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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1944)
j! I if ' : ,5 fie 3? a: i PI'! 1 1 1 1 ' PACf TWO HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON At ATTEMPT MADE TO SEPARATE ALLIED LINES (Continued from Page One) ready was mocked by the American run around their dangling southern flank. Supported by a close allied naval blockade which already had broken up three German convoys apparently attempting a "little Dunkerque" from Brit tany, American armor and in fantry teams captured four more towns in the Breton pe ninsula in the closing stages of an offensive which promised to clinch control soon of the ports of Brest, St. Nazaire, Nantes, Lorient and St. Malo. St. Malo, an ancient sea fort ress and fishing port on Brit tany's north coast, was under attack Dy strong lorces, wnicn broke through the outer peri meter of landward defenses at Chateauneuf. In spite of the or der of the commander to fight until the last man, 500 of a gar rison estimated at 2000 to 3000 men, surrendered under a bom bardment of shells, bombs and leaflets carrying an ultimatum to lay down their arms. Eligibility List Increased for Trailer Occupancy More firms whose employes are eligible for tenancy in FPHA trailer houses were an nounced today by the chamber of commerce. The regional of fice ot the national housing agency has approved the appli cations of the following employ ers: Klamath Concrete Pipe com pany: uuuorci a. Dunn, contrac tor: Klamath Automobile Deal' ers association, and the Klam ath Falls Iransfer and Storage company. Persons employed by these companies or by eligible com panies previously announced who do not have suitable hous ing at present, may obtain aDDli- cations for residence in the trail ers at the chamber of commerce. Bonneville Takes Over Construction PORTLAND, Ore.,' Aug. 7 (IP) Th Bonneville power admin titration will take over from a contractor work on the half-finished second 230,000-volt trans mission line from Grand Coulee dam to near Rick island on the Columbia river. ' The agency announced that It would finish the construction because of inability of Enter prise Electric company of Bal timore, Md., to complete its con tract and the loss in time that would be entailed in obtaining another contractor. - Equipment and crews of the Maryland concern will be re tained to push the 72-mile east ern section of the 183-mile line to Covington near Seattle, the statement said. Classified Ads Bring Results. mom S72 BOX OFFICE OPENS 1:19 . 6:15 TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY '"'riips0. S TWO GIRLS 4HD A- SAILOR x M van 4e inuucnu junnoun JUNE ALLYSON , OtORIA IliTII UeHAVtN Jose ITURBI JIMMY DURANTE Gracie ALLEN Lena HORNE Harry JAMES and hi. Mle Maktn will, Helen Forrest Xwier CUGAT FSA Secretary Returns Mrs. Marjorie Brissenden, farm secur ity home management superin tendent, returned from Redmond Saturday, and will be in Klam ath Falls and Lakcview offices for the next two weeks. Mrs. Brissenden is the wife of Cap tain C. E. Brissenden. who was associate FSA superintendent be fore he entered the service in 1941. Classified ads ger results. ELEVEN JAP : SHIPS SUNK 9 N TT (Continued From Page One) One light cruiser, five smaller vessels. Damaged Two escort vessels. a larue freighter hit on both days, three landing ships and 18 small vessels, including five barges, two of them troop-laden. Six Planes Hit At Iwo, six enemy Dlanes were shot down. Six others were de stroyed, and five damaged, on the ground. One parked Diane was destroyed at unicni. island anti-aircraft guns shot down lfi American carrier planes, and 19 American airmen were lost. The Bonin-Kazan islands are less than 900 miles north of Sai pan, most advanced American base in the Marianas, where air strips are under construction. Strongly indicating that B-29 Superfortresses will be based on Saipan, Brig. Gen. Robert W. Douglass Jr., commander of the seventh army air base, disclosed that American engineers in the Marianas, "accomplishing a mir acle of construction,'1 were building big air' bases "(hat "threaten the very gates of Tok- threaten the very gates of Tok- r orctd Dsopor On Guam, 130 miles south of baipan, American soldiers and marines forced Japanese defend ers deeper into the northern quarter of the island. Advanc ing one to three miles in two days, the Americans captured two more villages, Ukudu and Leguan, five miles northeast of tne Amcrican-occuo cd cnmtul. -AKaua. Marines began operating fighter planes off the Orote pen- uisuiH uirsiui) on it na m. cipareri of the wreckage of 7B Japanese pianos, ttuams civilians con- unuca to surrender bv the linn. dreds; 22,000 already have taken refuge behind American lines. American sixth armv trnnns who landed at Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea, 600 miles south east of the Philippines, last week, have cut enemv constat communications and driven the Japanese back into the jungle "in a stale bordering on demoralization." No man can sue his wife to make her obey him or keen her ! liuui running against mm lor i political office. Judge waiter Morns of f ort worth, Tex., re fusing Congress candidate's re quest for an injunction. LEND-LEASE FUTURE OF BRITAIN EYED (Continued from Pago One) essential if Britain Is to play her full part in the Pacific war, tho National Association of manufacturers reported today. "Rrltleh nriinl. U . .....a, wiwiimo imvv lum Olir lnnriAf that J absolutely necessary to slave off a serious economic situa tion in -Enplnnrl " 41,A MAur - -- a.....u, tnu News, weekly uublication of the association said. "It l dnimAd ht .... dn hnUtnt RrllBin' n.,,fl.iln economy, she will not be able tn ..It... , I . , . , . tjmj .,, u lmu cxpuciea oi nor in tho Pacific war." Tim raHlinatlnn Jl. posal, now under discussion in hich ariminlutrntlnn I f . 1 a WnnM rnit ihn TTr,Ul $2,500,000,000 and up annually above war costs, and would bo n Wlrifk HnaiiM t- - 1. cnt lend-lease program because Restaurant, Meat Meetings Slated Fred Parker, with tho district OPA office in Portland will moot tonight, Monday, with res taurant operators ill 7 o'clock at the OPA offices, and at 8 p. in. will meet with retail meat dealers. All restaurant opera tors and meat dealers are asked to attend these meetings. Dewey in Albany After Short Rest ALBANY. N. Y.. Aug. 7 UT) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey relum ed to Albany today to take a hand in choosing a ropuuiiran candidate for U. S. senator from New York. He arrived In Albany after a leisurely three-hour KKI-mllo mo. tor trip from his Pawling home, whero ho rested for 30 hours. He was accompanied by lOlliott V. Bell, state superintendent of banks. Mrs. Dewey remained at Pawling. AT It "would bo very frankly to support Britain's domestic policy. (Continued From Pago One) Latvia In the 10-mlle corridor to Iho Baltic west ot uiga.i InUma Pruiur Russian pressure was fiercely Intense auiilnst nil German strong-points. Steadily encroach nu westward niong mo i.arpuin lans, tho red army neared lite moment when it could launch powerful blows toward the Dan ube basin which Is Germany's bread baskot. Warsaw, under siege for more Hum a week, Kccthcd with street fighting between Poles and the German garrison. Fires still burned In tho city from German demolitions, Marshal Knnstan tin Itokiissovsky presumably was continuing to probe with Russian and Polish Infantry for crossing of tho broad and swift Vistula which would outflank Ihu Polish capital from north and south. WFA Gives Sm Price, for fg WASHINGTON i Support prlees for 1 U tall and fruit ,' ""He 1044. w..,.. ...,mxi Mclnj" .'?,'nc.0nrul" '" Is iw i " ,C",,!V:l' '"-livid, . ' H per cent of ll10Pc,' H coiling prices fnp ih. ,'V('" whichever mv be ffJ" In addition ,c ,'7' vide, (hat If lhVc.& curs, tho WFA ,,, , the canncr for tho ffi between ll10 n1.,iiV,,,t' "! ? ,0;B ,l which B, 7." vuiHn nano cliimnci, , Townwnd AuxllllrypJ home of Mr,, viotol .iiu lowit nt I p. i a. 1 to member. " '.. . 1 wish a rld nr :u...,n?'el at th. home of Ev "kZ nd hh OnliHtra y Lma Romay 'snaij W A 1 : ' Continuous Show II 4 . 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