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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 1944
Number 10229
Ms
dh Russia, S
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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 ...