Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, August 12, 1944, Image 1

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Ito ol "he Rhone. iMdlM ?wm ilanelllc In a historic JJllir Invading France from attack In Norway Jld be a diversion to fool the Gttmani. , , a this, pit""0 remember, li the purc mm. w. nrk. Bui the time l hero to hit ? tormina at every possible Gable. Some iuch thing could T0E YE tHUOOt." iiik W -lomewhcro between Nun- tana Anor, .tiu...,- Hince. Bordeaux U our log cat lWllve. Tlio (jcrmnna pun"" tot of the cot bulow Bordeaux aun they woro needed elae- irtirt. ..... ..... COR whatever It moy mean, r Churchill, U. S. Asulirtant Sttrelary o( War Poltcron and &wrl Somervell, head o( Awrlcan wpply icrvlccs, oro In HALX.. P' li rather generally bellovcd that an American bllti-apcar-Iwd U punhlnK north from Lc Mini to GET BEHIND the Ccr Mni massed In tho Caen area, Imtead of getting out, dls ptlchci from our hendquactcra m France report this morning that Field Miirsluil Von Klugc Kkrman commander In France) Imported "recklessly throwing tlx bulk of his west wall forces into the area below Caen, dc- iMIe the ricvGlnnmcnt or on al iitd encirclement threat." German prisoners taken there ay they have orders to with iraw ONLY on authorization tram Hitler s headquarters t QVER and over again In Rus v il Hitler has ordered his troops to stand and dio but GIVE SO GROUND. Over and over, twy hive stood and died. They e alandlng and dying In tho Baltic itatcs now. Dcr fuehrer Is apparently ordering them to 'na ana aic at Lnon. One tots unavoidably tho lm. Pfeuton nf n friifhtr.nri . nnrt hlvcrlna little man cowering In nil Borchtcsgnden hldoout while ne teucs frantic orders to his irmlei to stnnd and die to keep from being CAUGHT AND TO Russians today ore pulling ni. I . one-two punch tnc y (of which they arc masters) on Uio Germans In East Prussia. y iirst aimed a thrust lionunucd on Pngo Three) Army Officers ported Taken 12 (P). j . ...iniiii v controlled IVJKIV. AllO ffiffloPf1? wne transmit- S1 dUpntch to thn Pnnlrnllnrf Wing th. i. ''"""I" Stain o.:. :.'!u"1 'r Pruen.fl . V OIllcora were n Wh! hon Jopnncso 20 United made cap Hu oct A$JJ?r months . 1 1, communications niAl 4U a i sent ago n Wa..J3,a.n Wont: 322 mil. 3-p;;.Jrorn Flort ?MurdH (,iro"t:. 826 miles PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12-1944 Number 10235 SET ON 8-STATE IMS E Seizure of Lines ' Authorized by Roosevelt MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 12 M'j First action to start trucks mov ing under government suparvls Ion In eight initlwcstern states will be taken Sunday when or- erutors will meet with represen tatives of the office of defense transportation. Ellis T. Longcnct-ker, ODT highway transportation director, and William Wilson, Sluux Kails, S. D., chairman of the midwest operators association, rcmiestud all operators In the territory to meet .at 10 a. m., Sunday to hear regulations of government operations of truck lines. Orders Selsur President Roosevelt lost night ordered slezure of the truck lines and said the army Is be hind the ODT In its operation of the lines until the strike of ap proximately 2S.000 ovcr-lhc-road drivers Is ended, Wilson termed the WLB action leading to the seizure as "arbi trary and unfair" but pledged full cooperation of the operators with tho government. "This Is, in my opinion, a fur- (Conllnucd on Pago Three) Jap) Papers Warn Againsi Raids LONDON. Aug. 12 (P Su- perfortrc.w raids on Japun so far "are but attempts on the part of the enemy to sathcr experience for . future raids on a major scale, a Berlin broadcast quoted Japanese newspapers as warn ing tnc people today. T I I Soviets Endanger merman Left Flank In East Prussia By DANIEL DE LUCE MOBCOW, Auq, 12 (I') Two sovlot irmioi, moving, through 2S0 captured settlements over a 100-mile iront. advanced upon the Masurian lake country of East Prussia today in a maneuver which seriously endangered the Qermans' entire left flank. Marshal Konstantln K. Rogossovsky's troops driving north ward from positions northeast of Warsaw and Gen. Zakharov's forces striking out from west and northwest of Bialystok toward the -World war battle theater in East Prussia were - applying severe pressure on the Germans. The Germans who had massed reserves of armor In the East Prussia-Lithuanian frontier be- Kim a feverish shifting to meet the new danger. Dispatches from the field northwest of Biulystok to the army newspuper Hed Star said the Russians beat bock often In hand to linnd clnshes initial counterattacks launched by the reserves. Ten to 12 counter blows were hurled against scp nrnto sectors but those were said to have slackened, with tho enemy retreating westward. LONDON, Aug. 12 (IP) The second While Russian army driving toward East Prussia from northern Poland captured moro than 100 towns and vil lage today, the soviet commu nique announced tonight. in Estonia another Russian army under Gen. Ivan Maslcn nlkov enptured Lopassoarc. 10 (Continued on Page Three) , . Explosion Kills One, Injures Man NEWHALL, Collf., Aug. 12 (IF) Ono man was burnod to death and another was seriously In- iurcd.Jn,a ilre wjilchjollowcd.a series of explosions at tho New hall Refining company near here early today and ignited 16 of 25 tanks contninlng 3,000,000 gal lons of crude oil and casing head gasoline. ... . The fire spread to surround ins brush and grass, causing evacuation of scores of families in the vicinity. By HOWARD FLIEGER SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 12 (IP) President Roosevelt tonight will give his first report to the na tion since he accepted a fourth term nomination climaxing a 15-day Pacific war tour which in his own words took him far away from politics. The chief executive will speak by radio from the Bremerton navy yard near here at 5 p. m. Pacific War Time (8 p. m.- East ern War Time). "The broadcast will be carried, by the four major networks. ,; Mr. Roosevelt boarded a cruiser at San Diego, Calif., July 21 a day after he accept ed a fourth term nomination and arrived at Pearl Harbor July 26 to confer with Ad miral Chester W. Nimitz, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and other lop-ranic fnciiic yvar.cniefa,, ' Into Aleutians From. there he moved on Into the Aleutians. The announcement - that. he will -speak from the Bremerton nnvy yard gave no indication of the president's Immediate whereabouts. Neither did it discuss the nature ; of - his ad- (Continued on Page Three) NAZIS I E FORGES FROM LICIT! Allied. Troops ' Stay . On South Banks "Of Arho ' ; By LYNN HEINZERLING ROME. Aug. 12 lP) The Ger mans withdrew all their forces from Florence, today, and- the ancient cradle of Italian, art and culture was spared from the rav ages oi oatue. , . Allied troops, who have- re frained from firing on' the north ern part of the city lying beyond the Arno river, remained on the south bank of the stream, but of ficers of tlus military govern ment crossed over to assist the hungry civilian population. . Left at Night . It was apparent, an official announcement said,- that the en emy withdrew the bulk of his forces during the night to the norm oi ine iviugnone canal which flows through the north ern outskirta.- : - ; v ' . . The eighth army, bringing up Its lines on the West for a cross ing of the Arno and an assault on the German Gothic line be yond, reached a number of vil lages west and northwest of Em poll against stiffening German resistance. An official source said Col. (Continued on Page Three) ; Five-Alarm Fire f Sterttln Parks'! NEW1 - YORK, ;Aug.' i2 (IP) A spectacular, five-alarm fire broke out this afternoon, in Luna park, storied and pictured amusement center at Coney island .- where some 800,000' persons had gone for relief from one of the hottest days of the. year. . Islands South Of Japan Hit In Bomb Raids . U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor. Aug. 12 (IP) Big U. S. army Liberators . on Saipan have opened the nme - deadly campaiqn of attrition against enemy islands south of Japan as that of New Guinea-based bombers already percep tibly weakening bases guarding the Philippines. While Gen. Douglas MacArthur added five more ships today to the 11' his August reports have listed as sunk by planes south of Mindanao. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz disclosed the first heavy lahd;based strike at the Volcano islands. 750 miles from Tokyo. Nimitz did not say fromT : ; ' : wnence tne- Liberators carried their 47 tons Wednesday to -I wo Jima-but he identified the bomb ers as elements of the seventh army . air -.force, previously, re ported : to have moved its ad vanced base to Saipan. . Four Freighters- -i; - MacArthur's report today from the Southwest Pacific told of the sinking of four freighters and a coastal vessel fom Halma hera, .the biggest Japanese de fense base between New Guinea and the - Philippines, with- two other freighters probably sunk. There was no interception by (Continued on Page Three) Fire Destroys New York Pier HOBOKEN.- N. J..- Aug. -12 (IP) A spectacular fire that fol lowed series or inunaerous ex plosions left an 1100-foot Hud son river pier in blackened ruins today with damage, esti mated in the millions of dollars. Flames- towered 50' feett in the' a-ir jand a pall of "smoke blanketed the entire New xorK City area, before massed fire-. fiahtina equipment brought tne four-hour, blaze tinder-Control at:iz.-3u a. m. ie,wx.... - Scores were injured, none seriously, as -the -flames .ate through Pier 4, wnere tne lam ed Leviathan was ' loaded in "World War I, and. damaged two adjacent piers extensively. 'All three piers were used '-to load ships for- the fighting "fronts .of this war. John Robert Hcrshbcrger, 53 veteran Klamath Falls restaurant operator who was widely known throughout this -area, died at Klamath Valley hospital at 9:55 a. m. Saturday. . -,; ., ...,. Mr. Hershberger was taken to the hospital on Thursday eve ning, but was not at the time believed in serious danger. Word of his death came Saturday morning as a sudden shock. . .. He had lived in Klamath coun ty for 34 years. For 25 of those years, he operated restaurants (Continued on Page Three) Poles Appeal For Support . ,WASHINGT.ON,.Aug. 12 (IP) Declaring the Pol is h under ground -army, faces the possibil ity, of "extermination,' . the ex ecutive board- of - the joiisn American congress appealed' to the United States government to-. day -to -grant-full -lend-lease- as sistance, to uenerai aor, com mander of Polish forces in War saw.- The' board, completing a. two day session, declared Bor had made "frantic but unavailing ap peals' for necessary, equipment. Through Klamath Skies Roar Torpedo Bombers From the Klamath Naval Air Station 10 NAZI ARi ' - 1 ' ' . , . ' v .'!'" "' ' ' ; ''"' ..' ''. t - . i , - l. - . , . - ? - -nj ! v . !- ' 1 r . . - - ' " , 7.- "7.-;; tm&' I : . . I Kluge Throws Bulk of Forces Into ' Caen Area '- "-.,, ..... By GLADWIN HILL ' SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 12 . (JP) The al lies by land and air developed: a two-way threat to southern. France today,, as supreme head quarters announced that tho four-day mystery operations west of Paris had .the Germans so much in the dark that strict est, secrecy, was of paramount importance.. . . . i ... ... ' Field Marshal .Gen. Guenther von . Kluge was reported i. reck lessly, throwing the bulk of his west wall forces into the area below Caen, despite the devel opment of an allied encircle ment threat. ---- Armor Thrusts The : - menace - to ; southern France strengthened with. , an; American armored thrust -10-miles - southward -across . the Loire river, while up to 750 U. s. neavy DomDers irom Italy blasted n a z i coastal defenses.' along the Mediterranean. This' was the second straight day of air ' ' thrusts against positions guarding the enemy's as yet un pierced - southern wall -in the Riviera sector. Supreme headquarters an nounced formally that the al-l lies' dazzling scythe-like sweep across northwestern France : last officially reported on Wed? nesday to be driving beyond Le Mans. 110 miles from Paris was calculated to baffle, the Germans with its speed and ex tent that "the situation must re-, main obscure-purely for security-reasons."- r ; ..):. ; Push to North The only news since then, has been- front: reports of. a push northward toward the channel, which might cut : off ..the. great, . (Continued" on Page Three). Germans Report Landing Attempt . - LONDON,. Aug.. .12 . (P) Ger man "broadcasts today said alied warships had tried to invade the harbor of Lorient,-German sub marine base on the south coast of Brittany which is under Ameri can, siege.. :.The Germans declared 'the sea thrust was turned back, i y J - The German communique -declared German - U-boats- off the invasion coast - and -in '. other waters sank four - allied freighters-totaling 22,000 tons and two minesweepers, and torpedoed another three; ships-, and .a de stroyer.; : . T .' :; There was "no allied confirma tion. ; - - - India Virtually. Cleared of Japs SOUTHEAST ! ASIA ..COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan dy, Ceylon,-Aug. 12 (P) -Allied anese forces from northeastern inoia, oy. occupying the-last large village before the Burma f ron- tipr nn thP"TMr1im. rna4 haul. - quarters announced' today. J ine allied troops are only a few miles from the border.. Other forces which pursued the -Japanese .out -of India! through the border town' ot Tamu and into the Kabaw valley of Burma have advanced within 10 miles of the Chindwin river without meeting any opposition, the daily communique said. i Carrier Planes Attack Shipping LONDON, Aug. 12 (IP) -Car-ner planes attacked enemy ship ping and shore installations be tween Alesund and Kristiansund on Norway's coast yesterday,- hit. ting aircraft hangars and setting fire to stores and planes on the airfield at Gossen, the British admiralty - announced today.' Other targets included radio stations, oil- storages which, were left blazing and two- vessels which were set afire in the Lep soy area. , Hers - . Mmmmm. Hi-ht from the Klamath naval air station. The I In another plane, was directed northeast, when the shot was made by 8 navy photographer. Tor- , is the first V C'U? VorSXw St.i bomb.n drop their egg. on targets locked In such bodies ol water . Drew's reservoir, SStZSSZfi Wpi&l&ptto l?'jS6k Irt & air. Th. aimer., ! 1 1 5 J r ;. '. . J x , Baseball Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Bronklvn Chicago R H .26 Melton and Owen: Lrarfand willtamt. D R H JS Boston ...m , 4 ' If o Cincinnati . s 12 1 (10 Innings) , Hutchinson, Ci 1 Barrett wVand Hof ferth. Masl (8), Gumbert, Carter i9) and Mueller. - . i t AMERICAN LEA O UK -' B 1 H Chicago- 4 11 1 Boston ..... 0 8 ' Lopat and Castlno; Bowman, f Br rett (6) and Partae. - - v. m a Cleveland ' u:. i- 3 9 1 Philadelphia 4 10 '1 Klleman, Hevlng IT and Roiar; Harris ndHay... R H B St.- Louii ... a u a Nw York . a s t Kramer, and .M. H)orth; Ounlal, Johiuon (7), J. Turner wand HemiUy. torpedo slice of r , - ooignolles.).