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I jw"VW IF.NKINB
WKhiii w now., and
t"1 "L. Chicago convention
. lh.e..A i,V ihe background.
r really look, today.. .If the
Anlllllt II) IIIVIl
Mft , rtVcluiloKlcMl root by
WV . I? u ,.). may have
III WW. , .7.
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ET KP. '""...lij MII.ITAR.
Ire w ill B "" vl'""'-"" "
Kfrd, , hive been picked to
C , new cabinet.
ti. nearly we cull icnrii
KS .inn lilcii In lo get lean-
tfof LOSING them.
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. .