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PACE TWO HOOPS DRIVE NEWWEDGEIN '(Continued From Page One) routes' leading to two Carpath ian mountain passes on. the Czech border. .The German high command communique said there was riohtw in the "Sudauen-Sch- Bken district." Sudauen is the old name tor the eastern part of East Prussian between the . rivers Inster and Angerapp and the Masurian lakes. Cavalrv Action v While the battle for Warsaw to the south raged inside and out of the old Folisn capnai. the red army flung strong cav alry forces across two water barriers in a smasning orive 10 within 30 miles of Krakow, the last big city stronghold of the Germans barring invasion of German Silesia. A transocean broadcast from Berlin said "heavy fighting is going on against soviet torma Hons -which have broken through on the East Prussian border north of Wirballon (Vir- bBlls):" Virballs is a frontier post about a mile from the East Prussian frontier. The village itself is two or three miles from the station on the main railway between Kaunas, former capital of Lithuania, and Konlgsberg, largest city of East Prussia. It 'Is in this area that the Bussians have been reported shelling East Prussian territory fpr several days. . "Smoke floats over German lands and we can smell things burning," " said a Pravda eye witness report published in Moscow which told of burning East Prussian towns. Brest Sub Pens ' Struck by Bombs LONDON, Aug. B WV-More than 100 RAF Lancaster bomb ers plastered the submarine pens at Brest today to prevent the Germans from pulling their !U-boats out of the port threat ened by the American advance. ' The RAF thrust was one phase of another great day of allied aerial assault over Eu rope under excellent weather conditions. 1 . American Liberators and Fly ing Fortresses, more than 1100 Strong, swarmed over Germany, attacking targets in Dolberen, Hannover and Brunswick and striking, at nazi oil and aircraft industry. Two Regiments to Take Hand In Tieup . Of Transportation .,' (Continued from Page Qne) . lie quoted directly, said the army had told him that "troops brought here will be used only fo operate the Philadelphia Transportation company's roll ing stock." He did not say wheth er any troops already had ar rived. . - t . , . . . Showdown Imminent Meanwhile a showdown ap peared imminent between the strikers; and the army, which seized the; lines Thursday night By order Of .President Roosevelt. Arrests .were indicated. ' - ! The Philadelphia army public relations ' section said it could noi comment on tne moblliz fion, .'which -affected units stationed- -as far away as Altoona, at mjies west or here. - -Comrranv Aecut mA ' Michael J; Quill, president of me x w u,- in -a statement accused the company of "collusion In plotting this work stoppage and in prolonging It," saying "the visible -ring leaders - are only puopets;" - . "Why-are the ring leaders giv en free use of company facilities and company property to carry on their destructive work," he asisea in an- apparent reference io eiriKe meetings held on com pany property..'- "The TWU will , continue its efforts to get the cars rolling and we are confident we will, sue ceed as soon as proper protec tion is given against threats of ...viuicijue ana as soon as tne com. pany'g obstruction is removed " Ths company did not comment on nis cnarge, - - . . Hitler Purge May Be Stab In Back For German People ! (Continued From Page Ope) ' identified: as a Mali Kuhn of the general staff . - . ;;."Court pf Honor" The-setttag up of a "court of honor"', in aVanuta Ua- and trials by the people's court ma ucaiuKQ nere as dragging miu mfl aust an tne .traditions of the proud Prussian military easte and the deepest humilia tion yet sustained by the Gar man army. Hitler's action, in tht very Midst 'of' his most critical situa tion on the three land fronts of Europe in .effect gives weary commanders the hard choice be tween surrendering or running the risk of having to prove their' innocence in Gestapo Chief HeinrioH Himmler'a death-dealing star chamber. ' 'VaHon-Earl Gardner of BALTIC AREA office the next few days as be and his family are taking a , week's vacation. - 70,000 Yanks Die in France SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 0 W) Allied forces in France have lost a total of 116.148 men killed. wounded or missing, from D- day, June 6, through July 10. of which 70,009 were Ameri cans, supreme headquarters an nounced today. United Slates forces lost 11, 156 killed, 52,710 wounded and 6143 missing. - Included in these figures were the casualties sustained during pre-invasion exercises last April, when E-boats attacked a convoy and killed 130 and wounded 41. with 312 missing. British losses were 5648 kill ed; 27,766 wounded and 6182 missing. Canadian casualties were 819 killed, 4354 wounded and 1272 missing. . S U 6 GESTED BY OPA PORTLAND, Aug. 5 if) r Oregon may sell some of its surplus lambs on the Seattle, Spokane and California mark ets, Paul Jasney, OPA meat ex pert sent here from Washing ton, suggested today. Another possibility is that the surplus may be peddled to the army and navy, Jasney said. He was quoted in an Oregon Ian interview as saying he is not convinced a ration holiday is the answer to the situation, and of asserting that there al ways is spoilage of low grades and poor cuts of lamb and other meats. The OPA official said indus try representatives informed him that of the 500.000 lambs in the Willamette valley crop, 300,000 have been sold and 40 per cent of the remainder will be "hard fed" on the farms for from three to five months, leav ing only 120,000 lambs to be disposed of in August EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) many OUTSIDERS butted 'in. American voters usually resent that sort of thing. Fish has been set un by his enemies as THE symbol of "iso lationism, isolationism, in tne sense of ostrich-like hiding of our heads in the sand, Is as dead as the dodo. But this writer thinks It will become apparent the moment the war is over that the rank and file of Americans don't want to RUN .THE WORLD.-They will be willing to co-operate in run ning. the world ONLY to the ex tent of stopping wars before they get TOO BIG TO STOP. Some trace of this may have entered into Fish's victory. - BIKE POWER ".'.' MADRID, Aug. 5 UP).. Dis patches in German newspapers reaching here said Paris theatre owners attached bicycles; to small dynamos and hired youths to pedal during performances to generate electricity after the nazls restricted use of electric power, . ' Visitors Here Visiting here with Mrs. Sandra Nyback' of 234 N. Third street are Master Bgt.' and Mrs. Orville McFadyen of El Paso, Tex., and Mr. and Mrs. Art Reed and small son of Portland. They will leave here next week. Mrs. McFadyen and Mrs. Reed are daughters of Mrs. Nyback. . Continuous Show STARTS $ TJE SEASON'SSUPREWI 4 A 4 EXPECTANT MOTHER SHOULD SEE PeCftH Betrayed Deserted What Can TKew DofrA Adult Only No One Under 16 Admitted Without AdmfMlon: Adults 50c; l mini u mi n 'm THREE PUSHES SPREAD DRIVE BRITAIN (Continued From Page One) radio said the Americans were within 18 miles of Nantes In their drive to cut off the peninsula from the rest of France. Early in the day the Germans acknowl edged American units had reach ed Pontlvny, halfway up the pen insula and about 75 miles air line from Brest.) Details Few Supreme headquarters was chary of details of today's opera tions, possibly in an effort to keep precise information on the swift allied movements from the disorganized Germans. There were no late reports from cor respondents In the field. Only isolated instances of re sistance to the Brittany drives were reported. Nasis Impotent A hundred miles to tha nortlv east, at the other end of the in vasion front, the British' were speedily reducing the Germans to the same degree of Impotence, driving them back east of the Orne from the last stand of their orieinal invasion defense. The Americans' proximity to Brest was underscored when more than 100 RAF Lancaster bombers packing six-ton "factory busters ' attacked the thick con. Crete Urboat pens at the port at noon with the idea of preventing the submarines from escaotng in the interval before the direct as sault was started. (Continued from Page One) His paratroops, however, are posted along tne nortnern oanK of the Arno within the city lim its." There were no reports today indicating actual fighting within the portions of Florence reached by eighth army units, but an al lied spokesman said "it is clear that the enemy intends to oppose the crossing of the Arno on both sides of the city which remain in no man's land." All along the south aide of the Arno. British. Indian. New Zea land and South African forces crushed . the nazls back and threatened to cut the weakening defenders into small formations. Two and a half miles east of Florence, a - British division punched throagh Bango a Ripoli to within 1000 yards of the Arno's banks, while the enemy still held high ground to the east. Five Rescued From Alaskan Sandbar : ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 5 tfP) Five persons, including Miss Beverly Morgan, daughter of Army Lt. and Mrs. Stanley Morgan, internationally known residents of Barrow, Alaska, were flown here yesterday after two nights on a sandbar 200 miles northwest of Anchorage. They were marooned tlwre when Pilot Gordon MaqKenzle, veteran pilot, made a forced landing en route to Barrow Wednesday. Classified Ads Brine Results. Box Office Opens 1:30 TUESDAY l?eUU(t Dram SOULU IN PAWN sr Parents Children 14e. Tax Inc. i Cn, i HERALD AND NEWS. The Iload to Berlin By The Associated Press 1 Russian front: 322 miles (measured from eastern Warsaw). 2 -Italian front: 605 miles (measured from Senignllia). 3 French Iront: 630 miles (measured from Troarn). Chinese Cross irrawaddy River SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan dy, Ceylon, Aug. 5 (V) In a swift follow-up to the capture of Myitkyina after a three month siege. Chinese troops have crossed the Irrawaddy river and taken two-thirds of Waingmaw, while Kachln lev ies east of the river thrust into the Malngha area.i headquarters announced tonight. Waingmaw is about two and one-halt miles southeast of My itkyina, which was a major Japanese base in north Burma, and Maingha about the same distance northeast. Continuous Show Bat. Sun iff - tThey may come biggef r-but? jthey'don't come any tougher, ibiajsxAjbujx simMwsy ' .V.- ) (frnt "'fl .i fflnif -Stnf1 -1 fim Brdwrf and Jparilfcatherj w-loveliest star finjjn ycarsl.l. V4 Barry' Fitrgerald'j; 'perforoft i' nee. is"one. of the half - ifiner things seen iaLSAyem.ol MWtJBIMIIIillll I II" KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON JAPANESE FLEE (Continued From Page One) with defending Dutch Now Guinea, but its practical effec tiveness "is rapidly approach ing an end," today s communi que said. Points Abandoned The sea and air base at Man okwarl, on the northern end of Geclvink bay, and the air cen ter at Noblre, some 200 miles southeast, were among key points the Japanese were aban doning. They also were believed to be withdrawing from Moeml and Waren, flank air basos south of Manokwarl. Officers hivve estimated that at least 15,000 Japanese were in the Manokwari area, but there was no indication how J Win , WITHOUT FIGHT OM GUINEA .$ XSi '4.1 inA r; j yf ft m ropplng i,rj p?FraiTO5cs Trt. : VI ' A Holiday Jnn," Road To ,Morocco, '''''t'r&F&A nd Spangled hjAgdS A rA tieWBing ZfosH in a brand-newr dozehl i wlin i n:.i ...tit. MM FITZGERALD FRANK McfiUGH JAMES BRQWN JeTN' TOHER ; Uint RISE STEVENS tiStlm McCARFY Polish Unity Talks Slated MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (Pre mier Stanlslaw Mlkolajczyk of the Polish government In exile and members of the Russian supported Polish committee of national liberation were expect ed to open discussions today on the question, of Polish unity. Some observers surmised both sides were ready to grant con cessions. Investigation Of Tieup Urged WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (PI Attorney General Francis Bid die has requested Gerald A. Gloeson, United States attorney In Philodolphla to arrango for an Immediate grand Jury Inves tigation of the Philadelphia transit strike. The announcement said the lurv will be called to determine whether there has been any vio lation of federal law. many more thousands the re treat would affect. 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