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o) iWmniw xa iriyjuul u mm mmm 111 Herald atibl FBANK JENKINS l-Viic our nion aro "'" lr0' ... m.tunilW Centura Candy "ill " l,ulk Pdncwcontlm.c to como A&.Ul tr covrcfr by '""'f nrtlll rry ("""," '"j I o bench-landing "'" m ol "r .... i n nil In bo I11IVI1 uu. . .,i dm world.) ESwrssaa f i..m till) t splllCHOS fatn-mto And iia4 rn!..rmiMIK. - I" lH7... ... ...lllul U H (Mill 00 S5 & for und on .....in II. a V Mil II III .- le flal .or ,nnk l "?..' ....!. iiwl.li.nml with ks, rniui.. ".- - --- 'o-i.in nhc-nd of them, only to miles away, llt,s lKW" ILESIA. . . . IIEflE Is a brief but Interesting i KDtenco In mo news uKuMla.u huve taken Dolutyn r.":..iin ...i.i of the Infro -.rough ...o Car .. . ,! .ii ihftv MIGHT cut lroiil.li Hungary ''Ho tf e",r ALL the uermnns in w - They MIGHT lie met uy Irltljh-Aiwrlcan push across p.. Airiuiic iMiuimii L..t. In Viitmillivla. fir. l..t a noMNlbtlitv. but U at t worth wuicnuiR. S Normandy, our Americans iinLiifirl never. ItllICK iclr lhruj( out of St. Lo. There .r nivnt but unuxnininua icnllon of American ritlemun rehed on tnnks picking on r m n n rocket gunners. hat kind of rocket Kims At the other end of the Nor- ....... ll.m IIia nrltl.h and :anadlans a'ro fighting, off de- mined and bloody counter- Ulacks. The concentration ol nrmim III frnnl nt Ihn Hritlsh it arty nimmt unnreccdented. Jvtraslng a division lo two mile, r at least one man per foot. The Germnns obviously fear hat we'll break through into the rear of tha great port of Havre and drive on northwnrd o cut oil the robot-launchtnu irate llitiv i.t n murh llnre bv. Sour man will moke thin ponsl fiiily quite plain. THE Berlin radio nays we're 1 concentrating heavy forces n (he Tyrrhenian ea for on IM MINENT new landing In north rn Italy In the neighborhood of jenoa and Spezln. It might be. Their Gothn line, larling nl Pino, Is n TOUGI1 FOUNTAIN line, and wo know fora Cosslno what smashing heie mountain lines costs. A eapfrog Jump up tho coast ht tolvc the problem. UR progress In Normandy has Hnnn llf . t mson, Just back from Europe, pucra a possible reason. Tho Germans did a highly ef Went Job of destroying tho rt facilities nt Cherbourg, ho !1VI. nnrf "lliccntly advanced to permit 'IS lull nun W .mi u f ....w, atlii juiiuiiik 3 VCrv Inrifn - hnJ fc ,Jl UUI II1UI1 bJL"Vppl 08 on tro original r .ii iiijuus. J?'v been greatly hnmpcr co oy the pro-llltlcr weather.' . TI,E,'Ger,nn" are obviously th;8 i11',1? .hllrt,or Normandy win In Po and. rinn ...nminr. :ffi'n.iTh0, most Plausible ex S0'.'011 ls..tlit tho Gormnn ham k " , Russlon front y th. , ,i"'K0ly commanded " U10 SO-cn n,l mill LIUI FW front . " ' th Nr I .S ls n.lso fact that' a iront ., , ," "ormonay in.taifflld "'ronton their robot ?" Hitler and his .--"n-llirilllltl nn 1 1. T ... """nuca on Pane Two! ' War Cacnnlu ESniirAC Ton Mlhrtt. a an lwu fllm 1. ...if,.ni,. Pushed thn hntiin M't the fi ln,nnUn,t01 Slntc8 nwiM Vu. 11,000 mark. u;lih ?le. plus Tlni0! Tr nd navy tea. K tl.,teei...whief. a"dG5nn.?iorm'"?dy, Salpan L Here Is how ti'r force8 losaes nw st-if,i"ow the casualty lists PRICE 5 CENTS Yanks Hold Fourth of : U : TROOPS BID Nips Caught on Orote Peninsula In Marianas U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUAHTEHS, PEAUL HARBOR, July 27 (!) Yanks overrunning the Mnrliiniis have captured the north fourth of Tlnlon, with its 4500-foot Ushl airfield, and to day strove to annihilate doomed Japanese half way out on Guam's Orote penlnsuln In bid for a 4700-foot uirfield and tho Su may iinvul huso. Four hundred ' Japs wore slaughtered and 12 tunks de irnv.H MnnHiiv niuht In break- Inu nn an atteinul to burst through the Oroto trop. Thot made 2B00 Jups killed st-Guom In live days 000 a duy. Advanca 3000 Yards Tuesday tho Yanks rolled 3000 yords out on the peninsula over tho recoiling Nips to tho out- ...... j it. Al Cumtiv FOR AIRFIELD BASE ON GUI ""iSRiriS UI UID WWII v "i."."; Ill Twolvn miles of Guam's west nn nut ..n.n.iiA ihn American k...nl.U..l uhlrh -vtftndK in strength in . behind the highly prized nnruor oi rori pr, rv., Ti.ilim mnrlna conau or of nearby Salpnn havo killed 1988 Jnps In three days batter than 600 a day. Kemocn jamc Assoclnted Press war correspond ent, sold the fighting spirit of thoso marines is exemplified by back In oction after recovering from wounds on Salpan. Many I ,l.-n nn.tlrl V. n I.A hnnn OXnCU- UI tUHIM atod to hospitals but preforrcd to rcmuln in mo mnnanus. Baal Off Sactlon Tho Tlnlon Invaders sealed off the north quarter of the Islorid by forging a line from Fnlbus San Hilo Point on tho west coast to Aslga Point on tno ensi cousi. On the northwest tip of Tln inn i. ihn I thl Point airfield which, together with repair -i . nurmntru. nnrl other ln- nilUH", w,i.....- ------ . . stiillatlons, is rated tho equal of Hawaii's HIcKam neia. Adm. Chester W, Nlmltz s sued two communiques last night on tho uunm ana unum u cesses. Neither supported i Tnirnn Wnrinesdav claim, report ., u.. nnriin Hint "two more landing altempU wcro carried n,,i hv ihn nnemv today on --..nm " - Tho' first communique, featur ing progress on Tinian, soia i l....iln.l.l. linrl Icnnplcnd out Rev Uiununi.'K ...... . " . T V oral camouflaged blockhouses nnd that Thunderbolts, based on Salpnn, had spread firo bombs among constnl guns and bar racks, " Other Thunderbolts ranged Into tho north Marianas (Continued on rage mo Fishing Fleets Sail in Channel : p.damtvimp Norm andv July 27 P) A little fleet of llshlng boats irom mis viuuk" cnuggea out ".no i" "B"-" channel enrly todny for the first time In four months. For tho first time In four von,-- urn rinhnrmcn found they -nniH knnn their entire catch a( manlrofnl ' lIlHmn &nd lob i.r tn nut nr sell Instead ol in share -It with the "O flniivlnr)tl iir iinvv ffvnlnfiil' to the Americans." said the village mayor, "inis is nwg'""" .... If InnMi i.uuo Mark; 63.0UU ueaa 6 and covering casualties up to nbout three weens earner i,- 283, of whlcn av.nJi aru Kiueu, 89,949 wounded, 40,786 prisoners ana a,ati missniH. . .nnnnH . nn tn tndnv i ..., .nni-.iv ineludlna (inures not much Inter than three weoks ago 50,496, ol wnicn 2mm iriiinri 14.030 wounded, 9855 i.,i., nnrf ana m-isoners. UllnaiiiH ------ i--- . . i Amnrlnnn disunities 111 NOf' i.. i 41.A nnvlnH. .Tune 6-20 I1ICMIUJ I " v- r ' ' , , , nnnn inclusive 24,162. of which 3082 are killed, 13,121 wounded and IDUtF IIIIOOIIIB' . . (This, OI course, uueo iiu Ire Tfin ShaHlaCaHcadt Wonderland Araentina By U. S. W Non - Ixecqgnition Bv FLORA LEWIS WASHINGTON, July 27 W) A defiant Argentina stood vir- (ually quarantined from its western hemisphere neighbors loony, unmoved puuuciy ny a blunt United Suites declaration II. ..I llu ............. I ...III . I.A today, unmoved publicly by iiiiiv nn huvvi iiiiiijiii win iiui uv .. ..... ....,11 I, ..nn.. . ...... I rccounlzvd until it nlainly uban dons a "pro-axis" policy for pro-ullicd one, A it wtiiln rlfntirlmpnt nfft clnl snld the sweeping U. S. dc lunclnlion chnrglng Argcnllnii mil ED TASK FORCE SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, KANDY. Ceylon. July 27 T An allied task forco of battle ships, cruLscrs and destroyers covered by carrier-borne planes almost completely destroyed harbor Installations at Subong in n . 35-m nuto bombnrdmcnt on Tuesday, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbattcn's headquarters aa nou need todny. - ' First word of tho assault on tho port at tho western tip of Sumutra was given previously by the Japanese radio which, as usual, minimized uio damage, . Under cover 'of the main' bom bardment, a force consisting of three destroyers and a uutcn cruiser drovo 16 the harbor and oncned fire at very close range, silencing shore batteries, sink ing one medium-sized merchant ship and wrecKing two jeiues with lorpeuocs. The warships (nklng part re ceived only minor dnnmgc end suffered few casualties, of wnicn two wcro fntnl, it was an nounced, - ' Dockyard workshops and wharves were reported hit by. at least 16 salvos of heavy shells. The target area was left In flames. Albert Werner Killed in Italy Mrs. Douglas Frceborg of 225 East Main street has received word that her brother, Sgt. Al bert Werner, was killed in ac tion In Italy on June 8. Sgt. Werner was employed by Lamm Lumber company before ho enlisted In the army at Klam ath Falls in 1940. He received his training at Fort Lewis, WasK., and Fort Ord, Calif. . W Ho was serving with the tenth engineer corps and before fight ine in Italy had seen nctlorf in North Africa. He was wounded on tho Anzlo bcachheadf on March 25, for which ho received the Purple Heart. He( rejoined his company just before the drive on Rome. t , Surviving are his fathers Fran cis Albert Werner ol Sacra mento and two sisters, Mts. Frce borg, ond Helen Werneif,fa cadet nurse in aponnne. rf Killed In ltdly Sgt. Albert Werner was killed In action in itaiy on June KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, tf" Unmoved Threat of II with opck: aid to the axis had reached virtually unanimous ap nrnvnl of all the other Ameri can nations. Charges Made Thn alnln Hnnnrtment docu ment, which pulled no punches mem, wnicn punca no puncnes In this government's statement tl rlJT nn nnnln., 4nn n. ui lis iii.iii ouiuu uku.iisv IIIV - .. .. t I i F4nlml.r g 1 m e of President Edelmiro farrcii, acianca cnarKes ui gentlna'f failure to join In hem- Ispnencaeicnse aurinn me pusi two and a half years and speci fied pro-nazl actions o Far rcll's government. Since; the inter-Amcrlcan con ference convened shortly after nnnri Unrhnr Argentina "has persisted in an open, notorious and contrary coursu oi aiinun which ains- given constant aid and comfort to the enemies" of the other American republics. it declared. Ojppoiat Cooperation It said the brief period last FebrunJ-y when Argentina broke relations with the axis ana promised to take measures for continental defense was fol lowed? with overthrow of the government by pro-nazi ele ments' who opposed Argentine cooperation wim me reov ui the hemisphere. , Ar'&ntlna's pub 11 c . retort camelln a broadcast last night by Foreign Mtnlster- Gen-Or-i i nil n Peluffo v who said his conn jry would "continue its (Ctntinuea on rage im r- Port Chicago Damage Greater Tftan Expected r'rc iBr.PI.5 Tiilv 27 IIP State Insurance Commissioner Maynard Garrison has aovisco Gov. Earl Warren that damage in . i. - .vninelnn nf turn nill- 11 1(3 I I. V. L 1 1 1- - - - , , nltkans-laden ships at Port Chi cago near Martinez, uaiu., w faf greater than appears on the surface.'! 'Garrison -said explosion dam- ...n..l.4 hn riolrl nnlv tn thOSG whose fire insurance policies carried extended epverage en dorsement, which requires an ad ditional premium. He said insur ance experts- Indicated to him tu.i ntinii 9l nor pnnt nf the Sire policies on Port Chicago -V.f ) .,,nVi nnvor. properues inciuucu uwn 'age. k . - General McNair Killed in France . nricunir.TraJ .Tn1v 5.7 t!P Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, for mer commanding general of the army ground forces, has been killed in Normandy. A war department announce- MAnt hnra eairl "The war department has been notltlea oi me aeum ui ui. uen. Lesley J. McNair. General Mc Nair was killed by- enemy fire ...Kiln nVwnfiilntf , Vi n nnHnii tit mw front line units in the recent of fensive." . . Vdllee'sWife Obtains Divorce LOS ANGELES, July 27 VP RUdy Vallee, 41-ear-old crooner, declared 19-year-old Bette Jane flMop hie thlrri uflfn wna "hpiiii. tiful but dumb," she testified to day in oDiainmg an uncontested divorce. "He said I was stupid and had the mind of a child," she said, "I Invn Ruriv sn verv mnnh nnrl tried so hard to make a go of our marriage but it was no use," the young actress aeciarea as sne broke into tears. trnllnn nnr nnAA TTn hnd filed an answer denying her miegHiions oi cmeiiy. Quake Recorded In Alaska irj vjauiornia lnsuiuie oiiucn- a i t j noiogy oaay reponea a strong miles northwest, was recorded at 6:11:42 and 5:17:32 pi m. Pacific war time, yesterday, probably in 1 1. .... . . T- . . J t. lua vieiniiy oi' xuiun xiaiuur, AiasKa 1944 Tinian I WW-''' VI mint Hnvarrl. 19. ahnvn. was the first girl to enter tha r-nnn, In, Mica ITIntnitlll this week. Virginia is a graduate of Kiamam union mgn acnooi ana has been attending the Univer sity of Oregon. She Is the daughter of Mrs. Bonnie How ard of 195 East Main. Miss Howard excels in dramatics-and dancing. Photo by Kennell-Ellli. TIN TO VISIT TULELAKE CENTER DAlkla naiialfinmnnta In thn TiiUlaln DaapariaHnil-IVIltAr hun ger strike were foreseen today as a result ol a visit to me cen ter the coming weeKend oy cap- 4nln Anlnnln R Mnrtln.'Snanlsh vice-consul at San Francisco, rep resenting me. Japanese govern ment TUn Cnnntell nnclll will rtnf' fer with chosen representatives OI tne segregee coiuny, himnn, ctrilrn In thn cnlonv IIUI.VI ...w ... tr stockade may be discussed. It is not expected me consul win visit the men in the isolation area, however, according . to VJPl nffii-ialc Tho nnncnlnto nt ' Ran Fran- pl,rn hne ennt renresentatives on 1 nf nnnncinne n viclt B 11UII1UC1 mwaiwiu - the Tule center in behalf of the crnvnrnmpnt nf JaDan. Thirteen occupants of the stockade continued their strike fnrlnv fhn ninth glnce thev be- Hon . ihn cnif-stnrvatinn enter prise in an effort to gain release irom tne isolation area, uiio ui the 13 yesterday was taken to lh. ranlm hncnifnl. hut refused to accept medical attention and was returned to we isoiauon One erstwhile striner, tokio Yamami, 21, formerly of Fresno, Calif., is now taxing nourisii- n.nn of lha hncnttnl nnd ii re portedly recovering. He was re- winirorl In thn hncnitnl tWO daVS ago and agreed 10 eat. The stocKade at me nuge seg regation center is merely a (Continued on Page Two) Mexican Student Riot Kills Two lurs-VTl-n CTTV .Tnlv 27 I1P The rector of the National Uni versity of Mexico has asked DrociHnnt Avila Camacho to take a hand in a school riot that has resulted In the death of two students. The riot reached Its peak yes faivlflv .it h o n vntorlnnrv Ktll rlanl, IhvMtaiirin tn tlim InORS dogs infected with rabies, kept lor laboratory experiments, ine inreat was not carried oui. George Vf yisits Italian Front rM THK P.1P.HTH ARMV FRONT IN ITALY, July 25 (De layed) (JP) King George VI of England stood in an observation post In front of newly-captured Arezzo today and watched Brit ish nrtillerv shell the little church of Campraino, 3000 yards away, while American built Sherman tanks and Indian nfnnlmT .m.lf-n tkalll WOW 1111 llildliki ,T nuinvu v.iwu ,.uj mj- a hillside toward a nazl strong- rjoint in me Dasement ui ine church. , . The king s face was streaked iwun oui aim qui xium iu- ji u ii.-,.-iU mae arive, inuuu ui n. uuuumu as he imperturbably watched German shells bursting on the TEIIIUIII Ol IV . . J UK. " - ' - ilain directly in front of his tree-snrouoed niusiae grana stand seat Contestant July 27, 1944 Max. (July 28) 86 Mln . 82 Precipitation last 24 houri Trace Stream yar to data 10.42 Normal... 12.12 Last year 17.85 . Foracatti Partly cloudy. Russians Vistula LONDON, JuIr,"2T. (P) Red Cap Vistula river today while soviet forces on their flanks captured five important German : bases. Daugavpils, Retekne, Bialystok, Stanislawow and Lwow in the blackest day for the Germans since the start of the Russian summer offensive. Lwow in the southern part of greatest rail centers and was Poland's third city. . Lwow had been in German Its fall in the early days of the Ukraine. A battle had ragad for two 300,000 pre-war population. It fell, Premier-Marshal Stalin an nounced, after an outflanking maneuver by soviet tanks and cavalry. Stalin announced the capture of Lwow. Daugavpils. Rezekne blanislawow and iJialystoK in four successive .orders of the day shortly after the Russians had started a drive across the Vistula, last natural barrier be fore German Silesia 140 miles away. He ordered 80 salvos from 224 Moscow guns to cele brate the victories. - " - Rail Junctions Daugavpils (Dvinsk)- and. Re zekne both are important rail junctions on the, approaches to Kiga in iatvia. - The Moscow radio - said still other red troops had broken into Brest Litovsk on the west ern Bug river, 110 miles due east of Warsaw. -. Stanislawow liesr 35 miles from the Czech border, but the Russians were less . t h a n 0 miles from that frontier through the capture last night of near by Delaytin. Stanislawow, city of 60,000, lies on the Bucharest-Warsaw-Berlin railroad and lesser lines, and is west pf the Dnestr river. ., a i ..-j Vistula spanned ; Both the Russians and Ger mans said th Vistula, last nat ural barrier to. German Silesia 140 miles to the west; -Bad been Brest IjIIOVSK IS Iiu nines east of ' Warsaw and 80: miles southeast of Baliystok. Both cities were crucial... defense noints along a line 'whlSlf 'tlie Germans had strengthened over several years. Both had been bypassed and besieged -for :about .two weens. . CnllBDia Indicated The fall of both, following thn announced red army cross- intr-nf the .Vistula river-57 to 65 miles southeast of Warsaw, mni ilH indicate a virtual - col lapse of the 'German central front. Warsaw, a guardian city to German sou, was under con- (Continued on fage . J-nree ; " J -: Poles Advance.' . To Misa River prnvtE. .Tulv 27 (A3).1' 'Polish i,nr,n nf the pighth army have advanced to the Misa river at a point some 17 miles abovehe port of Ancona on the Adriatic coast against weakening German resistance, allied headquarters announced tonight. - (German broadcasts reported Worinnsriav that the Poles had onened a fun-scale oiiensivc olnnf ihn Adriatic). - Senlgallia, a smaii. isiuug jjui i. captured in the push : up the coast, is but 22 miles from Pe saro, believed to be an outpost nf the enemy's "Gothic line" de- foneoc. other eiehth army forces smashed fierce German counter attacks eight miles" irom xne heart of Florence. ... v Pilot Captures Nazi Prisoners WALLA WALLA. July 27 tF Three German prisoners of war who escaped yesterday from a canning company where they worked at Milton, Ore.;, were "captured" by the pilot of Walla Walla army air base plane before authorities had time to find out who thev were, The prisoners enjoyed about nn hour's freedom before the sharp-eyed pilot spotted them ly ing in a iieid live nines irom the cannery and flew low calling for them to stand up. .Tjhen the pilot circled the area until guards arrived to taKe tnem into cus tody. . Gestapo Shoots Reich Minister LONDON, July 27 (fl) The Algiers radio quoted a Stockholm dispatch today as saying' that Dr. Hialmar Schacht, reich . minister without portfolio, had been shot by the gestapo. r ' ' Reports of - Schacht's death have cropped up previously and have -never been verified. Ger man broadcasts made no mention loaay-oi tne Merman unancier. Number 10221 Span River, ure Bases army troops stormed across the old Poland is one of Europe's hands since late In June, 1944. invasion opened the way to the days in the city of more than E: HUNAN RAIL TOWN By SPENCER MOOSA ruTiwr:irTHn T..1,- nn i ny uninese troops nave recaptured an important railway town in Hunan province below besieged Hengyang and, with U. S. air support, have knocked out a Jap anese strongpoint near the Bur ma border, mulcting 600 casual ties on the enemy, the Chinese high command announced -to night. Severe fighting still raged in side and outside Hengyang, but ii miles farther down on the Canton-Hankow railway, the Chinese seized Leiyang, perhaps intended by the invaders as a springboard for a further push southward along tne rail line.. In Yunnan orovince. eommnni. dues also declared, an attack- af ter a heavy aerial pounding by U. S. fighter planes and medium bombers c'abtured Laifeneshan southwest of Tengchunf; '- a stronghold only '70 miles from allied-besieged Myitkyina in Bur ma. 'A maior. obstacle to thn sc. sault on the city walls, of Teng- tuuug iietb ircea eliminated, one bulletin said, and the enemv suit. tained more than 600 casualties.J including loo dead. Large booty was seized, including 1000 rounds of artillery ammunition. lane Hill positions The Chinese werp -ripclaroTi tn have captured all fortified Jap- lionunueo on -age xwo Transfer From, Tullibee Saves Life of Pierce RT 2c William J. Pierce, for merly of Klamath -Falls, consid ers -himself about the. luckiest man alive, and hp does mean alive. Acting CPO Pierce had been operating from a base in the South Pacific aboard the sub marine Tullibee. A short time ago he was transferred from the sub to another duty. Shortly after he was trans ferred, the navy announced that tne lullibee had been lost m action. Pierce informed his fath er of Box 771, Klamath Falls, mat ne was sate and sound. Pierce graduated from KUHS in 1938 and enlisted in the navy in ne is a tormer Herald and News carrier boy and at one time lived in Medford. Mexican Force May Enter War MEXICO CITY, July 27 (IF) An expeditionary torce of Mexi can soldiers., wearing big som breros and armed with hatchets as well as guns will be on its way to the European battlefront soon if President Manuel Avila (Jamacho will give his permis sion. The unit would be composed of veterans who fought under the revolutionist Pancho Villa, ana meir sons ana mends. Nine Girls Registered in i f Miss Klamath Contest '.The number of contestants in the , Miss Klamath contest reached nine today when two girls registered with members of the Junior chamber of commerce,'-sponsors of the event.: ; ' Newest entrants are Christina Demetrakos and Ruth Steiner son., ... ' ; .-!'; The contest to select Klamath's entrant in the Miss Oregon con test to be held in Portland this fall, will end at noon. August 5. Ort-ithe: evening of that day all contestants will be presented pn the stage at the: Pelican. ' " From- the- entire group of en ED 1 TO FALLBACK: AFTER SPLIT; Periers, . Lessay Fall. " To American Doughboys -7 By GLADWIN HILL SUPKEME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 27 (AP) U. S, troops captured Periers and Les say, western anchor points of the German line in France, today as American armor in the biggest tank break-through of the inva sion split German central de fenses wide open and forced the nazis to fall back. . One powerful tank soearhead. smashed five miles down ther road from fallen Marigny to within an equal distance of Cou tances, threatening encirclement of remnants of several nazi divi sions who had been fighting bit terly on me western flank. Advance Nine Miles Other tank and infantry com bat teams, picking up nine miles in two days, cut the highway from St. Lo to Avranches, whichi is at the southern base of Nofi! mandy and is a "sidedoor" to the Brittany peninsula. Lt.-Gen. Omar N. Bradley's precision attack had sliced the Germans facing the Americans almost directly in half. Field commanders said German resist ance "is sporadic," front dis patches said. The enemy's con dition was described as chaotic. 2600 Prisoners - Up to noon today the Ameri cans had taken more than 2600 prisoners. k The drive to within less thatt' five miles of Coutances, a Ger- man base 10 miles south of Periers, was the greatest single advance since D-Day, a front dis patch from Associated Press Cotvi respondent Wes Gallagher de clared. -" - Crash Through Twin armored drives crashed through the German center, and then- fanned out, broadening the tip of the break-thrnnph . .- NAZIS FORC . The one to the east of Marign ' enveloped St. Gilles and Canisy --(Continued on Page Two) . --. Continuance of Strike Decided V By Mill Workers ' Kesterson Lnmbes corpora ation employes attending a meet ing last night decided not to re turn to work, despite a WLB message insisting that they do so before the WLB wil consider the dispute causing the work stoppage at the big Klamath mill, it was learned today from IWA headquarters. An IWA official said there was a representative attendance of the crew, and that the tele gram received from the WLB was read and discussed. The telegram informed Vernon Chase, IWA leader, that the strike is in violation of the no-strike agree ment. , . . The strike has tied up lumber production at Kesterson's for more than a week. Another meeting Is slated for Friday evening at the old theatre building adjoining the TWA of fices. Polish Premier Goes to Moscow LONDON, July 27 fP) Prem ier Stanislaw Mikoljczyk of the Polish government in exile left for Moscow today. His departure came after the cabinet of the Polish govern ment had approved a plan to send him to the soviet capital to confer with Premier Stalin in an apparent effort to effect a compromise with the rival Polish faction in Moscow. ; The cabinet's decision was re garded as a sign that neither the London Poles nor the British, government had abandoned nope of settling the differences be tween the government of the peasant-born . premier and the Polish committee of liberation with which the soviet govern ment signed an agreement for administration of Polish terri tory occupied by the red army. trants,.) 12 finalists are to be chosen and these will appear on the -stage at Baldy Evans' dance at the armory on August. 12. On August 16, the 12 finalists will be on the stage at -the Pelican, and on that night the finalist ana her alternate will be selected. Just after the -winner and her alternate are chosen, they will go Immediately to the armory where Jan Garber and his orchestra are to appear on that night. ' Miss Klamath will be Intro duced by the famous orchestra leader and she will be his spe cial guest for the evening. reported through July fighting In the St. Lo offensive.) ' his sister "'.. , , I
