKS. Now Guinea. July
13 W'j biHling two moiuiu ui
imolderlng quiet, Japan a trap,
pod, bypaxaud 18th army linn
auddonly and viciously iittnckcd
Americana entrenched near Alt
ape, BrltUh New Guinea.
rtoauquurirra iiiiuik.-
day that the Jnpancae, fneed
with atarvallon or evcntuul
eranure between advancing Aus
tralian ana American iruu,,
had massed a heavy force, ap
parently In tho hope of blasting
an encape rout for 45,000 men
westward through Altape into
Dutcn now uumca.
Openlna skirmishes
"OdchIiib skirmishes with our
outguard and rcconnuissanco
groups now nro taking place,
it. a MmmitnlMim rnnfirtcd.
HIV VW.I t... .-,
The Japanese, aucr inunnniK
rA ......nl Hiivt nttnrkprl Mon-
a niuhi iinnu' tlm Drlniumor
river, ai miius easi. 91 raif
cnn-tjccupivti mm, i.
TBnwa 1111, in .....
TU Im.rlnni vntnrnnS of
(ho Now Guinea campaigns at
Buna and Saldor, dug in and
held. J .
Tho Japanese renewed tholr
assaulU Tuesday... ResulU of
that action have not been dis
closed. Allied planes rnked the
130 miles of enemy-held coast
east to the Austrnllan hcld Scplk
A hondciuarlcrs spokosmnn,
nsked why the Japs were trying
,.mi, nn, nf tho trnn. said:
"Thoy loso.lf they sit because
they'll starve to acatn.
Prussia Danger
Grave As Reds
Smash jForvard
LONDON, July 13 (IP) Wllno has been captured by the red
army. Marshal Stalin announced tonight.
The Russians first broke Into Wllno (Vilna) six days ago and
since engaged in bitter street lighting against the reinloreed
German garrison of the encircled city. nn kt.it
The city, witn a peacetime population m uw,vw, .... ----hands
many time, in a long and turbulent history. It lies on the
main Leningrad-Warsaw railroad and is the Junction of that
route and tho Minsk-Kaunas-Konigsberg line. ta
Stalin's announcement in an m v. .... --j .-TSr'TT"...
Gen. Ivan Chornlakhovsky, commander of the third white us
slan front, said the German garrison was lldated today and
directed that It be celebrated by a 24-salvo salute from 324 Mos
cow cannon. . ' , .... ,ra
H JVIUSLU V , dUljr id n j
slan troops advanced to a point
nVENTUAI.I.Y. t h o "noldcn
C lie" begnn to peter out. The
time came when Pericles could
pull no more rabbits out of hats.
Athens started downhill, and
kepi jolng.
This was the trouble:
Thn ,.l,.n.,ii-n.Uvlnir Allinn-
lans had got Just too LAZY to
bother with the annoying details
of getting good men into office
and going on with the Job of
nrnulrlinrr n,l MAINTAINING
good government and wise public
policies.
It was so EASY lo lcavo It all
to Perlelen. And Pnrictlos nnvcr
seemed to mind. As the citizens
ol Athens LAID DOWN their
nowert nivl tlinl,. t.inl.1. nnrt (hnlr
responsibilities, Pericles PICKED
nibM uiJ and wont on irom
there.
He always Kocmed to hnvo the
"iiswcr,
JN the course of lime, tho magic
urn ruiieies (Krcni puouc worns,
PA projects, spending and
more sncndlnK) beunn to
and Athens began to
sun
wane
S in
But by Hint time the citizens
' Athens had LOST THEIR
ABILITY to govern themselves.
fflnoCr hulploss to chock tn0
The outcome of it was that the
"J ui Aincns came to an end
quite trai(c cntl
History tells us all about It.
THAT is Iho trouble with In
Ulaponsnblo men. Wlion they
PJs on, or tholr magic begins
'le, it Is so hard to find an
"tncr mnn of Iho same sort.
. nna MV.AM r tj t t v u-..
1 . - -"Mil IM11JJO w 1IUVU
m iiSur ablllty t0 do things for
ourselves. Leavlnu tliinirs to tho
"ospensnblo man is fine whllo
lSnllely.'tnCVcr soor 10 laat
IIiiHh!,? lut ln s"ch a moss when
10 i,"il5pcnsnbl0 man is with us
'
J "s nnts keep worrying
-..lOOUt US hlM.hn.l...
cCrfui eo'"multl"cs ara all
cons an L fhrouKh them runs
rln, h. y ho note of "th0 ma
iff ,vo. antled and tho sltua-
all ti o 'L ln llnnd." Wo get
the hn,i " 1 n?ws nt oncei and
bad news Is withhold from
ireni' u..-i .. .
Tokvn 1 ,;"".uori mo tirsi
Cat nlri y ,lltUo Pef"l Har.
oays thai ., .. pBSl couple of
umnn ullL'Bivcs auo.ooo
a')l3B nni? ?urtr.0"dorod to the
ir. 3000 In Itnly. 84.00(1 In
WUI1I llllli-wl
on rage Four)
1 1 n rrrwsii
BATTLE CASUALTIES
NEAR 181B TOTALS
New Yorker's
Knowledge of
Oregon Limited
PORTLAND. Julv , 13. P
Harry, Daniel, president of the
Oregon Humane society, com
plained today about new noric
ors" knowlcdKa of northwest ge
ography. . .
A letter from tho executive
vice president of tho American
cnntl.. in tlm Prpvnntlon of
Cruelty to Animals said he hod
heard that wna norscs 111 cboi
urn Oregon wcro being driven
over cliffs Into tho ocean.
Forest Areas
Closed
nrif.nirnnn. Julv 12 (IP)
In thn Deschutes
National forest and In state for
est areas of Jackson county
wore closed today as the onset
of hot weather Increased fire
hazards.
' Tho burred Deschutes forest
regions aro Green Ridge, Low
er Metoltus River, Wickiup,
Haher Butte, Walkar Mountain,
Odoll Butte, Trout tcck, dib
Hole, . Royce Mountain, and
Chinquapin Butte. , 1
WASHINGTON. July 13 (IP)
Announced American battle
casualties In the present war
aro approaching the total cas-
11... lK..ii,nH In thn flrftt
utiiina iiiv.M..v ... -----
World war. Unreported rosulU
In tho last tnrcc wccks 01 ncavy
fighting In France posslby have
brought tho total past the 1917.
a 1,. 1 1B7 09R nrmv cas-
, 1 mmi " . . . .
!!.. nnnnlinrnH todaV bV ACV
inu War. Secretary -Pattcrion
brought to 2H6,4U the oVerall
total Ol QHluiuuy - niuu.""---cusuallles
on the ground, n tho
i- 1 .1 Thn first World
Vir OUU . I nnn
war's overall total was 278,828.
Few From rront , t
I .... 1 nnniini.nmiinl.. llbW
1UUHJI o PIHW1.1." n
over, contninoa -very ww
...in., tmm thn Nnrmandv
UUIIIV3 iw..
front ond none 01 tne neayy
nnuv losses on Saloon, inciu
01 ao nrnviouslv re-
ported casualties In France, up
to Juno 20, and the announced
15.053 casualties on ouiijimi
bring this war's total to il,'
vU. .11
The overall army-navy total
was an increase of B415 over a
previous report covering the
period' through Juno 13. Army
lead increased 1218; tho navy
260. ...
r,u. . . m nnclinltles HU
nnnnond today Include 33,240
(Continued on Page Two)
Allan Sevcik
Dies in Islands
mm. J. C. Sovclk today re
ceived from the. provost mar
shal's offlco oiuciai wora ;
her little grandson, Allan Laird
Sevcik, hnd died ln the .Philip
pine islands. ' . ..
The news was released by the
Jnpancso government through
,i.l A .l..nn Pnrl Prns ftnrl
IHO Allll-i ivoii '. .
Have neither the circumstances
of tne mioy s uiucss nui w -ture
of burial,
Tho little boy, with his par-
ivam nn-Mra Pnul Rnveik.
ciun, mi. ,
were taken prisoners of the Jap-
...hnn thn Phlllnninns fell
in' 1042. Paul Sevcik died some
j : nnA na fni no Is lrnnun
here, Mrs. Sovclk Is a prisoner
at tho Santa romas . prison
camp ln tho Phllipplpes.
...1,1.1. Oft nlln. nf thn SllUnlkl
wniiiii ov iiiia " , . ,
triangle of East Prussia today
after plunging i mira mrwoiu
111 M unj ...n....
in-u cumllrl irinncle is a
wedge of Old Poland between
East rrussm anu
which was annexed to East Prus
sia by tho 1939 Rlbbcntrop-Mol-otov
agreement In the fourth
P'ltl0".0,P.J,I!in,d--K
from the pre-war border of East
land between
innu nil n- ---1 -- - -
c.t i3riiR,n ana iiiinuaiiia. i
an 11.. amtthwnfft nf KBUn
lies uu iiiiiko .MM..." "
. j nn lln. frnm thn PrUS-
BS onn vv iinia , , ,
slan Baltic coast. A Russian drive
to tho Baltic mlgni irao iwo u
m.n nrmies In the Russlan-an
BRADLEY MEN
DWS
JI10T01
Dchb?;Make';City
' Untenable For : '
Nazis .
Here is Soroptimlst house, tne 010 ioig " ;,' ."I" . .,.
mm. will be held at the new establishment soon.
'saSaS&MS wrus swat's s
tenants. Manager of the house ii Mrs. Twyla Ferguson. .
Japanese Forces Gain in
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE .
ITIpat Mnmn - R. H.' E
tln.tnn 2 8 .0
MaAp Vnrir '" 4 8 0
F. Barrett, Ryba (8) and Par
tee; Bonham and Hemsley. .
ned states of Estonia, Utvjs
(An NBC broadcast from
SwcdeH '"Icrthe, Russians were
Such prcotimiiy woum hiu v--battle
echoes could be heard in
Germany itself.) " ...
AIL.. D....lnn nnllltTinR tltrUCk
within 38 miles of Kuanas, old
CADlUl OI L,linuama inn ncvcu
rnlle advance. Detachments were
within 29 miles of Otodrto after
facing h miles In 24 hour. Ycl
another group wj "
Blalystok, strategic rail center
1..J1.J, intn Warsaw and East
Prussia. Brest Litoysk on the
River Bug was within 67 .miles
of forces on the north and 70 ol
those in the Prioyat marsh are".
Warsaw itself was within 150
: (Continued on rage ivro
Air Force "Moves
Headquarters
tr A XTY-XV Pnulntt .TlllV . 1 3 (JP)
The tenth U. S. air force nas
moved its neaaquariers i"
Calcutta to Assam in northeast
v it. T nnur tc .nnArating as 8
rfutinrt unit with the eastern
air command. -
i.i .'... i .onriTO tiii mliniii: t .
i- ' nrinr .f thn eastern air
IS I-Ullllll"""1- - ,
command ana seconu m w,. -
mand to Lora jouis iyiuuiuooi
ten in the southeast Asia com
mand.
O'Connor Named
Red Cross Head
WASHINGTON, ' July 13 (IP)
Cnalrlnnt PnnSOVnlt todaV 81
nointed D. Basil O'Connor, head
01 tne nauontu jguiiuoiwu
infnniiiA Paralvslii as chairman
iiiiau.iib . J - .
- .1 ..nlnl nnmmltTM Of the
ui urc i,i;i,hct .-"-- -
American Red Cross to succeed
the late Norman H. uavis.
-O'Connor, former New York
1.... nnKtnni nf Mr. Roosevelt.
will serve the remainder of a
term expiring Decemrjer ii inis
year. Davis died several days
ago.
at
By- SPENCER MOOSA-
CHUNGKINGi July 13 (IP)
TanomiDA - fnrres batterine
uDnMvand nnrl trnnns driVinB UD
from Canton are only 160 miles
apart in tneir campaign iu tiue
the Canton-Hankow railway and
sDlit China in half; the Chinese
high command indicated to
night. - ,
Most of the gains seemed to
Mnmn fmm thn snuth. where the
left wing of the. enemy force
Nav at. Air Blows Continue Softening
Of Guam; Jap Airforce Knocked Out
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
. . . v..-.. . T.rr"nC Dnarl Hal.
bor, July 13 (IP) S"sta,1"
American air and naval blows
focused' attention today on
Guam,, southwest eoi o'p
which now Is a U. S. operation
al base, carved out of Japans
Inner tlefenscs nt a record cost
of 18,053 casualties. -,
Already the enemy
at Guam and on i"terve""8
Rota appears to have been
knockccT but by the same typo
of pounding loosed on Salpan
prior to its Invasion June 14.
Guam has been bombed dally
for nearly a week and inter
mittently shelled by warships.
Caves Searched
, .nnnllnff eaves
and ravines were probed . for
additions which are eP"-;" f"
swell both tho total of nearly
12,000 Japanese dead counted
so far and the more than 10,
000 captives. A marine regiment
killed more xnan iuu
day In one mopplng-up action.
Figures tor doih
llshed new records for fierce
fighting among the Pacifies is
lands: .
1. The 18,053 American cas
ualties, Including 2359 killed;
11,481 wounded and 1213 miss
ing 2, The Japanese dead1 1,948
already buried by Yank troops,
with many more to be account
ed for. One heavily atrafecV ra
vine alone Is believed to hold
iodo Jap bodies. .
. 3. The Japanese captives
more than 1000 soldier prison
ers of war; more than 9000 in
terned civilians. "
The America Casualties were
annniinpnrl in Wflshinffton bV
Navy Secretary Forrestai
sainan Kvamrjie
lVnltnr S . Tlnlnripv assistant
nhlnf nf staff fnr rnarllnpcs who
recently visited the pacific eat-
tin nmn enlri
"This is an example of what
ii.n nvnnnl Thn crnlnc? 1s f fl
ing to get tougher because we'
are up against tne enemy s in
ner circle of defenses and up
against ureal iana masses, ,
OH S f!an nia ' I
. Forrestal estimated that ' 98
per cent -of Japan's Salpan gar-
flann .nf mnrn than 2n:000 died
defending the island "which
had been developed as one of
their most strongly , fortified
h.. In thn Panlfln."
He supported his assessment
ot Salpan as a "prize of the
(conumtoa on rage iww
Drive on Canton Raifway
Caterpiffars
TakeOver
Shasta City
that the city is practically being
eaten up ay a j tll"TT
All the gardens are beint? de
,mCintf.H hv llin.sn vicious little
creatures; Yeoman said. The
caterpillars have somcnow roi
into the city mains and at times
4Vin uinlor ic tlimod Ofl in
nrivate homes the creatures
r . a i .r Din
come oui insicuu uj. d-w.
tru .nnui lirncK in the snr
A,,niti tfmmtrv is nracticallv
...ill-, all thn Innvpc eaten
uai u wans " ", ,, rr
off. The bugs crawl all over the
highways, xcoman reporiea. huu
u unnA pare nn thp railroad
hrnnms in front to
sweep the caterpillars off the
track so tne cars cun gei. i
traction. .
Destroyers Lost
By Allies
t nunnu Julv 13 (IP) Six
American and British destroyers
were lost in landing operations
In France, tno u. o. navy
nnrimnnr ann ine rjiiiiaii . ou
mlrnltv nnnnunced toniBht.
Thn fnrmnr rirarfi liner Santa
Clara, renamed the transport
Susan B. Antnony, aiso was iusi
U.. Amnrinnn nnvnl fnrePS alonit
with the minesweeper Tide, the
destroyer escort men huu
t 1 4.. Pnrtrinttn '
11CUI lllg 5-.
The American ncsiroyc we
the Corry and Glennon, built
in.ln.1 nrniiram. and the
Meredith. President Roosevelt
announced soon aiier me land
ings that two destroyers had
been lost. He did not name
them, .
pressed to- within 12' miles "of,
YingtaK, strategic town iu uun
north pf Canton. " " " : " r
Japs inrown sock .
Thn rhinncn calH.'.the Jan-
anese were thrown back here in
an attempt tb cross- the Lein
rl.mr wh'irh . hars thp wav to
further advance northward.
The Chinese DiocKing me
southward advance held out in
battered Hengyang through three
nights of bombings that wrecked
numerous Duuoings, ana ueai
off renewed assaults by land.
r avoraDie to unineso -
flnnnrallv thn hlch Pnmmand
pictured the fighting in Hunan
province as zavoraDie 10 ine i,iu
noen flnn Phinpsp fnree was
strilrlnit in thp vicinitv of Yenfi-
vane. 25 miles northeast of
(Continued on fage raoj
Civil Airmail
Service Resumed
TiNnnw Tniw 13 (m Civil
airmail service was resumed 10-
nov frnm Pritoin tn SwiTPrlanrl.
Cngin PnrtllOnl Pftrcipa AlffPr-
ia, Tunisia, Tangier and French
and Spanish Morocco, xne Brit
ish post office announcement re
flected allied air domination of
western Europe. ,.
Japs Withdraw
In India
MUCH BLASTED IN
THIRD BOMB RAID
Jap Admiral
Killed in Action
T nMTYiM .Tutv 13 (IP .Vice
Admiral Kiichl HascgaWa of the
Japanese navy nas oeen ismeu
in antlnn. thn TtpVlin radio said
inrlnv In a riisnnteh from the
Japanese naval stationof Yoko-
suka.
Pnrlln ealrl Admiral Hase
hnrl hppn attarhprl to' the
technical staff of the fleet air
arm headquarters since ihm.
Un mo,, hnvn mpt his fipnth
1m antlnn nrnunrl Snlnnn In t.hp
Marianas where Japanese naval
aircran, iiying irum ucci vi
riers, met an important' defeat.
cnitTireAST acta . pnii.
MAHn HEAnOIIABTEBS Kan.
ay, ueyion, juiy id xne
Japanese have wltnarawn trom
jrilluaw ill iiuiiiiciu uuium n
n, a nno-rlav nttnnlr frnm thn
east by Nigerian troops support-
Chinese forces coming from Mo
gaung, eight miles to the north
east, it was announced today.
ine enemy apparently -nao
t..nn tn.inM tn mofa-n thn tiwn a
rally point and supply base after
the loss of Mogaung. The Ni
gerians, native troops irom ine
i.......... ..inn. in iudg, ti ii'u
X311V1S1I l-WlwiiJ " . . . . . . .
were reported still pursuing the
Pvindaw garrison towards the
south.
. J .'T T17TM-'TT'.t. - v
TOMiiriN .inlv 13 typw-.Muri.
ich was hit hard for the third
successive day by louo iiying
Fortresses and Liberators today
...hll. Iha mth nir fnrpp in .ItalV
again stabbed at nazi oil :'and
roil fanilitfoc In northern MiaiY.
".: Saarbrucken in wesiern-oer-manv
alsn was hit by the heavies
from England.
Smash Oil TanlCl
Tin tn Rnn TTnrtrpssp.s and Lib
erators smashed at Porto Marg
hera . and -.-Trieste oil storage
tanks, four railyards " on- the
Milan-Venice .line, and the Pin-
.q;i Krirlaa nvpr thp Tafflia-
mento river 80 miles northwest
of Trieste, Rome dispatches an
nnnnppri : V Ti -
Thn railvards mt - were ai
Brescia. Verona, : Mestre and
HAnnt.,a ' : . - . -
A U. S. communique announc-
icontinuea on t-age j. ww
Lindbergh Goes'
To South Pacific
rimn - TIT? ATiOTTABTERS.
t.mTTUlWL'CT DAPTTTfl. Julv 13
- ' . "
tro rhapia, A T.inrihprEn nas
arrived at southwest Pacific
headquarters alter a tour ,- 01
southwest and South Pacific air-
f.-.u. - . ni.i1inn .tprhnician
ILUlua us a ' "
during which he demonstrated
and lectured " on gasoline con
servation and care of engines in
U. S. warpianes
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, . July. 13., (JP) rThe fall
of St. Lo, kingpin of Germaa
road communications in the base
of the Cherbourg peninsula,
drew .hear, . tonight, field . dis- '
patches reported, under the
blows of Lt. Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley's American army. .
.- .Staking. . a , mass. 01 , artillery
and -tanks . and., the relentless
rfm.ra nf anl.'ttai, Infantrv araincr.
ux.vc.ua .i . . . ..........j " r .....
fanatical -nazi resistance,- Brad
ley s forces apparently, were tasi
throttling the . Germans in the
town ; with , a ..two-fisted -.grip
which, had. edged past it on the
east and , was bearing -down - all
along the line - to - the west,
i . ... . Americans Near
'..A dispatch: from Associated!
Press Correspondent Don White
head: said the Americans were
only a mile and a half away on
dominant heights to the east
where their- guns already made
the town untenable except foe-die-hard
parachutists - dug into.
cassmo-iiKe aeDris. . ; .
. American guns sprayed at will
the. road . network leading . into
the town. . - .. ;
Supreme headquarters ant
nounced the capture of seven
towns oy ine Americans m gams
along, a 46-mile front. , t ;
: La Boulaye Taken
Oa their, left flank Lt Gen
Omar N. Bradley's warriors cap-,
tured La Boulaye, 21 miles east
of St. Lo. . They - pressed ' ob
across the St. Lo-Bayeux roacf
and reached the outskirts of La,
Barre de Semilly, 2 miles soUth-i
east of St. Lo.. . ' - -1
. C I. ,. nlnlnlv .vlclhtn An.
the. -Americans, - fighting - only : a
mile- and- a half away; - ' i' '
. : jNonneasi oi me , town, - ui
Amerfcans widened their bridges
- lL.onunuea on i-age iwo;- . ;
Spain Grants
Landing Rights
W A CTJTlVTf-lTnM .TlllV 13'-'fiP
nnoiui, w . w.., "j . -"
mu. .int. nrtnrtmnnt rpnnrtpH
j. lie - OI-l ....v.. i
today it had reached an agree
ment with the Spanish govern
ment . for landing rights for
American commercial aircraft in
otJam. . ... ..
Several technical problems re
main to be worked out and the
department . said that pending
tneir solution no ; aeuuiea ii
nouncement would , be made.
Bonomi Government to Find
Rome in Chaotic Condition
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME. July 13 (IP) Premier
Ivanoe Bonomi's government
will establish Itself Saturday in
a Rome still Beset Dy cnaouc
conditions after six weeks of al
lied occupation. , . . -
Though tne capital s 100a sup
ply problems are far from solved,
the food situation Is better for
the masses than In the final days
..nar thn f!iirmnns.r' hut mnst
public services are worse now
than when the uermans were
u... Tkn main nmiea nf this la
thn rlamap done to installations
by the uermans. - -i.
F!ianviritv MnnTtaaa
Shortage of electric power Is
one of Home s greatest triDuia-
41... Pn...nri nomn almost antlrn.
iiuiio. urc ...... . - . . . ..
ly from hydroelectric establish
ments to the north, and many of
these Installations were' wreck
ed by tne uermans.
Tpnllaw linoa nro nnpratintf hut
Rome relied mainly on buses for
local transport ana most oi tnese
were carried oit Dy tne uermans
Walai. Tn.il.nmt. i .
. Houses in the higher- parts' of
the city are . without adequate
water; because of insufficient
power to operate pumps.
Thn kraal roinn nnuf la turn.
thirds of a pound daily, three
, . . 1 .1 I .. 3 .1
limes wnai is was uuuei- ure uBi
mans, and the quality of bread
4. thn kaat Pnmn haa Karl . In
years. The bread is available on
ration ,carus at a very low iixea
price.
. Blanlr M.rVat.
Plnnl. ranrWlnil lo not fie PV
tensive as it was just before the
. (Continued on age jl woj
fdnfcsVBredk Nazi
Lines in Italy
ROME." -Julv "13 (n3! Ameri
can, troops of' the " fifth' army;
breaking rtnrougn uerpian de
fenses -of the' upper. Era valley
some 17 miles inland from Italy's
west" coast ":.in:: a"flanking move
against .uivuruu,. littve. euiii.uieu
.i ' , i x, i :
xne .town oi xejam:o.4ii uie. DiLtex
est fighting.; Italy.. has, seen in
recent weeks, allied headquarters
announcea-twiajr.' .... . , -j
' The doughboys quickly mop
ped up all- enemy- soldiers ret
mainln. .in thp town vpstprrlavj
taking 150 to 200 prisoners, and
surgea on nonnwara. jsy noou
they had closed to a point" only
lO mila. frnm tho' Amn T3lVPT
valley,- key to the outer strong--
joints OI tne uermau - oiiuc
laa" Infnncoe snnnnsprllv .thA-
last strong -natural- barrier left ;
to the- enemy -snort oi tne ro
River line in. northern Italy. - ;
Oil Policy
Confab Planned i I
' w a vmianrnn. Julv 13 "(IP)
A fulldress British - American
conference - is , to. be neia ai
Washington',' soon . 'on., future
world oil policy.. , .. -,;
: xne late oi tne oauoi unioiaii,
pipeline advocated some months,
ago by Interior' Secretary Har-i
old L. Ickes may be decided by
the delegations; headed by Sec
retary of state uoraeu rtuii anu
Lord Beaverbrook.
: The line," to' pipe oil products
from the Persian gulf area to
tne Mediterranean, is uu iuubci
being pressed as a government
undertaking, although it may be
promoted . as a private enter
prise Wltft government iinaiieuu
assistance. , . . .-, ' ;
FDR-Churchi i
Meeting Eyed ; ;
; 'Washington, July "is Hpp)
A; meeting, between President
Roosevelt and - Prime- Minister
Churchill 'may "come about i be;
fore long, the way cleared; in
part by Mr.-nooseveii s araiiiauu
revision -oi French' policy to per
mit practical cooperation with
General Charles.de Gaulle. -v :
The-problem Of Angio-.meri
- i.ll.na. ...ith Tin rianl n's
Cttll ICittiiuim n""! ,, "
national committee of liberation
has been one of the most diffU
cult ever to troume tne course
of affairs : whicn nave to oa
handled. Jointly by Washington,
and Lionaon.
Hey Fellas!
Klamath service men home
on : leave, whose- names ap-
... In- nn-. i sAtsriee m'en'l
reolstry; heve passes to the
theatres waiting them at The
Herald'- ana .news omc-.
There are a number of pastes
n. ..I - nallarl : ior. ThOV'T
yours, fellas. Come and pick
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