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Newspaper Page Text'jK.if .i.'3nY.... : fimmmtAlB LOSES iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mmmjmmmmtm ii v iiiuimi i liny ii it xii ii ii rivn ii iwiu'viiirvrTV ? T PRANK JENKINS .f v.-sterduy noxi I . ' ..,i Minister Ciocl). mr he, uiilliin Is well In llld tlio .1... r.i.rmnns. KSTbl. hotoW thcm.waj H2 SS on tii .MBrn.. ,r:m PT. Intimated unit ii wu txHINO GOOD. nnAY the Germans defr ;ndln i 0r;.Y. ... ki seemingly KCK c mo I for tl' CSor. tec " Larln Ital " .PulnUlon; , ceicui""" -.wr wen before. Kk "d l(ui" .. . uratn f tolas 'BlWnMMILEs'ol Warsaw. io cclbel. remember ' ...,.! ho 1 u PROI'A- f mere'," ".." a .,,, ln EJlT THKM TO THINK. I T lho mo time, our Amur K leans in Wo Cherbmirg pen- Ula BHEAK. liiiwuu i Can Hum and f' "' " mtwiyp cm unit .... JET fi Li rcuort this moriiln Ll lho defeated Germans aru ?, . h.rk In disorder greater mtn - , .., i ....in n ., w inrun numbem of I'm arc bound lo be pinned ck against incjwniuiu nij.. VHAT we don't know yot It lr ...i..nr. Um. Clerintuii-wtira bO WEAK or lho Americans tjitroni!. We do kOQW.'itluH lilwri oci trnope i ivui lllcking todny In Normandy, a iroi.na. :, , A Vir. must 'bo fcUiiiboiit A wh.ii is ham-ening '.In- Pd- nie Germans there ars trying i null back to a new. line obably on the borders, pfGcr- liny. II lakes tnnfr.i men u rlcnd the rim 01 a omnuu IRCLE thni) to defend the rim a big circle and Miner u tllni uliort of men. But they aren't nulling back ktatiM they WANT to, They badoini it bccati!ie-they--HAVlJ . And tliey are inning ter- bl Iomcj m me jiroccaa, IP.MinrANT ilraiui mirur In r the wind,. Reliable Wuthlniilon - aourcea hy the Turka mny bo on lho irrgc of a diplomatic break Hlh Ccrmony. IVon Panon l authoritatively" reported lo be Ii Berlin and Turkey In said to avc recalled her ambnaaador om Germany.) Bulgaria Is reported (o be cgotlatlng with the allien "In tin Hon to got out of tho war. tanbul (Turkey) says Russia m renewed demands for author ly to open four consulates In uigana, with a diplomatic reak named as tho nenaltv for ir. i ' WHENEVER tho neutrals and f" t.A nlll t i lo make a brenk for OUR IDE, and AWAY from tho Gcr- tins, It will bo a certain sign at German power is crumbling to me cna is near. These rumors aro Interesting ecausc if true they Indicate thai l!S?a'r."ld of 'ho Germans and He Da Kan rmintrln nrn nnffinn "una oiraid of us, THERE aro fascinating sldo- r llehtlt lnHn I An A.ni -. .. . ..ii.uin.un ui on ino nor FMdy front (quotod by AP'a , -...uKi,v.-w miy,, oi ino uoi pin prisoners: "They shoot till : """"unillon is gone and In an il 1 isxpuei us 10 nDmnl....J ... hr ik.. . ulosc wno retreat, win." sec lhclr nomcland TH5 .ncw frm Europe Is so brilVTi, 1 oimost, scares us. Ci. R'P-Gorman. The Nor- liv n . 'r ,nro "rljizling rain, 111?,?8 0.m ,he pM"'e llkew so ALL good. lD Ky. "d Tnursdoy. Ten rfA? unk. (80 Jap than lonn t con ,sllnk and "iro 'month,0 ,namt'o n-oro than Kc teT'n' JaP islands Npi. if u,.SMp.PL ED by Jap Implies Jiii "J ,? 1110 8nP 'ho irvt : fj" unan, We'ro klllln0 10 lost; H Jl cah American life Peninsula n s,"rroundott Orote rc Jans ;Su?m sovoral hun- n effort in i "st,bco klllod In fiap, -"v:c.i out 01 trio f'hHcwU0ri"dJlng ali over i iorrlMiV,hk f'nal hurst n.nng of thn" "Lw" b? the , "om ih. X rB 'earn - rBa TWO) PRICE 5 CENTS Armor Troops Enter Suburbs Of Coutdnces By GLADWIN HILL SUPREME HEADQUARTERS. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 28 11') American armor fought Into the outskirts of Coutancea today after a 15-mlle advance from weat of St. Lo, field dlspatchea said, and slammed shut the boll on remnants of the 84th German army corps caught to the north in a pocket agalnai the aea. Another spearhead, part of a flood tide of tanks and In fantry 20 miles wide pouring through a gap blasted In German lines in a three-day offensive, stabbed 13 miles south from the starling point and captured Tessy-Sur-Vlre, halfway from St. Lo to Vlre, old capital of Nor YANKS W Pt OUT JAPS N GUAM ATTACK WASHINGTON. July 28 (TP) Beating back an enemy nttack north of Orots peninsula on Guam Island. American troops .wiped out approximately 2000 Jnpnnoie soldiers Tuesday morn ing. Admiral Chester W. Nimllz, Pacific fleet commander in chief, told today of severe fighting, beginning before dawn Tuesday morning in tho northern beach arcii. Some enemy troops man aged to make their way through tho American lines, but Nimllz said "by early morning tho at tack was repulsed." Dug Out On Orote peninsula, more than 200 additional Japanese troops aro being dug out of their posi tions In pillboxes and under ground shelters. The enemy troops there, he said, are using artillery, automntic weapons and mortars In largo quantities to halt tho advancing American lines which have cut them off on the peninsula. Nimitz also reported that on Wednesday, American carrier based aircraft bombed air fields near Agnna in tho northern sec tor of tho Guam fighting fronts mid struck also at nearby Rota Island, Gunboats are being used in close support of the opcr (Continued on Page Two) Captain Martin Now at Center Captain Antonio R.-Mortln, Spanish vice consul at Snn Francisco, arrived at tho Tule lake center today to confer with representatives of Japanese na tionals In the center, tho war relocation authorities an nounced. Spain looks after the Japa nese in this country just as Switzerland represents the United States in Japan, . . A representative from the Spanish consul's office at Son Francisco visits tho Tulelake center every few months to make a routine inspection and to meet with spokesmen for the Japanese nationals, as provided by tho Geneva convention. He was accompanied by Charles C." Eberhardt of tho United States department of state. WPB Telegram Urges Kesterson Workers To Resume Production of Needed Lumber War production board today added its voico to tho insistence that work bo resumed immed iately at the Kesterson Lumber corporation plant hero, where a stoppage has been underway since July 19. , , A WPB telegram to that ef fect, which follows a similar declaration by tho war labor imnrH will nrcsiimablv bo con sidered at a mooting of union employes of Kcstorson's to be hold at the old Box thcatro building. ' Telegram SnlH V. H. Brundaee. western log and lumber administrator for WPB at Portland, In a tele gram to company and union: ( "Am advisea operauuna Kesterson mill were suspend ed on July 10 due to unset tld dispute and operations in The Shaata mandy, More then 4000 prisoners had been taken so far, Lt, Gen. Omar N. Bradley's spearheads, slashing more than 11 miles deep sinca tho start of the armored push Wednesday and spreading out behind the enemy flanks, had cut the 84th German army corps into little knots, of resistance. Many Escape But many of the corps ap parently had escaped already from the Coutanccs pocket, where British newspapers esti mated 30.000 to 70,000 of the enemy were being pressed agninst thc sea. With allied fliers reporting scenes of chaotic retreat rival ing Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreat in Africa,' lx Wpcor heads reached at least tc within throe miles of Coutsaws, from the northeast, suMremo"Jjoad (Continued on Page Two) Turkish-Naii Relations May Be Broken ANKARA. July 27 (Delayed) W) German diplomats were re ported today as saying openly that a break In Turkish-German economic relations, to be fol lowed Ly a diplomatic break, was imminent. Bulgaria also was reported ne gotiating with the allies, includ ing the United States, with the object of getting out of the war. These negotiations were sig nificantly simultaneous with Turkish developments, 1 (An Istanbul dispatch said a traveler who left Sofia early this week reported that Russia has renewed demands upon Bulgaria for authority to open four soviet consulates thero, threatening a break in diplomatic relations if these conditions are not satis fied.) Japs Quicken India Withdrawal SOUTHWEST ASIA ;. COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, KANDY, CEYLON, July SOP) Japanese forces are quickening their withdrawal along, the Palcl-Tamu road In northeastern India under strong air-supply dumps, headquarters announced today. Enemy troops also were at tempting to disengage pursuing allies on tho Tiddim road. In 48 hours, the Japanese have lost three strongpolnts and more than 200 dead 011 the road to Tamu. ' In northern Burma, bitter street fighting continued in the beleaguered Japanese strong hold of Myitkyina. have not yet been resumed. Maximum production this year by mills cutting pine is absolutely necessary to meet war and essential civilian re quirements ' for boxing and crating lumber. Lumber Is now the most critical raw ma terial and carries manpower priority rating equal to or above all other employment in state of Oregon. "Very essential sawmill op erations bo resumed immed lately at this plant and con tinue without further inter ruption. In view of urgent war needs urge that men re turn to work Immediately and , company resume sawmill op erations at once. Unsettled, disputes whlclL cannot be re-, solved local. yto bo referred to authorized government - CaHcadc Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SnsEii v. , , t . , 4 I Picture shows a large Greyhound bus, lying on lis side in Oregon avenue and Biehn street, where it landed after going out were shaken up and many of them sustained injuries ranging this morning, when this daylight picture was taken. E By NOLAND NORGAARD ROME, July 28 (?) The eighth army plunged steadily on toward Florence today against stiff German resistance,' veteran New Zealand troops capturing the town of San Casciano only seven airline miles from the city as American and German artil lery duelled across the Arno river In the-opening stage of the battle for Pisa. New Zealand troops also were reported fighting in the vicinity of Cerbaia, eight miles southwest of Florence and only six miles from the Arno. . Indians Gain . On their left, Indian units made one of yesterday's most sub (Continued on yPage Two) Power Lines Hit By Thunderstorm People in the Klamath basin area witnessed another severe electrical storm Thursday after noon, when there were spotted downpours of Tain and some damage by lightning to power lines in this district. Klamath Forest Protective association re ported five small fires started by the lightning. - A pole on the main transmis sion line south of Tulelake was struck by lightning and shatter ed during the storm causing a disruption of power to Tionesta, Canby and Alturas for several hours while the pole was being replaced. Service to the Marine Bar racks was shut off for about half an hour when lightning made a direct hit on an oil switch at the Southern Pacific sub-station. Small fires were started dur ing the storm at Jenny creek, one near tho California border south of Dixie, one at Doak's mountain, near Eagle ridge, one at Yalnax mountain, and one on the south slope of Parker moun tain. None of the fires is se rious. agencies having . jurisdiction in .such matters. This lum ber is needed now." Like to Resume That there is sentiment among Kesterson employes for resum ing production was indicated today by a number of employes in an informal statement to The Herald and News. These people contend that an unquestioned majority would like to get back on the job. ' " . They said that no vote was taken on a return to work at an open meeting held Wednesday night after the receipt of . the WLB telegram. Both union and non-union employes were pres ent, they said, and a motion to return to work was made by a non-union employe. It was ruled out on that ground, they said, (Continued on Page Two) FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1944 wmm After Bus Tumbled Into Local Front Yard Red Army Cracks Three More German Strongholds LONDON, July 28 . fP)- .Thfi rea army cracked 1 "three more German stronepoints .. Brest Litovsk, Przemsyl and Jaroslaw today in its rout of the Ger mans across the plains of Poland and the Baltics, bringing to 11 the total of great victories in two days. . ... Marshal Stalin announced cap- Board of Appeal Opened at Center Chief Justice James H. Wolfe of the Utah state supreme court at Salt Lake City, and Bruce Bartley, a Seattle attorney, opened the first session of the board of appeals at the Tule lake center today, war reloca tion authorities said. . Evacuee residents of the seg regation center whose appeals for permission to leave the cen ter have been denied by the director of WRA, have appealed to the board. They may be rep resented by counsels. Twenty cases are on the docket for the first session. The two members of the ap peals board sitting today have no connection with WRA. Their decisions will be in the form of recommendations to the nation al director of . WRA. - British Subs Bag 27 Ships LONDON, July 28 (P) Brit ish submarines have destroyed 21 Japanese supply ships and other craft in far eastern waters recently, and have damaged sev eral other vessels with torpedoes and gunfire, the admiralty an nounced today. Entrant Here is Doreen Williams, 23. second entrant in the Miss Klamath contest. Doreen. a graduate of Klamath Union high school, Is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. L. W. Lowther of 435 Addiaon. Photo by KenneU-EWs jUg - s see- if j July 21, 1944 Max. (July 27) VI Mln. ..'..:.iJ9, Praeipltatlon last 24 hours Tract Stream year to data .........10.42 Normal ;. 12.13 Last yar........l7.8S Forecast! Clear. mm the yard In front of -the residence of control on Biehn street late from' ''minor" to "serious." The ". ture.of .the ..three cities In two-l- special oraers 01 ine. aay. Evacuated ; ' The German high command several hours earlier . had an nounced the 'evacuation of Brest Litovsk, the nazis last major stronghold before Warsaw. Soviet troops charged within 30 miles of Warsaw. 1 Advancing 17 miles beyond, the San river, they were. 128 miles from Ger man Silesia. . . . " . . . , Kaunas Evacuated A German transocean broad cast as heard by. The Associated Press of Reuters, British news service,- said that Kaunas, old camtal of Lithuania., also had been evacuated. Other listening posts here did not record the re port, and .later uerman broad casts told of savage fighting near Kaunas without mentioning an evacuation. The fall of Brest Litovsk save the Russians nine major tri umphs .in 24 hours as they whipped through, the Baltic states,' Poland and the Carpath ian footmlls toward East Prussia, .. (Continued on Page Two) ; Hearings Slated For Klamath Heating Company Further hearings will be held on the problems-of the Klamath Heating; company's hogged fuel aiuerenuai and 11s request tor a change in rates in -Klamath Falls on August .13, it has been an nounced by. George H. F 1 a g g, Oregon- public utilities commis sioner. .(... . -. - The action has been assigned for hearing at the city hall. at 10 a. m. on August 15. - . ' Two. similar public ' hearings were held here on the Klamath Heating company's service com plaints and' request for increase in rates on June 20 and 21 but no decisions have been made public yet.. . ........ ..... Truck Destroyed; Driver Held A charge of being drunk on tfi public Highway was fiiea tnis morning against John Stewart of St. Louis, driver of a United Van truck which was -demolished last night after striking the Klamath River bridge on high way 97 south of Klamath Falls, The truck was entirely wreck ed, according to state ' police. Stewart suffered minor Injuries and is being treated at Hillside hospital. Lavina Triber y Enters Contest Another contestant was added to the entry list in the "Miss Klamath race Friday .when .18- year-old Lavina Triber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Triber registered her intention of com peting for the title. ( .-,.;.: t This brings the total ' number of girls erfftred'ln' the Miss , Klamath contest tp, ten y ' Number 1.0222 yonii of Mr. and MnCherln Walters, last night. The 37 passengers bus remained on its side until . . . v i.jv A liduor raid conducted Sere Thursday evening ; and' Friday morning py state ponce . ano-u-auor enforcement: officers ' from Portland, resulted in. the arrest of seven' local persons, charged with- wilfully and unlawfully selling alcoholic beverages with out a license. , - ; ...... . . v -.- Arraigned in justice court Fri day .. were Marie Halverson . of Mars hotel; Beth Wilsoni-negress, of 504 Broad, Stella Jackson and Ben Hamilton,: both colored,, of 605 . Broad, Sam. Sheffield, taxi, driver, Andrew Velasquez, and Keith Arnold Bates..' .,;:.:! ;. Marie Halverson pleaded -guil- (Continued on Page Two). 22 Killed in Transport Crash Over Scotland LONDON. July 28 (Pi-Tweri- ty:two persons, ; Including j. 17 wounded. American, soldiers, were killed last night when si U. s. troop 1 transport Diane hit a cliff near Mull of , Galloway,, in southwest Scotland. - Six members of the crew, and a nurse were nmone the victims. '. The wounded were1 on. then- way to. a Scottish, hospital from southern' England. . A fire followed the crash 'and many'- bodies were burned -be yond recognition. Patton May Head Tank Forces i "LONDON, July 28" .(ff). . . There has been considerable public speculation here that' Lt. uen. ueorge s. Patton Jr., for mer commander, of the: U. S seventh army, in Italy, may.be leading American ' tank ' forces which have cracked the German lines in Normandy. . ... . Nothing has been said offic ially about the whereabouts of Patton, who arrived in Britain some time before the invasion. but the Germans have reported mm in rrance. High Rents Discussed by -. C of C Advertising Group v Unfavorable - impressions on ser.vice men and their families occasioned by some instances of exorbitant rents are a source of -concern- to - the community advertising committee of the Klamath county 'chamber : of commerce,- according- to Chair man Ed Bell. ' I,. .' ,. 'vd "While our 'committee ' was originally ' - established- to- pro mote tourist trade, we feel very, strongly that our immediate concern must be , the welfare and comfort of the service-men and their dependents who are now . in Klamath Falls," Bell stated. "We .realize that there is an acute housing shortage, but it.Js intolerable for anyone WET STREETS Crashes Inside North - ; ' Entrance of :' City V-'. : K A southbound - Portland San Francisco Greyhound bus skid., ded and turned on its side at thee corner of - Oregon avenue and Biehn. streets here last night, sending 21 of its 37 passengers to local hospitals for the night, and inflicting minor injuries to a' number of passengers not hospi talized. r.. ; Going out of control on raln- wet pavement just inside the' north entrance of the city, the' big. bus careened for two blocks on Biehn street, and overturned.' in front of a house at the Oregon avenue turn. Rear end of the bus cracked the corner of the house:1 occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walters.- , ' Pavement Slippery V. J-. Wrigglesworth, EugeneT' the . driver, said he was caught? by surprise by the slippery pave ment. He shifted nto a lower gear, but the bus seemed to gain' momentum on the gentle decline, and Wrigglesworth said he dared not apply .the brakes in full force. . : As the weaving vehicle reached the curve and the driver tried to turn it, the rear end swung around. The bus turned over as wheels on the right side hit the curb. ' Passengers were hurled fronii . their seats and the dark interior of the bus became a tangle of arms and legs. The driver gofe the emergency door open at the. UDDer side and J. V. Kindle and Jack Fyles, Klamath men who heard the . .crash and rushed to. . the scene,- kicked in the wind-. shield. ; 1. . Removed to Hospitals -" '. Passengers . were . removed K ambulances and taxicabs to the Klammp Valley and Hillside hos pitals, nere all were examined 1 :ni...iH.i.j m : rL auu. injures uctxtcu. tr.-jraiuiuus said several persons are seriously injured, out none was today be lieved in a critical condition. Immediately after the acci dent, about 11 p. m., calls wera made to the police- department, ?nd :the -local.-force,' assisted by shorcpatrolmen and military po-'- tVontmued on Fage Two) s Cliie Received On identity of Mystery Girl PORTLAND. Ore.. July 28 (A) A new. clue -to the possible identity: of Portland's "mystery girl in -red was received by police - yesterday , when Lawrence- I. Shaw, a city fireman, said he believed her to be-Ger-trude Moore of Tacoma, Wash. The girl, clad in a red coat. was found dying -in a locked ; hotel bathroom July 21. Ah autopsy -showed she had -taken an overdose of-sleeping powder," A picture taken after death and a detailed description was : sent to Tacoma police for check ing. '- , Communications ii Cut Off by Naiis TlONDON,' July 28 (P) Com munications between Berlin and neutral countries were cut off last night -under circumstances similar to those which preceded the announcement of an . abor tive attempt on-Hitler's life, and today there still was no imme diate' explanation of the cause. Formerly . communications were broken between Berlin and the outside world during air at tacks but: recently , during Mos quito 'bomber attacks there has been no such- isolation of tho city. . . ' '.--' '. : ' - Reich'smlnlster Paul . Joseph Goebbels, meanwhile, cracked down on the German people with two "total war" orders, forbid-' dine all vacations for women workers and directing that front line troops do the manual work of bridge building and road re pairing .formerly- done by, tho Todt labor organization. to profiteer at the expense of service personnel." Complaints Discussed '" The problem of rentals came up -during a meeting of Bell's committee , yesterday afternoon at, the chamber of commerce of fice. -Complaints w h ic hhave reached various- Klamath clti. ; zens' were .discussed..jat.'"Jength. It Was agreed that a great many examples of fair rentals could be found for each Case of over- ' charging, yet' lt was believed .that public attention should bs canea to tne justmaDie com plaints. ' - "We know that) hundreds 01 individuals.' are . staring no ex (Continued on Page Five) l.yf ! t :::y-', " t'.-i : iiifl' ii 'if:. t-5:- 1:1 mi 1-4 -tV.,' m