ijjjl
III HITS
ROGUE GOHGE
. - t.ilu 9.(1
B?L J n count lt
KSi roofs from houses
I''r- . wul of wimsr in
nl'"1 U feet Willi.
E'Xo uprated end
' h. Psclf o lillinwny y
H h 1 Jrn.hliin iilonif the
. .torm, worct to occur In
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS OREGON
PACE THREE.
Reconditioned War-Worn
Rifles to Return to Front
'windblown dobrl
whs
th.. i Annlfuato river wcro
n'.hr.AffiZ,i out. Crrws
ra working curly this
I. .i..r tres from
nM "ir e,ecir,c-
J 11... .nia Uftllfll
:in,r5 mlo7. hit the
ciMiifn.niii) U dum.
"uuilllM woro reported,
Ofl FORT LEWIS
IcCHORD FIELD. July 28 (VP)
irmy air bimo hus lis own
w now, ond it turned out no
dwhen It plnycd lit the bnso's
w cluu insi iiiiiv
hooked for two nlithts
Ltljhborlin Fort Lewis next
ru thow. "Snafu Follies of
L," it entirely written, pro-
Ifnrd'j "G. I.'s" nd civilian
I, mho work nt the biisc.
K rilrrclnr was Sut. IrvlnB
lowltz, 24, of Akron, Ohio,
lo beforo ho Joined the army
FhiH tome exoorlenca in show
llnni. But his cast Included
In ind girls who never heforo
Hilood In front of n footllght.
for Inilince Cpl. Jimmy Bates
Childress, rex., was a cierK in
llroid office before the war.
I for Isst night s show he
Untd s chorus of Rlrl stenos
Ihen nd clerks, and tap
!ttd In I duet. Another "G.I.V
!. PFC. Gene Falk. who left
iiKhool in New York City to
h the srmy, led chorus of
filer glrli.
Lion Session to
elde On Contract
BAN FRANCISCO, July 28
-Representatives of tha In
pstional Lon mhorcmcn's and
IrehoiuemerO- union, (CIO)
I In union hero to determine
lelher they: will reonen tho
'tract between tho union and
i Witerfront Employers As
litlon of tho Pacific Const.
The union must act before
mdiy or .the contract will bo
nwed automatically for an
w year, beginning Sentcm
r 30. ' ;
Longshoremen In all coast
m except Vancouver, B. C,
mi, Wash., and two other
ll northwest . ports aro af
ttd. The delegates began meeting
r""' na win continue to
! Pouiblo noints nt Ikiii
ft not been revealed.
FORT LEWIS, July . 27 (P)
Seventeen hundred buttorcd,
war worn rifles have been re
colvocl by tho ordnanco repair
shop at tho army scrvlco forces
training tenter liorc to bo re
conditioned and returned to tho
front line, MnJ. Frank Hllslcy,
deputy director of maintenance,
said today.
Somo are clogged with mud
ond blood. On the stock of
ono was carved: "ainidiilcannl
Inland, Holomoiv inlands, Aug.
7, 1IH2."
Many have notches cut In
tho slocks. One has 17, Somo
hnvo been soaked In salt water.
Occasionally a melul butt-plate
has been pitted, to a flle-llko
surface.
"When a Jap or a German
gets smacked with oneoftheso
ho knows It," commented
Gcorgo W. Thomas, shop super
intendent. About 80()(). rifles and 200
pieces of artillery puss through
tho Fort Lowls shop In an aver
ago month, Thomas sulci. In ad
dition to these, tho depot ro
pulrs optical instruments, air
compressors, machine guns, car
bines, anti-aircraft guns, field
pieces and tanks.
Planes Smash at Germany;
Pound Ploesti Oil Center
LONDON, July 2B (!) Amer
ican Flying Fortresses. 1000
strung, smusncd nt targets In cen
tral Germany today under escort
of tin emiul number of fighters.
and thu Ucrlln radio reported
that great aerial battles raged
across thu skies ,os nnzl planes
tangled with the raiding armada.
The uimiiulls were launched de
spite continuation of tho cloudy
weuthcr which hits restricted air
operations over the Normandy
biiiueiroiu, except tor one nay
during tho past two weeks, and
which forced tho raldors over the
rcich to employ overcast aiming
instruments.
The daylight raids followed a
night In which home-based RAF
Musciuttos pasted Stuttgart for
tho third tlmo In four nights.
Tho German radio said Bu
charest was bombed lust last
night.
liccausa weather prevented an
accurate assessment of dumugo,
tho oftlciul announcement de
scribed thu allied daylight tar
gets only us military objectives
in central Germany.'
It was tho first tlmo daylight
bombers hnvo been over tho
rcich sinco they wound up the
war's heaviest week-long offen
sive July 21.
eluded tactical operations In Italy
mm iiiKDsiavia,
Tho MAAF announced an nil
negro Mustanu eroun was creHU
ed with knockinu down five nml
fighters while escorting Liberat
ors to Austria Wednesday.
ROME, July 28 (I') U. S. Lib
crutors and - Fortresses made
their 12th raid on Ploesti today,
bninbiiiu the Romanian oil con'
tcr through a dense smokescreen
put up by tho Germans. More
than aOO bombers took part, and
crewmen said explosions and
fires nrosa from the targot.
Tho attack was mado a fow
hours after RAF night bombers
had attacked f ioesti. a number
of enemy flghtora wero shot
down in renewal of the aerial
warfare which in the last four
days has destroyed more than
200 Gorman planes in tno Mom
tcrrnnenn theater.
Allied losses in the period
wero 73 nlnncs.
To iuj ucrmans snoi a own
from Monday through Wedncs-
ing
fighters alone and many trl-
dny, 10 more wero added yester
day by Mustang and Llghtnini
umphs, as yet untabulntod, were
scored by gunners In the fleet of
tiD to BOO Fortresses and Liberat
ors which bombed the Manfred
Weiss armament works at Buda
ocst and left It aflame.
Eluhtcen MAAF nlanes In all
were roportcd missing from yes
terday s operations, w n i c n in
I 111 MAIN STIIT I
PORTLAND. Juiv 28 Ml Thn
U. S. senota commlttco on small
businesses will Inaulre Into now
er, small war plants and their
possible post-war utilization at a
ono day hearing here tomorrow
Sen. James E. Murray (D.,
Mnnl I -knl-m.H n A (J V
,1IU,tW . ,,11,1,, Mill, OtJII, nun-
noth S. Wherry (ft., Neb.) aro ex
pected to attend, said Scott K.
uray, jr., committee rcprcscnla
tlve.
The morning session, starling
at 0:30 a. m., will be given over
to the Uonncvlllo power admin
Istrntlon and tho department of
the Interior, In the afternoon ses
sion, witnesses for small business
w 111 be heard.
Oregon senators and congress'
men have been Invited to attend
and Gray said Senator Cordon
and Rcprcscntatlvo Ellsworth
have accepted.
T
By GEORGE BRIA
ROMfc.. Julv 26 ll'l Rnnltn
Mussolini slushed a wrist with a
razor bludu in a half-hearted at
tempt at suicide onlv a few hours
before German parachutists freed
him from tho Hotel Campo Im-
pcrutoro atop the bleak Gran
Susso lust September, a reliable
lnformunt sulci today,
This informant, who requested
anonymity, said the fallen Ital
ian dictutor's "suicide scene"
took place as follows:
un beptcmner iz, about 3 a.
m:, carablnicrl who wcro at
Mussolini's disposal and occupied
an adjoining room, hurried to
tho superior olllccr and told him
that il Duco was almost hysteri
cal. The officer ran to Musso
lini s room and found him stand
ing up. Ono wrist was cut and
blood hud stained a pajama
sleeve. Mussolini held a razor
blade in the other hand.
1 um tired of living Musso
lini said. He handed tho officer
a letter In which he had written
that he wished to end his life.
The officer treated the cut.
eulmed the duce and, without
much difficulty, persuaded him
to return to bed. .
Mussolini was said to have ex
pressed fear that he would be
turned over to the allies.
POPULATION INCREASE
WASHINGTON, July 28 IP)
The census bureau today esti
mated the resident population
of the Detroit-Willow Run con
gested area at 2,664,000 as of
late June, an increase of 206,-
000, or 8.4 per cent, since April
1. 1040.
T11
nowers
Flower Shop
724 Pine Ph. 5560
Esther Hankins
and
Tliclma Evans
(Formerly of
Tha Elk Beauty Shop) '
HAVE PURCHASED
The
Hollywood Beauty Shop
518' Main Phone 3S72
Upstairs
Stairway -Is Between Whitman Drug
Stare and Moe'i.
NEWLY DECORATED
Open for Business Aug. 1
O
1 . ALi-
I : Final ; ; r
ltlllilijl1itllJlW)lli:ilihti'iliiliiiiiiliitllt"
...Proudly t7Q hail...
r i ' :
THE COVETED TtV AWARD OP THE
UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION
I.
"For Outstanding Production Achievement'
, . . reads the official message that conveys the hews of
the United States' Maritime Awards-to Wade-Multnomah!
This, the highest honor that has come to our organization
since its. founding in the farm implement field in 1865, will
serve as a constant inspiration to keep our war production
up to the highest possible peak until Victory has been won. ,
In tribute '-to ;the skill and industry, that .the , , . , .
men and women oi Wade-Multnoman nave
put into -the Maritime construclion programs
' since 1942,. the "M" Pennant, Victory : Fleet
Flag and Merit Badaes for all workers will
be erwarded.
.The-Presenfaflon Program will be held at the .
Mtilfnomah Iron Works plant af 2335 NW. 30th Avenue,
Porflcind;Siuro!ay,;uly29(h, 1 - -
FINAL SU MM IE R
l
EARA
SALES FINALE
3 NO RETURNS O O
Yardage
Clearaway
Printed Jerseys
Reg. $1.79 Value
Your last chance
to save on these
lovely fabrics
checks dots
stripes and florals.
49
Yd.
Plaid Woolens
50 wool, 50'
rayon. 54 inches
wide. Excellent
for back-to-school
togs.
Special at
Printed
1
98
Yd.
Rayon Crepes
Reg. $1.79 Valuet
00
Colorful original
florals in sum.
mer colorings.
Limited Stock
Yd.
DEIHSSliS
FINAL
CLEARANCE
2 racks of ultra-smart summer dresses in pastels,
prints, sheers, crepes and jerseys.
One Group One Group
Less 20 Less33V3
Broken fixe range
e
Broken size range
HOUSE COATS
Cay prints and dainty pastels in
quality rayons. A fair size range.
NO RETURNS
k 0 f f
Sun and Fun Clothes
l3 0f?
One lot of assorted swim suits,
riding breeches, summer skirts,
cotton sweaters and slack suits.
LIMITED SIZE RANGE
SHOP EARLY
Ladies Sport Blouses
Assorted lovely prints, dots, checks and stripes- Shles for slacks, suits
" and mix-match.
SIZES 32 TO 40.
REG. $2.98
$ .1 "
REG. $3.98
$5)98
Downstairs Store
Month-End Clearaway
One Lot of Rayon and Cotton
Lovely prints and stripes In ladies'' orid. Junior
sizes. Also a few house coats ' in $2.49 to $4.95
values. NO RETURNS
98
Bath Towels
A 22x44 Turkish towel of heavy duty weight and
quality comes in white with - colored border.
Km
MARTEX DISH TOWELS
Colored bor
ders. Full size.
Reg. 25c Value.
Cork Place Mats
Colorful printed designs. Size-1 1x17 inches.
' cubiel
Summer
Bags
One table of as
sorted fabrics
and novelty sum
mer prints. Metal
'and wooden
clasps.' .
While they last
1
00
PLUS.
TAX
FINAL CLEARANCE
OF
Ladies
Hats
One lot-of 50 as
sorted exclusive
styles in values
to $10.95.
1
00
ALL WHITES
AND SHEERS
NOW-V2 PRICE
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