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are advanc Inn Wfcbl
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They are reported to have
cd the N lumen In two
3.
tie Nlemcn hat an Interesting
In history. It win there
TWO INDISPENSABLE
ft met on a ruft out in tho
Ic of the river to settle thu
rs of tho world nflcr a
it war.
jiE of these Indlspensnble
men wns Nnnolcon. who hod
smashed Prussia and Austria.
other wns Alexander I. tho
Itlilul cznr of Itusslu.
Icxander THOUGHT ho was
real "llbernl." One of his
By associates wroto of him:
would Rlndly havo everyone
DrOVlclcrl I hill nun. nnn tuna
Wed to do EXACTLY
Bat jie wished,"
Cher? hnvo been many "lib-
is like Hint since the world
Jin.)
HEY strutted up and down
IIia nfi a . . . . .
mil. ;n'.nmier said to
Neon: "What is Europe. WE
fcurope. ' Nnpoloon mado un
iroprlute reply.
j ' ""v" "P mo map ac-
foinif to their own indlspons-
je Ideas nnd Inld down tho low
EJn 10 their own desires,
en ihnu di.i. i ,,
f nanus grunano
miy anil went their ways.
WW yenrs Inter, Franco nnd
H.IRc.n iIn. ..
lnoli ...U'V... 1 w.a.r n.na
M ""'rung ins silly
Irafilc march to Moscow
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1944
Number 10212
Reds Seven Miles From
Latvian Border After
Taking Osveya, Grodno
LONDON, July 17 () Russian troops hav
Latvian border with the capture of Otvoya and
places, the sovlot communique announcod tonlg
tne uormon radio said today that Russian
lanen uroono in tne dtroctlon of East Prussia.
Soviet forces which burst across the Nleme
turned northwest and the Germans throw in res
"A heavy battle against advancing soviet u
added.
South of the Prlovat marshal where the O
ward Lwow, the Berlin radio said the fury of fi
iuuck areas, suggesting a massive tank, battle w
such action.
e swept forward to within seven miles ot the
have overrun mora than 210 other populated
ht.
troops were advancing both north and south o!
river south of the old . Polish bastion city
erves, the account said.
nits north of Grodno is in full swing," the report
ermans have reported a new soviet offensive to
ghtlng intensified yesterday in the Tarnopol and
as underway. The Russians have announced no
FOR PACIFIC 51
CANBERRA, Australia, July
17 (!') Prime Minister John
Curtln told parliament today
that tliouith a transfer of main
British effort must uwnlt Ger
many's defeat, large and power
ful forces would become avail
able this year In the war aguinst
Japan.
Ho told the new session of par
liament that when the full
weight of British unci American
land and air forces was brought
to bear tho Japs would bo as
decisively defeated as Hitler.
Balanced Strength
Curtln, recently n visitor to
tho United States and to London,
asserted there was a minimum
nnd a maximum fighting
strength beyond which Australia
could not go and that it was a
bnlnnee between these limits
which tho government was seek
ing. .
Australia, lie said, will mnko
a fighting contribution until the
enemy Is completely defeated but
there dro economic leeways In
Australia's economic life which
"we should commence, to overtake."
"The strength of our fighting
services," no continued, "winch
(Continued on Pago Five)
Former Consul
Dies in Portland
SEATTLE. July 17 fP) Al.
arlk W. Quist, 00, Finnish con
sul here for 20 years and one
of tho west coasts leading con
tractors, died Snturdny night of
a heart ailment.
As founder of tho A. W,
Quist comnnny. building con
tractors and engineers, in 1006,
Quist built the piers at Pcnrl
Harbor In 1034 and 1035. Dur-
Ina World War I he contracted
to do all cement work for the
navy at tho Puget Sound navy
yard. Ho constructed many of
Seattle's larger buildings and
stadia, nnd the Tacoma Medi
cal Arts building.
Five Injured in
Hotel Fire
PORTLAND, July 7 (VP)
Five persons were injured In a
fire that damaged the Lorraine
hotel hore yesterday.
Jnck Anderson wus burned
on tho hands and feet in carry
ing his blazing mnttress to a
bothroom tub. George Lip
schuctz suffered serious burns
In trying to reach a fire escope.
Ho was rescued by firemen.
Two women wero overcome by
smoke and a coastguardsmnn
collapsed after assisting firemen.
MOSCOW. July 17 P Red
o.uiy troops p 'nhe. forward to
day along a broud front stretch-ir-
from tho Baltics to the Prlp
ynt marshes after capturing the
G ,,-..-ih..i1 fortiess clt) of
Grodno, described by Premier
Stalin as "covering the upproach
to Last Prussia.
No Natural Barrier
Grodno, which the Germans
aiiiiouiiced curlier they had
evueuatvd, Is only 45 miles from
tho East Prussian border. With
its fall the Germans have no
natural barrier between them
and their homeland, to which It
uppcared the fighting soon
would be carried.
The Germans fell back at
G .cln to tho west bank of the
Nlcmen river, which parallels
the East Prussian border in that
sector. Field dispatches said i
new Russian crossing of the
Niemen was made during the
Grodno battle. The river has
been crossed by the Russians
further north In the Alytus sec
tor, whero the red army, push'
Ing west of Wllno, has driven
within 90 -miles of East Prussia.
The Russians have consoli
dated a bridgehead on the west
(Continued on Pago Five) ,
Allied Position
Established on
New Guinea
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS. NEW GUINEA,
July 17 (I') Allied positions
have been established firmly
along the west bank of the
Orinlumor river, where two
new Japanese attacks wero. re
pulsed in tho week-old flare-up
of the British New Guinea cam
pulgn, headquarters announced
today.
The advance Japanese force
which cracked allied lines to
cross the river havo been cut
off by reinforced American
units. These Junglewlse infan
trymen swung around behind
the Nlnooncsc and ulueged U.
S. lines on the river, 21 miles
cast ot Altapc.
Two Japanese assaults were
repulsed Friday night and Sat
urday morning. Three enemy
divisions have been identified
in the action.
The Road to
Bv The Associated Press
Mllonups on the routes which
the allied armies are traveling
to Berlin now read:
(1) Russian front 438 miles
(measured in a direct line from
a point near Prodno).
(2) Italian front About 607
miles (from near Ancona on the
Adriatic coast).
(3) Normandy front 635
miles (from Caen).
General Fegan Inspects
Barracks, Makes Awards
" MaJ. General Joseph C. Fegnn,
commanding officer of tho west
ern department of tho U. S. mar
ine corps, mado a tour of Inspec
tion of tho Klamath Marino Bar
racks today, and presented
awards to four men, veterans of
South Pacific bottles, at core
monies on tho parade grounds.
It was General Fegan's first
visit to tho newly-created Klam
ath Falls installation, and at a
noon luncheon given in his hon
or by directors of tho chamber
of commorcd, he declared that
tho post's equipment is unexcel
led in barracks Installations any
where In tho country.
Thorough Inspoctlon '
He made a thorough inspection
of the barracks, office, service
and recreational buildings.
During the Inspection, he was
accompanied by Col. B. Dubel,
commanding offlcor; Com. L, T.
Coggeshall, senior' medicnl 'of
ficer; MaJ, Clyde C. Roberts, ex
ecutive officer, and the general's
aides, uapt. m. m. mguuiien aim
Lt. David W. uywaiers.
. At 10 o'clock on tho parade
grounds, General Fegan person
ally pinned awards on four mar-
tnn nr4 ntiottnrl Infnrmnllv
with each during the presonta-
cot Tnllintt TP. Vnlffor received
the Bronze Star for heroic
achievement in action against en-
- .1 1 . 11 Tl ........ 1
emy torces curing iuu sinismu
vllle campaign; Cpl. Hugh J. Os
vtuu, vpi. lyiiui .....-m,
nnd PFC Elton S. Gamel each re
ceived the Furpio Heart ior nav-
lng noon1 wouncien in tii-uuu
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arate picture with PFC Gamel,
1 1L. riollua TOV
US UUlll die liuni
After the presentation cere
mony, the four men reviewed
the colors, bani, and marching
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U. S. FLEET HEADQUART
ERS. PEARL HARBOR. July
17 Pt American sea and air
attacks on Guam and Rota is
lands in the Marianas for 12
straight dovs underscore
Tokyo's homeland warning that
"the war situation does not al
low a moment of optimism."
Adm. Chester W. Nimltz. Pa.
cific commander in chief, an
n.o uaccd that carrier-based
bombers .. poUrCd . rockets and
bombs on": Guam, Japanese-occupied
United ' States posses
sion, and Rota to the northeast,
in . Saturday assaults wnicn
blasted buildings, started fires
and shattered vital automotive
and railroad equipment.
- Twelfth Attack . ,) a.
It was the twelfth attack In
as - many days on' the- -islands,
which are .inly . rllttle -more
than 101) miles south of .Saipan,
reeentlv conauorcd by Ameri
cans.-One bomber was, downed,
but its crew was rescued.
The nrevious attack Friday,
mado by warships and aircraft
which hammered Guam gun
emplacements and an airfield,
drew the Tokyo broadcast
warning . against optimism.
Julv 13 Strike
Nimltz aiso told details of
the July 13 bomber strike at
Iwo Jima, an island in me vol
cano group only 750 miles
nr.iithpnut of Tokvo. ; 4
In this first blow at Iwo
Jima by land-based Liberators,
doubtless flying . from . airfields
on Saiuan 727 miles to me
south, a destroyer, destroyer es
enrt. two rnrcn vessels, a coast
al ship and 12 smaller craft
were bomrjea ana.siraiea.
Destroyer Hit
Th t.lhnrntors from fleet Air-
wing two' came low to plant
500-pound DomDS squareiy uii
tho rlestrbver. The strafing of
one 6000-ton cargo ship and an
other of 3000 tons started ures
and explosions aboard.
Fires also were set in an oil
(Continued on Page Five)
Car Operators
Get Warning
A fow car owners are still
operating motor vehicles in the
Klamath Falls area without dis
playing the new federal use
stamD and are being fined $5,
according to an announcement
by Paul H. Wright, deputy col
lector in cnarge oi me tocai in
ternal revenue office.
The 'law provides a specific
penalty of $25 for failure to pur
chase and display the stamp in
the upper left nand corner of the
windshield, but so far- compro
mise offers ot nave oeen ac.
ccDted from violators. ' ,
Deputy Wright states that at
regular Intervals, deputies from
the Klamath Falls office will he
assigned' to check automobiles in
the area and any vehicle which
does not properly display . the
stamn will be tagged.
These tags advise the owner
that , he Is required to appear at
the internal revenue ottice witn
in a' stated time, but it is pointed
out, some persons who have re
ceived a summons have failed to
respond as required. In all such
cases, the name, and address of
the owner will be traced through
state automobile . registration
and tho maximum penalty may
be Invoked. ? . ,
Memphis Children
Toss Snowballs
MEMPHIS, '; July 17 (TP)'
Thermometers read exactly 100
here yesterday '.when police , ar
rested six youngsters on
charges of tossing snowballs at
passing automobiles. s
Police said the boys raided
an ice house for the flakes or
"snow''- formed by. cutting ice.
You're Out
r- ' "'"'X S V S " """"p';" ft f LI
MpMumv. 4hirrf biiciimiin for the naval air station baseball team, is out in the first inning
as he tries to stretch a long triple into aa inside-the-park home run in a game with the Medford
Craters. McMurray was caught on the second baseman's relay of the centerfielder's throw. The
navy won the game, 14 to 7. See story on Sport Page. : ' ' ' ."
Japs Make Fresh Break in
Chinese Henqyariq Defense
CHUNGKING,' July 17 (VP) ; -tonight ,sld the second break-
Japanese troops, have made- a
iresn Drcax-mrougn imo me Be
leaguered -Canton-Hankow fail
city of Hengyang in the Hunan
province fighting and, although
the city. itself still remains in
Chinese hands, the encircled de
fender troops apparently had
scant hope of relief.
A high command communique
Singapore Talk
Of Executions
Propaganda
MELBOURNE, Australia,
July' 17 (P) A "known irre
sponsible Singapore - commen
tator'.' was making a propagan
da talk, not a news report, Sat
urday when his remarks were
Interpreted abroad as hinting
the execution of captured air
men from, the June 15 B-29
raid on Japan.
This- was reported yesterday
by Australian information de
partment monitors who heard
the broadcast clearly.
The - commentator said that
many of those who participated
In- the Kyushu raids met tne
same fate as those who came to
raid Toyko two years ago." He
did not specifically state they
were executed ....... .
B-24 Production
Resumes
DETROIT, July 17 (P) Pro
duction of B-24 Liberators was
resumed at the Willow. Run
bomber plant today as employes
began returning to work. The
Ford Motor company closed the
plant Saturday because of work
stoppages ..by. crane .operators
and riggers.
Skeleton crews entered the
huge plant last midnight to
prepare for full production on
tne day sniit. -
The back-to-work movement
followed a meeting late yester
day of 5000 members of Local
50, United Automobile Workers
(CIO), at which a vote to re
sume nroductlon was' unani
mous. Company, union '' and
War Labor board representa
tives met today to discuss griev
ances, which Include seniority
rights and transfers of skilled
employes.
'Dead' Woman
Cooks Breakfast
TOWANDA, Pa., July 17
(TP) A ' number of relatives
arrived by train yesterday to
attend the "funeral" of Mrs.
Ash Parsons.
Mrs. Parsons greeted them
sleepily it was 6 o'clock in
the morning and cooked
breakfast..
One Of the relatives, mis
interpreting a telegram, had
spread the erroneous report
of her death. , . .
throuah was made last night by.
a strong enemy .force. whichat-
lacxeo in a souuieni suuuru. n.
portion- of these troops broke
into, the municipal hospital, but
the building was retaxen in a
counterattack . -lasting - several
hours and ' other Chinese posi
tions-Were restored, -the. nign
command sam
The hi ch command said: more
than 14.000 JaDanese were kill
ed in the fightingfor Hengyang
between June 23 and July 14.
At the same time it disclosed
that Japanese forces in . the
Kwangtung province offensive
to the south were attacking
Yingtak, rail town . 70 miles
north of Canton and about 225
miles south of Hengyang
- Attack -Yinotak.
The Japanese appeared .to be
making a concerted attempt to
take Yingtak, where tne unin
ese said they had inflicted 500
casualties on the enemy in the
latest action;
Foreign observers were -in
clined to accept the Chinese es
timate of Japanese casualties at
Hengyang with some reserve, al
though the Japanese have ad
(Continued on Page Five) ;
Jap Admiral
Relieved of Post
NEW' YORK. July 17 (ff)
Admiral smgetaro. sntmada has
been ''relieved of his post" as
Japanese navy minister, and suc
ceeded Dy Admiral iaoKuni No
mura, Tokyo radio announced
today, o . .
Tokyo said the post of navy
minister was. changed .as Dart of
preparations "in view pf the pres
ent grave war situation, to unite
an eiioris ior certain victory.
Another broadcast said Shimada
had resigned.
The broadcasts made no men-
tlon of the post of navy chief of
staff, wnicn snimaoa-neia in ad
dition to being navy minister.
BRITISH ARMY
FIGHTS IN TWO
FRENCH TINS
Lessay Almost Lost
To Nazis, Fight
Weak : '
RIVER IN FLORENCE
CROSSED BY ALLIES
By NOEAND' NOHGAAHD""
ROME.--July 17 (VP) Allied
troops stormed today across the
Arno' river which flow.? through
Florence, putting behind- them
a considerable barrier - before
the German gothic line across
itaiy. . . r
The- Arno is a natural moat
400 feet wide at places and was
believed to have been fortified
on the north bank during the
German retreat, from Rome. It
flows in deep gorges north of
captured Arezzo, Florence,' and
Pisa where it meets the sea. ; .
. Enemy Surprised -An
official, source said the
swift advance of tanks and in
fantry from Arezzio so sur
prised the enemy that the Brit
ish captured a bridge intact,
along with German engineers
who were waiting to aesiroy it.
- South African armored troops
and- British guardsmen made
another: advance of ' several
thousand yards in another sec
tor. ;
Mava on Leahorn
-American troops climbed -in
relentlessly on Llvorno (Leg
horn todav after capturing the
dominating height of Monte
Maggiore and pushing on up
tho Italian west coast to the
edge of Montenero,. only, four
(Continued on Page Five)
Six Die in Fire
In Denver Park.
DENVER, July 17 (VP) Six
nersnns died in the' midst: of
holidaying throngs Sunday , aft
ernoon, when a sudden Durst oi
flames sweet . the Old. Mill.
housing a scenic boat ride, at
Elltch's Gardens in Denver.'.
Four of the dead were ideriti.
fied by: Deputy Coroner Gus
Economy as two Buckleyi field
soldiers and their wives.' The
other two were park attendants
who . tried i vainly to pull - the
boat riders to safety. . . ;
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTER3
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE; July 17 (IP) The Amer
ican warriors of Lt Gen. Omar1
N. Bradley, attacking in a thick
morning mist in the seventh day
of their siege of St.' Lo, have
driven into that heavily defend
ed bulwark of the nazl Nor
mandy line, supreme headquart
ers announced today.
On the Americans' left, tha
second British army fought blaz
ing engagements in the streets
of two villages and captured two
others as Lt. Gen. Miles C.
Dempsey threw forward strong
forces on a nine mile front
southwest of Caen in a drive,
aimed at bursting out of the
Normandy-peninsula. ' : -.
; "". Lessay Lost ""
Lessay, the western anchor of
the German line, apparently was
lost to the Germans . any time
the Americans chose to clinch,'
control.. The doughboys had en
tered the town across the flood
ed Ay river and reported only
moderate; opposition.
In the" center Bradley's meni
made rapid gains in frontal and
slanting attacks on Perlers, cap--turing
the village of Les Miller
les, about' a mile and a half
north of the town, and taking;
other positions pointing close to
the St. Lo-Periers road.
: j' Fight Savagely .
A Cassino-llke battle was in
prospect at St. Lo. Supreme
headquarters said Germans were
fighting savagely in the outskirts.
Full capture of the town was
likely to be a matter of several,
aays oi oiooay .strugg.e. .
Dispatches from the front said
the Germans apparently had dug'
subterranean forts and tunnels
under the ruins and in two years-
of preparation made painstaking,
efforts -to fortify the highway!
center .whose strategic value wa3
first recognized by Charlemagne.
..Force: Way.-;
Attacking both to the south
east - and southwest in a two
direction offensive southwest of
Caen, .the British " forced their
way into, houses at that eastern
edge . of Evreey, 7 J - miles from
(Jaen ana the key to high ground
in the blood-drenched triangle
between 'the' Odon - and Orne
rivers. : - 1 :
They by-passed this town and
pushed on for about half a mile
to the southeast of if, while one
force. attacked It .directly.- ,
Hold Half Noyers
The British also held the east
ern half of Noyers,-four miles
to the northwest, where their
(Continued on Page Five) "
Race Issue Major Problem
For Demo Platform Writers
: By FRANCIS LE MAY
CHICAGO, July 17 (VP) The
race Issue, major root ' of the
"southern revolt"- within the
democratic party, parades in full
dress today before the party's
platform trainer's, with spokes
men for negro organizations, and
for , antl-lynching and anti-poll
tax laws. ': , .
Thus at Its first public hear
ing, the 23-member platform
group was confronted squarely
with the delegate job of finding
phraseology perhaps to help re
store unity in democratic ranks.
. In addition' to spokesmen for
negro organizations, Platform
Committee Chairman John W.
McCormack arranged , to hear
proposals today for planks deal
ing with agriculture, women's
rights, and the Palestine ques
tion.
E. B. Germaitv of Dallas. Tex,,
an alternate delegate, invited
other southerners to meet at a
Iood hotel Tuesday night to clan
a campaign against Inclusion of
any racial equality plank in tne
convention declaration of party
principles and philosophy.
Germany said he hoped the
meeting would agree to back de
mands for platform declarations
for state rights, retention of poll
taxes, and opposition to federal
anti-lynching legislation.-:
. The spokesmen for negro or
ganizations appeared before the
republican platform committee
here last month, and the GOP
convention put in its platform a
plank calling for the perpetua
tion of the fair employment
practices committee (FEPC) and
for federal anti-poll tax and antl
lynch statutes. The FEPC, which
has brought many angry words
from the south, was created by
President' Roosevelt and wpn
congressional-: sanction' , largely
through republican votes,
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Saipan in Use
As Transport
Terminal .
SAIPAN 'ISLAND.-' June' 28
(Delayed) (VP) Saipan has join
ed the ever-growing list of Pa
cific Island terminals for Amer
ican transport planes. - ' " I
The new service to the Marian
as was inaugurated by Lt. Col.
Neil R. Mclntyre, La Jolla, Calif.,
before Saipan was conquered. He
landed his twin-engine marine
corps plane at Isely airfield Juno
24. '. - Aw-: ..;,.: :.'....' ,
Swedes Report ; ;
PI ant Desi royed I
STOCKHOLM. July" 17 (Pi-
Three Swedes just returned from
Munich estimated today that tha
Bayrlsche Motorenwerke, where
the Germans are believed to be
manufacturing, engines for flying
bombs,- was 80 per cent destroy
ed. The travelers said the, huge
factory, a long, time producer of
tanks and" motor cars for the
German army; was now thought
to be concentrating on jet pro
pulsion engines. . .
Hitler's brown house, former
ly reported, destroyed, was hit
again and almost completely
rulnedi the ' eye . witnesses cons
tinued.' " '. '
Of the city's normal 828,000
population, ' 6000 to 8000 were
made homeless. Evacuation of the
city was difficult because rail
roads were tangled and the street
car system: was closed. ;
''Roads to the south of Munich
were packed with refugees," one
Swede-said.' ';. ''. .:- "v
40-Acre Fire f I
Under Control
SCIO, July 17 (P) A fire that
roared through 40 acres of green
timber 40 miles southeast of here
was under control today. ..
. The blaze started Saturday,
and was checked by . fighters
from Scjo, Lebanon and Albany.
It was- believed to ave started
fey spontaneous combustion.