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Newspaper Page TextHT) (ft M IMl'A- 0 h Kl U U I L 11)1 I4 I 1 x M 1 I LJ J L the""" i irNKINS T""7 .nation In Qcr- P 11,1 ,"rl, U)Wl (POB- S!y temporarily J I i- n muirrcl botwcon HE" , ". nnv. Pi iiirhiips lio nii"' M,l,.nf (niuu 2LS? of the Clormnn govern- hi' . .i nt lenst. (01 Al, Sur iyw dl,cern itly our o ,.rh In nro in at- Mny- I ""'".v. .-. i..-1-.h be bombing nt rtVI-.IMI, KILLING tnc "f" 'HE dUpilchMl'U " it Oil BIG Gael) fhi I Tiur" ride flu in. 1 i i rried mLKLilt on. "nowcr hit . to rigor, 1110 Luol the earth." nnmr. iho dlsnntchcg. one iday r ,irti to repcaui ..." i lnnkcd. niul behold a I hi. m.m th that hie nomci ' nvi-vit and Oil I0IIOWCU niui The uernw i .... i HIMM- R and Into Uutchcr Hlmmlcr .' , I.- nliinn tit, nnu icr i ow- 1 M? . P. v . j .... !. . . . i- u 1 1 hoi Hie on tiri.... uw. -, . mi ERMnN OH" cvcijr iraimi.i ronouercd mid the snlcil t or illitu LntrlM. ... Luis much wo enn be sure of i fear stn k Germany, no mean trust ANYONE. No one m know who la a gestapo agent ,4 urhn 1. lint. runih Imvrra everywhere. 1EADY TO STRIKE. W ihill ice how long a people A mliui hv (tin irrliilv fear of rain can now oui against MANY PEOPLES fired by the Innul rriHA nf M IllSt CnUflO BOO le dcilre for a better world. ... MEANWHILE Wnr Secretary Sllmjon, frciihly back from it war fronts, (who talks liltlo ut invariably meana what he iyi), tella us what we must do. "Germany i armies ana nor koplc." he anys. "are ahaken hd ihot through with doubts tut In no senso ore they yet roKen. He conllnuca: 'There la only one aura atrat- (jty to finish thl war with final. By and SPEED: that is for us nd our allies to Rear every rc preewe have In men and equip. picni in a una I. unrcmltt nu n fault on land, sea unci In the iir. He concludes: "Only when Hormnnv find ipan see Hint they nro about to completely overpowered then that fact is physically nnd inmlslakably carried to their loonlCDs then anrl thnn nnlv ii.lll .I.L.. .. " " Hiey collapse. WHEN enough Germans " hay bttn klllad. Gtr nany will quit. Not bafora. It will ba useful If Hltlar, Qwrlny, Go.bbals and Hlmmltr HELP US KILL GERMANS. N Iho west and in tho cost of 'EllrODC. IhU hlnnHu ht..lr.A. ferman-klllinif Kocs on npacc. 1-u. nuiuricans in normanay 0 Into nrllnn nool 11,1. In. II o i unci ..lulu- 5'a i KS' Wlln "hnrpshoot- k. '"c ,"K?n "unnirymen riaing break fnnr mii i.,i n, Prawn defenses beyond St. Lo it.., l. m"0 wiao. They fcri. y waves ol bomb lflGmans light wlth aul iT'thO Othpt ntA a. 4U XT. km I'j5h- and Ktl011"8 lhelr Positions. nfti80."1.0 uslnfc tho old f:anadl.n.M u " c ", British and ho next" "e day' Americans u, fin thn An.. It. . r1 ttekin. V' l"e,. ""ni. at- Pledleo "uiuaiiy west or From wll only 40 t0 80 miles PS? Warsaw. Farther . south. f ck I tho Germans Slha v?.g.?,"st the east bonk of hula ii. iiiii Byond the Vis Pank, eI0'' K Plains Ideal for I U ... Ulr'- h..', . Planes, onorntlnn PCAL gupprx?, 8'vlng TACT f rmle. SuppORT to the . red sysx,i.c,ny that de- (ConHn.S NEAR In the red -'"imlu nn t-ri iin 'r... hntber Worker "reaKs Leg f thi pS?aauKho3 fi an employe j-.umoor com- brnknn Iah ioon when a load yard slipped anrt'"." ,oer In t the u on his leg! cg. to Hlllsldo hos rccoivlng treat- Via a H-i-uu it hntfe.1??.'' rmWoyed i an( "i mp yi 3 Avalon, yard. His home i Herald amlter PRICE 5 CENTS T Orote Peninsula Cut Off, Nips Jump In Ocean U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUAKTERS, I'EAItL HAHBOH, Julv 20 ll'J Yank invaders of Gunni, so firmly eslnbllshed that their ucneral said "Tlierc's noth ing the Jap can do now to run us off," Intel fiery siege today lo Nipponese trapped by n Juncture of American forces behind Port April. Somo hapless Japs Jumped Into the ocean, roporiea ai uop. king, Associated Press war cor respondent, os buttlcshtps, .car. rler nlunes nnd hlll-bascd ortil lery blanketed tho 'scaled off Oroto peninsulu, , This neck of land, embracing nn airfield and Sumay nnvnl base, forms the southern end of tho prized harbor behind which marines and soldiers moved from nortli nnd south beach, heads to tho Juncture. Drive Possible "A pall of smoko from bombs ana uncus nongs over mo penin (Continued on Puge Two) Commons Holds Secret Session On Robot Bombs LONDON. July 20 (VP) The houso of commons went Into an Impromptu secret session today to discuss flying bombs. Copt. Alec S. Cunningham Relcl, who had n tilt at the gov ernment last week with persist ent questions nbout the robots, brousht on today's secret ses sion by raising "tho urgent noccs slty of adequately dealing with looting from premises aamagca by flying bombs." When Prime Minister Chur chill spoko on tho robots July 6 ho rejected all proposals for a secret discussion, but there have been insistent demands by members ever since for more in formation. . r Colonial Police Reorganized NEWELL Reorganization of tho community police at the Tule lako center was started Wednes day after tho Japoncsc residents elected 80 men to replace tho 72 members of community police who resigned in a body, July 20. Mnny of those who resigned were chosen by their blocks to servo in tho new organization. Tho Japanese policemen will patrol their own residential areas. Overall enforcement of law and order In tho center Is carried out by tho WRA internal security forco of 46 trained ad ministrative police officers. BEHIND 0 APRA ON GUAM Wright Strike Ends; Other Disputes Keep 8600 Idle ' ByTh Associated Press Settlement of a major labor dispute at tho Wright Aeronaut ical corporation, Lockland, Ohio, was announced by union leaders today, but other controversies kept about 8600 Idle in the east ern half of tho nation. F. L. Innis, assistant regional director of tho CIO United Auto mobile Workers, asked the idle Wright workers, estimated by tho union at 7000 and by the company at 2400, to return to work after all-night conferences produced an agreement for rein stating suspended union officials. This was the second work stoppage at tho Wright plant in six weeks An estimated 4900 employes In tho three other plants In Ohio were Involved in labor disputes At Cleveland 3000 CIO-UAM workers at the Ohio Crankshaft company were idle in protest over discharge of two inspectors. Production of vital parts for B-29 Superfortresses engines was af fected Also In Cleveland, 1100 AFL UAW workers left their jobs last night at the National Malleable In The Shantn - nation Form M Soviet Troops Capture Narva; Smash to Wisla LONDON, July 28 (P) Marshal Leonid A. Govorov's assault troops broke open the road Into Estonia today with th capture of tho town and fortress of Narva, savan miles west of th Estonian border at th top of Rusaia's flaming 1000-mil baltl lino, it was announced tonight. Th victory was announced by Prmlr Marshal Stalin in an order of lh day. which said th city was taken by storm. Th announcement cam aftr hard-riding Cossacks on th Polish front smashed to th east bank of th Wisla (Vistula) rlvr. ' . . And other red army troops, supported for th first tim by U. 8. planes in direct tactical operations, surrounded th mauled German garrison at Lwow, PLANE CRASH KILLS 1 The crash of a fighter- plane Into tho waters of Goose lake, near L a k e v i c w, yesterday brought death to Ensign Valen tino Jnck Gochrlng, the pilot, it was announced today by the Klnmath naval air station. . Gochring's plane was flying In formation on a tactical mis sion when it fell Into the lake. His body was thrown clear. Tho narachute nartiBlly opened, und a -aacuo.iaMrti Jni atadtli body and recovered u wwioui difficulty. The plane rested to day in the lake, and may not be salvagable. Ensign Gochrlng was the son of Mr. nnd Mrs. C. J. Goehrlng, Congers, N. Y. Japs Suffer Huge Losses in India SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, KAN nv rvlnn. Julv 26 P) Heavy losses in men and equipment have been Inflicted on Jnpanesc forces by allied troops attacking the main enemy defenses along the Pelol-Tamu rood In the northeastern India frontier re gion. An allied headquarters bulletin today snid that on the Tlridum road allied troops now had advnnced to n point 32 miles from Imphnl. In northern Burma, mean while, small allied gains were reported in the siege of the Jap anese sirongnoia oi iviyiiKyuiH Car Destroyed Near Klamath ' A enr driven by Chester Beers of Burllngnme, Calif., was completely demolished wh,en it hit a soft shoulder on highway 97 about six miles south of Klamath Falls this morning. The three occuiiniits of the car received nnlv minor inhirics. Beers and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mangan were on tneir way to Portland where they were to take pictures of wnr plants to show around the country. All three arc deaf mutes. & Steel Castings company, after the WLB had granted. 400 of their members wage Increases union officials said were smaller than had been expectea in some instances. ' ; About 800 members of eight AFL locals at tho Toledo Ship building company were Idle, in protest against what union lead ers called "breakdown of negoti ations" nn n scries of Erievances. A proposal for settlement of a strlko by 2500 CIO steelwork ors at the American Rolling Mill plant at Ashland, Ky. . was scheduled for consideration of the union local today. The walkout yesterday had forced start of a sliuwown at me iiay ton .Lambert Steel company, threatening to force 2400 em-, ntnvp. nut. . nf work. Two strikes In Detroit, how ever, ended. About 900 metal polishers at the Packard Motor Car company airplane engine plant and 600 employes of five Detroit dairies, votea last nigm in Ann their walkouts. Approxi mately 80,000 families have been Without milK deliveries ior me last two woeKjj , . , Caneade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1944 storming into that great rail city. Narva not only is the first big Estonian town to fall to the surging red army, but tho flank ing and frontal assault which brought about its fall smashed through the German - fortifica tions' covering the approaches to Estonia and sent another part of the -reeling army back on the long march toward East Prus sia. Mot Toward Capital The Leningrad army now Is pressing through a 20-mlle corri dor above Lake Pelpus toward me Estonian capital ol Tallinn. The order, addressed to Mar- shal Leonid A. Govorov, said troops of the Leningrad.' front. "going over to the offensive In through strongly fortified . and TrCTrrTOremyTJcTrases and,' as a result oi sxuiiui i outflanking maneuvers and frontal attack, today captured by storm the town and fortress of Narva, im portant fortified zone of the Ger mans covering the road into Es tonia." . . Twenty salvos from 224 Mos cow guns were ordered. MOSCOW, July 26 (A) Hard riding Cossacksdrove the severe ly mauled Germans to the east bank of the Wisla river today in tho Pulawy area, 66 miles south east of threatened Warsaw. Around Pulawy, the Russians were within 358 miles of Berlin. . (Continued on Page Two) Task Force Hits Sabang Harbor LONDON, July 26 (P) A large allied task force of cruis ers, destroyers and submarines yesterday bombarded Sabang harbor at the western end of Sumatra, a Japanese Imperial headquarters communique broad cast by the Tokyo, radio said to day. . , The Japanese asserted with out confirmation that they had sunk- two of the destroyers and one submarine as well as down ing a number of carrier-based aircraft. It was .the second such strike on Sabang within a little more than four months, a British task force under Admiral Sir James Somerville having hit the port last April 19. Yank Aircraft Supports Reds ' MOSCOW, July 26 (P) Amer ican planes, flying directly from U. S. bases in Russia in tactical support of the advancing army, destroyed 38 German air craft yesterday - in an offensive sweep in the Lwow area. The Llghnings and Mustangs weie aiuiunea iu me u. a. loth air force, based in Italy. It was the first time American airmen had struck directly at the enemy In tho battle zone of the eastern front, although they had conduct ed strategic bombings from Rus sian bases in shuttle operations. Chamber Requests Storage Space The Junior, chamber of commerce desperately needs a warehouse suitable for storing wastepaper, Marvin Hixon, publicity director for the chamber-said Wednesday.' The Jaycees plan, to contin ue their drives . and need a storing place for the paper that will be collected, as well as what they have on hand now. ,, The storehouse does not have to be large, but ft should be moisture proof, Hixon stat ed. For further information, call the Junior chamber of commerce or Marvin-Hixon, mm ST1E1LEQ VIOLATION OF - PLEDGE BY WLB Wire Orders Workers To Terminate Stoppage WASHINGTON, July 26 (&) The. war labor board disclosed today it had notified workers at the Kcsterson Lumber company, Klamath Falls, Ore., that their work stoppage was in violation of the no-strike pledge and must be terminated immediately. In a telegram addressed to Vernon Chase, president oi tne Klamath Basin District Council of the International woodwork ers union (CIO), the board said: "In keeping with the policy of the board, the board will take no action on this case which has been-certified to it by the secre tary of labor while a stoppage of work Is In progress. This stoppage of work therefore must be ' terminated immediately. Please advise the board what steps you take in this regard. Employes of. the Kesterson Lumber 'coroordtlon. which has been shut down by . a work.stop- (Continued on Page Two; Polish Exile Government May Contact USSR .LONDON. July 26 (A) The Polish government - in - exile weighed today tne advisability of. attemotine to reestablish di rect contact with Moscow in its fight for survival as the red army crashed on within 50 miles of Warsaw.- Premier Stanislaw Mikola jczyk may attempt to visit Pre mier Stalin's capital for discus sion of the situation brought on by soviet Russia's recognition of the polish committee ol libera tion as the sole civil authority in Polish territory now being wrested from the Germans west of the Bug river. More than 9000 square miles which the Rus sians recognize as Poland have been captured. Klamath Man Killed in Action Friends of Pvt, William F, Murray, paratrooper with ' the glider infantry, and a former res ident of Klamath Falls, were saddened to learn this week that he was killed in action in France on Juno 25. Word of his death was re ceived here this week by Dr. and Mrs. H. A. LaLiberte from his mother, Mrs. A. M. Murray, now of Delleker, Calif., who had been notified a few days earlier by the war department. Murray entered the service in 1942. He was a graduate of Klamath Union high school and attended grade school at Algoma. Besides his mother, the youth is survived by a small son and one brother, PFC E. J. Murray of the U. S. marine corps, stationed in New Zealand. Killed Pvt. William Murray s - I t -. July 26. 1944 Max. (July 25) 86 Min. 84 Precipitation last 24 hours 01 Straam year to data 10.42 Normal 12.11 Last year 17.86 Forecast: Warm. Hitler Looks At . - j i , , j r i " if $ ' $ Caption for this German photo, supplied by Swedish picture agency Presiens Bild, says it shows Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini inspecting damage lo the room in which th bomb aimed at Hitler exploded last week. White spot, on Hitler's hand is described as a bandage. (AP wirephoto by radio from Stock holm). ! :;...."-. Hitler Prepares General Mobilization of Manpower - For Last-Ditch Defenses LONDON, July 26 (A)-i-Adolf Hitler, having in effect placed the reich and occupied terri tories under an arch nazi "bie four," was believed today -to be preparing a general mobil ization of all manpower in that Dart of EuroDe under German control "for a last ditch defense of nazism.: A German news agency dis natch reaching Madrid quoted a German foreign office spokes man as saying that Germany herself was going to create new and important military reserves and. that other countries "allied" with Germany would not be Chinese Break Into Leiyang CHUNGKING, July' 26' (") Chinese troops have broken into the railway , city of Leiyang, taken by the enemy in a drive several weeks ago : which by passed encircled Hengyang, and street fighting is in progress, the Chinese high command said to night. ' ' - - Bitter fighting raged within Hengyang itself, 34 miles to the north, and the high command said- the positions were un changed since yesterday, with the defenders repelling incessant enemy attacks. . The Japanese evidently hold a portion of the city, but the Chi nese said for the most part it still was in their hands. : r Body of Youth Taken to Med ford The body of Lloyd Gale Bal derston. 17. was removed to Med- ford Tuesday where burial ser vices will be held. He was kill ed in a motorcycle accident on Bly mountain Monday evening, Balderston was the son of Mr, and Mrs. Clyde Balderston of 330 Stewart in Medford and - had been visiting with friends in Lakeview. He was on his way back to Medford when the acci dent occurred. a Two, Additions Made in Contest ; Two more local girls entered the Miss Klamath contest Wed nesday. They are Patricia Brown and Virginia Benoist. The two entries today made a total of seven contestants registered in the race. Pictures of the first two girls to enter, Doreen Williams and Virginia Howard, Vull appear in Thurs day's paper. . , Baseball Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E Cincinnati 2 9 .2 Boston 9 14 2 Walters, Delacruz (6) and Mueller: Barrett. Just (7) and l xiouerin. at : . , ... Number 10220 Bomb Damage' far behind in this. program. de spite tne cost. i .. . Executor In. his new post Goebbels has become executor to Reichmar- shal -Hermann' Wilhelm .Goer- Ing, who was appointed by Hit ler last night . as chairman' of the . ministerial council - for - de fense of the reich. . - ' Thus Goering became a -dictator over all private and pub lic me in uermany. - - - Forming of the "big four"- of nazism to direct - Germany's death battle are Hitler, Goer-' ing, Goebbels and - Heinrich Himmler, the gestapo chief ap pointed last week to be an all- powerful commander-in-chief of the army at home. NEW YORK, July 26 P) Propaganda Minister Paul Jo seph Goebbels appeared before the uerman people .tonight in his role as reich plenipoten tiary' for . war, I asserted 'that Gestapo Chief . Heinrich Himm- , (Continued on Page Two) Hunger Striker Starts Eating One of the 14 hunger strikers at the Tulelake relocation cen ter started eating again Tuesday night after he had been admit ted to the center hospital in a weakened condition, . WnA - au thorities disclosed Wednesday, Two other strikers were taken to the hospital for examination upon the request of others in the group. They returned to the iso-. iation area after the examin ation. Thirteen - men remaining in the area, all American citizens, continued to refuse food today, The demonstration has been in progress since July 19. Lead. ers of the group have stated they will not eat until they are re leased from the isolation area which the WRA uses to segre gate trouble makers from the main residential area. - Provisional Peace With ; 1 ltaly:Considered by U.S.1 By FLORA LEWIS WASHINGTON, July 26 (IP) A British suggestion that the al lies write a provisional- peace with Italy, which now has the combined standing of defeated enemy and co-belligerent, is be fore American authorities, - - It was learned today, also, that the plan awaits ' discussion with Russia and other countries interested in the Italian settle ment. , "'. Later Decisions . As now ' contemplated, the peace treaty would leave aside all territorial questions, and probably other final claims such as reparations, for later decision. Primarily, it would serve to regularize Italy's relations with the United Nations, clarify, the position of Italian war prisoners, and enable Italian soldiers to re- PUNCH CAPTURES TWO German Anchor Posts Outflanked . Drives In By GLADWIN HILL SUPHEME HEADQUARTERS' A L LI E D EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 26 (A) Tank and infantrymen tore a gapv four to five miles deep in Ger- man lines today in the Ameri cans' first major armored punch, in Normandy. . They captured two key highway towns west of St. .Lo as well as a dozen other villages. Doughboy infantrymen riding-, atorj the tanks won firm con trol of Marigny and St. GilleSr. seven and four miles from St; Lo. : St. Gilles is on the road running southwest to Coutancest Marigny lies ,just .: above-, the highway.' . . . -- . ., 4' Menac uonnaers ,- a The penetration . outflanked nazi anchor positions farther west near the. coast, and--men aced thousands of Germans still holding - the line to - the north west. - - ... -. The -steel-plated American drive badly mauled the 353rd, German infantry division, and two- regiments- of the third par achute division suffered - severe)., casualties in a - tutue counierf,, attack. - dispatches from ; tha- front said. . .tr Limited Gains Other doughboys toward' the ' west made- limited advances be-' low Carentan and Lessay. The Germans counterattacked in1 those sectors. ' ' Relays of hundreds of bomb-' ers paced the attack, striking - four to five, miles beyond. the enemy's St. Lo-Periers road, line. - The ground forces crash-' ed through despite nazi armor including oz-ton MarK VI tanks " which mount 88 - milli-' meter guns.-: , - s . - . , .2 , . rruonni iKn " The ' tank, breakthrough -was. scored on a front several miles Wide.- .: Many : prisoners -were seized. - . - '- : To ;the northeast, other' Amer ican .'infantrymen -hitting on a five-jnile. front advanced a mile and a half, capturing the town, of La- Chapelle-en-Juger. Fight ing ; was fierce in this-- sector, with casualties, on both sides. - Suicidal Baltl . "r German - troorjs- -on : the ' east flank 'meanwhile ' fought with (continued on. page Two) Henderson Held On Murder Charge OREGON CITY. Ore.. July 28 (A)- Winfield L. Henderson, 48, accused of slaying his 17-year-old daughter; Donna, was - ordered held without bail ' after his ar raignment yesterday on a first degree murder charge. ,. ' The Sherwood district farmer and ex-school teacher, refused -to . enter a plea in justice court and was granted time to obtain an at. torney. ' He was returned to the Clackamas-county jail here. " . The daughter was found dead in the- driveway of her home, -a bullet wound in her neck and an other in her right shoulder. - Ar resting officers' said they found the 1 father riding, up and down in front of the house brandishing a pistol.-- Sheriff Fred Reakseck er said: Henderson told . him lie shot his daughter in self-defense.. Vienna Bombed g By Heavy Manet, ROME,'' July" 26 (P) Flying Fortresses and' Liberators bomb ed Vienna military installations today in bad weather which obj scured results. ' ' Between 250 and 500 Amer lean heavy bombers were con voyed by Mustang and Light ning fighters which shot down a number of interceptors. The ar mada encountered heavy flak., ARMOR NORMAN TOWNS - -t form and get into the front lines of the battle in- their homeland. Also, such a treaty would solve the question of the Italian armis tice and give considerable pres tige to the Italian government, which has complained its post, tion is- too weak, ,- The government, of Premier Ivanoe Bonomi has asked thai the allied armistice with Italy ba published, presumably with , the idea that public reaction to its terms would force revision. Oppose Publication ? Allied military - authorltici have opposed publication now on the grounds that it might preju dice actual operations. -?vi h,x The provisions of the treaty with Italy and the eventual set. tlement with Germany are like ly -to 'be quite different, since they may be written years apart. tt;.'--.V! ft