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Newspaper Page Textm m m in m A u v m sm In The ShuHia-CttHeudn Wonderland HIIIillllillllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIII c iiiii!is.raiiraiimiiiiniiii August 14, 1944 . Mix. (Aug. 13) 8B Min. .: 50 Precipitation laat 24 houri .. .00 Stream year to data ...10.62 Normal 12.27 Lait year .....17.85 Foracast: Partly cloudy. iAj"Lrwi.n.rin.imiiimriiiiir -,- -------- i - KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1944 ti rtN b REDS PREPARE a i J ! nil cart rnnNT i- uiuuj 1 1 nun i Americans Canadians Win Number 10236 L FRANK JENKINS I .. .,...i,.rn Franco In American armored column S ie'i 7tli German nrmy, lb, morning Is tmniiiied f. Docket about 30 mllca tfonly U mile. wide ut Kii this narrow opening. inded by nil"!" "" XSnrf wllh "I""" l"'7 u (ho nklcs overhead. K m.l HUM .1 ni-ri'iuler Oil Ulb. C,.': ,m ,,.r l believed to Lt 100.000. t I .land obviously at Hio ruhold of a ureal moment 111. l-nmmlliulrr Elsen. f in one of I.I, rare order, m"n. w: "This wll bo r.i n, mnl momentous L In tho history of this war ttful for u ami iiuuiui rtmy. I hive . FLEETING but INITE opportunity lor BR allied victory.'' I battle Isn't over yet. i... rA nn ilnni ttils morn' iih. HlMintehpi tell us. of or demoraiirauon mn Kliii' Germans. They till f Ishtinsr sliibbornly, and main jKtmiuy. irnusT r.nrAT ODDS nnlhlnK goes wrong. It lYTHING clicks for our If our careriillv laid unmo tlirmmh In Its hoped- inclusion, ONE-FOURTH of Germans In norinwesiorn will have been llnuldiitcd mlahty blow. ftt sre nervous hours, and tall woit IhrnuKh them with led expectancy. tore Is a wcuk link in tna tmiin chain, u FATAL IK In the German armor, bears this mornlnu at this lea lo lie In tho UUAL1TY PIE GEKMAN COMMANU than In tho fighting spirit Gorman soldier. lor military leadership nave koi von Kiuitc OUT before It was too into 111 of leaving It In dlo it hopelessly ureal odds. cant help icollnK tnnt has killed off too many of ncrals. pIN, Inescapably, one gets lie impression of a frlght- nine man cowerlnK In Ills ilaln retreat and ordnrlnif irm OS to Ktanrl nnrt rim (IE won't be caught llko a trap. supreme Importance of this kills that Is roaring to Ha ll climax today Is indicated iaci mat wins, Europe Rlamorous canltnl. nrlzo of pay, manv wars, nnu hten Or less nllffhnri nff tn nnn tnd forgotten a rlpo plum 111 fall from Its limb if tho now hnlnir (,.!, I nnn. - "O .uuttii, bw. fNWHILE, down on the cditcrrancan our planes tne Riviera const for the SUCCOSslvn rlnv. TTnp ll may mean, It Is an- wuuy mat u. s. wavy fry Forrestul has been to the list of brass Hots present In Italy which al- ncmacn CHURCHILL. Jooks like a hen on down . i"e presumption Is that Ishatehnrl ".III U n 1 Jl.. laern France. news from the west Is bad tho narmnH. MM.ni . " - muiio, link ,rlm ?,ussln la n bolter. ,?.wi "''Patches say the Si aPP"rontly anproach ontlnued on Pago Two) V Troops Massed in Arc On East Prussia Border Mayor formally 111 not yaar. John Houston, who announcad today ho sack roolactlon this OUT OF CITY RAGE Mayor John Houston announc ed today he will not seek re election at tho Novcmucr mu,. nivlpal bnllotinK, Tho statement, anticipated for somo lime, will probably be fol lowed within a few days uy an nouncements from cundidiitcs seeking the mayors Job. Wal ler Wlescndnnuer. city council man, and Lynn Hoycroft, insur ance man, are possibilities for tho race. John Ebinucr, attor ney, luu also been mentioned In connection with the contest. Mnyor Houston snld ho Is not Interested In a political curcer, and will dovoto his time to pri vate business and unofficial civic work. City affairs, ho snld, aro In good shape. A number of pro tects under his administration hnvo been completed, and others aro In a promising situation, he added, "1'vo hnd assistance and sup port from a largo number of conatriictivc-mlndcd citizens, said tho mayor. "I've tried to do a good Job, and I hopu 1 have won tho approval of our peo ple. Mavor Houston was elected for n two-year term, but after his election tho people voled charter change which added two years to his term. Ho served last year as president of tho Lca gue of Oregon Cities. Sgt Bill Sykes Hurt in Action Set. Dill Sykes of Klamath Falls, wounded In action on Jnlv 2S In the Euroncan thea ire, according to word received last week by his wltc, Mrs. vcr alec Svkes. of 127 Mortimer. . It Is not known whether he was In England or rronco ui the timo of his Injury because his wife had received a letter dated June 23 and at that time Sykes wns in England. Sl'l. SVKPS IS II iun.K U11VUI with the fifth army. In addi tion to his wifo he has a small daughter, Elizabeth. H Intended 1 Dog, Kills Boy fonN?uELES' AUB.-14.-W) lrLuthe ,muntfns camo Kiuc?d for 13-year-old IrTJLbu 'ntondeS for ly ro?; w,lch sheriff's ufin ?d 1,0 thouRht was IntnUy" woundod the rLunrtDcputy Seymour untordircPH.rtccJ to Inspect- a 1.3 w"li a .38 calibre frail Nn ,ana "nothcr dop- 0.klU Breda .'",B"u,r i offie..; "cooneted, t tho Wc.ro ln Pit' M,tancB away Miss Klamath Contestants Take A Little Sun Bv DANIEL Da LUCE MOSCOW. Aug. 14 ()') The zero hour for un all-out soviet assault on East Prussia appeared to be approaching rapidly today ns Russian armies massed In a great threatening arc beforo the borders of thot ucrman pro Kusslun units to the south were 15 to 17 miles from the East Prussia frontier, while to tho east other soviet forces were seven to 10 miles away and to the north from :)U to 33 miles, nod army forces apparently striving to rip nazi defenses in Eust Prussia wldo opeh from the south menaced the enemy strong hold of Lomza, vital communi cations center that links cmbav tied War'saw with tho Junker province. . (The German radio said strong niiHsian forces supported by many tanks and planes "succeed ed In gaining some ground" northwest of BallysloK mo drive threatening East Prussia from the south and Warsaw from the north). Tank Batllat r.rrnL tank battles continued wisL nf tho Vistula In the Klelce eglon about 100 miles south of Warsaw and within 35 miles of Krakow, tho last groal -ousn bastion guarding Industrial cen ters of Ciermnn suesia to macs from advanced Russian elomcnU. Tho Germans were counterat tacking vainly. Virtually no news camo from llio siege of Warsaw itself whore tho Russians wero planted Just outside the Polish capital on the eastern side of the broad and swift Vistula. Marshal Konstan- tln Rokossovsky still wos Bring ing up tanks, supplies and re serves and building communi cations. Since Friday tho Russians be tween Warsaw and East Prussia have bitten deep Into German (Continued on Page Two) Worker Returns; House Gone Has anybody seen a homeless house wandering the streets of Klamath Falls? To Le Claire Angus that Is a very Important question. He has been working ln a defense plant ln Los Angeles for some lime, and recently ho returned to his home at 3050 Cannon avenue, only his homo wasn't there to greet him. ... The entire house had been stolen Including the wiring. Evidently it was moved by a truck with trailer. Tho house Is nr rather was, located one block from the state police hnnrlnunrtcrs. ... . Anyone who has any clues as to the wncreanouis oi nusm house will please report them to the stalo ponce. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY, FORCE, Aug. 14 (P) The German seventh army of 100,000 to 200,000 men was trapped tonight as the Canadians from the northt and the Americans from the south pinched the escape gap down to 12 miles around raiaise ana seaiea even uus wjui an tuuti barrage. ..J j.tJ.. The Canadians swarmea .inrougn me iuai ixeiuiau uncuan. line and into the second, three and one-half miles north of Fa., laic while Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's whirlwind onslaught stormed beyond Argentan to a point eight miles south of Falaise. Bomb-dazed, dejected uerman prisoners aireaay were stream-. big in, the first installment in the payoff for the mightiest, vic- -r lory on me weaiefu iiuiib. - The entrapment of tne enemy. Putting the last, touch on their suntana in preparation for Judging r next ".2' "LflhJ." a .a a t wi.. vi.m. mi m M( enrol ra Bwrnan. v liuiiiia iiunaiu wms.imv IDOIIOm ID - lODl 1J IBB rVIBUlOl" vw.va.-.. . " . w ; .- . Marv Mahonov. Doris Phillips. Pat Brown. Grayca VanClaaya, 4aan Bonn ana oetty iney hav Just beon for a cool dip in tha Howard Barnnuei pool, wnere xney w gua wn. ming pariy ibii oBiuiuay, T By Tha Associated Press Truck shinmcnts of vital war goods began flowing across the midwest today, as 25,000 driv ers for 103 companies paralyzed by strikes since Augusi re turned to their Jobs. . Termination of the walkout, together with the ending of sev eral other stfikes throughout the country, lowered the na tion's total of Idle workers from 61,000 to approximately 16,500. Tho Bovornment seized the truck lines Saturday after oper ators contended they were un able to pay a wage increase of approximately 7 cents an hour iprnmmnnried bv the War La bor board. . A work stoppage at the Wnrih Rtopl enmonnv. Clay' mont, Del., which involved 950 Amniotic onded today. In Montreal, streetcars and buses resumed service with the Montreal Tramways company under temporary government control which sent back to work 4000 operators who . had been nnf 11 rinvs. Other major settlements were (Continued on rage two; g hty Victory OF IT By Tha Associated Press Hot. dry weather held sway over much of the midwest east of the Mississippi river today, searing further an already badly damaged corn crop, causing de terioration - to soybeans, and leaving many victory gardens total losses. - - Conditions were worst and dama&e was heaviest in south ern ana central Illinois ana In diana, and in Ohio and Ken tucky. Rainfall also was need ed badly in northern Illinois and Indiana, where crops were de teriorating rapidly. . The department of agricul ture, as of August 1, forecast a total corn c op of 2,929,117,000 bushels, a reduction of si.uuu, 000 bushels from the previous month. This represented a loss of 83.000.000 bushels in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, offset some what by gains west of the Mis sissippi and in the upper Missis sippi valley, where conditions were much better. Chicago board of trade author ities, expressing increased alarm over corn conditions, said yields had been cut further since the government August 1 figures were compiled. C. M. Galvin. crop statistician for James E. Bennett and com pany, big Chicago grain, commis sion house, said there undoubted ly had been heavy deterioration, particularly'ln Illinois, since the August 10 forecast, and that damage also continued in Indi ana, Ohio and Kentucky. Germans See Blow From South was accomplished by one of the slickest and swiftest maneuvers ever accomplished on any battle field. It started following the nazl rout before Le Mans, 110 miles west of Paris, and was carried. through with a lack of enemy op position which amazed allied generals. ' German intelligence or leader ship or both collapsed utterly, or the German command showed incredible, stupidity. " rne enemy maae no enorx xq break out until late today and then, only after, allied artillery had gotten their last avenue of. escape under fire. ; . - - - ., The ring of American, British, and Canadian forces, spurred by-. Gen. Eisenhower's declaration,,. that they could score then: great est victory in the west, drove in juriously today for -the destruc tion of the cream of Germar. forces in northwestern Europe. - Opportunity - ' Eisenhower, in one of his-rara.. orders of the day to all men o( the armies, air and naval forces, called it a "definite opportunity', for a major allied victory."- -: -. It may - De graspea, ne- - ex. horted, "only through the utmost' zeal and determination ana. peedy action." - '-- The trap was sprung, it was- disclosed after five . days - of ' secrecy shrouded operations west.- of Paris, wnen powenui mai (Continued oarage iwoj UAIIlA.1 cMtara cnilnra And ' airmen' rk.n,ioh un,,r 'onmhlneH skill, valor and fortitude you have created in France a fleeting but definite opportunity for a major allied victory, but- whose realization will mean notable progress toward the final downfall of our enemy. "In the past I have,' in a moment of unusual significance,, made special appeals to allied forces it has been my honor to command. Without exception the response has been unstinted and the. re sult beyond my expectations. I - .' - : "Because the victory we can now achieve is infinitely great er than any it has so far been possible to accomplish in the west and because tnis opportunity may db graspea umy nuuusu mc utmost in zeal and determination and speedy action I make my present appeal to you more urgent than ever before. "I request every airman to make it his direct responsibilities that the enemy is blasted unceasingly by day and by night and is denied safety either in fight or in flight. "I request every sailor to make sure that no part of the hos tile forces can either escape or be reinforced by sea, and that our comrades on land want nothing that guns and ships and ship enmrtanles can brine to them. "I request every spldier to go forward to his assigned objec tive wnn me aeierminauon uiai me enemy can auiviva umy through surrender; let no foot of ground once gained be relin quished, nor single German escape through a line once established ' ! ' "With all of us resolutely performing our special tasks, we can make this week a momentous one in the history of this- war a brilliant and fruitful week for us, a fateful one lor tne am bitions of nazi tyrants. (Signed) . "DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER." Nimitz Eyes Closer-up Headquarters as Pacific Offensive Shakes Jap Islands By J. B. KRUEGER Associated Praaa War Editor .Tnnnn'a shaky system of Is land fortresses spanning the 3500 miles from Pnramushiro to Hal- mahera havo coino unaer new al lied air attacks, giving explosive emphasis to Adm. Chester Nim itz' plcdgo to "put tho heat on as hard and fast as wo can in the Pacific war. Nlmllz spoke yesterday after a visit to tho Marianas, now a building as n principal forward i, tn it. s. forces driving woatwnrd. The Pacific fleet chief sal he might movo his headquarters there. If ho does, he would bo closer by 1000 miles to Tokyo than ho now Is to San Francisco. He told newsmen the war might be won without invading Japan. "This war' is a new ex perience for Japan " he declared. "We don't know how much they can take beforo they'll throw in the sponge." At tho southern end of the air war, tho Philippines took their fourth bombing In five days. Gon. Douglas MacArthur an nounced that patrol planes sank a 3000-ton frolghter In Davao gulf Saturday. At Halmahera, island stepping-stone between n.,.. in im Phllliralncs and New Guinea, night patrols set fire to a 1000-ton vessel and hit other ships. Installations 'in the Talnud Islands, between lioimn- It's Tough Here, Says Tokyo By Tha Associated Proas ' Ufa In tha United. States, as reported today by tha Tokyo radioi ' ' i "Tha shortage .of foodstuffs , In America is becoming more '.and mora marked. In restau xanta and hotels, moat if aerved only onca a waak. Af ' far at pulter and cheese are eonc.rnd, not avn a ih4w of ihem can ba taan mpnf tha , cltiseni of tha United States. . "Whisky and brandy can atlll ba bought today but all such beverages are adulterated and cost at least $18. some times even $20 a boltle. Federal communications commission monitors reported tha Tokyo broadcast from an jtalltn-lMBHqs trnimMin. hora and Davao, also- were bombed. . Nimitz Marlanas-oasea ijioer- ators bombed Chichi Jima In the Bonins 600 miles from .Tokyo nn Frinnv. niuinE an ainieia and a ship. Other raiders hit Paramushiro, 500 miles north of Japan in the Kuriles, Pagan and Rota- in the Marianas, Truk ntnll. and enemy positions in tne U. S.-dominated Marshalls. The raid into the Bonins was notable for tho lack of interception and light ack-ack. ' . ' . Admiral Nimitz. who went to Snipan and Guam just after his conferences with President KnnsevHlt and General MacAr thur at Pearl Horbor. disclosed that 52,323 Japanese were killed in the Gilberts, Marshalls and Marianas, at a cost of 5903 Amnricnn dead. .Tananoao.. forces . still, hold HeiiEvaiiK against assaults of Chinese trying to recapture the vital junction on me nanKow Canton railway. Tokyo broad cast that Japanese Units there "now are preparing the next xtnea of operations. In Yunnan to the southwest, Chinese . gathered for assaults on Tcnschune and Lunelliig; en cmy-held bases on the Burma road. The British met only light opposition in their chase of the Japanese, ueoing inqia Mevn Brown of Beatty Reported Combat Victim BEATTY Word has been re ceived here of the death of Melvini Brown, ..victim ; of wounds re ceived in action on Saipan on July 8. He was stationed there with the infan try. It is be lieved . that ' he was the first to be killed in ac tion frnim this fcNVx' - vicinity.'--Iiav. Word- had previously been received that he had been seriously wounded in action in the campaign and he died of these wounds later. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estelle M. Brown of Beat ty and his mother, Mrs. Mabel Lopez, of Smith' River, Calif. He was inducted into tne army on May 21, 1943, and was sent overseas shortly following a furlough in October. Before induction he was employed at the J. B. Casey ranch in Beatty, E Baseball Scores Boston ... 6 13 ; Pittsburgh i.... 7 16 . Javery, - Klopp - (7),- Cardlno (7), Barrett (9) and Masl, Hot ferth (9)! Strlncevichj Oster mueller (2), Sewell (8) and Lp nez. Camelli (8). - -Unfinished-same of July 2nd started with 9th, today. Losing pitctitr Brw. Botulism Takes Lives of Couple YAKIMA. Aug. 14 rFl Botu lmus poisoning is believed to nave causea tne aeatns of Mr and Mrs.' Ira Snoddy, middle aged Hanford couple stricken Sunday while on a weekend out ing in Naches. Investigation is being made by ut, w. h. Banks, coroner, who expressed the opin ion death was due to botulism At 5 o clock Sunday mornine Snoddy called the proprietor of the camp wnere tney were stay ing and asked for a doctor. In stead J. L. Willett put both Snoddys into an automobile and hurried to the Yakima hos pital, where Mrs. Snoddy died at 4 o clock in the afternoon and Mr. Snoddy four hours later. Mrs. Snoddv's throat was so par alyzed she could not speak be fore she left for tne nospuai, Papers left in a briefcase indi cated the Snoddys had been at Hanford for some time and earlier lived at Los Angeles and Las Vegas. LONDON. Aug. 14 (P) The German radio, asserting that Wee allied convoys were streaming through the strait of Oihraltar into the Mediterran ean, speculated tonight- that landings in the south or Europe were imminent. There was no allied confir mation 'of such ' reports. For three consecutive days, how ever, strong forces of American heavy bombers from Italy have pounded military installations in southern France. The Germans spoke of pos- i b 1 e landings in southern France, on the islands of Greece and of new incursions in Italy above the Gothic line,, which allied land forces now are ap proaching. eClerc Shows Up With French Unit bitprf.MP. HEADQUARTERS ALLIED. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 14 m The sec ond i'rencn armorea aivision, commanded by the mysterious Gen. Jacques Le Clerc of African fame, is fighting in France along- irfo American forces, supreme headquarters announced late to day, . ..;:. ..r'-'' Tnis was tne Iirst aiseiusure ur the recent whereabouts of the mvetprimiR ceneral. one of the first to rally to Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Bop Hope Unhurt In Crash Landing SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 14 P) Comedian Bob Hone and his troupe of soldier-entertainers escaped Injury today- in the crashlandina of a Catalina flying boat near Lauriston, New South Wales, Australia. The Plane, also carrying Frances Langford, the singer, de veloped engine trouble; as , it came in from Guadalcanal and landed on a Vand spit near ,the A relief plane wiU take ' the cannot be trusted." pirty on to Sydniy tomorrow. Throughout th Caff Issued for1 French; Uprising SUPREME HE ADQU ARTERS- ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY - FORCE, Aug.- 14 (If) Gen. Charles -De -Gaulle's French committee of national liberation issued a' call tonight for a na tional uprising in France, "The duty of every ' French man has been outlined in the ap peal of De Gaulle for the people', of France," a statement said.,: "There is not one f renchman who does not feel and who, does not know that it is his simple and sacred duty to take part im mediately in tne supreme- war effort of the country. : , . -. . 'In the field, in the factory,. ln the workshop, in the; office,: in the street whether he be under arrest, deported or a prisoner of wacv each Frenchman can harm the enemy or prepare that which harms him." Front one Taken By 8th Army ( ROME, Aug. 14 ' (IP) Eighth army -troops nave capturea Frontone, 27 miles inland, from. the Adriatic coast in the Appen- nines, . in the only major aa vance along the Italian front, headquarters announced ; today.. Sniping died aown witn ic-r- ence, enabling allied military government officials to supply the stricken city witn tooa, water and other necessities without major difficulty, the al- uea commana satu, , . . .-:. , . Emploi, the Arno rlvero.city west of Florence, ..fell , to : the eighth army without a fight yes-, terdayr-Although: enemy move ments were observed on the north side of the . Arno near Pisa in the fifth army sector, there was ' only : scant fighting on the whole front. Japs Can't Be Trusted, FR Says in Seattle Talli By HOWARD FLEISER . BREMERTON. Wash.. Aug. 14 ) President 'Roosevelt, tan ned ana neaimy iookuib ueueum the forward guns, of a modern United States navy destroyer, gave his solemn . assurance here Saturday that never again would the Jarjanese empire be given the leeway to start another Pacific war. . V . . . , The president spoke Jess tnan an hour after the destroyer had docked, bringing him from Alas ka on the last leg of a Pacific tour of 'inspection that had taken him from California to the Hawaiian Islands, up to. the Aleu- the Japanese call thetr."sphere of influence, ana DaoK aown to thn Pueet Sound navy yard here. where he made' his report to the people; Twenty-thousand shipyard workers- and naval ' personnel were his immediate audience, Gathered around the drydock where thd destroyer tied UP. But through the radio, the world could hear him when he de clared: -: i .' The word and honor of japan the thread of determination that the defenses of tne unitea states and nf all the Americas must be so strong In the future that no would-be aggressor dare attempt to disturb the peace Of tne con tinent from the Antarctic to the Arctic circle. ' ' From the point of view Of na tional defense," he said, "it is essential that our control of this route (the great circle) shall be undisputed. Everybody in Siber ia and China knows that we have no ambition to acquire iauu uu the continent of Asia. we, as a people, are utterly opposed to agt gression or sneak attacks rbut we, as a people, are Insistent that other nations must not un der any olroumstances' through the foreseeable- future: commit such attacks against the United , ctntAo TKorpfo-rp. it i potential .- 4hni wo'- hp fiillv nreDared to prevent them for : all time to come. The word and the honor of Japan cannot be trusted. , v -. "It is an unfortunate' fact that other natlo'ns'cannot trust Japan, it is an unfortunate fact that years must pass Isefore we can trust 'Japan and before we can classify Japan as a member of speech ran (Contlnuid en Fai iww ;