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up inuro (hiin 270 towns unci vil
lage (lui'liiK tint dny on n long
front stretching from thu I'rluyut
imimhes to tho Latvian frontier
iirrn.
Moscow, however, hud not
confirmed thu now soviet offrn
kIvo In sntilheni Poland which
Berlin mild hud begun.
Strike From Northwoit
Tho German high command
mi Id thu Hininliinn struck from
linrthwent of 'I'lirnoiiol, where
they lint wcro reported within
HI) ml leu of ulniteulc Lwow, unci
west of Luck., 12(1 miles south
oiint of Lublin, which guards tho
southeast approaches to War
saw. A drlvo from Luck also would
poxc n southern flanking threat
to Drcsl-Lltovak, fortress town
scarred by two want, which
stands on tho main line went to
Wiirxuw and anchors tho en
emy's Dug rlvi'r defenses.
rtod Ellmlnatod
"Some Itimnliin penetrations
wore eliminated In counter
thrusts," tho Berlin rndlo mild
of tho now offensive.
Moscow, hiihlluully silent on
lii'W operations until they aro
well developed, had not men
tioned any new drive south of
tho I'rlpyiil marshes.
Break-Nock Pace
Tho lUmslnns kept up their
brenk-neck ptica throuKh waver
ing defenses a they struck on
In tho Baltic slate toward tho
ENDS TONIGHT
"Roger Touhy Gangster"
PRESTON FOSTER VICTOR M'LAGLEN
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iniiou, Shw "jT 1 ' . Bo Office open.
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fortified lino guarding Sunt Prus
nla. 'J'ho Urlllsh radio mild In a
broadcast lioiimed to Kuropo that
Iho Oerniann had begun to din
mount Installations in tho Kant
Prussian fortress port of K6nig
berg. (CBS recorded a broadcant by
London saying tho Russian had
begun shelling Grodno, old Pol
lh fortress town Hoarding the
approucheii to nouthorn Eant
1'rilHHlU.)
Moscow dispatches naid tho
Hussians were within neven
mllen of Grodno,
EYED BY TURKEY
(Continued From Pago One)
tho war "before tho end of Oc
tober," a trunsoecan broadcant
from Berlin said today . that
most foreign representatives had
left Ankuru or summer rest
duncen, Tho Jnpancnu, Hungarian and
nulgarian envoys will follow
the lead of German Ambassador
Franz von Papcn In quitting
tho capital, tho agency reported.
Buying thin showed "the calm
prevailing In political circles.
OBITUARY
NiM.IK I'll OH A MANLY '
Nellie Tttura Manly, a rvalrirul of Tin
no.. . Calif., for ilio pnt .bree id on Um,
iinMort ftwoy near Tulrlak. Calif., on
rrlilny, July M, 1044, Tho ilnrvmrd Wat
a MftllVft of Guile, Wli and at Oia time
of tirr pAinliijt wah ntfod 44 years three
man t ha and four days, Khe ( survived
Uy her luuhnnd. I' till Manly, and one
daughter, Maryetlon. f Tloneta. Calif.,
and her father, Al Jfhnnn, of ihU tflly.
Two alklrra, Orn Cumminm, of Ouilrk,
Waihi, and I'nrt CUulvalnu, of Klarnalh
ralU, Ore. The reniNlna rent tn Ward's
Klamath funeral Home. 03.1 With, where
friend may rail after 7 p. m, Hoturday,
Tim nut tin of the funeral arrangements
will bo Announced later. ,
Clwtsificd nd kct result.
At
HERALD AND NEWS,' KLAMATH FALLS,' OREGON
BUTTLE NEARS
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lor, supremo headquarters said.
Bad Weather
. Tho worst flying , weather
nlnco Invasion day limited tho
powerful allied air arm to loss
than 80 sorties un until this
aftornuon,
Tlueo towns fell In the four
mllo southward drlvo from the
marshes of Plcssis toward Pc
rlcrs closing In tho American
lino menacing that middle
stronghold, In tho largest single
day advance since Cherbourg's
capture. Sixteen towns and vil
lages on tho American front
have been seized In the lost 24
hours.
Fight Desperately
The Germans fought desper
ately to hold their lino on tho
lateral road running from Les
soy 21 miles southeastward
through Poriers to St. Lo. A
front dispatch said the enemy
poured the toughest artillery
fire yet encountered against one
U. S. column Hearing tho Pont
Ilebcrt rond north of St. Lo
after a 600-yard advance. In
fantrymen fought yard by yard
for tho big road hub of St. Lo.
and were cloning in from posi
tions at L.a Bar re do Scmllly,
two miles to tho cant.
British troops have captured
more than 7000 Germans and
killed or wounded four times
as many 28.000 to 30.000
since D-Day, a British staff of
ficer at the front declared, on a
lull persisted on the British'
Canadian sector to tho east..
The wholo allied bag of pris
oners was above 54,000, for an
American announcement June
11 said 46,819 enemy troops had
been taken by U. S. forces. .
Positions
This was the position of the
American front this mornine:
Lcssay One mile north of
tho town after the capture of the
hamlet of Bcauvals, converging
on the town from tho east where
they were two mllen awav at
Pissot, while on the west they
were aoout a mile and a half
away after advancing from St.
Germaln-Sur-Ay.
. Perlcrs A late telenhone
call from the 21st army group
this morning said the Americans
had driven to within two miles
of the town from the north. Pre.
vlous information a few hours
before recorded the capture of
Lcs Granges . and Gonfreville,
four miles north of the town,
and St. Patrice do Claids, three
miles northwest.
St. Lo Late information this
morning said the Americans" had
pusnea west from La Barre de
Semilly. breaking tho deadlock
there. This one Dincer was clos
ing on the town while a half-
mue advance northwest of St.
Lo, down the Vire river through
Creterville, placed another
American column .. less than
three miles from St. Lo in- this
direction.
Japs Execute
Captured Pilots
NEW YORK, July 15 (P) A
Japanese broadcast directed to
American forces in the South
west PAcifir nnrl rtnrrritA l.v lha
federal communications commis
sion today said several American
airmen captured in the first Su
nerfortresn rnM nn nn,ih.pn
Kyushu last month had been ex
ecuted.
The broadcast warned that
"anv nlrmnn whn full kBn
out over Japan will . be exe-
"This is the order of the day,"
It added. .
The American airmen, met
wun -me same fate which was
meted out in rnlHnra nt Ta1.,.h
some two years ago," continued
Wolfe Doubts
Jap Threats
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,
July 15 m Doubt that Japan
ese have executed captured air
men from tho first RiinarfnrlHAH.
MC
f aii on j nortnern Kyushu was
inu.tBwu ioaay oy Brig. Gen.
Kenneth R Wntfo s
"That's tho kin n
ganda thrown out by japan right
......is iu uoost morale on the
homo front," he told a newsman.
"Every time they lost an island
or a strip of territory they make
new threats."
Gen. Wolfe is visiting his wife
.uNiigiuur nere. .
Visitina Hw. . TT ixr ti.u
, 9 J. i 7 J i
win . of Wlnemuca,' Nev.,' a for
mer Klamath Falls resident, ar
rived vesterdav in vldt ...in, t,i.
I'stef, Mrs. J. 'A. Uerlings; of
" " naiawin siopped off
here on . his . way . .to .Seattle
whom no will Kn - i : ..
It is his first visit to Klamath
Falls -in 18 years. . i.
, Refrigeration
': Equipment Co
Karl Utquhirt
811 Klamath Phone 645S
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: Commercial
Refrigeration
SALES and SERVICE
ANCHOR POIN
OF SAIN
Japs Renew
Hengyang
Offense
CHUNGKING, July 15 JP)
Japanese vigorously renewing
their assault on the Canton-Hankow
rail key of Hengyang in
southern Hunan, succeeded In
breaking Into , the streets of the
city but wero annihilated, the
Chinese . high command an
nounced today.
Vigorous flKhtinc was report
ed underway In the broad area
comprising Hcngyang's outer de
fenses, particularly at Yuhsicn,
Llllng and Yungfcng with the
Chinese making some progress.
Two Jap Forces
Try New Guinea
Break-Th rough
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low Drlnlcmor five miles Inland
from itg mouth.
, To Defend Airdrome
Tho fording of the river was
not strategically important, he
added, because- the object was
to defend Tadji airdrome, about
IS miles behind the front. :
Resistance virtually has ceas
ed in this. area. Bitter fighting
occurred In May, with Japanese
opposition gradually dwindling.
A headquarters announcement
July 11 said known Japanese
losses then were 3067, including
42 prisoners.
Among widespread allied
aerial attacks, a-130-ton bomb
load was dumped on objectives
near Rabaul, New Britain. This
made a total of 844 tons unload
ed on this target through July
13, in intensified attacks on the
by-passed supply center.
Invaders Pushed
Out of Hills
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND HEAD QUARTERS,
KANDY, Ceylon,, July 15 (P)
The Japanese northeast of Im
phal apparently were on their
way out of the Manipur hills of
India today. They were fighting
a rearguard action toward the
Chindwin valley of Burma in
the closing phases of their Ill
fated invasion. .
Allied troops, pushing ' after
the main body of the Japanese
retreating from the Ukhrul area
above Imphal have established
contact with the- enemy rear
guard at Maoku, 10 miles south
east of Ukhrul on the track to
Humine, "the exit from the Man
ipur hills to the Chindwin," a
communique from Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten's headquart
ers announced. ...
Service Women' Die
In Line of Duty :
WASHINGTON, July 15 (JP)
More than two score women
members of the nation's armed
forces nurses, WACS, WAVES,
marines have died in line of
duty since the start of the war
and even more are prisoners.
Six army nurses died in the
bombing of army field hospitals
on the beachhead at- Anzio,
Italy.- Twenty-three others died
in accidents while in perform
ance of duty, army records
show.
The women's army corps lists
one WAC killed in line of duty,
a jeep accident in North Africa.
The marines have lost seven
members in accidents while the
women were on duty.
Four navy nurses have died
in plane crashes while on as
signments. About 60 army nurses and 16
navy nurses are. prisoners, all
of them captured when the
Philippines fell to the Jap
anese. -
Grass Fires Put
Out by Department
A grass-fire. Friday evening
and one oh - Saturday morning
brought the fire department out
to extinguish them.
At' -4:08 Thursday-they were
called to 1237 Front street in
Shippington and Friday morn
ing they went to the 200 block
on Hillside. . . - ; , ?
; Camp Fire Glrli Girls who
are going to Camp Fire Girls
summer camD starting July 16
are to meet behind the high
school on Monclaire street , sun
day morning. at 8:30 a. m. Girls
will be checked' in, loaded, and
ready to leavo at 9 o'clock. Girls
who have signed up but "who are
unable to attend camp are asked
to call immediately Mrs, B. C.
Johnston at 5975.
No Meeting The executive
board of the Camp Fire Girls
will not meet during July.
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FOR NORTHWEST
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ers, and rotating beacons to
guide him, as well as constant
radio contact with weather and
emergency landing stations
along the line. . .;
Proceeding to the north out
of Klamath Falls, he1 may fol
low one of two beams to the
airways over Medford; he may
proceed direct to Portland, al
though, this route is over rugged
terrain; he may follow a new
airwoy to The Dalles, or go di
rect to Pasco, Wash., and from
there through Snoqualmie pass.
The safety route for contact
flying f r o m Oakland to the
north is now via airways to
Red Bluff, Klamath Falls and
The Dalles. , .;
Flat Terrain
This brings the airman up a
series of .valleys, over almost
flat terrain and eliminates the
necessity of climbing to high
altitudes in the event of bad
weather over the mountains.
The contact flier may, at low
altitude, go to Portland through
the gorge route or If that is
closed, go through Snoqualmie
pass via Yakima.
Altho'ugh the number of
transient aircraft now ' utilizing
the Klamath Falls hub is a mili
tary secret, it is known that
dailv more aircraft pass tnrougn
this city tnan lormeriy new ine
coastal routes in an entire year.
Commercial Activity Bids
Already members of the
chamber of commerce aviation
committee are bidding for post
war airline and commercial ac
tivity. The extensive airways instal
lation will give this civic group
a trump card In this bidding,
inasmuch as aviation executives
ordinarily will follow the routes'
upon which facilities are ai.
roaHv Available. -
In addition, it was pointed
out that military expansion o:
the local airport is fitted to
handle not only any present
day aircraft, but- the weight
ana size oi inose wniuii we mm
in the drafting board state. .
Exchange Plan
Off Schedule
IRUN,, Spain, July 15 (VrA
proposed cAuiaifsc w
and German nationals this week
at Lisbon has been thrown off
nha4,,la Kv . failuro nf . three
trainloads of British refugees to
arrive at this border town, ap
parently because of . disrupted
EinAa in 1Van0 - '
Spanish railway' officials spent
nours yesteraay leiejjuuuuig, me
Germans at Hendaye in an ef
fort to obtain information and
tmfllli. 41.o naTla nrimittorl ..thpv
knew only that the trains, which
left Germany juiy-o,- were
"somewhere east ot aoraeaux.
haiio Kaon urnltinff In
Spain since July -8 to take the
refugees to Portugal, ine ex
oKnnco u,n snhprinled to beein
in jl5DOH twu uaya. a(,u.
linot- riroHinohnlm . 1c waiting
r ... a . rriV-a
there with approximately 900
uermans. .. .
Towniend Dance The Town-
send club will hold -its regular
Saturday night dance in the KC
hall starting at .9 o'clock. Mod
ern and old time dancing will
be enjoyed. The public is always
welcome. . ......
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New York 4. Boston 3. ...
Detroit 2, Chicago 0.
' Cleveland 3.- St. Lollls 2. -
Philadelphia 4-4, Washington
NATIONAL LEAUUB
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St Louis 42
Pittsburgh ; 40
Cincinnati. - 43
New York 38
Brooklyn . 33
Philadelphia- : 32
Chicago k . 30
Boston . 30
Games Yesterday
r Chicago 11. Pittsburgh S; -.'
Cincinnati 3, St Louis O.
; New York 2, .Philadelphia 1,
Only games scheduled.
COAST LEAGUE
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San Francisco ; 51 .
Oakland .10
Los Angelea u. so
Seattle ...... 40
San Diego. SO
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Results Last Night
San Francisco 7. PorUand 3.
Los Angeles 2. Sacramento 0.
Hollywood 4. Seattle 2.
San Diego 2, Oakland -1.
Bombers Hammer
At Railroads
Near Paris .
LONDON. July 15 fP) Brit
ish Lancaster bombers ham
mered at railroads in the sub
urbs of Paris early today. This
was a climax to widespread
night air assaults in which other
heavies hit flying bomb installa
tions in France and Mosquitos
ripped into German positions in
Normandy and objectives In
Germany.
The important Villeneuve-Sf.
Gorges railroad yards on the
southeastern outskirts of Paris
gave the Lancasters their target
for this morning. Reconnaissance
had disclosed large concentra
tions of rolling stock there, load
ed with supplies for the battle
area.
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MELTS 1 ITALY
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leading elements of the Ameri
can forces on the west coast
were within six miles of the
edge of Livorno late yesterday.
In a broad forward swecn.
one American column passed
Grizzano, 23 miles due east of
Livorno, and occupied all the
important heights covering the
approach to the Arno river, 10
miles away.
Capture Villamaana
Another American force carv
tured Villamagna, 15 miles west
of Poggibonsi, while still other
u. . units swept through Chi
anni and Belvedere, enemy
strongholds guarding the Era
valley avenue toward the Arno
valley.
Belvedere is five and a half
miles northeast of Chianni. .
32,000 Prisoners
Prisoners taken by the fifth
army since it started its offen
sive May 11 now exceed 32,000,
while the eighth army reported
prisoners were pouring into its
cages at an average rate of 160
daily since the offensive began.
This would add a total of more
than 10.000.
The possibility was seen that
the Germans plan to fall back
on the Arno river. Recent re
connaissance showed the enemy
digging gun emplacements
along the Arno between Flor
ence and Pisa.
Occupy Village
The eighth army occupied
the village of Santa Lucia in
the upper Tiger valley and ad
vanced to within two miles of
Citta di Castello, a road junc
tion.
Eleven enemy planes were
shot down and 13 allied aircraft
were lost yesterday in Mediter
ranean allied air forces activi
ty, which included an attack
by HA Domoers on a refinery
at Brod. Yugoslavia, last night
after American heavy bombers
hit oil facilities and rail yards
in the Budapest area during
the day.
Madame Chiang
Makes Residence
On Island
RIO DE JANEIRO. July 15
(P) Mrs. Chiang Kai-Shek, wife
of China s generalissimo - who
arrived here this week for a
tl.e-months rest, has taken up
residence on the tiny island of
Brocoio in Rio de Janeiro bay.
The island once was the home
of a Brazilian multi-millionaire.
It was purchased by the munici
pality; of Rio ae Janeiro recent
ly for use as a civic garden.
(Chungking dispatcb said
China s first lady suffered nerv
ous exhaustion, insomnia and
chronic urticaria an inflamma
tion of the skin and went to
Brazil to avoid the intense sum.
mer heat of China.), . . .
PRESIDENT ELECTED
PORTLAND, July 15 (P)
Thomas C' Young, Portland, was
elected president of Columbia
Empire Industries last . night.
Lloyd Riches, Salem, was elect
ed first vice president.
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CHICAGO, July 15 (P) N. "
tional Chairman Robert E. Han
negan kept democratic conven
tion leaders in the dark today i
on the White House attitude to-
ward the party's vice presiden
tial nomination and its Dlatform
but there were strong indica
tions President Roosevelt - had
decided to let the delegates
write the second half of their
ticket. . ; ;
Reportedly bearlne an exnres- I
sion of the president's viev g.
nannegan went into seclusion
immediately after his arrival
from Washington without even .
meeting wun sucn convention -leaders
as Senator Samuel Jack- '
son of Indiana, the permanent
chairman. .. . " ; - ,
Aides said he was "not ready ',
to talk." - ,
There . were apparently.', au
thentic - reports, however, that '.
Hanncgan had in his possession ,
a letter from the president to the
convention, which is expectedv.to .
nominate him for a fourth term ',
Thursday, expressing his prefer- ,
ence for Vice President Helnrv
A. Wallace as a running mate ',
out leaving tne final choice 'to
the delegates. - ; . . . . v .
Mr. . Roosevelt . was said- in .
this connection to have rejected ,
strong pleas by Hannegan that -the
president make a second
choice, or at least list several
others who would be acceptable
to him besides Wallace.- ' v
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Chamber of commerce ' direct
ors on a split vote this- week
approved a national chamber
referendum favoring, permitting
one type of carrier to ; operate
other forms of transportation
-wnen in tne puDiic interest."
The vote was 6 to 3.
It is reported that Drinclble
interest in the issue before, the
national chamber is - between
railroads and airlines, the latter .
favoring policies which would
prohibit railroads from going
into the airline business.' - .
. The chamber directors ; went
on record favoring a series .of
declarations on aviation policies ',
in national chamber - refrenda, r
including the establishment, of
a "federal aid" program in con- j
uevtiuu witn airports. . . f
Thompson Freed by-'
Judge's Ruling w '' ;
A directed verdict yesterday '
ended the trial of Everett Gerald
Thompson, who was charged.,
with the theft of $80- from the
Crosscut cafe at Chiloquin. - '
Judge David R. Vandenberg
held that the state had failed: to
present evidence - connecting,
Thompson with the crime., Tha
judge's ruling freed Thompson,
defended by A.; c.. Yaden.- ;
State evidence was to . the ef
fect that Thompson- was at-tp!
near tne scene of the theft,, that
a considerable sum of im o n'e'y
was found on his person, -that. his
hat was found nearby, and that
he told Indian Officer John Ar.
kell that he didn't know wheth
er he had stolen the money -but
if he did he would pay it back.
Defense evidence was unne
cessary as the judge directed )tha
verdict at the close of the state's
case. . : . .
No Dance The public dances
sponsored by the Eagles arid
auxiliary on Saturday nights at
the FOE hall have been disebn.
tinued for the summer.-
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