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3KmHW )onil)cm drop their
Toulouae. on Uio muin
inlcllon" route between
S ix on th Atlantic and
fS!-. UedllPrmiicnn beaches.
rt? "5 iinii. allied car-
rpl"0. attack German
UlUtioiM on the NORWAY
win wk5 the German have
fmia .Com ta l Jus; """."J
Uiurlan l'! 18,
m Tom Uio Hlvlorn const.
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
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12-1944
Number 10235
SET
ON 8-STATE
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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Kluge Throws Bulk of
Forces Into '
Caen Area '-
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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, .
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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
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.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.
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