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JSr,lurl..y China.,
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J i foUowrd, cluy Hifckn by
fflijSil bomber will
ITm we "Lain nearer bases
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BARD NOW
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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".
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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
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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
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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. ;