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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 "'.. , ,
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