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Newspaper Page Text1Mb 'if s lews ( 9 i i i i it)yMftfrtJ" ;Mfn) fo) fo) A MfP :iui H .n.,i.l IihIhV. Kr ! kin on :' V 0,'V ,l iliuru. they '"Jul. t t "" Dr'.1; '?. , f Work lESe) or lurn cast toward i. , . HOUGH guess would, sug , I,, BrUliiny. Willi IU use jlirw ,t ..it HiMiniulH "force!" ro fc which our hlKli com F.11;;! unci wo don't. A f Krtlclc n-ldom hit opposlMB .line U icW . . , TlDENTALLY. II In nil ,,'nced officially today that hid only 600 tnnkH. Whim fi5?mni 1 were talking about ? l "Iy wor. alibiing to the '. hbmo-"you should have ,how bl Iiowik. "etc. HILE we're talking about Unto our plane .wm tc. be ins tt.c knack of knocking 1 oi l from the air. Tlicy M 240 In Normandy In dy I"" week. 2'? day they knocked on 74 SING hi one-two puncn ' icaln, Montgomery hits with other flt fo !'0 Caen Jpose U to keep the German tbiuy t me -: ..-... reinforcements to the Av. chei end. i'eihould beware of any com-i-ions of British and American Sillnl prowess In Normandy It two ore worklnu a '1 EAM lot u Individual .tars. They i where nd when and AS JrD AS the high command jtn. the Germans would Hko noth- Il.ii.. In Hot lift 11 II f I llif Uih stnrtrd to qunrrcllnR HE ilr hm been full of rumor In tho pMl few dayii mat mmMl It rlonrl nimbi. IL mDV I just well for u If ho itiiy Sc. MontKomery m otuo ni htt. It would tako time for fnmmm.rl In Xl'ltVn tk 11IW fin- iy general' habits and roue- HIE Russian now today la ut 1 more of the name. Tho Gor ins say the reds uro.ln War-fc-'i outskirts. They're knock. k it the doors of Riga- They're ily a few miles from the bor hi of East Prussia. They are only 13 miles from Vchojlovukia, where they UUIIT strike throuKM tho (jar. ithlam into the Dnnubo valley. ' wouldn't be surprising If the Russians should slow down a while. They havo already me farther and faster than It fmt milltnrily posslblo for tup- to IOIIOW. 'HE finrmum t WittnAirtav oi this week as tho day for hronk mill T.ii.t,Ai (trnn.t l Ut H In KntfA nflln.ft in tlm Jisslan demand for consulates at wma ana Burgas, on tho Black !' iConsulates are normally BUS JtSS agencies of government. that ntlftcltl xunnta ...IIU Jes in Bulgaria nt this momont nt clenr. n(liH iUn Imand for them is mudo moroly n t it 1 uuignria will do I !HE big point in this Balkan business Is that Bulgaria and 'rkey are getting less afraid of Germans and more afraid of , N Italy, tho Germans assort ? smashed Pisa's famous 3 lowcr wlln r artillery 1 Co nn "UrP0S0 b0l"8 t0 P"' til" t- - .i n VillllllUS, Among so MANY traocdlcs l dJS.V ?" "tl Us tower? You f.-uiuu n tower. u can't bring back the dead 0UR fleet Is anchored AGAIN lor iyKln. iunm' Aprn har fonn fc h'l in tho ivfarianas. Wd Jnps have died. AS In lhi T.. ., I Am.V M. Kn 10 a'o, an I now 'C,B".duV'nlcd JaP.whc. Irrnv Innn.. ' "ut.lor ln a u. s teccnt nrii C ,scno(" nys n a WCVrc Ln, (1ivo) 'www' n ff" Unit P mt. fko rctu'r;: Vll0 1 'Jhj?. man ff is loot,; i v' ' ?w of C 1 b.c. ?kon prisoner rJ wan la li y thoy K" 'i n It i. u " wr is war. wh inff.?"?. n r h nrntin 1. 1 . - nave to i77 u", "J"" S an1 guardnrt fod, nnd carcd Jhe mofi wi,d ln P.r.lsn camps. trig r D,lsy feeriin- UUI? "ihorwl . ICnit !Cdl "R, CnrlllB tnr n -"ued on Pago two) PRICE 5 CENTS Red Advances Threaten To Split Baltic LONDON, July 31 (I') Marshal Joseph Stalin announced tonight th capture of Jolaava, whirs soviet troops moved to within 21 mllos southwest of Riga In Latvia. German military commentators said meanwhile that the Rus sians had drawn up an are of assault only six miles irom War saw in the south, and were attacking Praca, the suburb on the east side oi the Vistula river opposite th Polish capital. Stalin also dlsolosed the capture of three places on the more distant approaches to Warsaw Sledlce, Minsk-Masodieckl and Lukow. Th Germans reported th Russians had captured Kaunas, one time capital of Lithuania. By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING. July 31 (!) The Chinese high commune! ad mitted lonlgnt thai Jupiincnu fo. . have broken Into the city of Hungyang proper. It said brisk fighting wus In progress both in the city und Its out skirts. The Chinese have been hold ing the invaders on tho rim of the encircled Canton-Hankow railway Junction for weeks, while other Chinese force (ought the Japuncso on un outor perimeter. For mora than a month the Japanese have been storming the city desperately in what by this time amounts to fl face-saving drive. Tho Hunan province city has been regarded as tho most Im portant goal of the Japanese since their capture of Canton and Hankow In 10,'I8, and its se' lire- would remove one of tho Inst stumbling blocks to their campaign to control 1000 mile of rallwoy from tho nprth to tho south of China. Rain, Hail Hit Between Bonanza, Langell Valley Reports reached here today of a icrrmc rain nnn nun storm which struck full force In an area between Bonanzn and Langell valley on Saturday evening. Tho storm, reaching cloudburst proportions, filled ditches to overflowing, damaged some crops, washed out fences, and left bonks of hall which could still be seen nearly 24 hours later. Some damago was reported to tho banks of ditches in the .Horsefly Irrigation district. Tho storm covered a strip be tween lour ana live miles wide. Taylor Awarded Silver Star Mrs. Elizabeth Burton Taylor of 120 Ewnunii has received word that her husband, First Lt. Raloh P. Taylor, has been awarded tho Silver Star for ho- rolc action in Italy. Mrs. Taylor was sent a copy of the division newspaper tell ing of her nusbnnd b exploits, Tho paper, dated July 14, de scribed tho action as follows: "With an enlisted man, Lt. Taylor moved In grenade pitch ing dlstnnco of nn enemy ma chine gun nest. Under machine gun fire ho roso to his knees, throwing grenades which killed four men and destroyed the gun, "Returning ho gave Informa tion which made uossiblo a suc cessful ' attack on tho outpost." Lt. Taylor was wounded in action May 31 and ho had re turned from the hospital. Zoot-Suiters, Seamen Riot in Canada VANCOUVER, B. C. (CP) A mob numbering approximate ly 1000 civilians, merchant sea men and partisans of both sides, engaged In a brief rough-and-tumblo fight In front of a down town theatro here last night, but civilian and military police succeeded In quelling tho dis turbance before any of the par tlcloanU suffered serious In- Jury. .. Five squad cars or civuh n police and all available mili tary and naval police wero called out to deal with tho riot which started with Jostllngs in a thoatre queue. Tho moleo followed less than 24 hours after police had boon called out to deal with a fight at a nearby- Intersection where Civilians described by officers In The Shata Slulin a order of the day de. scribed tho capture of Jelgava us a tuiiollng of one of the main communications centers linking tho Hnltlc urea with cast Prus sia. Its seizure practically chop ped tho Baltic territories In two, leaving the Germans in Es tonia and northern Latvia cut off except by sco and a narrow Iiiiui corridor with only one minor rail line. His order made no mention of progress of the Russians who last night knifed seven miles inside the Suwalki triangle, an nexed to cast Prussia in 1030 after the fall of Poland. Kaunas is 33 miles from cast Prussia proper and red troops west of Uic city were reported beating swiftly toward me frontier. Communication Cntr Stalin described Sledlce, 90 miles oast of Warsaw, a a "lariio communications center.' Mlnsk-Mnzowlcckl, 21 miles east of Warsaw, and Lukow, 38 miles southeast of the capital, nlso wero termed communlca. tlons centers. All wero taken by storm. Tho Russians previously reported tho capture ol Lukow on July i. - Earlier, a German report said tho Russians had thrown five bridgeheads across the Vistula but that four were wiped out and a fifth was scaled off. Just where tho bridgeheads wero placed was not announced though presumably they were In the area to the southeast where tho Russians reached the cast bank in force on a wide front last week. Counter Attacks Mad Tonight's German report said strenuous German counter attacks met the Russians at (Continued on Page Two) Tower of Pisa Not Destroyed WITH THE FIFTH ARMY BEFORE PISA, July 31 (P) The Leaning Tower of Pisa is neither destroyed nor damaged by artil lery fire, an observer In a near by post declared lonigni. Ono Berlin broadcast said shcllfire had destroyed the his torlc tower, one of the seven wonders of the world. (Subse quent German broadcasts, how ever, did not repeat tho charge.) The leaning tower could be seen from a forward observation Dost throush glasses. Fifth army officers declared last week that the Germans wore using It as an artillery observa tion post. Fraser Named C. in C. of Fleet LONDON. July 31 (VP) Ad mlral Sir Bruce Fraser, who as commander of the British homo fleet sank the German battle ship Scharnhorst and crippled the Tlrpltz, was appointed commander-in-chief of the British eastern fleet today. Ho succeeds Admiral Sir James F. Somorvillo who will tnke up another assignment In tho near futures the admiralty said. Merchant no ftuu.-ou.vv.B - briefly with merchant mariners in front ot a corner caie. uuiu ing tho gallery, the earlier mob was said to number more than 20n nwfinns No arrests were mado at cither of the incidents, but IntuHna wnrp suffered in both fights from flying fists and feet, aom spectators Him par tlclpants , were scattered by po. llco batons ln the second out u..nnr , Police said trouble had been brewing for a week since a merchant seaman had allegedly knnn Irnnnlrafi imnonScioUS in a row with one of the zoot-sult devotees of exaggerated "drape shape" jackets, high- drape "stuff-cuff" tiftugers ana now lng haircuts. . , , v . - Cancade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, I ED Troops Sweep Into Tinian Town on Island U. S. PACIFIC FLEET IIITAnnlTAPTFRS PCIII. HARRDR .liilv 31 (II A HV crct weapon gave American forces a new advantage in tneir Intrnainn nf in Mnrinnnc InHflV as their spearheads hammered a ufllnnlncr woilot nr-rnss Olinm and swept past Tiniun's largest town. "One of the most fearful in- almmnnli nf Hnnth from Amer ica's arsenal of secret weapons niaea tnc Tinian invaaers, p Correspondent Clinton Green reported as Adm. Chester W. Mlmlt. nnnnnnH thai Clliam'li main harbor and airstrip al ready were in American use. Proved- Ef foctiv Cai-mi-Uu nrnhlhlfa V n n 9 hint as to the nature of the weapon, Green said, but its ef fectiveness has been proved. "It l tnilv fearful and it is extremely doubtful whether any - human being within 100 feet of Its action wouia De aoie to survivi" he wrote. "It is in,, li fnrncKn ihf. ripVBfitation and death which would result from its use on such targets as tho crowded cities or tno Japa nese nomeiano. . .Air Fore Strike ": While the Yanks spee.ded their Saipan-bornenvclopment' of key Mariana Island, the far eastern olr force struck sigpif- (Continued on Page Two) Employes Lose Battle for Compensation PORTLAND, Ore., July 31 (P) Nearly 400 Montgomery Ward St Co. employes here had lost their fight today for state unem ployment compensation from Moy 3 to July 26, 1941, when the store was closed by labor troubles. ' ' Circuit Judge Martin W. Haw kins upheld the Oregon unem ployment compensation commis sion in denying payments to the workers. Employes who volun tarily refused to cross picket lines automatically disqualified themselves as compensation claimants, he ruled. Wrecks of Lost Planes Found ' LUKE FIELD, Ariz., July 31 (IP) The burned wreckage of three army single engine train Ing planes missing since March 25 and the bodies of three of four officers aboard have been found smashed against the same wooded mountainside - 30 miles southeast of Prescott, Arizona. Officers at Luke field, ln an nouncing the discovery, said 150 enlisted men were en route, to the scene 65 miles north of here to search for the fourth officer. The bodies of three second lieu tenants were removed by .a ground party that reached there Saturday. , Senate Military Group to Meet WASHINGTON, July 31 () Majority Leader Barkley, Ken tucky, and Senator Reynolds, (N-N.C.), telegraphed absent members of the senate military committee today to return to Washington at onco to act on reconversion legislation. The telegram was mado pub lic by i Reynolds,- chairman of the committee, soon after Sena tor Vandenberg (R-Mich.) dis closed to newsmen that repub licans would Insist on early ac tion on bills to chart the post war business and employment programs. The Road to Berlin Bv Th Auoclated Pr 1 Kussian front: 335 miles (measured from near Kllblel). 2 Italian front: 605 miles (measured from Senleallia). 3 Normandy front: 630 miles (measured from xroarn). NEW SECRE WEAPON S MARIANAS MONDAY, JULY 31, 1944 Marin corps tanks roll athor on Japan-hId Tinian. two and a half mil from Saipan in th Mariana and third liland in th group to b invaded, in 1 than ix weeks. The tank are driving up a road, gouged by a bulldosar, toward two vital airfield to xtrm left. (Auo clated Pre Photo from U. S. Marin Corp.) ' AT BAY IN ITALY By NOLAND NORGAARD . ROME, July -.31 tfP) Count erattacking at every opportun ity, nazl infantry and tanks held the eighth army at bay in the hills 5 to 7 miles southwest of . Florence today at a cost hardly likely to prove worth while to the enemy's, depleted armies, allied, headquarters said ... . ,.m ' -Artillery laid down thunder ing curtains of fire on German units which lashed out in an effort to knock the allied spear heads farther back from Flor: ence's last ! defenses. ' ; , ,. . ' t Firs Across Arno . , Along the fifth army's 30 mile front on the lower . Arno river big guns - on both - sides continued to trade fire across the stream. There were. no in dications ' the Americans had fienetrated' beyond the southern imits of Pisa. On the east -coast the Polish troops last were reported fight (Continued on Page Two) Year's Output of Liquor Planned WASHINGTON, July 31 (IP) In the 31 days beginning tomor row distillers plan to produce about as much whisky and gin as are ordinarily made in a full year. v This is possible, liquor sourc es said today, because distiller ies will be on a 24-hour basis and their facilities have been vastly expanded by their, war production of alcohol. In nor mal times they operated only a few months of the year. About 40,000,000 gallons of high-proof alcohol are expected from the one month holiday granted the distilleries, by the war production board. Most of this will be blended with stocks nbw aging. - Sub Production Cutback Ordered WASHINGTON, : July 31 (fl5) The navy announced a cutback in the submarine building pro gram today and attributed the step to two factors the loss of fewer submarines than was ex pected and the need for at least eight other types of ships or weapons. The announcement gave no figures either on the cutback or the existing fleet of underwater craft. On the basis ot submar ines known to. be building or in commission, however, the American undersea fleet appar ently is in excess of 200. Medof of Honor ; Given to Pilot By ROBERT EUNSON HEADQUARTERS, Seventh Fleet, Southwest Pacific, July 31 (P) The congressional Med al of Honor was presented to day to Lt. Nathan G. Gordon of Morrilton, Ark., navy pilot who landed his Catalina flying boat in Kavleng. harbor last Febru ary 15 and-rescued 15 downed American airmen Under the guns of the Japanese. It was the first navy presen tation of America's "highest mil itary award . in tho Southwest Pacific. Vice Adm, Thomas C. Klnkaid, commander - of the .seventh fleet, made the award. UOiBBlliil July 31. 1844 Mx. (July 30) ........76 Min 41 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to data 10.69 Normal 12.16 Last year 17.85 Forecast: Clear Yank Tanks Land On Tinian Finns Make. Hew Attempts ffitii OuFrbNaii Leaders By ROBERT N. STURDEVANT STOCKHOLM, July 31 (P) A new-attempt to force resignation or ouster of the pro-German Finnish government in favor of one which could make ' peace with Russia was reported immi nent tonight as German positions in the east deteriorated from the Baltic states through the Balkans. ; .Informants said that through out the weekend, eroues ODDOsed to Premier Edwin- Linkqmies were laying '"plans to rid the country of the government which signed up Finland for solid mili tary "collaboration , with Ger manyj , . .: ...- ;. . ;', Hold Conference '. Information slipping through the . close Finnish, censorship to Britons Arrive . In Spain Alter l Naxi Internment IRUN, Spain, July 30 (Delay ed) (fl") T h r e e trainloads of British civilian internees 518 persons, 20 of them suffering mental ailments arrived in Spain today after nearly four years of internment at a Ger man prison camp near Vlteel, France. The group completes a contin gent of 900 British being ex changed lor that many German internees.. Some 400 British al ready are in Lisbon awaiting de parture of the diplomatic, ship Drottningholm. . ..j- . Ex-Secretary To FDR Dies WASHINGTON, July 31 (fl5) Marguerite Alice (Missy) Le Hand, who served as President Roosevelt's personal secretary for more than a score of years. died today at Chelsea, Mass., of cerebral embolism. - Her -death was announced by the White House, where it was said she had been stricken unex pectedly. She retired as the president's secretary, December 18. 1942 because of ill health. but had improved somewhat since that time. Catholic Priest Shot by Sniper NEW YORK, July 31 (fl5) First Lt. Dominic Ternan, 41, a Franciscan priest, was killed June 19 in Normandy when he was shot in the back by a nazi sniper as he gave the last rites of the church to a dying soldier, according to word received here. The death was announced here yesterday by " the Very Rev. Bertrand Campbell, provincial of the Roman catholic order of Fri ars Minor and Dastor of St. Fran cis of Assisi church where Fath er Ternan formerly was an assist ant. : ' . -- Spurious Money Passed in City PORTLAND. Ore., July 31 (fl5) William Hately Jr., agent in charge . of the Portland secret service office, warned today that spurious greenbacks are being passed here. He said bills are being split, with halves of higher denominations pasted to halves of smaller ones. He suggested that merchants examine - both sides of bins ottered. , Number 10224 Stockholm said Marshal Baron Mannerheim and President Risto Hyti had held a long conference in Helsinki during the last few days.' This fitted into reports current here that the Finnish - people, confronted by a honeless mili tary-situation once the. Russians overrun the Baltic states: : were turning to .the -Ming military vuiiiiimiiuci-iu-umcn i0r a . soiu- tion of, their problem.-;-;- . ramc nar; ,v ; H'. A note bordering on name crept into the heavily censored Helsinki press comment. --'One' paper wrote' almost sarcastically of the latest . nazi propaganda phrase '"offensive defensive." -There was a suggestion amone persons having close connections uiamc f utjotiu limb ividiuierueun may be asked by a peace group on parliament to assume leader- . (Continued on Page .Two) - PFC David Joplin Seriously Hurt : Mr. and Mrs. David Jonlih of this city have been notified Tjy the war department that men son, . PFC David G. Joplin Jr., has been seriously wounded in action on Saipan. . PFC Joplin- is- with the. army infantry and has been overseas for two and a half years. He was wounded on June 23 and more details, as well as his pre sent address are to follow later In a letter, the telegram stated. . War Bulletins LONDON. July 31" WV-Pre- mier Stalin announced tonight that the Russian sweep westward had captured Jelgava In Latvia. Siedlce in Poland, ana roariiam. pol in Lithuania. WITH THE U. S.- FIRST ARMY IN FRANCE, July 31 (fl5) American troop captured Av xanche today. , LONDON. Julv 31 (fl5) Prem lar. Stalin announced ; tonight that Russian troop had broken across the Niemen river in utnu ni. eramhins ihrouah German defense to a deptn oi ai own on a front of 143 mils, and opened th battle for East Prui iia itself with th capture of a point within 15 mile of th pr 1939 frontier - - New Building for Service k Men's Center Proposed Plans for a building to be used for a service men's center for the war period, and possibly after the war to become center for all recreational activities in the community, were presented to the city recreation committee at a meeting today by Bernie Heidemann, captain of the Klam ath Commandos. Captain Heidemann showed the committee plans for the building prepared by Howard R. Perrin. architect, calling for an attractive cement block . struc ture embracing. main floor and balcony features ' designed : to meet maximum needs here for-a service men's center. , .. . ' Proposed Sit ' " A site at Eleventh street' and Klamath avenue is proposed for the structure. ' - The committee was asked to consider the possibility of taking the building over after the War ( heed is concluded, and 'o support TRAP CATCHES ; HANTS OF- NAZIWES Granville Seized by Troops in Mopping v. ! .' Up Actions . By GLADWIN HILL supreme headquarters: allied expeditionary. FORCE, July 31 (P) Springing another trap on remnants oi eight destroyed or badly mauled nazi divisions with an 18-mile lightning thrust, American ar mored forces fought in the streets of Avranches tonight in an ef, fort to- clinch control of that springboard for a break into cen tral France. Thirteen miles to the" north west, the Ajnericans seized Gran ville in the swift mopping up of the German seventh army.. 2 Caolur City . On the left flank the Ameri cans also captured the city: of Torignt-Sur-Vire; 27 miles inland, after threatening its isolation by taking the hamlets at La Reavi erre and La Freetiere to the--southeast, front line dispatches reported. - ... The entry into Avranches marked' a 60-mile penetration from the D-Day beachheads. : "Fairly . Strong" Fore The force entering, the city at the .west baie of the Normandy peninsula was described as "fair ly strong" and its position as' "well into" the town. . The sensational burst at Av ranches, at the angle formed by the Normandy and Brest spurs, closed a new trap on Germans! fighting to the north around Granville and along the line of Gavray to Tessy-Sur-Vire, threat ening to add to the 10,500 prison ers taken since the start of the American offensive last Tuesday, "Near" Granville ? (The Germans' official news' agency, DNB, said the Americans had captured Granville, 16 miles southwest of Coutances and 13 Late: allied- reports . placed, the' mues nortnwesi ot Avrancnes.- Americans "near Granville.) Seizure of nivotar-Avranches would place the Americans on a springboard for . an eastward . . (Continued on Page Two) - Eight Released From Hospitals Eight more persons Injured in the Greyhound-Bus -accident Thursday night: have been re leased from tne . miisme ana Klamath Valley hospitals. The fourteen' remaining at Klamath Valley- .hospital, are; all out of danger 'and are doing well. . Twenty-two persons suffered, injuries -when-the big bus slid on slick- pavement coming into Klamath . Falls-lae Thursday night and overturned on. Ore gon avenue. - r The Greyhound Bus company is taking care of all hospital ex penses incurred by the accident. Segregee Hunger Strike Ended 7 The hunger strike in the Isola tion area of the Tulelake segrega tion center .was definitely over today. . ! . ' ' War ' relocation officials said that all 14 men in the area began-taking nourishment Sunday. They were transferred temporar ily to the center hospital for ob servation and treatment, and will be returned to the isolation area for troublemakers as soon as pos sible, WRA said. : -- The men said they began their strike on July 19. One of them took nourishment on July 25 and the others began eating. Sunday. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE . . R. H. S 1 Philadelphia Vandenberg and Williams: Lea, Karl (7). and PeacocK. . a project for financing the con struction. '-..,. Federal Aid .,' Pontain hpirlpmnnn explained that lederal assistance could be. obtained for maintenance ana Di rective personnel, and-said that the city military- affairs commit tee had pledged cooperation in obtaining this assistance. - - Cost of building and site would In a-vnocc nf 49 (10.0 It Wfl estimated. - The Commando lead er pointed out that the present quarters of the Commandos era inadequate and that the need for the center is growing daily. She said that the building could be financed , at -the donation rato of $1 each for everyone in the Klamath area.- : - - ; Armor)1 UniuitabU ' . There was some discussion of the possibility of using the Klam ath armory, an already construct ed' building, for the same pur pose. Captain Heidemann said - - (Cotitlnued on Fage Two)