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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.
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FSA Secretary Returns Mrs.
Marjorie Brissenden, farm secur
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Saturday, and will be in Klam
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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