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Newspaper Page Textmm HE S'faMfm pi Mwm SI b . U thai hv H on II lull I" tho NEWS bloody anO PRICE 5 CENTS EN are Id ""'S-hV.ru wl M m Hrffi rcchcd that r . . . t Am2.,cTMrVh.,y (l5!E(?N.nte' nrt St. N W Breton penln KttSpforlho remain Cjurtiw" r f . . Viutlle III J" If the mitkinu. r,. . are nalil to U!'r.'", L,. cy have K?. "..rrtert and bUtarwl P " b.Day. Much con" liUI I'm. 5 '.. yk r.nniidlan 1 aid attH lews j" - ; In Th 8hta-Ca Headv Wonderland August 5. 1944 Max. (Aua. ) Precipitation last 24 hours Stream year to data Normal 12-20 . Laat year Forecast! tiouay. ....49 .......00 .10.82 ..17.85 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 1944 Number 10229 Ms dh Russia, S rn n ay:Naas T HPS DRIVE WEDGE 111 iffSSTZ mat. that Mm io fell r 0V J!.- V.lnn . whoie f... ,.mrM 10 n- Kedj.your plan In thll Fi.' f the allies KuthoSolnoand twlng Ljicrou i" ,-hnt count it '., i, ,,ctr. Id, Utrmnin - -:hy theroboU. UD reconnatomce. re- K of Vortlllcl-Uon., to Li short oi i" -- ra dcr.V irtl.at l. Uu.. I, ...in have to rely on Ka line oi men, guns, kr, wire, mines, .. fai doesni iiiTOH ,JJ iKur n this i jmm'i inn the uer tilth, start, and they art Hopping our sine now euborste nxca ooi Atlinllc coastal "wall. A IfljIOR, but maybe Impor- .... .M.IIrtUI. frAnrh faC- k workers are reported today it i..ii annFi-lIln warfare l.ait the German occupation Ism In Paris. . . tt Pollih underground In la k1lunrf In ha run. Libort ot ammunition HI Russians today are IN- IIDE East Prussia actually hf..r.npmin inn. ifiiKHinn kln, HnllnniiH In wtttlin Inllnnf Krnkow (whore Gcr L htsdquartcrs In Poland pe moved from Warsaw) ana uun 75 miles irom ucrmen In Silesia. IsiUcloicd today that a new III IM Skit fnrAa la ttuTN llrll In YUOOSLAV1A In pn oi Tito black of fighting In Ro- i mini! uinnra inn niiiv ni inn umu uaiuroi on cuuius nuiiii pui to auspec; rnmor BtronB- fJindboom down the Donubo, Jt cutting Romania off. ' ' krarv hi. ...... .. I tte South Pnclflc today. Gcn PjTeihlma's Jnp 2nd army Is ikvi. ui do retreating irom ruiuc wcsinrn enn or now fiinea probably hoping to get fw to Halmohora, In the Mo- ISiw Guinea has got too hot W the littlr. vnlln... t. k.M P Initead of staying to dlo r'fylng to got out to fight 0lem nocessity mBy be c,8 'he monkoy-mon some raents of common senso. PJ who dlo for the emperor cvcrtallnj glory (ac 7 lo weird Jap notions) " 'hey don't do the emperor tpu in mo pinch that M BALTIC AREA Increasing Masses Of Soviets Line Border Flr. In Philndelnhia Trollcv Strike - . - i rrr- -Ber- By LEWIS HAWKINS inkniiN Aim & ll'l lln reporU iudlcutcd today tiiut the red army lwi carried the war to Ucrmnn son in .; Prussia, but thcro was no aolld proof thill tho Hussions hud crossed the border. The soviet forces impcured to bo biding tliolr time while driving a new wedge towurd the Baltic sea to cut off poten tially powerful numl forces In upper Lithuania and Lnlvln. ' Whan Itaadv However, growing masnos of red troops are poisca on ine ...-.. rinun of East Prussia, and apparently they can cross whenever tncy cnooso. Rerman radio broadcasts In lite aflornoon reported a Rus sian "breakthrough in mo border area at vironus, a irum- ler station ahoui a mm " !. ii... i ....... u,n- n rxnarts suld tho push hnd been liultcci. I . Moscow dispatches lolt of "fires rag no n fcast rruwnu www. w ii it u it.' ' " " . : red army Infantry attacks. capture ohji u.i ci..iirt In a snecial order of tho day announced to day tho capture oi airyj, o ii.. ....it. nr .wnw. I1I1IVB i..i w Stryl Is a roan juncuon (Continued on Page Two) Nazi Inner Defense System Myth, Say Aerial Observers - ... a tf i m. "-ni a H;i(Ba armnMri nraialr-OUt OX the Normandy invation beachhead has ripped the western front wide open, ana auiea aeriai noun, ... ... -- eoharant system of fixed German fortification, short ot th. Magjnot and SUgfried line.. , ,Mm Germany by radio and press dispatches to neutrals of herculean labors to complete inland cro..-France defense systems digmtied by such names as "Hitler." "Von Rundstedt" or Rommel lines. There is yet no evidence they . . '..j. j J I. ...1 .lkraibl that lol Pollr. stand ouard outside this FhHadelpnia ouua.no. V'.-T-" i.,.--. sentment at company announcement tnat neoroes w..i. . E of Nazis Relieve Plot Suspect uittu rr o FtnRT ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. ft (P)-A Ger man prisoner of war told Ameri can officers lotlny thut a German corps commander on the western m UnJ Unn rnllnui-ri of his command becauso of connection with the plot to assassinawi nuuu. n.f'..t....n. tiM rnt.nlrir nrmV mnn wcro tmitered by Hitlers order that tho nuzl salute must be used rather man mo nrmy A high American officer said It was apparent that tho plot to iiiMHinninui. ..... - - flnod to tho senior ucrmnn vm corn. . . . . . A capturea aocumcm sikih.-ji u.. Dn.,1 HmiHiinr. command- i Vll a siaa -"p . , it.. r.i.ninn Roventh nrmy which opposed tho Americans In Normandy, revealed a great shortage of weapons In me Ger man nrmy. Tho order declared i..i allitnllnn in tonne HIO DU.Jijr o. and urged care with equipment. Oscar Andrews Hurt in Action NEMYPUSHEDBACK 1 ITALIAN FRONT l IPjelfle Is relatively qtttet r?.ta ?? concerned. It P'llayrhnt way long. ri that Conaroseman 1, 7- J1,h won t P Prob hlvK ""r.si"e P ? ntinuerj on PaHG Twn ch Workers It wai announced by tho ...... Jnaptmant fnftnV TIlHl Pre Oscar D. Andrews of Klam ath Falls, had been wounded ln action. . . .. - PFC Androws M me sou ui Mr. and Mrs. Mose. Andrews oi Klamath Falls and is wun mo marines. ' By NOLAND NOROAARD . itntiA pnmnlftpd oc cupation of the suburbs of Flor- ' ... . i A .1 . ... nnri enco soum oi uio bearing down along a 25-mlle . ... .riMtlnif thi enemv back against the stream on both sides oi mo ciiyi i .- quarters snld today. ' 1 ct. u.mM Alovnnder's command announced that ai- thougn mo enemy piutmnn that ho regards Florence as an -i... u. u.. mm fit tn use open cuy, n - it for his military traffic, and when outfougnt soum oi mo v.vj has blown up all the bridges ex cept tho historic Ponto Vecchlo. (Continuea on r aww Stock Troubles Deputy Sheriff ... oi -i,, n.l. M.itnnn . pepmy, r."'"Kir .-.in is having uvohiouk h V" J This spring It was wandering goats, now us cuw u B ;. '.i .....tl.r la nnnnrentlv affecting Klamath . llvesfccfc j the some way as nunwiw. ovww.., calfcd oOt to the ShasU View nrca mis wccn, ui,,iu - , -horses and three stwyo,0,0 had loft nome, pe' "? ln lust ln back of Shasta school A,?oher runaway cow was vaca lioning juv u- ---n Alter consiuuiaw.u k. j nd qtlpnlng, the icwd tho wonaeniia - " "j LmH and tho four cows and ... UnAir Hnrvin. . ..... .nnelnntlV Onttlnif calls from irate persons In the southend area wuu "''V.v.- ffiSS eathTg the Tshrubbery and everything else in sight. Mnttoon nad to take the goats into custody and had qu te, a time caring for them until he could locate their owners. Two Regiments to Take ; I HandinPhnadlphia Transportation Tieup Bint tnrrBWIA Anff. 8 tPi I I11L.J". " - 1 " The Philadelphia Evening Bul letin saia tooay a kuiiihw... authority" had reported two reg- i .- . tfnnnm A1-A on the way to Philadelphia to "take a hand" in me cny s hvc uj ' transportation strme, wnicn ns caused race violence and cur tailed war production. -"It was reported that the i - ........ Irnnsnnrtation men WhO WOUIO IHKO UVCI wic "K-- tion of PTC (Philadelphia Trans portation company) buses as their first move," the newspaper said. . Ouard to Keep urcer "It was further reported that the troops woild not take part t ,K. maintenance of order, but that should military assistance In this district be needed, it will be given by mobilized regiments of the Pennsylvania state 1 1, US- Kiln ine fnuaaeipiuH mmj- relations section cicciinea cum' ... . iiin mnnrt. Tn Washing ton the war department referred queries to miiaaeiuiiia. . rPA rAflimAnts of the Pennsylvania state guard Hitler Purge May Be Stab In Back for German People D WariW bwoVwg',(p)-rr' W," JSf.h.'. the "red ft hive ,etlor "round 0ar?..Wlnsf German Stiw I ""?. Information drench r. "tn inibVJ ,iT"ul"ng me "eoiKt tk. r"""v ana i, , these advice. mji. By WADNER WERNER LONDON, Aug. 5 (IP) The ruthless purse of tho Gorman army ordcrea "y,,a""."",h lookl. from here like " he slab . t. i L.U iknt tinv. nrnna- gandlsU have been talking about lor the past u y--ia. Tho uerman snii . . ..amIv nra being knifed from the rear and the hand that horns mo ob Hitl:J. t Defeat . ?A Hitler f fhTusTof 1918 was the peace signed by civilians. The muis as1io?tedWthat the first World war was not lost on the battle ii.u t...i. . i.n lmmfl front. ei" ,UUA" ,u. . .VCnia military THIS umie un , l,," hierarchy from field marshals down to lieutenants faces an iron pJfga that already has cost fte lives of elht high officers nn ..J 4Vir0dton. the since uuiy " ""j"vr liquidation of thousands in com ing weeKs. AWSmvw ir...io nHlpnr have boon trii "trai- tors" by the dread peoples Rorlln broadcasts last " ... a nn . night named a total oi uu. . m imoHoated to a .revolt against Hitler. The Berlin an nouncement aiso i i fleers as "deserters" to the Rus- 91 Ono'was Identified a a MaJ. Gen. Llhdemann, apwrently the commander of the 361st Ger man Infantry division who.was roriorted by Moscow to have been oaptured by e Russians on July 23 and not the comman der of German Baltic troops as first reported, fhe other was (Continued o Page) Two) Lt. Lavon Sehorn Dies in Crash ' Second Lieut. Lavon (Billy) Se- norn, &, oi riamain runsi, wo one of 2B men killed in the crash of a C-47 transport plane Thursday nigni nasi Naner. Neb., Bruning army air field, officials have announced. Lt. Sehorn was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sehorn of T.nverne. Klamath Falls. His wife, the former Alice Simpson, was with, him . in Bruning, arid she is now on un ' ur n V to Klamath Falls where' funeral services will -InflB HP ..r .r.V.,l,,rt - Lt. SehoTrT IS Hiau aw ' . hv a 20-montn-oia sun, V i- i .tth rolnfivpa now WHO 19 IsUlC T.v. a- " r" . Klamath Union high school with the -onus . of imi. tho army air foroes on Febru ary 8, 1842, and reeelved flight Instruction at Missoula, Mont., T .iurnnro trlfild. Calif., and Luke Field, - Arte. Me had only re cently been assigned to the nr-nnlntf' armv air field. Reports from Bruning army air-field indicated that the plane ln .n nlartrlral storm and appeared to catch fire after a liasn oi ngnwunti 4V I THREE PUSHES SPREAD DfllVE" IN BRITTWIl JAPANESEFLEE WIT HOUT FIGHT ON NEWGUINEA MdcArthur May Gain 700-Mile Sweep . . On Coast ...... nv.iitT o (ho nDflO tran .h .irivnr. nonln defied: army or- aers w mwic wi.v. a u k ..ii. Min inn ffiiam units would be used "only to ..,.(. nnlftp" in eonnection iuauiiai - ' 1 with the army's efforts, to re store bus. trolley, sUDway ana subway-elevated, service- m xne nation's second largest arsenal. Guard troops, ne saia, win db t i.. ..ii.n wlfhfn nn hour after receipts of a call" from the army. No call was issued imme diately and no disorder was re ported today. I ne source, wno abrcu .nut w (Continued on Page Two) Delegates Warn Of Lumber Drop wAoumrtiviW T1 r Antf (JP) Oregon's : congressional delegates nave warnea leaeru officials that the 'state's lumber .A...ilnn will Hrnn Kit. ner cent within 60 days unless more heavy truck tires are provided. ... r. . . r...n ..IWO V. . " and Rnnresentatlve Ellsworth said it was hoped a decision wouui oe reacnea as suuu as final reports were received from west coast to study the situa tion. wilnlail nut thrfflion UI. nMlu V. ... 4hof iinrinr tVi P new tire rationing program the lumDer inausury win u iua imum 6000 heavy duty tires mnnthlv. ono-fourth its former quota. Big tires were! frozen for army use oniy. ne saia. Nips to Arm All For Total War By The Associated Preas 1Kb. Tn ... na. nnVllnnt hD. nA cided "to arm the entire peo- .l.ii into! war a T)nmei news agency broadcast said to oay- .. At trie same ome h wbs n- new aiinreme war council had been created to deal with the crisis springing from allied conquests In the Ma rianas at Japan s irom aooi in New Guinea, In. India and Burma. ; r T V T D AT. TTP.AnOTIAR. mroc sniTTHWEST PACIFIC Aug. o (P) The full retreat of T..'. ...nnrl ormV nmlTlised today to deliver a 700-mile sweep to Dutch New uuinea coastlines to uen. uuubios o Arthur's forces without further bitter fighting. The: general repoti thousands of outflanked Japa- .... nhnnrlnnintf -nVl" their. strongpoints along the broad Geelving bay ana in upper vu selkop peninsula, an area com nrisine nearly a third of New Guinea. ' Hope to Evacuate The" Japanese, commanded by Gen. Fusataro Teshima, apparently-hoped to reach the west t 1- .......otinn Rut the coasb iui cioi.ui.h. - -- -hazards ' of terrain and allied i i. ... .nri .Aprial assaults will mean the Nipponese losses at best cannot tau io m iai Hous," MacArthur reported. Teshima's army was 6 (Continued on Page Two) Pease Defends Outing Trips eTTATTT.ir Ana R Pi Rec- reational outings, such as that taken- by 8S Italian prisoners nninlcr lust Sunday which has prompted a request a , .ninnnl inifactidO. tion. are authorized ' by tne commanding general of the nrmv service forces, as the only reward received Dy service units for their contribution to the American war effort," Col. C. E. Pease, executive onicer fnr the armv- service deoot here, '..i loct nioVit He added: inere is no secret about it and, therefore, nothing to investigate. were anything more than bub ble-blowing a wan oi papci propaganda and radio works. But all those in position to know emphasize that this does not mean that the Germans can mnira nnnthpr strnncT stand. Somewhere in the great Seine Loire triangle, with Paris as its inland point, mey musi iry, "" undoubtedly it will be a mobile nt man fonlra enn. and of improvised mine and wire fields not a iwaginoi une or wij-iuib like one. T3 .1 1 On Coast In nlain fact. Marshal Erwin t.Mm.1 nr. Marshal . Rudolf l.llli..... w. Karl von Rundstedt, or wno ..... .nhonnid it all out. ao- pears to have put his eggs all in - one DasKei a jun-uiiauuis uiwai. - -niiiriuiii rhat rnant and the Franco-German' frontier there Is indication tnat me ibuu Baseball Scores ' AMEBICAN LEAGUE R H New York U J ? ' Rnnhsm and "Hemsiey! Hamlin and Hayes. Washington' . J J Boston " i &tates supr woia ana rerrwii nn- o-1 tne case. have any other built-up wall as un .afonw works we broke through on and just after D-Day, one aiueo de clared.- - . a Ttnnravlsina But the German army, which i i ... 4k. mllitarv the. 15 Kliuui " , , ory of deieiisejpx.tovuiwriii.us" raTready has" proved adept at stand without fortifications. ' And the German Infantryman has proved equally adept at In a.. last rpsnrt 4nd Ulgglllg .1. . S. . being- laboriously hard to dig out oi ms noie. 45 Die in Crash Of Two Trains crvrtnvmK Cla. Allp. 5 tP-- A west bound Atlantic coast line ...nrta. train rrashed into the locomotive of a by-passed freight on a siding near neie cany day, killing at least 45 persons, mostly railway laborers going home for the .weekend to Aia- panic. H. 1j. Tomlinson, siauon agem. C 4V.. ..limaI cald at IpflSt 45 bodies had been found. Nearly all the dead, he said, were ne groes, members of a work gang which had been at Doctortown, Ga. Tomlinson said more bodies were in the wrecKage, Dut ne could not estimate the number. An undetermined number were injured. Folkes Execution Staved by Court cat mf a ner (ZP An order staying until October 15 the exe cution OI kodbi . a. -7 j negro condemned to die for tne in 1Qi .l.Trincf nf Mrs. MaT- lower a fl"-j."6 . tha Virginia James a year and a half ago, had been signed by Chief Justice J. O. Bailey of the .i. ...n.amn nnurt hnre todav. The order will enable Folkes i , . .r,w tn inn. United aiioniey m "Fi-v , States supreme court for review Yanks Strike Clotf To St. Noiairti, Nantes By GLADWIN HILL SUPREME HEADQUARTBRf ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 5 m U. S. ar mored elements have entered the city limits of Brest and struck to a point nearer man io mues irom the port ot at. isazaire at me Dase nf iha Ttriffnnv runinslila a finA dispatch announced tonight. inese diows against aisorgan ized German troops west and south of Rennes were eouDled with a third American push , of 40 miles or more east of Rennes wrucn led to a crossing oi xne Mayenne river two miles south of the city of Mayenne In the drive on Paris, war front advices were quoted. v,iear Areas ' TArtffch and Amprinana dsuv. large areas of French soil. un tne uaen-cautont xrorrt in the north the British had the. Germans reeling backward to ward the Seine and swept elear across me lo.wer ena or ine bloody triangle between - the Odon and Orne, reaching the Orne at a point 13 miles south. wesx oi .aen. ooumwesi oi vire, American infantry routed all the enemy from the forest of St. Se ver and were closing In on Vire, miuieiib Lapimi ui iiumituiuya - . may oive up aisb - 'nVt... n.ni' ..at nn altfn n 4tm 4UHC naa f . ' w ugii u,. w Germans digging in for a decisive stand east ot tne urne. conjec ture arose whether the hard pressed German high command had decided to give up big areas of western France under the two- iront pressure. - A sntisn stau onicer saia tne Germans were so hard hit they would find holding their. Orna river line a auiicuit jod. , (.oil raounxs T4iit thn rost nf the eoOtut- front, was mounting. Headquar ters announced auiea losses irora the rfune- eiMJay-ro atiiy umrp 1 1 ft 1 4 ft men killed, wound ed and missing, of which 70,009 were Americans. rn Via - Tzroctarn Trnn - Iti al was an indication that the disaf fection in the German high com mand wnicn lea io ine autmpi to assassinate Hitler had pene trated down to field command ers. A German prisoner told American . officers a 'German corps commander on the inva- .inn l.rmf ha.! hnan . IWIlmMn' from his post because of his con nection with tne plot. -. (The German-controlled Viohjr ; (Continued on Page Two) - More Entrants In Contest Chief Has Way Of Being Sure LOS ANGELES. Aug. 5 (IP) One Solomons Island native chief, says Navy Comdr. My ron W. Grayblll, is positive the Japanese force that occu pied hfs domain had a woman with them. Grayblll, a veteran, of the Pacific said he asked the chief how he could be so sure -and was told: "I ate her." it wPi 1 !- "v ' . , .. . ' irl .U .. 4nr which rWirr..lonr endd Vt on SSarST Lou Ruisell," left. eolmBatty9 Lou U 19 year, old and Genevieve k 18. also several otw emranr. wn- U bY Kzmt' Over 20 Entered : In Contest Here ' Registration in the Miss Klam-: ath contest to select this coin ty's candidate for miss uregoa . . . i i l t. Dnrl. in a contest vj un i i 4u:. .11 ntncod SntiirdBV IttUU Ulia id", " , -. noon with over 20 young local girls entered, latest, ouicmi reg istrant Saturday was uui ouuuu i ;t ....c. hclievpd that several others had entered today. , They will be presented or io stage at the Pelican theatre to night. - , , , Sunday the group of girls will be the guests of the Klamatn, Saddle club at the horse show to be presented at the fairgrounds. At 6 p. m. Sunday, two of the en trants and a sauor siuuuncu will be guests of Hershbergers nafo fnr dinner, followed by:a show at the Pelican. , ,' - Monday evening tne junior chamber of commerce Is holding a banquet at the Willard hotel for the Miss Klamath contes-.. taljfe' A,.,i.t 19 ho olrls will be ouests at Baldy Evans' dance at the armory. ' ; ' ' Final selecuon oi miss -"""-ath will take place on the eve ning of August 16 on the stage at the Pelican theatre. At that time the marine band win piny there is to be a show by the con- . - v -E-.ilm.iino- tha nhnosins! lesialllo. i' u..ui""o , of Miss Klamath the entire group . . i in 4. Tan f.H T hPf M OI giris Will 6" w v. dance at the armory where the contestants wul oe inirouuteu. Curtain Drops ot Cherry Sister CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia Aug.S (p) The curtain dropped for tha last time on one oi me mum mous (by terrible) acts of the gas lit opera house's Floridora days i vttin pVinrftf last nf tha Wlieil jy4iii3 - - -- - - famous Cherry sisters, died In a nursing nome loaay. She suffered a broken hip last spring and failed to rally. She entered the nursing home only few days ago. : i Effle was left a. lonely woman, when her sister and stage part ner, Addle, died October 25 1942, at the age of 83, Nobody knew exactly how old Effle was, for she turned aside all queries on her age with the remark -"I ain't a-sayln.' " However, one source listed her birth date a August 27, 1878, which would make her 65.; , j ...