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Toloiccma to have LOST too IllMl. , . . krrp your Intturi) crowed and ve mid car. open. ruin ummv . , Kid emerKo within tt low cioy.. toME kind of altompl on Wi fe tart IK PIr 10 h"vo bcon R Indicate that omobody L Berlin that tier file hrer wm r!,T.. kr,.i.,l arid bruited," llUCH more imnonani ; tJuloa that SIX general mm Eo admirals were mucd up tuno uillh Hitler. evidently Olllto a Irtwd round at the time. , we'd like to know I who tossed tho bomb. And WHY. m.... ..... unuiin hints todav I 1IICIQ ..- .. . Rhittt lct ome of the general ho ol Dinsieo were iroin nn-'- .,.i millinrv liable. Illili General llofnif tutor, who Iwm nabbed by the Ruwlan and ITALKED yesterday, ucMcd i.fiiiu atrnni v utni iiirro is ruing qiiBrrei pciwuni Uilulltvo cnooi oi wr-iiiiini rul ihe hereditary, nrofewlonal Gtrmn war leadership. Did lomo of these profowlon i (or one of their itoOKc) heave the bomb? ... Irvn uim a lmmb reallv thrown v ! all? la Ihla bomb bualnoi Just cye-waili? ,adoui an we outildcrt can bo luro of I' that we cin't bo very uro of ANY THING yet. Ai in tho cao of To)o, 6me. thing more tangible should emerge later. , WE can be very uro, however " that our cnemic aren't nappy. They cc DOOM np. Ifroachlnit. The nctii of men NHing approaching doom don t always follow a clear and loRical pauern. a cornered won doom l aiways ao mo unnR you cxpooi It to do. Sometimes you don't llrnnu, ml... I, ...U I, Anm ntivrf TtMJ li UVlja Wllllb 11 UUVfll This much Is CERTAIN: oats: in me dnys when they were WINNING EVERYWHERE, the Japs and the Germans weren't actlna as thcv'rn nnlliiii now. ... MONTGOMERY'S drive out of Caen is continuing. He mi, morning to bo turn m to tho left, toward Havre, "hat mlKht bo significant. For " thing, ho wants to clear the wrnianj 0ut 0f range of the , t, "- mill ii wiiuii o wt. We need porta and more There Is evidently a big tank ,n. ln 11,0 P'nln cast of c"l U this is written. HE Russians nro pushing wcat- .l They've CROSSED ISrSSP nt ono Plnt- They e hitting nnrd everywhere. lh.7iecm t0 llavo everything "t li needed nt tho moment. D.WN In New Guinea, the wis H,,inm .of MacArthur's by- SI iS? "u ,nr' Tho 45.000 5r,h' have been trying to KomMi11? by-Pas trap don't tteW11- Thy t 0 ,K 'n Chicago, Honry Wal- by p0' dam,ncd, with faint praise battle ThBVfeU- 15 puttln8 "P a J that one can't help ad- WaUor008, 8 n'.nd no WACEIs'the'klnd of per- hear se visions and mClr. " mple, ho 'fong1eIviH"lw is. that thoro Is pWtelnfWino "b0n,J 11 enB.nr.5i " chlcaifo,- and lrmenSon. aRlng- There Is a !rund S Tnt70,,slbly a hlcountTv , l,hV? Ik0 f which 'earsamy h"8 not sccn In many "''(Wnv'Sn,,.1110 dol!8ate? feV con'ven- lrrllcrt In A 'bHf the time has (Con lnueT"lcatlwhon ONLY nued on page Two) . . what GOVERNMENT RE-FDRHEDBY. KfllSi.YDNAI General, Admiral Now In Control of Japan By The Aiaoclated Prat Premier Uenural Hldirkl Tojo, who led Jiiijiin Inio war uuainitl America and Urltaln and had been virtual dlctutor for two and a lialf years, has fallen with bis cntiru caoinei unci loKyo mi nounced today that Emperor 111 roll I to had ordered another gen eral and an udmlrul to form a new government "in coopera tion." lllrohlto's mandate was given General Ktinlnkl Kolso, govern or general of Korea, and Admiral Mltxuinosa Yonai, premier In 1U4U, two of tho most powerful leaders of the fighting service. Tokyo broadcuKts said comple tion of the new cabinet was ex pected tonight or early tomorrow iTokyo time). Military Rul Continues The Cholco Indicates there will be no fundamental departure from, tho principle of military rule. Both Kolso and Yonni have . (Continued on Page Two) " y h i South Drops Whiie Supremacy Flank Fighi CHICAGO, July 20 (TP) Southerners suddenly dropped their fight for a "white supremacy"- plank today after the demo cratic platform committee turn ed them down cold. , "Wo have exhausted every means nt our power; we have run out of steam," said Fi rmer Governor Dan Moody of Texas, a leader In tho bitter southern fight against the committee's platform racial plunk. Moody said tho platform fight would not be taken to tho con vention floor. It could not, he explained, because tho signature of only eight status could be ob tained for a minority report. Twolve signatures ore necessary to do this, a study of the rules showed, i Two Army Planes Crash at Redmond REDMOND, Ore.. July 20 (VP) Two singlc-seolod fighter planes from Portland army air base crashed heri. yesterday within a 12-hour period, nnd an Investiga tion was under way today. Portland air baso offlclnls Identified the pflots as Flight Officer Joseph S. Pusatorl, son of Mrs.' Louise Pusatorl, 10B Green St., Cincinnati, Ohio; and 2nd Lt. Worrcn H. Schnllgcr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Honry Ben ton Schnllgcr, 7044 7th avenue, Los Angeles, Colif. Both were killed almost lnstontly. The planes were on combat training missions. Mrs. Roosevelt Arrives in L. A, LOS ANGELES, July 20 (P) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of tho president, arrived here today irom san uiexu. "I'm Just passing through; ...... LntvtA 1 1 aha I n I P on my wy iiumo, porters. , , ; ' I'm she told re- AS BRITISH MANGE Sen. Bqrkley Names FDR For denomination By JACK BELL CHICAGO STADIUM, July 20 (Pi Th nam of Franklin D. Rooiovolt was placed In nomination for a fourth term today by Bonator Albon W. Borkloy of Kentucky and th. democratic na tional convention moved toward speedy nomination and an ac ceptance ipa.ch by radio lrom th. prosld.nt tonight. - - Berkley' speech was shored ahead of platform action to ka.p th. delegate occupied. Senator Samuel Jackson of Indiana, par man.nt chairman. ald the next order of builn.ts will b. to ''open the nomination for the .lection of your nomln.." and aid that the actual balloting on nomination would await con vention action on th. platform. A Barkl.y (poke, word pr.ad that Vic. Pr.tid.nt H.nry A. Wallace, .ngsq.d In a battl. with Senator Harry B.' Truman of Mltsourl. for th. vie. presidential nomination that overshadowed everything else at th. convention, would b. given th. floor to mak. a s.conding sp..ch for Roos.valt. ... Copies of Wallace's speech were delivered to tho press be foro officials on the speaker's platform knew he had arranged to rnake one thus letting Wal lace get before the delegates in an appearance: that offered a major: opportunity. While Berkley's voice rolled through the brilliantly-lighted hall, tho Texas "regular" dele gation one of two separate delegations seated after a state party fight abruptly left their (Continued on Pago Two) No Northwestern Men Usieliln ' Explosion Deaths PORT. CHICAGO, Call!., ' July 20 (A') The death toll of the explosion of two ammunition laden hlps here Monday night stood at 322 today with a navy announcement of 213 names of men known to be dead or miss ing. No Pacific northwest men wore Included. In' addition, to the navy list issued last night, known dead or missing included 69 merchant sailors, 31 members of armed guard crews aboard the vessels, five coastguardsmcn and four civilians caught In. the blast. A special court of inquiry will be convened by the navy tomor row to consider all phases of the catastrophe, tho 12th naval dis trict has announced. 73,166 Die in Italian Battles WASHINGTON, July 20 (If) American army casualties in Italy from the time of the land ings last September to July 12 totalled 73,166, Acting Secretary of War Patterson reported today. This was an increase of 2767 for ono weok. The death list now stands at 12,099, an Increase of 344 for the week; the wounded at 49,561, an increase of 2104. There are 10,806 missing. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 20 (I') British armor sloshing forward In sev eral directions has cut into good tank fighting country on a broad front five miles south east nf'Coon and tho Germans Jiuvo, bceu-.unablo. .to ..stabilise their lines in tho third day. of the offensive despite thoir best effort, supremo headquarters announced today. Heavy fighting was raging, however, around o German anti tank screen ln the Emicvllle Fronouvlllo area from two to three and a half miles southeast of Troorn, a railway center eight miles cast of Caen. Camp at South of Caen The British were reported to have swept through the Troarn railway station Just outside the town, and British tonks led by a man once the prisoner of Mar shal Erwin Rommel were on- (Continued on Pago Seven) Plane Crew Dies In Bomber Crash WALLA WALLA, July 20 m Tho entire crew of 12 six of ficers and six enlisted men wore killed yesterday whon an army Liberator bomber from tho Walla Wolla army airfield crashed near Touchet, 17 miles west of hero, Col. David Wade, baso commander, reported. Witnesses said the plane had exploded ln tha air. Wreckage and bodies, some with opened parachutes beside them, were scattered over a three or, lour mile area. : ' ' Roy Dodd, former, : said ho first saw the plane ln trouble, circling nt a fairly high altitude and thought ono motor was missing. ' Yanks Pursue Germans to Lower Arno River Banks By NOLAND NORGAARD ROME, July 20 A') American troops, reaching the south banks of the lower Arno river on a 25-milc front in hot pursuit of tho Germans fleeing their gothic lino defenses beyond tho river, have captured Collo Salyotli, seven miles northeast of allies hold Llvornio, allied headquar ters announced today. Tho latest town to fall to the Americans, fanning out against decreasing nazl resistance, is about 10 miles southeast of Pisa, U. S. Ships Enter Barrage Phase in Attack on Guam U S. PACiriC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July 20 (P) Battleships, thundering for four straight days at Guam ono o fthe war sectors to grave ly worrying Japan's emperor that tho Tojo cabinet resigned have carried the unprecedented assault into tho barrage" pjiaso. Tho term, often applied to screen operations ior ihhuhik troops, was used for .the 'first time by Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz In his reports on 15 straight days of bombing and , sholllng the former U. S.-outpost In the Mar ianas. ' ' . . "Our battleships, cruisers nnd destroyers laid down oh Intense hnrrniln nonlllst defensive DOSi' tions on tho Island," Nlmitz said in a Wednesday press release which also added two new at tacks by carrier planes, dropping 468 tons of explosives. Tho fiery cdmbing of Guam already has more than tripled the continuity of the attacks preceding the invasion of Salpan, 125 miles to the north. Solpan's conquest cost more American lives than any other Pacific is land Rota island, between Guam and Salpan, was hit Monday by nearly 80 tons of carrier plane bombs and returning filers re . (Continued oh Page Seven) on a highway leading directly to that important enemy anchor po sition. - Sniping Opposition German opposition was confin ed largely to sniping parties arm ed with automatic weapons, as United States forces seized the last high ground held by the Germans south of the Arno river, and laid down artillery fire which left the enemy without any alternative than retreat. At the other end of the front Polish and Italian units pushed on from tho west coast port of Ancona and cut the Coastal road at Torrette a Mare,, nearly three miles west of the city. Another column, with armor, sped along the inland route in the Adriatic sector and established a bridge head over tne esmo river, 10 miles west of Ancona and south of Chiaravallo. -. L.sv. Equipment Tho enemy left much valuable equipment in the Ancona sector. Torrential rains impeded movement on the-entire battle front, but both the fifth arid eighth' armies mado steady pro gress. Elements of the veteran American 84th 'division and at tached units were the first to enter.Livorno.- The 34th, origin ally largely from Iowa and other middlowestern national guard units, ' participated in North Africa landings November 8, 1942, and, have been in action ever since. - '"': "',:- " 1 Ready For Trip to Lake ll if jySm This grouo of marine from the marine band at tha Barrack i shown with a group of local girl just before th.y left ior Lake o' th. Wood Wednesday, to spend' th. day at a cabin owned by Mary -Grafton. : - ' . Front row, l.ft to right, th.y ar. Mrs. John A. Wattles. Helen Howry, Jean Und.rwood, Margi. Clark, Mary Grafton, Virginia Turnbow and Barbara Schults. In-the truck ar., sitting, SSgt. Robert E. Pritehett, Sgt. C. F. Sanders, C pi. E. E. Blanchard. Cpl. W. H. Siegrist, PFC E. H. Rechel, Sgt. A. J. B.auchamp. Standing are Sgt. John A. Wattles, SSgt.- William J. Cunning ham, Sgt. William J. Seliniky, Sgt. F. P. Battis, Cpl. M.' B. Artellan. Mr. John Eastep and Cpl. John Eastep. , .... - , "" Th.y were accompanied by Mr. Harry Jack man.' : New Red Off ense Advances 32 Miles to Western Bug LONDON, July 20 iff) The rert armv has ooened a new otL fensive west of Kowel, Marshal Stalin announced today. Kowel is about SS miles north of Lwow and pn the main road to Lublin and Warsaw. Truman Mother Wants Son to Be in Senate KANSAS CITY, July 20 W) The 91-year-old mother of Sen ator Harry S. Truman (D-Mo.) doesn't want her son to be vice president. She thinks he should stay in the senate where "he can do more good." "His investigating committee is doing fine work," she says. "He ought to stay there." Oregon Pledges Vote to Wallace CHICAGO, July 20 (P) The Oregon delegation to the demo cratic national convention agreed today at a noonhour cau cus to vote as a unit for Henry A. Wallace "as long as he has a chance" for the vice-presidential nomination. Should Wallace fall from the running, the 14 Oregon delegates voted to support William O. Douglas, United States supreme court Justice now on vacation in Oregon. ' Third choice will be Sen. Harry S. Truman. Patterson Says s Grave Japt WASHINGTON, July 20 (?) Acting Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson said today the shakeup in the Japanese govern ment was. proof the Japanese people were beginning to learn the serious nature of their de feats. He added that the Jananese were mistaken if they thought a cnange in rulers "will maxe us forget the treachery and bar barity of their behavior since the first attack at Pearl Harbor,' Russian-forces reached the vi cinity of Kowel last spring. In an order of the day Stalin said the new' offensive had cap tured more than 400 populated places in three days of fighting and had advanced up to SO kil ometers (32 miles) along a front of up to 150 kilometers (94 miles), reaching the western Bug river. Break-Up Signs MOSCOW, July 20 (fl3) The German army showed signs of breaking in the hotly-contested battleground west of the Nie men river before East Prussia , (Continued on Page Two) Germans Seize Poles in Lwow LONDON. July 20 W) Act ing to forestall an uprising as the Russians approach, the Ger mans have seized about 3000 Poles in Lwow, including all the prominent persons, the Polish telegraph agency said today. Quoting the Polish under ground radio, the agepcy said Gen. Ledochowski, former com mander of the Krakow military area and a brother of the late Cardinal Ledochowski of the Jesuit Order, was among those arrested. Seven - Generals, Two' Admirals Injured ; By Blast JAP COPS QUIT The colonial police fore, at th. Tulelaks segregation center, made ud entirely of Japanese res idents of the- center,- resign.d in a body today. . WRA officials said that th. reason given for th. resignations was-that. the. force had not . re ceived .cooperation from oth.r residents. . . Function of the colonial police was. to maintain peace and order in the Japanese residential area. The chief of the colonial po lice and his assistant resigned on July 3 after receiving anony mous, threats, it was disclosed today. That was the day after the fatal stabbing of Yaovo Hitomi, head ox the cooperative merchan dising enterprises at the center. ' Although the WRA internal security staff is 'conducting the investigation of the Hitomi mur der, and the colonial police had not taken part in it, a number of the Japanese policemen, re ceived threats. The colonial police staff dwindled from 115 at the time of Hitomi's murder to 72 at the time of the resignations . todav. Director R. R. Best asked each of the 74 residential blocks -to choose two representatives to serve in a new community or ganiiation. ' NON.STOP FLIGHT WASHINGTON, July 20 (IP) The first non-stop flight from London to Washington, -D.;.C., was made this week by an army air transport command crew in a . C-54, four-engined . Douglas transport plane. . . LONDON. July 20 (VP) Adott Hitler was slightly burned and Druisea by a .bomb in an au tempt on his life today while) he was surrounded by closest personal ; military advisers, an announcement from his head quarters said. . Seven generals and two ad mirals were injured by . thai blast, Berlin added - . .. . Attackers Escap. ' (One broadcast attributed tha blast to dynamite while another? said "explosives" were used. An account recorded by NBC said the unnamed perpetrators escap? ed; but that - police - were "on their trail.") . - - Closely-controlled - official - an nouncements gave no inkling of the nature of the originators of! the attempt," but" London cort tacts- with the" German ' undeit ground suggested that the sen sational development was the result of ' serious feuds within the military hierarchy In Ger many. ' ; j Breda May B. Sen. These sources said the attempt might have .occurred at Breda, Holland, where Hitler was re ported to have gone yesterday for a . conference with Marshal Erwin Rommel, his. commander in Normandy.. . ,. There , was speculation that a general brawl may have result ed w h e n . Rommel . demanded more divisions to .prop his front and met with refusal. - ... Minor Injuria . : r. Quick to stress the minor na ture of the -55-year-old dictator's injuries, the radio -announcement said- he -conferred -immediately afterward with -Benito Mussolini - and- also received Reichmarshal Hermann Goer ing, -who was en route to the headquarters at the -time 'of the! attack.- ' - ".- By strange coincidence, the at tack took place only about 16 hours., after Hideki " Tojo, ' the" third of the ill-starred axis lead ers who led their countries into (Continued on' Page Two) FDR, Churchill May Meet After War in Australia J CANBERRA, Australia j July 20- (IP) Speculation that Presi dent Roosevelt and Prime Min). ister Churchill may meet in- Cane, berra after the defeat of - Ger many to discuss the war against Japan was -carried ' today in Australian newspapers. The . story quoted New ZeaJ land's -- prime- - minister, Petef Fraser, .at Auckland. ' -. Junior Chamber Sponsors 'Miss Klamath1 Contest A Miss Klamath contest in which some attractive local girl will be chosen to participate in the state contest for selection of "Miss Oregon," is being sponsor ed by the Junior chamber of commerce, it was announced to day. , Registration for contestants begins July 24 and ends August S. Girls to be eligible 'must be single and between the ages of 18 and 26 years, and a Klamath county resident. The winner will be chosen' primarily for talent and personality though personal appearance will' also count.' Final selection will be made between Augdst 5 and-15 after which Miss Klamath - will be given a trip to Portland, with all expenses paid for one. week1 as guest of the state . War Finance committee. In Portland she will compete with winners from other parts of the -state for the title of Miss Oregon. ' Miss Oregon will remain In Portland as a treasury rerjresen- tative and will devote her title. talent and efforts towards the war bond campaign'. Many ' of the winners of the state contest ln the past have since become famous in radio or on the screen All Klamath girls eligible to enter tne contest are urged to register at the chamber of com merce, 323 Main or -phone-5193 during the registration period. Chinese Rout Reinforcements : CHUNGKING, July. 20 (VP) Chinese forces, hay'r.,j routed, a Japanese column se i to the re lief .of besieged Pinf'ia in west ern Hunan- province, . are relent lessly pursuing the retreating enemy forces and are now in con tact . with . the . Japanese : rear' guards at Mengtui, 10 miles .west of Pingka, a -Chinese -communique said today. - -t At the .same time other Chin; ese units are harassing the with drawing column at a point nine miles further west,,-the bulletin said. .. . . Navy Bombers Hit Bohins ', WASHINGTON, July 20 (F) Big navy bombers, presumably flying- north from Saipan, attack ed the Bonin islands inly. 632 miles from To!:yo Tuesday, Ad miral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific commander in chief, reported to day. - . - ' - '. . The attack was the first by land-based bombers on the Bo nin group, which is well within the inner' defenses of Japan. The Liberator search planes flew in at low level to strafe and bomb Chichi Jima and Haha Jima. They left 11 enemy sea planes wrecked, four coastal ves sels in flames, a small cargo ship sunk and several' fires blazing among enemy seaplane base in stallations. - Churchill to Moke War Talk f ; LONDON,' "July ' 20 (P) For eign Secretary; Anthony Eden an nounced today that Prime Min ister ' Churchill will, .make a statement on the war situation to the house of commons on August '2; '' i Eden, added .'.that commons probably would adjourn August 3 until -September 26, but said that if necessary Ih the interim parliament would Be recalled. .