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Newspaper Page Textfpvilll Ul III August 8. 1944 MM raw NORMAN BE LOOSENED 01 cue; sis Yanks Thrust Within 110 Miles of Paris ' Max. (Aug. 7) 77 Min 42 Precipitation last 24 houri 00 Straam yaar to data 10.62 Normal 12.23 Last year 17.85 - - Forecast! Partly cloudy. In Tli Shanin-IUtHfadi' Wonderland : - in.n.i)nrnni-iiiir ............... hum Number 10231 nW.Ki from "'I" '""" KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1944 Gerhard PR CE 5 CLNIb II. ,. II IU1 I I lllll I III 111 I .eMI II II iai ii iininiii ii mi iiii n ii ii ii V UdUVMlUU VmU U U Will II I . ..UK If nry I ...uatVLY they DIDN'T. ";. ion. ur i"- Kt ' l"-'r idinil We ''r" "m I. .,..1. Iwiii'li'st COllllltT- ONTCOMEKV hit tack 'lK'.,..l around WOO Ult V .. ...i .11 tlici H .NKW kind of unv nci " - .....in...... krL S.V'i.W Ihrmuij. Mandoned MM maims OVER AGE MEN J. ii.... Hi-Ill irv EnVr' llwUlg bomber. dropped . iMr . " r'tobroki.." America,, .jbtr went over in anomm Iff: n( lho fiulit hasn't L ly U.U1 thin l written. fTiS. ranndlniw nro will to iilnnl buul 'olir nillea Vh It oultc a fiiiHi I" I ...it., ..famli'll Dffn. f n 'ilimlficanl P"l"t J" k Ormaiu LACK.LU inc., ITCH to inroiiK". ...I. .....I- tit-,, ill ftu Mn today uboul UO Mm from I'arla. We're mov tin turd Paris In considerable Vna.i Apparently our hluh I-mmand Un't linpH'K "e Gcr- molt toanyinum. ll'R moves In Ihe llretnn pen insula are nlo clothed in con- fcrahle ircrccy. and exact in- bnatlon in In wlmt Is happen- (liictrcc. The reason is prou l' lho nunc not lipping the fcrmans off to anything. A fair nueiu Is that Gorman il-dllch forces ore doing wlmt ty on to destroy thn Dratnn orU before wo tiiko possession Klhem.'. m mini l an Interesting tory t today from the Swinish bord- ! m the liny of Illncoy to lho t that lho Gormiuni nro EVACUATING their Atlimtic ill from Simln lo Ilordcimx inch It mid to hnvo hecn uu r ILANKED. Frenchmen o v o r t border In Simln think t he Eitmani are pullInK out of ull Kulhwcst France. I The railroads and hliihwnyii trying that nrcn run itcncrnlly torn northeast to aouthwext. nnu e Gcrmanx left in xuuthwext nnca COULD be cut oH nnd pipped by havlnii their com Fracallonj cut n the Rim ini havo done no often on tho iern iront. V. . . KmLiN announcci (with an r Odd note of trlumnM thn rnn. r-'Hon aM "lust mm Uh tlht PlMt Hitler. Thnt brlnn tho fwounccd lotnl to 10. I ry high Germnn officer the vuvfiiu KILL. I1WNG l IBi ii,,n . j,,,iv 'FASCINATING rumor rcU W In Normnndv tiulnv. A captured German Intel '?"Po ciucf) has been nmnssl l and1 Goerlntf wnunlvi in nCWOUthrtiilr f volt. Roger Greene, nn AP ',!"p'")5f ; lllmmler Is sU'onc.. !wVJ i.i,',.. m,zl ""leer an wered, "Himmler is DEAD wffi.dqunrlcr" Sundny. Alt ou!.o"lccrjnre lalklng about It."- TH,inoz' ""leer's tnlc Is cor "!"". AuBtrtani !h m ToiH hi " ?rllls- Ono ot r?S..wwm"ld but '"no Sui,,T 1,10 u.tt i'ws wmSSred ln 11,0 at"- (YP better keep your .n. lnr.sc''osedfor tho pros- ."l" almrf,, "lm"r-bc.llevln on v'Zt Co'. McNair 'edon Guam Doiibu. vl i "" uunm oi Norra;ZN" r Wn"o death In LEFT TO I IN 00 HERNL N E Nazi Fortifications Outflanked by Allies Yanks Squeeze Japs on Guam; Conquest Near U. 8. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor. Aug. 8 (I'l American mnrlnoi and toldier on Guam hare com nrasaarJ aavaral thouiand lautrmina Jaoaneie into the northern one-tenth ol the liland, bringing comploto reconqueit of the for- mor U. S. naval bate very near today. Other bad tiding! tor the enemy: Apparent neutraliaatlon of Yao island, onco-mighty Japanese nlrbnse in tho Carolines 600 miles southwest of Guam. By CHARLES S. FOLTZ lltuN. Spain, Aim. B (II Adolf hitlers uucu-vauntud At liintlc wall for more than 101) miles from tho jponlsh frontier north ihrouuh Dordeaux him been virtually abandoned unci is manned by only a handful of over-lined , Gorman railroad troops, advices Irom trance said today. llteso nazl fortlilcalions have been outflanked to tho north by tho swift prenruss uf American truops Inruuuh urlttany and eastward towards Paris in much tho snino way as the Muginnt lino was outllanked when the Germans broke throuuh Belgium in iihii. Leave Gestapo With their communications se riously menaced, tho Germans were said to have Inini a full sealo evacuation of their forces in southwestern r ranee, leaving (Continued on 1'nno mroc Eight Officers Hanged by Nazis LONDON. Auk. 8 fTl Field Marshal Krwln von Wltzlebon and seven other German army officers were Manned today, uer lln announced, utter a trial in which they confessed plottlnu to Kill Hitler ami surrender uer many to the allies. This brought to 10 tho nn nnunced deaths of aliened con snlrators in the Berlln-proelalnv ed plot which culminated in me .Inly 21) bomb explosion at Miller headuuiirtrrs. Today's executions took place two hours alter conclusion of tho trial of Van Wltzlebon and the seven others, all of whom had been expelled previously from tho army. Admiral Moon Takes Life WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 Mi- near Admiral Don Pardee Moon. SO. who commanded task force in tho Normandy in vasion, died Saturday, appar ently from self-inflicted wounds, tho navy announced today. Navy Secretary Forrcstal making the announcement "with regret," added: "Apparently Renr Admiral Mnnn hull lllknil his (IWI1 lifO I as a result of combnt fatigue." I ficlals, Leaves Office Slicing of the Japanese sup ply line between Aitape and Wewak ln British New Guinea. Reports Tokyo - originated of American airplanes over the Philippines on Monday (U. S. limn). The Tokyo radio said a large Clone dropped "three small ombs hormlcssly Into the sea" near Davao, Mindanao, at 1 a. m. An hour later another plane "(led before reaching uavao. Na Confirmation There were no substantiating reports from L.I. uen. ucorgc Kenncy's Far Eastern air force, u.hirh nnlrnls from the Austra. lln. Now Guinea area toward the Philippines. There has been no Billed air attack upon the Phil ippines since mid-April, 1942, before the fall of Corregidor. Tho Japanese belatedly ac knowledged a two-day raid by an American carrier task force upon the Bonln and Kazan is- (Continued on rage two; Contestants Give Preview Of Talents Contestants for the title of Miss Klamath entertained Mon day night at the banquet given for them by the Junior chamber of commerce at lho rencan caic i i neir Dcriurmuiii-i: w w an m. U! . l.l.ll nfrii-lnl nrpvinw nf tho shoW to T n e commissions n uu.vuv. . . j Y .....itnctunta IN AIRPORT LEASE City airport commissioners told the council last night they oppose the city's signatures on a proposed navy Icaso of the airport in the form in which the lease was sent here by navy officials. Chairman G. A. Krause of tho commission said that tho commission, with tho aid of the eilv attorney, will prepare rec ommendations lor cnanges in tho instrument before tho ar rival here later Jn tho week of a group of navy officials for a conference on the lease. I.imt vear the navy was given permission by a city resolution to enter the field and establish there, n. naval . air station. It has sinco operated the station without a lease, during,' period in which a proposed lease was being drawn in Washington. May Restrict City When the lease was read at last night's council meeting, it was pointed out by airport com missioners that It contains cer tain postwar provisions that might bo restrictive upon the cilv in Its plans to operate a (ull-llcdgca pudhc airpun in iiiv , (Continued on Page Two) Investigation Of Strike Set PHILADELPHIA, Aug. B () Philadelphia looked to the FBI agents and a federal grand Jury today for possible sensational disclosures In a paralyzing, six day transit strike that devel oped with flashing suddenness n..H without annarenl organized leadership. Inspiring a union's f n.nmnnnu rnltllKinn nH .'elnlclnr fllPlllV activity. "We are going after tho big fish," a federal spokesman said nn lho FBI massed data and the grand Jury prepared to convene Wednesday to near i lenni. rnnnn). including strikers, Philadelphia Transportation company officials, officers of the CIO Transport Workers union and government war agency oi- be presented by the contestants at the linal judging av me reii nn theatre Aucust 16. Patricia Brown, Kathleen Sus mill, Jean Bolin, Mary Louise Sexton. Mary Mahoncy and Doris Phillips sang, and readings were Bivcn bv Janet Protsman, Grayce VanCieave, Isabell Corr and Edrie amltn. L.015 uisnop, Lucy Kimball, Genevieve Heup, Rose Ncilson and Ruth Steiner son gave short talks, and Betty Larvick and Caroll Newman told (Continued on Page Two) War Bulletin LONDON. Aug. 8 (P) DNB. in a German news agoncy broad cast irom Berlin tonight said al lied glider troops were landing in the Loire river estuary near St. Naiairo in support of Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley's Amorican forces moving south along the base of the Brittany peninsula. There was no allied confirmation of the 1 report. City Treasurer Ruth Bath! anv. Klamath rails city ireaa urer for 14 yean, will not run for reelection. . Red Army Attacks Threaten Germans In Heart of Poland - By DANIEL DE LUCE . MOSCOW, Aug.' 8 fP) A new eruption of red army attacks which captured more than 60 communities beyond the enemy a 1 1 ui...i. ., ,i,,fenM threatened todav to strangle Ger man communications between Krakow and Warsaw in the heart Strfkin'g out afresh yesterday from the Vistula bridgehead. Marshal Ivan S. Konev's first Ukraine army reached points 30 miles west of the river, soviet field dispatches said.. Tk tn himnd . v-oMunied Sxvdlow. the Russians di rectly menaced Kielce, astride highway and rail arteries 25 miles to the northwest. The direction of the drive raised the possibility the red army troops might outilanlc Krakow on tne norm, Last rerjorts Dlaced soviet ; spearheads within 37 miles of A fniir.voar-old Jaoanese boy war-instantly- killed Monday af ternoon at the Tulelake center when he was struck by. a slow mmiinff rinmti truck loaded with coal, the war relocation authority reported. , . , . , . . The driver of the truck, an resident of the center. was cleared of blame. The vic tim was Osamu Nakata,-son of Mr. and Mrs. Shigeo Nakata, formerly of Fresno, Calif. F. H Server of Alturas.- the Modoc county coroner, investi gated the accident ana aeciarea nn inmipet was necessary. Although there were no wit nesses, it was believed the boy was running alongside the truck when (he vehicle started to make a turn and struck him with the right rear wheel. The truck was preparing to stop at the time and was moving about five miles an hour in second gear. In addition to his parents, the boy is survived by two brothers and a sister, r unerai arrange ments have not yet been made. Fluhrer's Bakery Employe Injured Ted Otterbein, an employe of Fluhrer's bakery, was injured Monday afternoon when his hands were, caught in machinery at the bakery. He was taken to Klamath Valley hospital where he is re ceiving treatment, i iunrer s 01 ficials could not be reached to find out the cause of the accident. Shore Patrols. MP's Keep Order Among Service Men :. ....-!mt- V&'ir ms'i1 I Bv PHYLLIS COLLIER J 1.11 "rniandv h w" 001,111 ln 'Mstd. b0myrn Pro'naturcly re pl? w di.f!'om n American lt'i S of 'he younger Mt "lent ."""rmrtmcnt nnnnimrn. nienl '".,(!rday, Tho rinn.ri. had Undcr w1""" Col. .;;.t nad been sorvlng. 1-1 iv'fj - 'feil a aIt iM wf A ! " I ft m . - v. ' u d marine MP's and a navy snore patrolman, cinin9 This candid camera shot shows army ana mme "ro-, jUBntlll w. Hollana, armyi the street at 7th and Main tttos n. ni" J. B. McLelland, m.rir... The lady in WtSr. i&hZiiototoV of the cameraman, Who failed to get ia,ni By PHYLLIS COLLIER Shore patrol Jeeps driven by arm-banded military police have become a common sight on the streets of Klamath Falls, as the combined force of tne shore pa trol, military police, and marine patrol work together in coopera tion with the local police to keep order among' Klamath's military population. The force of eight army men. 21 marines and about 18 navy men has a central office-at the city hall and are under Captain Hugh firwin, provost marshal, who is stationed at TuleiaKe. Bos'n J. H. Kipple is in charge of the shore patrol, and Warrant Officer Kroan heads the marine branch, Differing- "from the "brawny M, P.'s" of the last war, these men have' been chosen chiefly for character, intelligence, and ability to handle men. The eight military policemen have been sent to special army schools for police training, and a large num ber of the navy and marine men have served as detectives, depu ties or policemen in a civilian capacity. , , Two Local Men -Two men 'of the shore patrol, S. P. (s) 3c S. H. Herbert and S. P. (8) 1c P. Robertson, were on the regular Klamath police force before they entered the service. Both- of . them, were in Seattle on the shore patrol there , .(Continued on m iweej Krakow, last bie nazi Bastion before German Silesia, now 75 to 90 miles away. . Twin Victories Moscow's - guns sounded last night for twin victories the fall of the oil center of Boryslaw- in the Carpathians, ' and the cap ture of Sambor. communications hub whose fall gave tne Kus- sians a grip on five routes lead ing Into nearby tjzecnosiovaKia. . (Information available in Lon don indicated that through cap ture of Boryslaw tne Kussians had regained some. 2000 Galli cian oil wells which had been feedlne the nazi war machine. The Germans thus were left only th Ploeati fields in Romania. which have been repeatedly bombed by. allisairrnen. , - Begin Pincers' Move r Far to the north three power ful, soviet armies, began, a pin cers movement on. German East - (Continued on Page Jlwo) Himmler Death Reported by Captured Nazi Bv ROGER D. GREENE ON THE BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE,' Aug. 8 IP) A newly captured .. uerman .. iiueiiiBcu.c officer asserted today that Hein- rich Himmler, German gestapo and SS chief, has been assassin ated and that Reichmarshal Her man Goering was wounded in a new outbreak against, the nazi heirarchy. ,. ., , (Thero was no confirmation of this report. The officer's report wns .hnsed on second-hand in formation and therefore is sub ject to reservation. In this con nection, the British radio said todav a German lieutenant taken prisoner in France re lated he had given a. "pep talk" to his troops and "for want of other good news" had told them that Himmler was dead). . Nine other captives, all Aus trians, declared they could cor roborate the assertion of the. in telligence officer. Mrs. Bathiany To Leave Office Ruth Olds Bathiany, Klamath Falls city treasurer for 14 years, announced today she will not be a candidate for re-election this fall. She said she decided some time ago to retire from the office this year, and plans to divide her time between Klamath Falls and a small farm she has ac quired at Harbor, . near Brook ines on the Oregon coast. . Mrs. Bathiany has served five two-year .terms and one four year term. -She has taken an ac tive interest in the program that materially reduced the city's bonded indebtedness in the last decade. The treasurer's office is now on; a four-year-term basis, and pays $135 a month. There have been no reports as yet as to new candidates, but Mrs: Bathiany's announcement may start the city political ball rolling in advance of the November election. Early filings have been urged to facili tate early printing of ballots in time to reach service men voters, S w CHARLES A. GRUMICH SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan- dy, Ceylon, Aug. 8 An al lied spoKesman aeciarea toaay that 42.000 Japanese had been killed and four of the enemy's nino Burma divisions had been liquidated in their drive into northeast India and in Lt. Gen. Josenh W. StU well's successful campaign in the jungle-girt Bur moso mountains. They have "had -the neii Vnnekod out of them." the spokesman said in closing the books on the Japanese incursion into. India.. .-. ' Road to Mandalay - He ; speculated tna't the Jap anese might, retreat as far as Mandalay.. -' Allied Datrols fanned out be yond- the Burmese frontier base of Tamu : ana crossed me . 1 u river, chasing the disorganized .lananpw toward the Chindwin river, headquarters announced tnHsv. Other -forces moving south toward Tiddim on a high way from Imphal were reported Home Not Safe As Navy Ship LEBANON, Aug.( 8 (P) Walter. F. Taylor spent two years in the navy in the South' Pacific, -and he never even-received a.scratch.-- He arrived home on leave and shot himself -in the foot while cleaning his gun. Now he'lU have to spend most of his 18-day leave in the Seattle naval- hospital. in,, fa . Vi 11 1 1 11 ii'- 11 1 1 . By GLADWIN HILL SUPHEME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 8 (P) A Cana dian army power offensive rip ped five miles through the for mldable uerman ninge line be low Caen today, and Americans wheeling eastward on the other end of a giant pincers fought to ward or even into Lemans, 110 miles southwest of Paris. The allies were reported with in little more than 100 miles ot the French capital, but the exact sector was not disclosed. Toward the center of : tho front, one U. S. column battered forward from Mortain lost and then, retaken during a powerful German- tank counterattack and entered Barenton. six miles farther southeast. '. ' - - Hinge Loosens A senior Canadian staff offi cer declared the hinge of the whole German line in eastern Normandy was "loosening, ali though it nas not by any means been yanked from the door as yet." The Germans were reported rushing in forces from southern France- against the American, southern wing. - - The doughboy drive left be hind to the northwest the wreck age of the Germans' abortive but still-writhing counterattack in tne Mortain area. Sector Unspecified ' , The exact sector where this allies were little more than 100 miles from Paris was not sneci- (Continued on Page Two) makinc satisfactory Droaress. "I would say without hesita tion that the Japanese (in the Indian state of Maninur) nave taken the biggest hiding they've had on any -front,"-the spokes man said. Forces Retreat Of three Japanese divisions which made the attack into In- continued on Page Two) Logger Hurt by Falling Timber Arthur Green, employed by William Raymond, logging con tractor, was injured jsaonaay afternoon when he was struck by a falling timber near Bonanza. He was rushed to tne riuisiae hosDital in an unconscious con dition where it was found that he was suffering from a frac tured skull. His condition is Quite serious Green was leuing iimoer at the time of the accident. Reconversion Split Widens !; In Senate " . ' - l: I WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (IP) The senate split over, reconvert sion legislation appeared to be widening - today with - the dis closure that Senator George (D-Ga.) has drafted a complete demobilization measure. ; It's to be offered as a substitute-not onl v. for his original measure which dealt only with unemployment compensation - but for the Murray-Kilgore bill embracing reconversion proced ures and .an. organized iaDor supported program of . federal unemployment benefits. - Republican senators discussed a tentative draft of the expand ed George bill in an executive conference this morning, ana. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said after ward he believed the new bill represented "the views of most of those present." . Sheepman Ships Lambs to East PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8 (IP) A northwest sheepman, A. R. Bo hoskey, says he is shipping 2000 lambs from Prineville, Ore., to the east because he can't find a Pacific coast market. "The OPA's refusal of a 30 day suspension of lamb rationing has filled packers' coolers. in all major Pacific northwest mar kets," . Bbhoskey asserted. "The OPA- has upset the year around marketing plans which, sheepmen have been years build ing up. . . . People are going out of the lamb feeding and sheep business in -droves." . 1. Gotta Nickel for a Cup Of Coffee? OPA Says That's Top Price Here! Klamath's coffee drinkers will order their coffee at restaurants and hotels from now on at the old price of. five cents-per cup, according to -OPA officials. In a check on places selling coffee, it was found that none are now entitled to sell the beverage at 10 cents a cup, because eitner their prices before October, 1942, vere five cents, or they have not yet filed a claim for any higher price with, the local OPA board. , ; r -' However, coffee sellers who can Dresent an ' affidavit that they sold their coffee for more than five cents prior to October 4. 1942 will be allowed to contin ue the higher price, providing they file these records with the OPA office here before August 16. Until that date, they must self couee tor tive cents. . Restaurants are also to file their base filing records with the local board before midnight on Wednesday, August 9, and go to local boards to see if their fil ing is complete. All items on the menu now, which are not on file with, tjie board petore Wed nesday, cannot be sold after Aug ust 10, say urn omciais. : In a survey made recently irj the state, it was found that only about 50 per cent of restaurant owners have listed complete fiU ings. These filings are prices charged in restaurants between April ana Apru u, 100. . these filings are not made, a blanket injunction suit will be issued from the district OPA. of fice. 1 - ' " ' Forty, items selected by a res taurant' owners committee, which consists J of . restaurant operators from all over the states will be placed on a poster wmcn Is to be placed conspicuously in all restaurants. ;- This poster Ms to 'be visible from1 at least six feet. Local operators will fill in the prices to these 40 items which will be the ceiling prices, of items concerned. ; . ? Restaurant , operators may make substitutions on this chart if they do not happen to sell a certain item,- but there must be 40 items listed. If 40 items , are not on the menu of. the cafe o restaurant, the entirfimenu must be listed with the ceiling prices plainly visible.- ; ; .