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Wly, ',. y NELU tbls railroad byi W?c ,enr,nscemg no other e,PatothnclnF tno lnst of fcy em tovglorloi hereafter bcrnumb?.ni.'or the much ,aff tl n 10 th0 l,,st ninj,) . ' , than surrender rr i, ' JijouBht, buflyh, ?,lfl Inhuman ffr la n thnth n,or '"altos It i?n!ri and lh0.,pEWER tho fJw wth5l,it,??t nro 0" 1$ It ttllcr wl" bo In The ShaHta-CaHvadv Wonderland 'V r Auguit 9, 1944 Max. (Aug. 8) 76 Mln 46 Precipitation last 24 hours .00 Stream year to data 10.62 Normal 12.23 Last year 17.85 Forecast: Partly cloudy. PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1944 Number 10232 REDS TIGHTEN NQOSEAROUND NAZIfORGES Russians Drive Wedge Deeper Through Poland By DANIEL DE LUCE MOSCOW. Auk. 0 l'i The red iirniy tlitliteiu.'d it noono to ibiy uround Cieriii.ui iJnltic forces once estlmi.tvd ut inure tlion 20 dlvlnloiiH between 230, 000 and 300,000 iiu-ii and smashed a deeper wciIku throuuh Polund toward German SIIimIii west of thii Vistula. Three soviet culutnna pressed on Hiun from the west, south and cant for possibly the lilKurnt kill of tho summer ciiinpiilun. Heavily armored enemy units fell back upon the Latvian cap Hal, their offensive thrusts shat tered by Gen. Ivan C. liaxram lun's rliiht wlnu, Stubborn Advances Tho soviet hiuh command an nounced that enemy forces aro heliiK "bled while and "our troops arc stubbornly advanc ing' aualnst German rcservo di visions thrown into desperate counterattacks In nearly everv sector of the front to keep the Russian hordes from German soil. A commun!(ue supplement said all were repulsed. Tho communique also an nounced a stx-mllo northward thrust on the Vistula bridite head, a drive that may bo point ed at Warsaw from tho south, and on advance to within 33 miles of Chechoslovakian bor der. The Russians said that to sup port their counterattacks the (Continued t-n Paue Seven) Pendleton Bus Service Halted From Portland PORTLAND. Aim. i (!) Bus service between Portland and Pendleton was halted today as 39 Union Pacific staxc drivers walked off the Job following a long-standing dispute over as signments. The AFL drivers notified the company they were walking off shortly before the midnight run. No tickets to Pendleton were being sold here today, and westbound passongers stranded in Pendleton were to bo trans ferred to trnlns tonight. E. R. Tranche!, union com mitteeman for tho drivers, said the walkout stemmed from the company's failure to shift driv ers of second section buses (rom tho substitute to the regular payroll a chango already in effect on tho eastern lap of the bus line. Nazis Arrest Franz Von Papen ISTANBUL, Aug. I) (P Franz von Papon, former Ger man ambassador to Turkey, was arrested aa soon as he entered Germany yesterday on his return from Ankara, an official of an International bank hero reported last night, Tho bank official, a personal friend of Von Papen, received no details of tho arrest, Miss Klamath Contestants lU,liWlfi.llWljJaiKlwillOTsiei Miiiiimimtjii.i .1 nseej in i.idj lliri mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wTvfi ) (nn si :H mm&,. iJ2& ' .... -m& LA.U.i. -- I Rose Marie Nlelton ' Lois Bishop Lucy Kimball if y fm '&):A'! &mz 4 J Wi- -.17 f; Katnleen Susmill Mary Mahoney Grayce Van Cleye Mias Klamath contestants include Grayce Van Cleve, 16. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Van Clever Lucy Kimball. 20. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warner Kimball; Rose Marie Niolion, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Nlolson of North Dakota; Lois Bishop, 18, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Blshopi Mary Mahoney. 16. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ma honey, and Kathleen Susmill, .1949 High.,... , ; Photos-by Kennell-Ellis FOR SET An annual hunting feo of $1 and elimination of fees for fish ing was recommended for service personnel by the chamber of commerce directors at their meet ing Wednesday noon at tho Pel ican cafe. The action was taken on recommendation of the commun ity advertising committee of the chamber, which pointed out that existing hunting and fishing fees "appear to be' unreasonable in (Continued on Page Seven) Woman Injured In Fall From Hotel Window A full from a second story window at tho Clydo hotel in Tulelnke Tuesday afternoon sent Mrs. Gladys Hlckey to the Hillside hospital where It was thought she was suffering from back injuries. Mrs. Hickey was reported to have lost the keys to her hotel room and was trying to enter from the window on tho second story when the railing on which she was standing gave way and sent her plunging to tho ground. War Bulletin BRITTANY, Aug. 9 (VP) The capture of , St. Malo was an nounced tonight. French Patriots Disrupt Nazi Evacuation Attempts ' By CHARLES S. FOLTZ MRUN, Spain, Aug. B (VP) Gorman attempts to evacuate men and equipment frorn posi tions In southwestern Franco outflanked by allied troops far ther north are being seriously 'disrupted by Fronch patriots sabotaging communication linos and spreading panic among the nazis still In that area, border reports said today.' As tho German army of occu pation moved northward the Ma quis word reported narrowing its way . of escape and grimly awaiting the time when those nazls loft behind nro too weak to survive the challenge of the Frenchmen of tho mountains. The Maquis were declared to be forcing tho Germans to destroy much ot tho mntci'lal they hoped to rescue from southern France. Remaining Nasis Calm Tho few Germnns still remain ing along tho French- border woro comparatively calm. Thoy apparently fool thnt If tho worst comes they can cross Into Spain and surrender their arms. It was among tho German units further to the north that the dread of tho Maquis was said to be growing. Two blondo dnughtors. of the French station master at Hen daye said their follow country men in the border region were making tho lives of tho Germans still in the area particularly mis erable by keeping them inform ed of the news of allied victories as given by allied broadcasting stations. i , r Annoy Germans - .The French openly talk about the war on tho streets and in cafes, tho sisters said,' adding that boys and girls under work ing and fighting age help annoy the Germans by singing a French equivalent of tho American song, "HI Bo GIhcI When You're Uead, You' Rascal You." . ; Less than 1000 German sol diers' remain in Hendaye, St. Jean De-Luz nnd other points south of Bordeaux. These stay close to their barracks and seem ready to movo at a moment's no tice, French, reports said. Rival Polish Regimes Fail To Igree on Fusion Plans By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (fl5) Rival Polish regimes fulled to agree to- day on a plan of fusion and lead ers are returning to their respec tive headquarters in London and Dublin with renewal of negotia tions delayed at least until after the Russians capture Warsaw. Premier Stanlslaw Mikolaj czyk consulted the U. S. and British ambassadors late today after the soviet-sponsored Polish committee of national liberation said his exiled government in London was clinging to tho "dic tatorial" constitution of 1935, blocking formation of a "demo cratic provisional government." He probably will leave for Lon don tomorrow. Leaves President Morawskl of the committee departed for Lublin. Both sides left the way open for talks in the indefinite future, but indicated they preferred to wait until the Germans nro driv en from Warsaw, the Polish cap ital, which could bc the scene of their next deliberations. The committee, recognized by Russia, insisted on restoration of the 1921 constitution as more democratic than the 1935 docu ment. . It is known, however, that other fundamental differ ences exist which could be iron ed out, if at all, only by lengthy Individual consideration. Attitude Unchanged Tho Russian attitude officially is unchanged: The Soviets arc favorable to a settlement of the internal Polish problem by the Poles themselves. No announced progress has been made toward a unified Po lish government. More hnnnfnl diplomats said a future confer ence might succeed. Mikolaj czyk now knows the basic terms which he and other Poles in the London ' regime must meet if Planes Crack Up Near Merrill MERRILL, Aug. 9 Sever- al reaidents of -this district today saw two planes crash in mid-air over the edge of Lower Klamath lake, five miles southwest of Merrill. They said the planes fell In flames to the earth. Naval air station officials here today would make no comment on the accident re ports from- Merrill, and the planes were not identified from Merrill as to whether they were navy aircraft. A Klamath Falls man re ported that while driving on highway No. 97 near Worden, he saw a sheet of flame in the sky, followed . by a puff of smoke, and later saw other planes circling over the place whore an r.-;iarent accident hid occurred. Japanese Doom On Guam Nears As 10,000 Killed U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor. Aug. 9 (IP) Japan's hourglass was running out on Guam today. Extermination of the last Nipponese was under way in the northeast corner of that U. S. outpost where a garrison of little more than 200 marines was overwhelmed in December, 1941. by 7000 Japanese who told the natives the Americans never would return. The counted enemy dead already exceeds 10,000. American warships, planes, marines and soldiers herded a last ditch group of defenders into a 15-iquare-mile area of the. 225-square-mile island.' Then they drove a center wedge within a mile ot tne nortneast coast, seeking to split up the doomed they intend to collaborate with the committee. The critique by the commit tee's news agency Polpress came as Premier Stanislaw Mikolaj czyk of the exiled government and the committee apparently made no move to resume the In-tra-Polish conference durine the day. The critical Polpress re port, however, held out the pos- siDiiuy tnat negotiations would start again. Moscow newspapers primed tne oiprcss report. Poles to Settle At the same time a front page announcement said Premier Sta lin told Mikolajczyk in their, talk Angust 3 that he desired "all questions of conditions-in Poland might bo decided by the Poles themselves."' ' ," Polpress said the discussions between the two Polish groups had "not brought positive results so far because the representa tives from London did not ac cept the 1921 democratic consti tution and did not agree to re nounce the anti-democratic con- (Continued on Page Seven) Plot to End Franco Regime Reported NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (VP) A plot to overthrow Generalissimo Franco of Spain was reported today by DNB. the German news agency, which asserted agents charged with engineering the coup had been arrested in Mor occo. The rebroadcast of the re port was heard by NBC- Port Director Dies in Action WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (P) uapt. Norman S. Ives, U. 5. di rector of the Port of Cherbourg, France, has been killed in action. The navy disclosed this today, but gave no indication of how the 47-year-old officer met death. A veteran of duty with -submarines, Ives played a large part in development of safety devices which have saved the lives of many men serving on submer- stbles. Raymond Bellant Gets Promotion Temporary promotion , of Ore gon officers announced today by the war department includ ed the name of Raymond Eu gene Bellant, 2S07 . Gettle, Klamath i alls. Bellant has been promoted to a first lieutenant with the air forces. FOR FUNDS SLATED All of Klamath county's reg ular public financial drives, with the exception of Red Cross, will be combined this year in one speedy campaign to start September 11, it was an nounced today, following a meeting of the community fund executive committee last night. The goal will be something over $60,000, and the benefit ing activities will include Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, service men's entertain ment, Salvation Army, and va rious state and national welfare organizations which would otherwise make separate fund drives. The service men's enter tainment fund will probably embrace an item for providing more adequate quarters, for the Commando service center. ' Combining all - drives into one. thus saving campaign man- -powerand-BlUnrnating" repeated- requests upon tne. punnc, nas been considered for a number of years here, but this is the first time it has been under taken. A community fund executive committee has been set up un der the chairmanship of J. V. Owens. Represented on the committee are the CIO, AFL, business, veterans' organiza tions, farmers, etc. Success o( the community fund drive will fill out Klam ath's quota on the state war xhoct npLns - Mills heads the county committee for this part' of the program. John B. Ebinger has been se lected as drive chairman, and the drive organization will be announced shortly. Monte Grill o Taken by Allies ROME. Aug. 9 m British nnrl Indian forces have recap tured blood-soaked Monte Grillo and have beaten off five enemy counterattacks on its slopes in furious fighting north and north west of Arezzo, allied neaaquar- ters announced today as a lull prevailed over most ot tne Ital ian front. - A communique described tne situation in and around Florence as virtually unchanged, with only patrol activity in the imme diate vicinity of the great art center. Himmler Death Unconfirmed LONDON, Aug. 9. (At British officials said today they had found nothing concrete to con form that Helnricn Himmier naa been assassinated, as related Dy a German army intelligence ot- ficer captured by Britons in France. "This appears to be a rumor ..-.wnnl- nmnnfT Ilia "enlHlol-C llllt Itoo many details are lacking- such as the time Himmler is sup posed to have been killed to let us put mucn creaence in ii, one official said. LEMANSWON IN SPEEDY YANK DRIVE Canadians Smash Miles Below Caen 16 Japanese and speed their de struction. While this clincher, blow was falling on the eastern approacn to the Philippines, Gen. Doug las MacArthur announced today at his Southwest Pacific head quarters the sapping of Japan's air strength at Halmahera on the southern approach. He said Liberators, defying bad weath er, wiped out 13 parked planes and damaged many others in a 48-ton bombing raid. Jaos Saueezed On Guam, an American line rnnehlv formine a letter W squeezed the enemy against the northeast snore, mere io ie without air or naval support, Dpserihinet the line in a com munique last night, Adm. Ches ter W. Nimitz said it began at Pt. Ritidian where the Yanks have plunged the last six and one-half miles to the northwest end of the island. The other moved rjast 870-foot Mt. Santa Rosa, is within three miles of the-northeast tip as of Monday, August 7, the date fV.A rnTnmniunilP COVereu. Tho renter of the "W" is LwUbin.a.. mUft.of;cuttir.g...the. cornered Japanese in naxi. New Guinea Trap ' Thnnands of Jananese caught in another trap in the British New Guinea jungles have been cut into three groups for syste matic destruction by two Amer ican columns punching toward Wewak from Aitape, MacArthur reported today. "This division of the enemy has weakened his local resist- (Continued on f age oeveu; 17 Die in Crash Of Flying Boat HAVANA, Aug. 9 (IP) Seven Hied yesterday when a huge Pan-American fly ing boat strucK a sweu wimc taking off from the rough waters of Nipe bay, in north eastern Cuba, and was wrecked. Tj.no pinsseneers and the crew of five are safe, and the airline office reported that all others aboard lost their lives. Only six bodies had been re covered this morning as salvage efforts were carried on. Surviving passengers and two of the crewmen, flown to Miami, said most of those lost were seat ed in the center section of the clipper. Election Tieup Hinted in Strike ' PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 9 (IP) U. S. District Judge George A. Welsh tolti a special investigate in ui-anrl lurv today that Phila delphia's six-day transit strike may have been called "to have some effect on the impending national election." The jurist, in a 40-minute charge, said he did not believe the upgrading of eight negro transit employes to operating jobs was the real cause of the unauthorized walkout. Strike spokesmen had said it was. "I don't want to bring noli- tics into this investigation," Judee Welsh said, "but you may find that what was in the hearts and minds of the men who called this strike was intended to have some effect on the impending na tional election." By GLADWIN HILL SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 9 (IP) Lt.-Gcn. Omar N. Bradley's American first army swept straight through Le Mans today and stormed still unchecked Into the last hundred miles to Paris. An official announcement of complete occupation of the big road and rail junction city made it clear that U. S. armor was firmly beyond the city, 110 miles southwest of Paris, and a Ger' man broadcast said fast spear heads were only 87 miles from the French capital. - Smash Below Caen ; Canadians on the east flank meanwhile had smashed 16 miles below Caen through the Ger mans' second defense line, and crunched on the approaches of Falaise, only four miles away, a communications center essential to the whole eastern shoulder of the German line. The Germans pictured the American avalanche as already -23 miles beyond Le Mans, easily possible since the doughboys had, not yet run into solid resistance, and there was no indication; where, short of Paris, the Ger-: mans might be able to check them. Surprised A front dispatch said the Ger mans in Le Mans were taken by surprise while making a hasty and futile effort to fortify the, city. j The Canadian plunge carried1 within four miles of Falaise, it self only 65 miles above Le Mans. The allied wings were curling around the bulk of -the. (Continued on Page Seven) Flatcars Jump Rail on Way 1 To Klamath Falls PORTT.ATtfr) An o"7j- Thirteen flatrars nn a Cn.ithAn. Pacific freight train jumped tho rails on the Klamath Falls-Eu gene une au mues below Eugene today, Southern Pacific officials said here. The train, mm. fner track at the time of the derail ment, nia not delay other trains passing over the main line. - Of ficials said no inim-ies uinm ported. - ., , Fast Work in Train Coach Puzzles One, Pleases Two The inconveniences of wartime do have their advantages, at least as far as Mrs. Joyce Thome of Klamath Falls is con cerned. Mrs. Thome, an employe of the Reed Tractor and Equip ment company, was using a vacation to go see her husband, Cpl. Van Thome, also of Klamath Falls, who was to be sta tioned at Santa Fe, N. M. Her train was late at some station in Arizona and she missed her connection. . An obliging conductor offered to look through the cars on the next train to see if he could find a seat for Mrs. Thome. The only place that could be found was next to a soldier who had fallen asleep on the length of the seat. The conductor woke him up and asked him to move over. Mrs. Thome looked at him and flew Into his arms. After a short while of rejoicing, she explained to the mystified conductor that the soldier was her husband who was on his way to his new station in Santa Fe. The conductor replied that that -wis certainly a relief to him. He said he had seen some pretty fast workers among the servicemen, but what he had just seen took the cake. Taken by Yanks SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY- FORCE, Aug. 9. .(IP) Lt. Gen.' German 266th infantry division. nas Deen captured Dy the Amer ican first army near Brest. . Eight German generals have been killed in France. Two oth ers and a rear admiral have, been captured since D-Day. June 6. Within a week, the Germans have announced the deaths in France of Lt. Gen. Von Drab-isch-Waechter, a divisional com mander, and Ma. Gen. Rudolf Stesman. a western frnnt fnm- mander. Nazis Resume Bomb Attacks j -. - - " o " 1 Alia Germans resntnerl fheii- l.rtr bomb attacks upon Britain to- nay aiier a nignt ot sporadic as saults which an official . an nouncement said had "caused damage and casualties in resi dential areas" in London : and the southern counties. ,. - Worker Injured In Woods Camp " A. C. Halvorsen is receiving treatment at Hillside hospital af ter an accident near Weyer haeuser Camp 6 Wednesday morning. Halvorsen is employed by Weyerhaeuser and was injured in the woods. He was brought to Klamath Falls Wednesday af ternoon by ambulance- - Baseball Scores NATIONAL I.EAOUI! V , n. . it. , b. Boston .......u ..-0 13 O ClnclnnaU ..; S 11 I Javery. Tobln-ISl. and Holferth: Carter, Konstanty 131. and Mueller, Just (Bl. . AMERICAN iiEAntlE , ' .... ' H. E. Chleego l- 4 t Boftton D tl a Dietrich. Wade (4. and Tresh: Huffhson and Wagner. . , .-, r. : it.-: k, SI. Lenlf --, 7 0 New York - Tv 0 Muncrlet. Jakuckl (BP and Mancuwl Borowy and Hemsley, Turner (8). -
