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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8,
1944
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dropped . iMr . "
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.jbtr went over in anomm
Iff: n( lho fiulit hasn't
L ly U.U1 thin l written.
fTiS. ranndlniw nro will to
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k Ormaiu LACK.LU inc.,
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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
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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
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"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.- ; ; .