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Newspaper Page TextMl? Wig 0 I ix II i UMUU August 11, 1944 Max. (Aug. 10) 88 Mln. 48 ; Precipitation last 24 hour .00 ; Stream year to data ....10.62 Normal 12.25 Lat year 17.85 Forecast: Clear. . ...uir JENKino ,?rMl " t " l,"1"' ., 1EB'JM" iwinu from the Fn The Shanta-f'aHcado Wonderland P0!' Cwn Kim "In Chliui. PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1944 Number 10234 l"l I 1 I I II f 1 ITU ip C : : : ' ' . '- t ii i PENETRATION i TOWARD PARIS ? ' nnniic H17IC UUUhkJ lhV.I(J ', ri NEW bimu Ml" is fe,b,n. I" Uulch Ul I..1I.. &Lna I Jiipmi'a great- .inMarskU Incendiary Minus 1JK Cre.lfl.ro. ft'loV unaccounted SKiW In friendly JSr,lurl..y China., iir ARTHUR begins night SSSSJi.' 'Wind of Mln W.W' ' ,..ii MiiL-Ai-tliur wit- J i foUowrd, cluy Hifckn by fflijSil bomber will ITm we "Lain nearer bases T.Vn (In llio fulness ' '" will bend or liMihore. ... M thwry, hlnll at In .to- BARD NOW lUdiy'l dliwlche. tllllt It ii hi cheaper to lilt tho JD I'?BD NOW Ihnn to Mrlntf It out KtriJonjM tlnic. HAT Ii lillfilK I" Kruncc i. .mi hidden bv censorship. tfciljour mot drflnltu new L"" ...l urn wrlllL'li: "&UP- Xi by lank-busting plane. KcnW battling on tho iMrMchfl 0 Pari lire ItfcPOK r iaThiu. r-.il duo north toward Setae, apparently In a MAND-SCALE sweep aimed at nwSil German force in lr!T oul 'our m"P lUrour -Imagination loose. You'U come to the conclusion !... ....:. nrnhllh V itr k IIII tO prnriiiNn ihn German who Uttbeen flshtlng fanatically to bjld up uie uriusn llliit would be paralyzing I MEANWHILE our plane, fa M,. it. Inst bv CLK An rather, appear bent on ISO LATINO Pari. They're hlllln a hiA it German rail yard ot Surbruckcn, Strasbourg, Mm hun md Bclfort all Import- ml nil routes by which nail re inforcements r KUM Utiwmni ould reach Franco. . DREST' Ij aDparcnlly iinotlior 0 Cherbourg, with what Is left i three German division hold icf lit off while thev destroy the port. At St. Malo, n "mad" Gtrmin commaiuier la hoklinK out In Iho city' medieval cltadul. Nearly 1000 of hi men luivo sur- I rendered, and there arc reports oi private shooting tneir oi fktri In .order to get a chance to live tlicmclve up. ine uiricnt gnrrtson, neaciea by fanatical nazi nnvnl officers, Ii nld to bo holing up in the finliitlcally thick and strong lubmirino pens for a suicide MM, : . We've taken Nantes and An (Hi. ud from Ihn inmith nf the Loire ac-Darcntlv with iliuht re- wUnce. As to St. Nazairc, at w wires mouth no news, THI oxtrcmo tightness of our ceniorshlp suggests that Gor wn Intelligence is badly de moralized and German rccon Mlwance hampered by lack of Ptaei. So wo'ro not letting out "wing mat might tip the en. my off. ' -I; ' THE Russian. Rnom tit ho urlritT. -jlng plncor arms around East "MM-ono down tho Baltic ", mo other along tho Polish H w, 'ho south. They're .''smening their cnclr aH hold on Warsaw. 'JWO German generals, In Rus mn hands, issue this appeal Ke German people and tho ""Wi army: ?.' j)Q Gorman divisions "JMponslble Hitler's strategy. K b,ut onc 'ssuc U Is to irrni ru38le and down mi.. ."mc 10 finish with "no ms clique." Ql;0RPU, Montgomery says lodayi "Tho GREAT BULK LiG5mon forces In-north- lir.":."""?? is In a bad way, lh m ingUng ' around behind o th.imany Paccs and some MomenC,,."10 no1 sot away. "Sry"tlieUSah0..Bnd comPlctc W .i5ET has Miters Wleri vrll,,s tlmo BULLISH lie end t?0poculntol' ro sure ll havnn'.Gormany 18 tn sight, "Bin1. W tulto made up .', continued on Paoo Slx . lies fterAiAl.,f rom Snowsfide wn erm. i ,rom So' !?8lf"d hPvP" t0Wn which Ihi .iij? nave been h Aug. 11 na hnun Scweil, was nVA. inouiiced burled by Work Speeded On Housing Project me Tvf -.Titr-'.;.-i Recent progre on FPHA row houio I ihown above, a workmen lay cement lidewalk In preparation for landaeaplng the ground. Work is being peded up to complete lome oi tne apartment by the letter part of thl month. " 5 Work on -the Shasta 'View housing project Is ' well' under way, with sidewalks, plumbing, lighting fixtures and insulation going in. 1 The apartments arc being rushed to-completion and some of them will be nearly ready lor occupancy by August 18, accord ing to Harry R. Gamble, project engineer. Judging from the num ber of applications already in, tlie demand for the row houses will bo much greater than for tho trailer-houses, Gamble stated. When completed, there will be 10 thrcc-bodroom, 2S two-bedroom, nnd five onc-bedrnom fur nished apartments available to families nf persons employed by eligible firms and not at present having suitable housing. Top soil Is being brought in now In preparation for the land (Continued on Pago Two) Nebraska Falls Back on Reserve Stock of Food OMAHA, Aug. 11 W) Many Nebrnskn communities were re ported today to be using re serve stocks of groceries, nnd moats as tho six-day old mid west truck strike tied up de liveries, nnd In Omulin an esti mated 100 soldiers were pick ing up wnr supplies from Idle truck terminals for shipment by rail. There was no Indication whether ncute food shortages would develop before the trucks aro returned to service, expect ed sometime this week when tho government is scheduled to solzo lines in eight midwest states. Attorney General Biddlo said In Seattle that "the gov ernment may tako over any momont." Tokyo Razed by Children Preparatory to Assaults By American Superfoffs Air Phase of Fight For Philippine Group Opens as Guam Falls By The Associated Press GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 11 (API The air phase of the battle for reeonquest of the Philippines has begun just as the ground fight for reeon quest of Guam ended in triumph. " The' first bombing of the Philippines since the fall of Corregidor to the Japanese May 6, 1942, was announced today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, back at headquarters after a historic Pacific war conference with President Roosevelt. At Pearl Harbor, site of the conference, Adm. Chester W." Nimitz, a participant, an- nounced that all organized Jap- REDS RENEW E E STQNIA AREA LONDON, Aug.. 11 (TP) Rus sian forces on the southern Es tonian front broke through west and southwest of Pskov.for a dis tance of 151 miles on a front 43 miles wide in a renewed .offens ive, the soviet communique said tonight. - - - Red troops captured the town of Pctserl. a district center of Estonia, and more than 200 popu lated places. Petseri is a road Junction 140 miles northeast of Riga. Win 50 Places West of KurstDils red troops took 50 populated places, and on the front beyond Bmlystok troops By Morris J. Herri ; ,v (Chief of the Former AuocUted Pre Bureau at Shanghai and longtime reiident oi Japan.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (VP) When Tokyo's warlords begin telling tho children to tear down the houses preparatory to Amer ican air raids, they know they aro whipped. "Tens of thousands of homes" In the mikado's capital have 12 Twelve marines, veterans of action ngninst the Japanese in the Pacific, will be decorated in ii review to be held at the Ma rine Barrncks in Klamath Falls on Saturday " morning' at 11 o'clock. The public Is invited to attend. , Presentation will be made by Colonel Bernard Dubel, USMC, commanding officer at tho Bar racks. Mnrlncs to be honored will got the Purple Heart for wounds suffered In Bougainville and tho Marshall and Gilbert is lands campaigns. The men are Sgt. Edward F. Hnmllton, USMC; Cpl. Donald II. Miller, USMC; PFC Paul A. Curtis, USMCR; PFC Howard D. Hulslzer, USMCR; PFC Alberto Minclli, USMCR; PFC Custer W. Redmond, Jr., USMCR: PFC Alexander R. Rollo, USMCR; PFC Joseph J. Jurkowskl, USMC; SSgt. Joseph C. Llcser, USMC: SSgt. William J. Selin skl, USMC; PFC Roy L. Mead, USMCR, nnd PFC Herbert J. Schattenberg, Jr., USMCR. A feature of the review will bo the participation of the newly formed marine band. ' Jury Finds Sisters Guilty Of Treasonable Conspiracy DENVER, Aug. 11 (P) Three Japanese-American sisters ac cused of helping two Gorman prisoners escape from intern ment camp wcro found guilty by a U. S. district court jury today of conspiracy to commit treason, and were acquitted of treason charges. 1 ,,, Judge J. Foster Symcs with hold imposition of sentence, which, under the law, nioy not exceed two years In prison and $10,000 fine. If they had been convicted of treason tho penalty could havo boon death, Defense Attorney Kenneth W. Robinson was given three days In which to file a motion for a new trinl If he decided to ask one. He said ho was not de termined whether to seek a new trial or whether ho will appeal. Emotionless ' The dofendants--Mrs. Tsuniko "Toots" Wallace, 35; Mrs. Flor ence "Flo" Shivzo Otani, 33, and Mrs. Billle Shitara Tanlgoshl. 32 nvhihitod no emotion when the verdict reached by the jury last night and then scaled, was read in court this mnpnlnff. Symes told tho Jury he thought tho verdict was "very fair," and added that he, too, believed the sisters innocent of the first count charging treason. "All I can say is tho defend nti' remnrk. 'How can they find us guilty of conspiracy if they find we did not have In- Inson. 'It would look like a com-tn-omisc verdict." , - "Jury Ha Spoken" tt R District Attorney Thom as J. Morrissey's only comment on the outcome of Americas third treason trial in World War II was, "The Jury has spoken. In tho other two treason cases of this war, Max Stephan, na- (Contmuca on rage iww been destroyed bv Japanese school children, . "bringing one of the greatest levellings since the earthquake of 1023,' says a Tokyo broadcast aimed at Berlin and overheard by U. S. govern ment monitors. Well do the Japanese see the American B-29 bomber casting its long shadow over their em pire, and approaching close be hind it that of the newly-born B-32 dreadnaught of the skies. By and large Tokyo is a fire trap, notwithstanding its vaunt dd "modernization" since the great quake of 1923. I lived in Tokyo before the 1923 quakes, was there while they were going on and have been back since. Burning Japanese homes consti tuted the major damage i in Tokyo from that earthquake. So the school, children have been t u r n e d Into' demolition crews to cut paths of open ground through the capital's closely built structures, hoping to lessen the toll American fire bombs will take when they start falling like leaves. Tokyo is in a shape of a giant wheel. The hub is the Imperial palace, surrounded by a centur ies old stone wall and water filled moat. There is lots of space at the hub, although the mikado's palace is a collection (Continued on Page Two) Soviets Announce Peace Delegates MOSCOW, "Aug. 11 (VP) The soviet union's delegation to the tripartite security conference at Washington August 21 was, an nounced today. The council of people's com missars appointed Andrei A. Gromyko, soviet ambassador to Washington, chairman. He will bo assisted by Rear Admiral Rodionov and Maj. Gen. N. V. Avin; foreign office officials A. A. Sabolev and S. K. Izarapkln; and Professor S. A. Golunsky, SMB. Krylov and G. G. Goblin. M. M. Junln will be the dele gation s secretary and V. M. Berczkhkov, translator.. Authoritativei soviet writers have made clear that the Rus sians believe the biggest allies must shoulder the biggest re sponsibility for maintaining peace. There is little backing here for an international police force, i '.v - - Japs Execute Yank Prisoners WASHINGTON, Aug. li (VP) Execution of three American prisoners of war by the Japa nese was reported by the navy today. The men, two marine corps non-commissioned ' officers and a navy ' seaman, were killed July 31, 1943, after they had escaped from a prison camp, were recaptured, tried and- sen tenced to death for killing a man who participated in their recapture. to the north and ndrthwest. drlvi K??o1 Other 'Russian .troops- threw back German counterattacks by infantry and tanks and continued the battle to expend their bridge head on the left (band of the Vistula river south of Warsaw. East of Warsaw. new advances were- chalked ud by . the, red forces fighting their, way- tor- ward . north and northwest or Siedlce. In this, area 100 popu lated places were taken. . ' -. MOSCOW. Aug. 11 (P) Rus sian, armies applying a great pincers upon East-Prussia swept today witnin ou mites ot -rnsit and .Memel and" threatened the southern boundary of that home of the junkers with a plunge across the IN are w river. Marshal Konstantin Kokos- sovsky. besieging Warsaw for the 12th dav. thrust a threatening army group toward East Prussia from positions northeast of the fonsn capital, xnis group in creased the menace to Warsaw, too, because it could curve to the Vistula and outflank the Polish city from the north. Inside Triangle Russian troops already were seven or more miles inside the (Continued on Page Two) Free Celestial Entertainment Offered Tonight NEW YORK. AuB. 11 (M- There's free entertainment in the northeast skies tonight a star performance . without so much as an amusement tax. It's the annual appearance ot the perseid shower of meteors, and astronomers praciicauy guarantee a "shooting star' a minute. .. The earth passes through tne aerial fireworks display about this time . every year. The meteors are what's left of Tut- tle's comet, last seen in 1862. The comet is due again in 1980 if it hasn't disintegrated. - anese resistance on Guam end ed August 9, the 20th day of invasion. That campaign cost the Unit ed States 7247 casualties, in cluding 1214 killed. But more than 10,000 Japanese were slaughtered; the demoralized remnants scattered in flight in stead of making the usual "ban zai suicidal charge; and Guam now becomes the third Ameri can Marianas base within bomb ing range of Japan by the B-29 Superfortresses which hit Na gasaki Thursday. - Saipan New HQ Today, Vice Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner, hailing triumph in the Marianas as "the greatest naval victory the United States ever, -won," dramatically, an nounced .the establishment of amphibious Pacific fleet -and troop '.headquarters' on Saipan. That means an advance of more than 3000 miles from Pearl Har bor and ' bases the -Americans closer to Japan than Miami is to Boston. ' MacArthur gave point proof to President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor comment on' forthcom (Continued on Page Two) . Seven Miles in Burma Sector ' SOUTHEAST ASIA" COM MAND. HEADQUARTERS, Kan- dy, Ceylon, Aug." 11 (S3) Allied troops, in a swift seven-mile ad vance during the. past 24 hours, have reached a point 17 miles southwest of Mogaung on the railway to Mandalay, allied headquarters announced today. At the same time Chinese forces and Kachin levies oper ating further to the east battled their way southward seven miles from captured Myitkyina to ward Bhamo, the announcement said. . Genera Keller Wounded by Bomb WITH THE. CANADIAN FIRST ARMY. IN FRANCE, Aug. 8 (Delayed) (VP) Maj. Gen. R. F. L. Keller, commander of the Canadian third division, - was wounded today when a formation of U. S. heavy bombers dropped a groups of fragmentation bombs short of their mark and into the Canadian troops' area. Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair of the U. S. army was killed in Normandy recently under similar circumstances. - . Keller was hit in the left arm and leg and also suffered a minor chest wound. THREE PLANES LOST IN B-29 DOUBLE RAID WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Pi Three planes of the two force of Superfortresses which struck targets in bumatra and the Jap anese homeland yesterday "are not accounted for," and one B-29 was forced down in friendly ter ritory, the 20th bomber com mand reported todav. At least three enemy craft were destroyed in carrying out the missions under cover of darkness. Two were shot down by fight er aircraft attached to a forward base in China where one of the Superforts made a forced land ing, only .to be Pounced urjnn and ' strafed-- by four Japanese snipav -.t-T----c.v--,-.; ... i - - . Results Good . ..' . - Bombing: results were 'good" uotn at t-aiemDang, in southern Sumatra, and at Nagasaki on the Japanese mainland . island of A.yusnu. At Nagasaki the mission en countered enemy fighters al though that- opposition -was destroyed. . . . No Opposition .- - At- Palembang there was no fighter opposition. Anti-aircraft fire was moderate or weak at both targets. Previous raids resulted in the loss of six B-29s, although all planes returned from the July 7 attack on the Sasebo naval base". (Continued on Page Two) Nazi Generals Ask Surrender MOSCOW, Aug. 11 (VP) Two captured German generals, in statements appearing : above their signatures today in the soviet press, called upon the German people and the army to end the war. "Over 30 German divisions are doomed to extermination owing to an irresponsible Hit ler's strategy," said the state ment, by Lt. Gen. Von Kurow ski of the 110th infantry divi sions and Maj. Gen Lindeman of the 361st infantry division. "There is but one issue it is to stop- the struggle and lay down arms," the statement said. "It is time to finish with Hitler and his clique." ; Officials 1 Silent ' !r Regard to Driv. " Positions ... ; By GLADWIN HILL SUPREME HEADQUARTER! A L L IE D EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 11 (P) Roaming American tank forces were re ported throwing the main weight of their attack to the north today after a deep mystery thrust toward Paris, and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery de clared tonight that "the great bulk of the German forces in northwest EuroDe are in a Ka way." . . . v . The commander of a 11 i e d ground troops in France an- nuuiitcu ui a message to ms sol diers: -....' Doom Potiible "We are 'rnunri hshin '..- in many places and it is possible some of them may not get away. "There are momentous : days and complete victory lie ahead." . , There still was no official inki ling as to the depth of penetra tion toward Paris of the progress of the northward thrust, but the Paris radio said the Americans had passed Alencon. 30 mli. north of Le Mans. At Alencon the spearhead would be but 42 miles from Canadian-Polish forc es to the north above Falaise. Two. days had passed, . how ever since the Americans toolc Le Mans, 110 miles southwest (Continued on Page Two) ' ; Guards Removed' From Trolleys 1 In Philadelphia X PHILADELPHIA, Aug. ll (VP) The- army- removed all guards from the city's trolleys, buses, .J.subw.ay; Jtn-d.-' elevated- -trains today and announced these vehicles will operate with; put guards in the future, except "from 8 'p. m. until morning", when guards will be assigned to each. . ..- -' . . . .- .., . The latest action -.marked ths first .step toward the eventual restoration' of the lines - to nor mal operation ":by -the. Philadel phia V Transportation-' company following the ,'. six-day transit tie-up. . ' . ..;.... ' v But even as the" withdrawal of ' guards began, following ', a midnight announcement from Maj. Geh. Philip Hayes, the war department's, representative , in, the operation , of - the lines, . a grand jury prepared to hear ad ditional information f r o m a number of ' important witnesses before recessing later today un til Tuesday. :." ... . Prisoner Strike Continues STOCKTON,. Calif., Aug. 11 (VP) Eighteen hundred - German prisoners of war remained on short rations today- after 500 ol them had staged a strike to pro test : the : lengthening of their work day to 9 from 8 hours at the Stockton army - ordnance deoot. ,' .: ..;-. Maj. Arthur E. Cook, army public relations officer, . said many, of the strikers had. agreed to resume work, .but all would be kept under discipline . until everyone .. receded . from- the strike position. : . t ". : ' Bombers Support Yank Advances ; LONDON, Aug. 11 (VP) Near ly 500 American heavy bombers cascaded semi - armor piercing explosives on - stubborn nazi troops and armor opposing American ground forces which were advancing four miles from Brest this afternoon. -Coastal guns, antiaircraft bat teries and radio stations were blasted as the bombers, in their third, operation of the day, sought to hasten the fall of the French naval base. -, , Jackpot Hit in Prisoner Capture SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,. Aug. 11 (P)rr-American forces captured 4322 Germans in France in 24 hours ended at midnight Wednesday. . - Use This Map to Check Today's War News From France 7 ; Vs' fty . . .'Tfol .DiCiviet ' TM ' dTNSr o ; STATUTE MIUS What is happening In France today i confuted by censorship deaigned. to keep the Germans In the dark as to our movements. The situation is so fluid that no line showing a definite front can be drawn. The black line at the left is the front at the start of the; American thrust .toward Paris leveral days ago. The white arrow- shows where the Germans counter-attacked in an ef fort to close our Avranches corridor. The black arrows show the general allied movement to ward Paris, Jhere are strong indications In the news today that an American armored column is swinging fiorthward from Chartres. toward the Seine valley in order to get beWnd and trap German forces that have been holding up the British and Canadians in. the Caen area. ;