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oltrn in ino news, are rcwiy
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m. Tncy auorn ino nesi kiiui
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till farmi. Every ono In u
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io go.
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in tno lulncm ol timo. Hit or
many i late lump on tho im
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'HE weather h a lllllu better
tori chance, with tho clouclx
ken cnoim Ii to onnblo our
nn io ao VISUAL bombing
HERE aro Intere.illiiK reports
oi ircncn Kucrrlllim opcrnt-
In ImDortmiL KtriMitrtli hn.
ii tho Gcrmnn lines, breaking
wuununicnuon.1, CIC,
p the easlbrn front, Wnrmiw
4 reported In flnmos ns tho
lOianS Brivnnr-e nn ll iilt,iiki,
ribs. The
N heavy guns over open
I lor Is reported In Moscow
""lies io nnvc ordered a aul-
'Mi-mnii stand nt VVorsnw.
ig excellent facilities for
' suicide.
W aro jtcntlllv clnnnlntf nr.
K !lntr!i nMtl Kttin8 sot
Invasion of East Prussia.
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Sansapor Captured by
Sixth Army
Troops
ivon Papon (Gorman ambnssa.
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be l"v'"clbl.q n thoy claim
and sa.nn? ,ntormcd nu
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ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUAHTEHS. New Oulncii, Aug
1 At An unoppoM-d Ictipfrog
i ii n uing which placed ucu
o o u g 1 n s MucArthur's forces
within easy bomber range of
tho i'lillipplnes and completed
tho strategic roconqucst of New
Guinea was announced today
Sixth army units Sunday cap
tured the tiny village of Sanaa.
por at tho northwestern tip of
New Guinea In a 200-mllc nni-
phlDiiniH lunii) westward from
American-occupied Ncomfoor ls-
lanci. iney cstuiillslicd a firm
hold on tho benches and tho
vogclKop peninsula and occu-
pled two adjacent coral islets
Amsterdam and Mlddulburu
wiiiio scarcely tiring a shot.
Location
San.inpor Is llttlo over 000
miles Hoiithenst of Mindanao
in n I n island in the southern
Phiiluulmm, . and-. Uws- than -300
miles from the Japanese strong
point at llalmalirra. It Is an-
proximately 00 miles east by
north from Sorolig, Hie heavily
buttered Nlppone.su base at the
extreme end of New Guinea.
Tho surprise landing trapped
an additional 13,000 Japanese
troops, concentrated around
Mauokwarl, some 150 miles
eastward. Nocmfoor island Is
(Continued on Page Two)
Stuelpnagel,
Rommel Reported
Dead by French
ALGIERS, Aug. 1 (!') The
French underground has report
ed that Marshal Erwin Rommel
and Gen. Otto von Stuelpnagel
ooin uion in t ranee, mo commit
tco of national liberation said to
day. Rommel, German around com
mander in Normandy, was said
to have been fatally wounded In
tho head during an air-attack on
tho Normandy front. (Tho Gor
man radio denied yesterday that
Mommoi was c t ncr dead or ser
iously wounded).
Stuclnnaccl. military adminis
trator of occupied Franco, was
reported to have committed sui
cide followlnu fiiiluro of tho uen-
orals' plot on Hitler's life. Tho
underground ronort said Stuclo-
migcl on July 21 ordered tho ar
rest of Gen, Oberg. chief of tho
gestapo In tho Paris area, but
ordered his release and return
to Berlin tho following day. The
underground said Stuelpnagel
then drove to Verdun and shot
himself.
felib noreP''o-.The fight
' Is ihi. 1 1 . terrilJlo.
:4 h i riL0'..bloody and
MAC ib.'
ji - iun R-c ,
Eon Snnrf luices innci
,t "S' P"1 New Guinea.
l!felumPd .200
outcn a o ,8lnna, in
ony about Lnnsi,,Por' tl,ov
,outhernm0tst1p?llTl'i8 from
1 lh las " J ? .l!r sltl0 cal's
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fit" wast" i "u',l,norn Now
today
i?!sng taetln ncso 'eapfrog,
kllledac"cs.w have is&
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h South ?,r..n..m!lon JotVs
"ons to w""1'0 .from tho
" guineas for ber 1. Transoccan sold
'"mi
Busch Commits
Suicide, Report .
STOCKHOLM, ' Aug. 1 (")-
The newspnpor Aflonbladet re
ported today that Marshal Ernst
Busch, commander of German
armies retreating from White
Russia, committed suicida follow
ing tho generals' plot against
Adolf I-Iltlor.
Tho report, carried under a
Baslo, Switzerland, dateline, said
tho marshal killed himself after
undergoing third degree treat
ment nt Hitler's headquarters.
Ho previously had boon reported
missing from tho Russian front
whore his army group has taken
a severe mauling from tho Russians.
Japs Squeezed Back
On Guam; Trapped
By Yanks On Tinian
. U. 8. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Auo.
I fT) American soldlort and marines, sweeping swiftly across
uuwiorn uuem ana-inrougn tne capital town ot Agana, today
queeied the Japanese tighter in the island's northern half, there
to be pounded mercilessly from the air, ground and sea.
On Tinian, 130 miles north of Guam, the battered remnants
of the enemy force huddled In a small pocket near the island's
southern end with no hope of escape. Marines on Tinian opened
an assault Sunday on what Adm. Chester W. Mimits termed the
last enemy defenses."
With Tlnian's conquest near, a Nlmlti spokesman said also
that 'the worst is over on Guam most of the difficult fighting
Is behind the Americans."
- The American lino on Guam
Sunday night extended from a
y
. By FLORA LEWIS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 ()
First reports reaching ' official
Washington from Inside Ger
many disclosed today that the
nuzls appear to havo crushed def
initely the factions Involved In
tho bomb plot against Hitler.
The reports, which are official
as distinguished from the Ger
man radio and neutral capital
gossip, Indicate that for tho mo-
mem in least, littler has f rm
control.-" '
Apathetic Condition
The best description of the
popular German reaction to the
oomuing attempt wos npathy,- the
Information suvs. So far m u
Known nere, tnero was no riot
ing in Germany following an
nouncement of the attack on Hit
ler, nor wcro there any demon
strations of rejoicing at the escape.
It is confirmed that tho nnls
took speedy and far-reachinn
control measures immediately
after tho bomb attempt, especial
ly in ueriin.
A tight cordon was thrown
(Continued on Page Two)
Allies Strike
At Fleeing Japs
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS, KAN-
UY. Ceylon. Aug. 1 OT The al
lies have struck far in tho rear
of the Japanese retreating down
the . Tiddim road from their
fruitless . invasion of northeast
India and tho enemy's main es
cape routo now is threatened, a
communique announced today.
nils assault was made ny al
lied forces operating against the
Japanese supply line and "in the
first clashes tno Japanese lost a
transport and moro than 120
dead, sold tho bulletin from Ad
miral Lord Louis Mountbatten's
headquarters.
P"1' SOMETHING.
Nazis Prohibit
Motor Traffic
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 fP) All
motor car traffic In Belgium and
northern Franco has been pro
hibited bv nazl occupation auth
orities effective August 19, the
Gorman Transocean agency said
today In a Berlin broadcast. A
similar prohibition on motor
cycles will be effectlvo Septom-
ir i, Transocean said,
United States government
monitors reported the broadcast.
Mannerheim New
Finn President
STOCKHOLM. Aug. 1 (Pi-
Marshal Baron Mannerheim.
commnndcr-in-chlef of Finland's
war with Russia, became presi
dent df Finland tonight with his
first task apparently that of get
ting his country out of the war.
Helsinki announced mat pres
ident Rlsto Ryti had resigned
and that Mannerheim had been
appointed by parliament to suc
ceed him. Premier Edwin J.
Linkoinlcs , of tho pro-Gorman
government, moved tho resolu
tion miming Mannerheim, it was
reported.
point on Agana bay. a mile
north of the central west coast
town of Agana, across the is
land s nve.miic waist to ' Pago
Day on the cast shore.
Bombardment
From both ends of this land
Hue. allied warshlns formed
seml-circln of steal and flashing
fire around northern Guam and
poured into the Nipponese
usurpers ot tne lormcr , U. 5
naval base the punishment of
their heavy guns.
More than two and a half
years after Japan seized Guam,
the southwestern part of the is
land : was functioning again as
an American naval .center. Al
lied ships steamed In and out
of Port Anra. best harbor in
.tha.Matianan, and a procession.
ot warplanes operated from
Japanese-built Orotc peninsula
almoin. .
Harbor In Good Shape
- Rear Adm. Richard L. Conol-
ly, amphibious commander, said
the Japanese left Apra .harbor
in line snapc, even improv
ing it by installing marking
buoys and torpedo .nets. Mine
sweepers dragged the anchor
(Continued on Page Two)
Jap Drive on .
Hengyang Halted
CHUNGKING. Aug. 1 (VP)
The Chinese high command an
nounced tonight that "our inner
ring of defense " halted a Japan
cso drive on embattled Heng
yang. Chinese units on tho outer
ring were reported to have
scored gains east and west of the
Canton-Hankow railway junc
tion. , Tokyo broadcast today with
out allied confirmation a re
port that-U. S. ground units
moved from India had gone in
to action in tho Yengyang sector.
"In some sections of Yemzvane
United States troops are not only
serving as' commanding officers
of the Chungking army, but are
actually participating in battles
urltW nil. fnfnnt " onM lliii
ww iui.m, Daiu v-.f. M1VC1U-
cast, recorded by FCC).
Entrants In Contest
Here are three more entrants in the Mist Klamath contest. Shown from-left to riant are
Edrie Smith, 19. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Smith; Jean Bolin. 18, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Bolin, and Peggy Keating, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keating. Miss Smith
and Mist Bolin both ting and Peggy tpecialixet in monologues and readings.
Warsaw in Flames as Reds Advance;
East Prussia Defenders Forced Back
TO
Work began today on paving
of the Old Fort road from the
city limits to the Marine Bar
racks,' following award of the
contract to Clifford A. Dunn,
Klamath Falls contractor: Dunn
will surface the access road as
well as three miles of roads
within the Barracks area.
Lt. John M. Babcock, navy
officer in charge of construc
tion here, disclosed that the Old
Fort -road project -will include
reconstruction ot tne . road at
the dangerous turn one mile
this side of the - Barracks. - The
work will be done within the
present right-of-way, but will
eliminate the- hazard,- he said.
Several cars, including one
ambulance, . have been wrecked
at this curve since the Barracks
(Continued on Page Two)
Four Enter Miss
Klamath, Contest
Four new "contestants in the
Miss Klamath race .registered
this weekend, bringing the to
tal numocr to ii, .
Latest entries are Genevieve
Heup, Isabel Corr, Betty Lar
vick and .Janet Protsman.. .
The contest ends next Satur
day noon and all girls contem
plating entering the contest are
urged to register as soon as pos
sible. To bo eligible to run for
the title of Miss Klamath, girls
should be unmarried and be
tween the ages of 18 and 28.
Entrants, will be judged fpr per
sonality,' poise, and photogenic
features. A special talent is not
essential. - .-
Slow Progress Continues
! In Advance on Florence
By ' EDWARD KENNEDY
ROME, Aug. 1 (P) Eighth
armyitroops are making slow,
methodical progress In their ad
vance on Florence against five
German divisions fighting a des
perate! last stand battle before
tho Tilscan capital, allied head
quarters announced today.
Sbu.h of tho city the Germans
lunged out with fierce , counter
attack along a side semicircular
front Which now forms their de
lino, S Determined Enemy
s clear tho enemy Is de
ed to mtihe a real stand
S as he is able, but the.
eighth army's advance Is relent
lessly forcing him from succes
sive strongpoints," headquarters
said. ' ' - - - -The
Germans are using three
of the best divisions at their dis
posal in Italy for guarding the
approaches to Florence. These
units are the fourth parachute
division, the 20th panzer, grena
diers and the third panzer grena
diers. They have the support of
Tiger tanks and are' using a new
type of booby trap grenades
set off by wires stretched across
roads at a height to catch' the
aerials of radio-equipped ve
hicles. The' grenades themselves
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Gale Swirls Off
Atlantic Coast
MIAMI. Fla., Aug. 1 mA
tropical storm of gale force
swirled off the Atlantic- coast to
day, offering its greatest threat
to parts ot norm and soutn Car
olina.
In a 1 p. m. bulletin, the weath
er bureau placed the center of
the disturbance about 200 miles
southeast of Charleston, S. C.
A' slackening in the forward
motion might Indicate a" change
in course, observers said, but
they advised caution along the
coastline where storm warnings
were "flying from Cape Hat-
teras, North Carolina, to Bruns
wick, Ga. - i
U. S. to Open
Peace Talks
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (VP)
The United States will open post
war peace planning talks -here
with representatives of ' Britain
and the soviet union, Monday,
August 14,' and following these
talks, Britain and the United
States will hold similar discus
sions with China.
Acting Secretary of State Stet
tinius announced this procedure
today.
Stettinius said he had heard
that Maxim Litvinoff, soviet vice
commissar for foreign affairs,
would represent Russia, although
neither Russia nor China have
disclosed the makeup .of their
delegations.
Congress Back
In Session
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1
A sparsely-attended congress re
convened at noon today amid
new republican demands for
irompt completion of a legisla
te program to chart the wav tn
post-war economic stability.
Sixteen remiblican senators.
meeting in informal conference,
pledged unanimous support of
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
in his efforts to force demnhlll.
zatlon and reconversion- mea
sures out of the senate military
committee.
By The Attoclated Prett
. LONDON, Aug. 1 Warsaw
was reported in flames tonight
as Russian masses pressed upon
its northeast suburb behind a
deluge of shell's and bombs
Farther north, other red army
forces, forced, ,tbe .nazl- defenders,
of East Prussia back along a 143-
mlle front. ,- . , - .y .-.
Billows of black smoke were
reported rolling from the ancient'
Polish , capital, indicating tne
Germans were putting it to the
torch'in preparation' for evacua
tion. Moscow said Warsaw was
under siege; that three, columns
were assaulting Praga, the east
ern industrial suburb across the
broad and swift Vistula river. .
Kaunas Captured '
Marshal. Stalin announced the
capture-of Kaunas, old capital of
Lithuania.
'Marshal Konstaritin Rokossov-
sky's first, white. Russian army
group was reported tiring neavy
(Continued on Page Two)
War Bulletins
LONDON, Aug. . 1 - (VP) All
communications connecting the
Baltic tea; and East Pruttia have
been "cut by the wettward ad
vance of soviet troops, Moscow
announced tonignt. . ,
E
OF
LONDON. Aug. 1 (JP) Ameri
can troops have captured Mont-
gouuer. eight miles toutheatt of
Avranchet, a Reutert . ditnatch
irom r ranee tarn tonignt. ....
Osmena to Take
Over, Presidency
WASHINGTON. Aue." 1 UP)
Sergio. Osmena, vice president of
me pmuppines, arranged to take
the oath as president -this after
noon to succeed Manuel Quezon,
who died this-morning.
Associate Justice . Robert H.
Jackson of the supreme court
will administer the oath in the
office of Interior Secretary
Ickes, . who' now is performing
the duties of high commissioner
of the Philippines.
Tokyo Reports
Attatks on Rota
By The Associated Prett
The Tokyo radio quoted an im
perial headquarters communique
today as saying that Japanese
troops on Rota island, situated
between Tinian and Guam in the
Marianas,- "for successive days
have prevented .enemy, landings
by -valiantly fighting under fierce
artillery firing." .
.The wording of the communi
que, as recorded by the federal
communications commission and
The Associated Press in London,
did not make clear whether land
ing operations against the island
actually had been launched.
Nazis Report
Shipping Sunk
LONDON,-Aug. 1 MP) A Ber
lin broadcast asserted today that
German. "human toVpedoes" and
submarines had- sunk 124,000
tons of allied shipping off -, the
Normandy coast and on other al
lied supply routes in July.
The claim was entirely unsup
ported by allla4 reports on ship
ping losses.
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y.,
Aug. 1 (P)r Manuel .Quezon, 65,
aapper exiled president of tne
Philippine . government, . which
he had headed since 1935, died
today at a summer home here
from tuberculosis.
The magnetic . Quezon, who
fled from his native Luzon in
a submarine in the early part
of the war, died at 10:05 a. m.
(EWT).
He came here late, in .the
spring' from' Asheville, N. C,
and lived with his chief of staff
and his official family.
.. . At Bedside
His widow, and two daugh
ters, Maria Aurora and Maria
Zenaida. and one son. Manuel
Jr., were at the bedside. . .
Long a disciDle -of Philinnine
independence, Quezon-, cast his
lot . with the Americans when
the Japanese invaded his home
land. Previously. he had or
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FDR Nominates
Stilwell for
Full General
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 '(P)
President Roosevelt today nomi
nated "Lt. Gen. Joseph Warren
Stilwell, American commander
of Chinese forces in Burma, to
be a full general in the army of
the United States. "
The proposed promotion, rais
ing Stilwell to a rank -held by
Gen. George C. Marshall, -Gen.
Douglas MacArthur and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, . suggest
ed, the probability, of new and
more important work for' Stil
well in the Burma-China area.
. In the American military or
ganization, he holds the assign
ment of commanding general of
U. S. army forces in the Burma
China theater. He also holds a
top-flight position under General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek of China
and has certain staff duties under
the allied commander-in-chief in
southeast- Asia,- Lord Louis
Mountbatten.
CIS CARRY
TROOPS INTO
BRITUA
Yanks Seize 2 Dams
10 Miles From
Avranches
By GLADWIN HILL
- SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 1 OP) American
doughboys and tanks ramming
into Brittany seized two key
dams 10 miles southeast of fallen
Avranches today while a -swift
British-American force advanced
to within five miles of Vire, im
portant communications center. :
Capture, of the dams carried
the Yanks across the - Selune
river. East of Avranches,. on tho
See river, the Americans seized
Brecey. .
- 18.587 Prisoners .
The total of German prisoners)
for the eight-day. campaign rose
to 18,587. . . .. . ,
, Foot soldiers -took: over the
burden of the attack on the cen
tral front, and - they registered
gains of as much as 12 miles be
yond yesterday's positions. - --Tonight
the Americans were
driving back the -Germans with
out pause in the coastal corridor
of the western offensive- -
. . ; Canadians Attack
- Canadians., burst fnrlh. with
new fighting on the Paris-point-
cu wsv name oi me advance line.
The biggest .offensive of. the
invasion hurtled its second tvtwir
with - augmented ;- power- The
Germans' trans-Normandy line
was smashed in a dozen Dlaces.
Disorganized nazis yielded them
selves as prisoners in droves.
ruin southward - - '
Fighter-escorted American rnt.
umns pushed south of Avranches
across the Selune river, the Nnr-
mandy-Brittany boundary line.
tour and a half miles to the Pon
taubault and through Ducey on
the river six miles below Av
ranches. - .
The - -iuesernaut- - heariVri- Inr
Vire was. only five miles away
from that key - communication
center, xin. tne-way-the column -captured
Le Beny Bocaee. Ger
man hill. .stronghold eight miles
north of -Vire.- . - ---- -
. '. Puth Enemy in Percy
Behind -the - drive ; from Av
. (Continued on Page Two)
Zoot Suit Riots
Continuejn,:
Vancouver, B.- C.
VANCOUVER.'. Bl C.i Aug. 1
(CP) A gang of from 80 to 100
men and youths led by a group
ot - mercnant seamen paraded
through downtown streets here
last night shouting as a battle
cry "we ; want zoot-suiters" and
attacking a number of civilian
youths they met along the way.
- Sporadic fights 'were reported
by - police on - street- corners-
throughout the downtown sec
tion. - some ' of them ' stemming
from the - organized parade and
others from small groups of per
sons baiting-the civilian youths -dubbed
"zoot-suiters" because of
their exaggerated attire.
The fights continued through
out the evening and : into the
early morning hours: with- the
merchant seaman's gang- last re
ported heading toward the city's
east-end section in . search - of
more zoot-suiters. .
Monthly Whisky
Bonus Slated
PORTLAND. Aug. 1 m
Continuation of the : monthly
bonus, of a fifth of unbonded
bourbon or rye whiskey through'
August and price, reductions of
50 to 60 cents a bottle, on im
ported' brandies and wines were
announced today by the Oregon
liquor control commission.
The bonus is in addition io
permit holders' regular ration
of a quart or fifth of any type
of whisky. The price reduction
results from improved transpor
tation and quantity purchasing,;
said Hugh R. Kirkpatrick, com
mission chairman.- - -
Germans Send New Secret
Weapon Against Fighters
By JUDSON O'QUINN
LONDON, Aug.' 1 () The
Germans have: now: taken the
wraps off another new weapon-
a rocket-propelled fighter and
all allied fliers who have -encountered
the planes agreed to
day they are capable of terrific
speed. - - ' - '
Little is knovm so far of the
effectiveness of the craft. Only
seven have been met and they
did not stwd- to -fight,-but the
speed at which they ran away
underscores the importance they
might assume if the -Germans
manage ; to produce them on a
mass scale. : '
Fighter! Tangle '-
Berlin has been hinting at
rocket-propelled planes for
months- The U. S. air force an
nounced last night that allied
heavy bombers and their con
voy of fighters ran into a group
of the new planes over Ger
many Friday. -
Tim allies have recognized
for some time that -nazi jet and
rocket-propelled planes, if al
lowed to appear in big num
bers, could challenge allied air
superiority, : and. it- is : under
stood here that is one- of the
reasons the U. S. eighth and
15th air forces sent 27,000
heavy bomber sorties . against
German industry, and oil. sup
plies in July.- -
.. May Hay -Answer
' ' But the allies, might have the
answer to : this new German
weapon in a new fighter of
equal- or - superior capabilities,
A joint Britlsh-Aftnerican an
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