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lnlc ? u ken precedence. It
f
I rOMKUY'S British and
I1 Canarfla" c ' ,,,., "on nt
kMcSf8!ITIIKOO
?. morning' (llP'-'h ro;
' .Tin imckn. riminim uuihijv.
ItiW'rtAi MILKS, muving
..allied spearhead
iw ,,
Monty "f ..... "'"
iip oowcr buck of Mont
T"LSJ. drive Ik Indicated
the fuel I ml Kn""
lylll.1,". ... ii Hi Ih morn-
J;KZm.cru.ick that was
boNTCOMKBV tdl the cor.
K cd VouO,d BUR-
;d sow v An,r ;.;.n
Kn killed, wounded
HPllirC.C!;l inklm-
Lwns If what will win tlio war.)
rile hn imi l: "Our objoc
o write of German pcrauiiiiui
KEy 'mechin. lo dlh
nd the tinio win toiim
S llaly, Clark's Stli army takes
Uvorno. The loaning tower
' pisa. Just lo tho norlh, l
Itarly visible, uvorno ana
'l trc tllO WUH.erii umviiui
(ho Germans atiio
Italy. On Uio Aciriniic end.
IUS1I troops iiiko ino iulk "
fcneona. . .
JCIX Biissinn irmiei pam
P throue.li HUGE holes in lllt-
irr's eostorn front from the
iarpsthlsns to Latvia, a distance
Si HO miles. Moscow says the
l ii. miti.i- H r.
pnsej or urcsi'iuovffiv, i
Bus, and adds that red forces
l,vo CROSSED THE CURZON
,INE to Uio nortn.
rrnltlnil Ihn PlirMtl llllft Will
be Intcrcitlng to Russian-haters,
ihohavo coiuonaen mm. wo rem
they regard as Russian territory.)
T0WN toward tho Carpathians,
I" hit ufnn nrnnnni nna ivo
wcl, Marshal Konev breaks
through tho German defense and
gains 31 miles. In three days.
From this break-through ho can
(in out to tho north or the south
(or both), trapping Germans.
THERE'S a new Russian drive
- aircctca ra lwow, one 01
Europe's greatest railroad cent-
icrs. It is bricked bv ono of the
greatest air forces yet sent
against the Germans In tho cast.
A GERMAN tank general Just
i-nvn mu iiunfliuus will'
Ini Inrinv Ihnl Hlllnr ni-iWn
EVERY FOOT of ground held
and when his cxporionccd gen
erals tell him ho hasn't .the -reserves
to get away with It ho
Utm (hum . '.,-.
He describes tho nazl defeats
in KtlSS a flnri PnlnnH am nn nv.
ample of the "talentless" Hitler
command, , , '
THERE'S an Interesting atory
I frnm rrinii
m Cairo.
H relates that a Gcrmnn mil
iiary conference was called in
Athens in viicm... i.Hnnni
! .v UlOtMOO lllIIJUli VMIls-
mailers of policy." An orgument
--myut-u, i-isiois wero drawn
no SENIOR officers started
snooting.
kJt 11,0 ruckus ended SIX
HI been killed.
;
nERMAN nTflnni-o rllrlnil
Ml nnrl i i. ...t
In it J "uul Bn omcr dbuk
, aays when they wore
.i mng everywhere. NOW
by inn i aireicncQ ugni
"Wh . uuvuraiiy-
mun "eves tan out, honest
""" mio tneir own."
F. ..PMlfio, U. S. bnttleshlps,
ranin , , 01 neaa-ctuck
to c'ali rhd,uslL,g sPttcr Plancs
mV?" 'K'1, shots, oro blowing
ae.leises on Guam. Dc-
rinao S,0h;? "i to point-blank
rffl11..8110." tho Jap nntl-
Ing at ,,ll0"0s '"at aro shoot
(Thi. 0 8p6tt01' Planes.
tho nm. 11 noPPen8 when
nc cncmv sets short of planes.)
PfS' Salpan: 1620
kliu ,and 10.000 were
thomrelm,, . " """P clvHlana gave
mselves P and wore internad.
.... . .
ARTHUR reports the
"and rir ""."'lo naimanera
hve a'uk 2Hn? JuLy, nl8 bomberJ
nclCfe?."'Pdeflnltoly1
moro nn,i uumagea
'"PPly bargcf r dama8ed 180
. Halmahni-n 'i . . .. .
"nd n l ii - i " Prawiing is
'fomNcwr?lcss.than halfway
llteZ?u!Bf? 10 t"0 southern
Rest that u ,Y, r m"P w111 'UK'
to l, will probably have
10 io Jan, ?s ' wlll, be usoIl1
'""nilippincs. B
'THlri.,:. .
""mewhera S Pr101bably abroad
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let
PRICE 5 CENTS
Demo Leaders
Urge Wallace
. To Quit Race
By JACK BELL
CHICAGO. July 19 ()) Democratic party leaders were re
ported exertinct pressure on Vice President Wallace to quit the
race for renomlnatlon today as big city organisation chieftains
aimed toward a first ballot choice of Senator Harry Truman of
Missouri as President Roosevelt's running mate.
With convention delenates preparing to whoop it up when
Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma delivers a keynote speech to
night. Mr. Roosevelt himself gave impetus to a movement toward
Truman by listing him as his second choice for second place on
the ticket and Supremo Court Justice William O. Douglas as
third.
The president's communication reportedly was delivered over
the telephone to National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan and
typed out In a hotel office In tho early hours of the morning.
It was said to describe Truman or Douglas as acceptable to him
ior running mete.
But Vice President Wallace
L
LEAVE JOBS
AT KESTERSON
Entire Crew Takes
Part In Walkout
Here
About 200 men and women,
the entlro crew of Kcstcrson's
lumber mill, walked off the Job
Wednesday morning In disagree
ment with the management over
ncatlon plans and one or two
other Items which had not been
divulged this afternoon, accord
ing to tho IWA office.
A statement of the employes
complaints novo been sent to the
management. No answer had
been received by the atrlkorf
early Wcdncsdoy afternoon.
Labor officials at tho IWA of
fice, with which the Kcslerson
employes Is affiliated did njt
dlscloso today tho exact difflcut
tics which caused tho work st'p
pugo but sold that tho r.ice
would moke a definite statement
Thursday. ' -
British Press
Contradicts FDR:
Trip Report
LONDON, July 19 (A1) The
authoritative British Press as
sociation, commenting upon
axis surmises as to President
Roosevelt's movements, said .to
doy ho "Is not at present plan
ning a visit to Britain."
Tho president has been away
from Woshlngton on a trip, tho
agency said, but "on this oc
casion his holiday Is understood
to be simply In order to brace
him for tho coming presidential
election fight." .
Without confirmation from
any source, tho nazl-controlled
Paris radio said last night that
"President Roosevelt, who has
left Washington, will visit
Rome."
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R H E
Chicago I ? J;
Boston " 10 0
Chlpman and Fleming (7) and
Williams; Andrews and Kluttz.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(10 innings) R ' H E
Washington J J
Detroit 2 7 2
Leonard and Ferrell; Overmlre
and Swift. - '
LIRE
Fifth Army Takes Livorno
From Retreating Germans
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME, July 19 (VP) Lt. Gen.
Mark W. Clark's fifth army cap
tured Livorno today, executing
a wide pincers movement which
forced tho Germans from this
third largest seaport In Italy a
few hours after Polish troops
had seized Ancona, important
port on the Adriatic.
Livorno (Leghorn) lies only a
few miles from Pisa, western an
chor of tho next German de
fense line. ... '
No effort lo defend the city
street by street was made by the
Gorman troops, who previously
had resorted to every military
-. . i . 1 1 : . In ArAot
aovice in' inu oimi -and
delay the American advance.
The capture came after tho in
fantrymen, solzed the hills over-
Iw The ShaHta
told a news conference today: "I
am In this fight to the finish."
"That is the only statement
I cure to nuikc," Wallace said.
Earlier ho had conferred with
labor leaders backing his can
didacy. Byrnes Out
The presidential communica
tion forced War Mobilization Di
rector James F. Byrnes out of
tho race before the opening ses
sion of tho convention got under
way today with a parado of
speeches that sounded like nom
inating addresses lor inc presi
dent. Mr. Roosevelt will bo pick
ed for a fourth term tomorrow
and accent in a radio address to
the convention scheduled for
8:30 n. m. Central war time
With Byrnes out. tho efforts
being made to get Senate Minor
ity Leader Alben BarKley or Ken.
tuckv to withhold his name,
some thought tho vice presiden
tial nomination could bp sewea
up lor Truman on tne Jirsl pat'
lot.
Thev wero putting tho steam
on Wallace to quit, but Wallace
. (Continued on reasy seven) ,
$taie Delegaies
Expected to Vote
For Wallace
CHICAGO. 111., 'July 19 (tP)
Oregon's delegation to tho demo
cratic national convention was
expected today to cast Its votes
for Henry A. Wallace as vice
president.
A motion offered by Chairman
Thomas R. Mahoncy of Portland
declaring tho delegation "mor
ally bound to vote for Wallace
as long as ho has, a chance for
nomination" passed B to 4.
The Oregon group, meeting
hero last night, did not make
any recommendations for the
democratic platform. Henry L.
Hess, La. Grande, was elected
vice-chairman of the delegation.
- Moanwhllo Charles L. Mc
pherson, leador of the anti-Wal-laco
faction, announced he would
nominate Marshal N. Dana, edi
tor of tho Oregon Journal's edi
torial page, for vice president if
ho can obtain the convention
floor for a nominating speech.
Stage Drivers
Strike Again
PORTLAND, July 19 MP)
Bus service from Portland to
Astoria h filled today, as Oregon
Motor Stages drivers walked
out for tho second time in pro
test of a war labor board (WLB)
decision on wage increases.
All drivers on routes operat
ing out of Portland abandoned
their Jobs, but R. W. Lemen,
president of the stage company,
said lines operating out of Eu
gene, Salem and Corvallis were
not yet affected.
Tho AFL Motor Coach Em
ployes union termed the walk
out, which completely tied up
transportation down tho Colum
bia river, unauthorized. The
company employes 17S highway
drivers.
1MnUl..w Ihn 'tfrnnt nnrf late VPS'
terday. Sporadic but nonethe
less vicious artillery, mortar and
small arms resistance was put
up by the Germans before the
city.
, Ship's Sunk
The harbor of Livorno, the
busiest between Rome and
Genoa, Is the grave of many
sunken' ships, mostly victims of
the allied air forces. To the
north, astride the Arno river,
Pisa is clearly visible.
The allies scored another
stinging victory oh the east coast
in tho capture of Ancona by
eighth army Poles, The city oc
cupies an amphitheater between
llmn.lnnn ninmAntnilaa Vini-Hnr-
ing the Bay d) Ancona and has
' "(Continued on Page Seven)
- CuHfudv Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1944
The force of the blast when two ammunition. ships exploded in San Francisco bay wrecked
station. Station Agent L. P. Brooks, cut on the head and face, stands amid the debris. (Associated.
OFFENSE IN BALTIC
LONDON, July 19 (P) Rus
sian troops have opened a new
offensive on their third Baltic
front south of Ostrov, Premier
Marshal Stalin announced to
night.. Red army troops have forded
the River Velikaya and broken
through powerful and deeply
staggered enemy defenses south
of Ostrov, Stalin declared in an
order of the day.
Ostrov is south of Pskov near
the Latvian border, and south
east of the Estonian border.
48 Mile Salient
In two days of fighting, soviet
troops broke through to a
depth of 25 miles on a salient
48 miles broad, the order record
ed by the sovicnt monitor said.
- The- third Baltic army under
General Maslennikov . captured
(Continued on Pago Seven)
two Tulelake
Boys in Area
Of Explosion
Two Tulelake boys were
known to have been in the vicin
ity of the dual explosions at Port
Chicago, California, oh Monday
night. They . are Elmer and
Eugene Garrett, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Garrett of Tulelake.
Elmer Garrett, a chief petty
officer on a transport, notified
his parents and friends after the
explosion, letting them' know
that he is all right, but there is
some concern, about Eugene, a
machinist on a ship stationed at
tho port. .-
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett mr in
Grants Pass: Wednesday. -
Dome Promises
'Important' News
NEW YORK, July 19 (IP)
Tokyo's Dome! agency, today
promised- "important news" to-'
morrow.
U. S. government monitors
said that Domei which yester
day announced Premier Hidekl
Tojo had been relieved as army
chief of staff had instructed
the Japanese press to "bo cer
tain j 'to- receive" the important
news at 8:30 a. m Pacific war
time, today. Later Domei said
it had' been, decided the news
should be held up until tomor
row, Finn Flagship
Sunk by Reds
MOSCOW, July 19 (P) The
red air for'ce announced today
tho sinking of the flagship of
the Finnish fleet, the 3900-ton
coastal defense ship-. Valnamol
nen, with four direct hits in
waters near Kltka island. . ,
The 305-foot ship was commissioned-
In 1930. She mounted
four 10-lnch, eight 4-inch and
four 2-poundcr guns.
Exp
losion Wrecks
Til
11 1 Ijj- ,
Fires, Minor Crop Damage,
PoWer Failures Caused by
Violent Electrical Storm
A violent electrical storm, ac
companied by wind, rain, and
hail, swept over the Klamath
Basin and surrounding areas
last night, causing spotted dam
age to crops, interrupting, power
service, and setting numerous
fires in woods and brush land.
Lightning struck the roof of
the Levi Zentner potato ware
house in Malin and fire broke
out on the roof later. The Malin
fire department was called to put
out the blaze and there was little
damage.
Cornice Burns
Vera L. .Crisler of 45 Pine re
ported that the wood cornice un
der the tile roof at her home
caught on fire after being struck
by lightning but the fire was
quickly extinguished by the rain.
Light and telephone service
was disrupted in various parts
of the Klamath basin during the
storm with lines to Lakeview
arid Malin still out Wednesday
morning. It was believed that all
service would be restored to nor-
Nazi Officers
Shot in Affray
CAIRO, July 19 (JP) Six Ger
man officers were killed in a
shooting affray among high Ger
man officers during a recent
conference in Athens, an offic
ial , announcement said today.
The conference was in the Bre
tagne hotel.
As announced here, these
were the details: .
The conference, called- to
"discuss important matters of
policy, developed into an argu
ment. Pistols were drawn and
senior officers began shooting:
The unwounded Germans then
tried to get away, but one
chief administrative officer for
the Peloponnesus was shot
down by SS guards.
Austrian Col. Fritse, provost
marshal of Athens, subsequently
disappeared. The announcement
ofs the Greek government in
exile did not specify, but there
were reports he had been ex
ecuted for "speaking against the
German army command."
Wallace Arrives
At Convention
CHICAGO. Julv 19 lPl Vlpfi
President Wallace arrived today
to take personal charge of his
campaign ior re-nominatlon by
the democrats.
Told when he stopped from
the train that War Mobilization
Director' James F. Byrnes had
taken- himself out ' of the vice
presidential., race, Wallace re
marked: , ' . v , . v
"Well, that- takes' care of
that.-' .
Refusing to say w h a t he
tnougnt his own chances were.
Wallace ..added, "I'm Just out
here as chairman of the Iowa
delegation.".
July 19, 1944
Max. (July 18) 88 Min .......54
Precipitation last 24 hours 09
Stream year to date 9.89
Normal 12.05 Last year 17.78
Forecast! Thunder storms.
Railroad Station
mal by Wednesday. Minor dis
ruptions in- power service were
general from Fort . Klamath to
Tulelake. ' " ''," '
Fires Reported
Lookouts began calling from
mountain tops early this morning
after sighting smoke from light
ning strikes in forest areas.
Horsefly mountain lookout re
ported 12 fires by early after
noon ana mere were six iruui
the Silver Lake district, two
from Swan Lake district and two
from the Round Lake area. The
Klamath Forest Protective asso
ciation, the Indian service, and
(Continued on "age seven;
Willis Mahoney to
Open Campaign
In August
CHICAGO, July 19 (VP) Wil
lis Mahoney. democratic nom
inee for the U. S. senate from
Oregon, announced today that
he would return to his home
state in August to launch his
campaign.
Sen. Guy Cordon, Mahoney's
republican opponent, is expect
ed to remain in Washington, D.
C, during the pre-election
months.
Boy. Dies in
Silverton Fire
SILVERTON, July 19 (VP)
Three-year-old William Alden
Jr.. died . today in a fire that
razed his parents' home here,
and sent his mother to tne nos
pital with severe burns.
Mrs. William Alden Sr., awak
ened by the smell of smoke,
fought her way through flames
to rescue two smaller children,
but was unable to save her elder
son.
In another fire near here this
morning, the Evans Lumber com
pany sawmill was completely
destroyed at a loss estimated by
William Evans, manager, at $35,
000. A Southern Pacific freight
car standing nearby was dam
seed. The mill, built in the fall of
1942, employed 33 men. Cause
of the fire was not immediately
determined.
FDR Speech From
Isles Predicted
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
July 19 (fP) Rep. J. Edgar
Chenoweth (R-Colo.) rjredicted in
a public address last night that
President Roosevelt would make
a speech from overseas accept
ing uio democratic nomination
for a fourth term.
"I predict the president will
be in England in the next few
days if he is not now there and
will make hJ4 acceptance speech
from overseas, tnenowetn said,
Number 10214
the Southern Pacific- railroad
Press photo).. -
Bv The "Associated Press
PORT CHICAGO,. Calif;: July
19 (JP) Reconstruction v of' the
navy s Port Chicago ammuni
tion depot began today as the
death toll in the nation's worst
wartime explosion approximat
ed 350. . - i
All available"' construction
workers were urged to report
immediately to-the devastated,
area where the explosions of
two ammunition shins late Mon
day night shattered the- muni
tions base and -the tpwn of 1500
as well. - . j- T -
Shakes 14 Counties
The blasts, two seconds apart,
shook 14 counties and', their
earthquake-like effects-.. were
felt 80 miles away.
The cause remained -unde
termined.. Navy and federal bu
reau of investigation agents
were on hand for an-investiga
tion, but' the devastation left
little to Investigate. ' .. , ,. J .
No Close Survivor
"There are no close survivors
to give evidence of what hap
pened," said uapt. jm. n., noss,
who had jurisdiction over the
depot. .' ' .
Official sources gave tnis ep-
(Continued on Page seven;
Fires Reported
In Lane County
EUGENE. Ore., July 19 (VP)
More than 35 lightning fires
started in - Lane vcounty - during
the-night after a large storm
crossed ; the area, ' reports from
the office of the Willamette na
tional forest and the eastern, and
western Lane county fire patrol
associations indicated today.
There may be more fires .re
ported during the day, it was in
dicated, because visibility was so
low this morning that not all of
the , forest areas were . vismie.
None of the fires have- reached
the ' danger . stage, the . forester
saia. - - -- -
U. S. Battleships Destroy
Japanese Defenses on Guam
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
July 19 (VP) Battleships-, using
spotter planes, are blowing up
Japanese defenses on Guam at
can't-miss range while southwest
Pacific " bombers send -to the
ocean bottom the men and sup
plies needed by other hard-pressed
enemy garrisons.-
This outline of late develop
ments piled on those which al
ready have caused Japan to re
shuffle top army and navy posts
was sketched today in reports
of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and
Gen. Douglas MacArthur. .
, Move In on Guam
"Nimitz said that battleships,"
battering Guam-Sunday -for -the
second straight day, mpved . in'
closer to pick their targets and
that enemy anti-aircraft guns
E
FIVE MILES
Rommel Puts Reserves
Into Battle Below .'
Caen
By WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS i
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY" ,
FORCE, July 19 (JP) British- -
forces bursting into tne battle
churned open plain below Caere
have smashed the first German
counterattack mounted by picked
nazi tank divisions, it was dis
closed tonight, and have driven,
five miles southeast of that bas
tion town on the road to Paris.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel'
was throwing , in his reserve of
his best forces, and a battle of
rising fury for high stakes raged
over flat- terrain.
No New Details
. Supreme headquarters gave
no new details on this mammoth
engagement, but other British'
forces struck forward along the
center, - extending the - blazing'
front to 20 miles.
Americans wiped out pocketed
Germans north of fallen St. Lo.
The doughboys made a 23-mile
advance, wrecked 16 nazi tanks
staging a futile counterattack,
and reached the east bank of thai
Vire river all along this sector.
The towns of La Capelle and.
Grand Hamel were captured. Y
I
HOOPS Mi
TOWARD PARIS
. capture Town ..,
The British advance toward',-v.
the center captured Hottot-Les-,
Bagues, long a thorn in the a&
lied line, 2 i miles southwest of
Tilly-Sur-Suelles. They widened
a wedge around Noyers on the
Caen-Villers Bocage road, and
beat back -enemy counterblows
at Maltot, between the Orne and
Udon rivers.
Gen..; Sir Bernard L. Mont--
tfomerv: who estimated' 156.0DQ
Germans have been "written ofl'J,
since June 6, sent his high-,
powered offensive through shat
tered German defenses into plain"
country excellent for tank,
maneuvers, penetrating at least
five miles to Cagny on the road,
to Vimont. . -..
9-13 Divisions '
From nine to 13 German di
visions were being hammered by
the British -second army. --
Supreme headquarters dis
closed: Montgomery's push early
yesterday had - sprung from a
bridgehead established across tha
(Continued on page seven;
'Unloaded' Gun
Kills Youngster
- PORTLAND July 19 (VP) An
"unloaded" gun was blamed to
day for the accidental fatal shoot
ing of seven-year-old Ronald P.
Fritts, route 1, Eagle Creek, by
a playmate.
' Glenn MacDonald, state police
officer, gave this account of tha
accident: ,
Ronald, his sister Betty, 9, and
David Taylor, 10, were alone in
the Taylor home. David brought"
out, his father's rifle,, loaded it
with cartridges and ejected them
to show how it worked.
"Shoot me," Ronald said in
fun.- David did and Ronald fell
dead with a bullet in his neck.
Chinese Advance
On Hengshan
CHUNGKING, July 19 (VP) A,
strong force of Chinese which
broke out of encircled Hengyang
in Huana province is advancing
on Hengshan; important Japan
ese base about 25 miles to the
northeast, the Chinese high com
mand said; tonight.
. The' Hengshan base includes
the "headquarters of the attack
ing .Japanese, transferred there
from . the provincial . capital of
Changsha, the high command
said.
. Behind this force, other Chin
ese were frustrating-numerous
Japanese attacks in the city, and
counterattacks in the suburbs
have cracked the ring of encircle
ment established since the be
ginning of the month, the , high
command said. -
firing; on the spotter planes were
silenced by offshore destroyers,
Cruisers also joined in the at
tack. " :
MacArthur announced new
aerial: blows against Japanesf
shipping in the southwest Pa,
clfic, making the totals listed in
19 July communiques: .. , ,
. 25 Definite ''
Twenty-five ships definite! J
Sunk, ranging up to a 4000 tod
freighter. .
Four - ships probably sunk,
ranging from 1000 to 3000 tons,
Twenty-one ships ' damaged,
ranging up to a 10,000 ton meri
chantman, some of which ma
have sunk. ' " ,
.-More than 150 supply barge)
destroyed or damaged.
' ' Ships laden with Jap soldiers
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