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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1944-
Number 10237
Where Allied Forces Spectacularly Opened New Invasion Front
... .
g. FRANK JErlKino
J loniwullcd landing In
thWn" ., (HI t
km- V'r.."u .,orul
,nd nnvo
'rlrmnm Mw..y. fearful
STSL fronU. now have
hi (ronl on tliolr hiiniut -
b. ' .
L Berlin radio, as reported
I hy LOnaoii, ., .
-unco of
Ifll Mediterranean landing.
i tout ercic, iuhk .
atot by the Germans, appei
flave met surprisingly IMIo
awillon.
Here w NO air resistance,
cirdln to Ihe (Jl.oiilclic". Antl
Srill (Iro ni IlitWr than ex
!r (iuhtlim seems
bbe roodMt, as compared Willi
K other landings,
it.. ...nnlltnr UMI. flivnr
kit. (or once, with clciir skies
Wlrac. t . ,
ViirDff .m thi. itnrmans?
limtiivu '.
it i f n,.,n ni.m in have
ttn drawn northward, to meet
I. ihrmt around Paris. Yet
tyhavc known lor momna ma.
itIll ...nnnn Inn.llnif Willi
kslng. They have hud PLENTY
flume to gel reaiiy.
tin plain truth seems to oc
A Hftlcr lust HASN'T MEN
fOUGH. ...
ffilindlniis wero mndo along
the Riviera coast, to the rait
patmoum oi tno miotic, im
L-.I ...,llm. iiiia nf Ihf
"H IlilUIIU vui.vj, .
fcitorlc routes (or Invasion of
pope (rom the smith, stroicncs
fothward (rom Marseilles.
British General Mnltlnnd, nl
4 commander In tlio Mcdltcr
inin nui. "riiii" tiiirnnitn ta
Ihlnin .in uiUI. tiin.t.lll..r1 nrmlp.
fJvincing (rom Normnndy.
nncn uicso armies mmi
TranM ...lit l.n.. I,.... nrnx.
'P.IVU Will IIIIVU UUVH
rolly liberated from the Got-Iewu,
TRAPPED 7TH
Nazis Squirm In Hot
Pocket As Pincers
Points Narrow
'HE comparative en no with
M.M.l. 4t. I II.... ln
niuvil lliu 1UIIU1I1K Itl'Ullin lu
ti u t .. ii.i
Ae Germans may be gutting out
pi u ui rruncc as swuiiy un
wii. as to mui, oniy iimo
an tell,
IN the Normandy pocket, Von
'.KliiKo's 7th German army Is
"Killing lor lis me. inowb
ol thlj mighty battle Is scarce as
"' IS wruiCIl, OUl VOn fklUKUB
wapc routo has been narrowed
Id 0H Ihnn ir..,
. iiHiii tun iiuiua.
Ho is mui tU8 morning to be
"'ii!lng In reinforcements
wncrc they aro coming from,
''no l surrounded till but 10
le, not being apparent) but
ra dispatches assert thut tney
in. j i cclu mvo troops,"
eain as a roar guard sncruicc
n eKort to savo his best
"0PS and lll ormnr
i. t.ha.11 havo t0 wat 8 Nttl
Wei 'to learn whether his army
idejtroyod, as wo hope.
EISENHOWER says today: "The
M-TnftW1" Normnndy) held
B..L00 L0NG a"l underestl
micd our stroniith."
innt i i . ...
It I. iV ?'y8 a Dad mistake.
LVr ot the high com-
Wind to AVOID ll.., mllnl,n.
1 i what high commands arc
. ".isenhowpr'. . i n . i
llrptiolt.. o k a i, c ill II
has km"?8 1 ', bellcf that Hitler
S?uefals?d," 100 mnny. ol:1,ls
TE Hubs I mm MAM
ieBIehSthPI,st' Rtorm across
M ur.1 S .rlv,cr' lh0 last mnjor
N E,,. SslDC 0 b"twcon thorn
''win lTsia; Thy 81-0 o1-
lh5h th "rontl Snd 8 highway
Mi,ur' thD.mn"hy, bog-strewn
guard. ?. 1BH?" c"iinlry that
Eordc? 8t Prssla's southern
a'o inchlnu l.
Jtraltow Ti Wl,raIw nnd to
hmL 0 y aro mothodlcally
'"C&M1 trnppod
'THRdui ' '
1 nows frT SCQn no 1'0.cont
nd ..V',,!;01" the small nnntral
letlln. n,tlons' They must
SNfo itSgnalmMt frightened
A i-ugo rour
(Map on Pag Tour)
SUl'HKME IIKADQUAHTEHS
ALLIED EXPEDITION AHY
KOHCE. Aug. 15 M' our al
lied armies beat forward siinul-
nniw.ll, V 1.1 n I uhinn nu Miriiii.
lnltrlH nn llln tl-lllllM.rt riormlin
seventh army today, narrowing
the escape gap nt Pnlnlsn lo 10
miles, and ciincniiiK conirui ui
roads lending south from tho
Normandy pocket.
Hundreds of prisoners wero
selrcd, Field Marshal Gen.
Guenther von Klugc's units
again clogged roads leading east
ward In desperate daylight at
tempts to wriggle out and he
throw In "slave" rcln(orccmont."i
to hold us suicide rear guards.
Tank Avalancha
Lt.i Gn. George S. Paltort,
I.....H.... ll.n ll.lrrl Amnrlrnn
army, nil northward within eight
miles of the Kalnlse. Canadians
driving south were wiinm it
miles of that town on tho east
ern edge of the trap. ;
A IlrllUV. nuiilnnchn of tllllKS
and men on the opposite end of
Ine pocKei nnmniL'rcu winuu
a mllo of Condo-Sur-Nolrcau,
,i n front ri-tinrter declared
"tho roof of the German escape
corridor west of r aiaiso appcorca
In hn rnllnnslnfl." Condo is IS
mil. wnl nt Vnlnljin.
Tlie U. S. first army on the
British right advanced in a uum
nn a rnl nVlnnHllltf tlC
yond Mortnln, seizing hundreds
upon hundreds o( captives.
U. S. troops captured La Forte
itfnnn i milpc nnt nt Dom(ront.
winning control over escape ave
nues to me souwi.
The Falnlso hatch was block'
cd by a rain of bombs and artll
lory shells, ripping withdraw
Ihh t-. n- I nnllimnt
How many of Von Klugc's
forces of tuu.uuu to auu.uuu men
(Continued on J'ago 1 nrcc;
1 Mil.. I ltwlr Th'" Ly-nSj V m''"m'
o sol -4 VA c Aon. i ITALY
"r FRANCE " f, V
i vi ,.u..rt.u,h jff j $.!, y
Aibi iii. U.5 It I cJ 2zZ?&fr
s,.Ari,.t VinF'l9T. sr 3SSsl
l.dorl.u M0nrSoro,COB. V1 ' 4? 5 vj KtfZr'
rlTfUnn Hyiwy AsAV ( Rom. 1 75 Mil..
rlni9l'l liana 1
I ij 11 j - i V AlsrijJ
"f ir, ftAoeto T
Bsrlln ' roita I
rTCIRMANVOUNl) flKMQ
sV
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D n vca d eirs Pr i ve
' Qnlo nd Ago itust
SoiFB" pposiffSoirii
' By EDWARD KENNEDY t t
ROME Aua. 15 (AP) Mony thousands of men from the army of Fronee and the battle-hardened
American and British divisions of Italy poured out upon the beaches of south
ern France today and struck several miles inland in an almost bloodless invasion. -crn
r.ui.ws . ( . j ! Un (mm tho enemv's thinned
Meet nq scant opposition, enner on me 3--"- ---- .- . -
and bomb-riddled defenses, the allies established a fourth major war front against Hitler,
by securing firm beachheads along a broad section of the Rmero between Marseille and
the Italian frontier. ' ' ' . ., i .j
(DNB in a Berlin broadcast, said aiuea troops "V?" T : . l 1
of St. Tropee, at St. Raphael and at Cap d'Antibes, all m a 32-mile, stretch of coast on
7 . . K - j .1 :j .. 1 twnn Tnulnn and Nice. The number and
both sides or Cannes ana onom miuwuj .... j. . , j n -j
strength of employed forces cannot be compared with the landing in Normandy, said
DNB. No turtner landing or supply tcci . - - - -- --- v---
TJ. . .. . ' ' j .....J..h . td ki,nhiil .aid. bv ths uthuMS
The landing torces were amazea, sunopv - - .
The great staD uo ine - unaer
belly of Europe," bringing the
battle for France .to full fury,
was backed by more than 800
smpsone of the biggest fleets
ever to churn the waters of the
Mediterranean, which Mussolini
once called his own, and by
great. air power. -
. TWA ifnnnc OWHPTYIPH nSllftre
-.""?. .Til -1.
.11 .1 1 .,n tnn avnuiM nnrDna ui liiirv-
Aug. (-- " r-""t"7 -M-fnr thpater
in southern t ranee --"rr" , S.r,
WAR
BULLETINS
REDS ASSAIL NEW
GERMAN POSITIONS
ROME
d lata toaay. .. njnt of sconnB a ereat
- fao S PWT) said- victory which might speedUy re-
P .Wmid.mo?ninPgW.n A Jt to eraUon of most or
w.r. proceeding ueerfaUr "" "H-e ay of France is in be-
eordlng to achedul. again.t onlT . fighting on its own soil
Haht oround opposiUon and no J"B s t it nnntrv
- ... I 111 I txic
tr opposiuon. . with au its traditions of victory
The supporting air b o 1 b e behind it. Remember 1918," was
operation was also successfully the lihging declaration of the
Muhtd." . 1 . i.,- nUiof nf hn Invn.
. buiiuumiuv, ... wi-- -
," ,': ! . '- sion'force. Gen. Sir Henry. Mait-
rome, Aua. ia (-)" land wnson.
1 ; . - I - allied I - Un.1.' nnnnaiffni
mvuiaw suniwiiiw.". w- . --
forces which landed in southern . striking after, sunriser Seven
France today has not neon !" waves of lnianiry spiaaneu
tied but reports published in ashpre in the first two nours
1 1 1 b ... I BT1 . I nitart fHAIninilllt nniHTIIVRS
Xjonuon omg w . m. .- 1 duu actMu j .
PUBLIC POWER EETS
Fight Gone From Germaiis,
Prisoner Interview Shows
Farmers Favor
Wage Ceilings
Growers attending a meeting
In Tulelako last night, sponsored
by 1110 1UI01BKO urowuin, ca
prcssed their desire for establish
ment OI wage ouiiiiik" iwi Auin
labor in the basin nroa.
rpunir nm inlnlnd Klnmnth
county growers in petitioning
lor a nunriiiK . on mo H'uHurai
which has 1 been tontallvely
set for Allgusi at nriurrm.
Wnnn lflhnn hntirHtt nf OrCIIOn
and California will conduct the
Joint hearing, at wnicn Dotn em
ployers ana muur u uvmu.
ri...Hn. nt Ihn nlnn is to es
tablish equalized wage scales on
tno tarms aim huv"" .i--,
rating, in the emergency period
ahead
A .n.nl.iltnn nnnmlntf the PIV
actmcnt by congress of proposed
legislation 10 rni" h""'"
power projects to the generation
. . 1 n ..I in nrpvnnt
them from constructing lines for
distributing power proquw.
was passed by the city council
Monday nlgnt.
There was some argument
among the council, but a 3-2
' I.n1n Ihfll V,f nO nil 111
cheap power would stimulate
competitive private enterprise
and produce a better palanced
economy in the Pacific North
west Councllmen Bussman and
(Continued on Pago four) .
Brennan-Cahoon
Submit Low Bid
Bronnan and Cahoon, princl
... I...I... nn thA Klnmath
pill UUHII11V..1..0 . - , -
Falls Marine Barracks, were low
bidders today on a f'"
rango at tho barracks. Their of
fer to build the elaborate range
for $91,593.85 was referred to
Washington by Lt. John M. Bab
cock, naval officer in charge of
construction. i .
Other bids were: Clifford A.
Dim" Klamath Falls $92,329.50,
nnd M. O. Bessonette, Medford,
$95,135. -
' By HERBERT MATTHEWS
WITH AMERICAN FORCES
IN SOUTHERN FRANCE What
I wanted to Know, iirst hl nn
upo nlanding with allied droops
llin Prnnrh rnnst today. WBS
nihv tho Germans did not put
un n ficht.
They had ample coastal de
fenses, gun emplacements and
wonderful hill positions behind
tho beacnes.
Cn T umnt etrnidht tn the-uris
oners' . cage where 125 Jerries
Soldier Reading
Rules Relaxed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 OP)
mw. .nnin insktiriK that Ameri-
can troops be allowed, full access
to political news, speedily passed
today amendments modifying
11. nn.ntnnninnriii nrovisions
Uiu ... (" -(-.-n---
of tho soldier voting law under
which the army ana navy uovt
banned numerous books and
magazines and some newspapers.
. Senator Green, elections com
mittee chairman, said the revi
sions would permit the sale at
army and navy stores of any
ennnno tYlHCTn7inA nr DnOK in
general circulation in the United
States subject only to tne uiu
its of available transportation.
Blood and Guts" Ration Disclosed as
Leader of Brilliant 3rd Army Campaign
were eathered. . It didn't take
lnne tn find out what was wrong
rpV.n. tiioen't anv fiffht iPft 1T1
llicic
them. One master sergeant said
he knew the army in northern
France had been broken. For
three months he had-reaiizea
the war was lost, he said.
"There's no reason" to fight,
he' added, "for whom should we
fight?"
"You mean you are not fight
ing for Hitler any -more?" . I
asked.
"Thai'. It " ho ronllpH "Anv-
way we have got nothing to
fight with."
Their dejection contrasted re
markably with the happiness of
me f rencn.
All nt tha nnTUn, nf nurcnnc
I talked to near the beach and
in the first town we captured
acted as if some dreadful night
mare naa miea iruin ineni.
In that town a crowd gath-
C1CU niUUUU II4C) OV.Vlll(, Ml" v
could speak French,- and told
me tneir woes iiuie 1000, many
humiliations.
"Whnt rtn vnil thinlr' nf Tip
Gaulle around here?" I asked.
'Wi urn nil fnr Dp Gaulle." a
spoKcsman answerea.
"And rUrniiH?" T oqirnrl
"Giraud too." thev answered.
floBrtu 4Vlov mount- tnou uiaro
VAV-CIA A J UIJ 1IIWU11 V J . W V.. W
nnti-Vich v. ' anti-collaborationist.
Onu sroun near the beach said
wistfully, "Monsieur, wa; are
happy : to see Americans, but .it
gave us a little heartache not
to see me r rencn come in. -
Jacob L. Devers as the com
mander were described tonight
1 Tk. wiinU aaen.
as incwiB". " " . ,
tion is under .the direction 01
Gen. Sir Henry Maitiand wii.
allied commander in the Mediter
ranean, and Devers is his deputy.
WITH THE CANADIAN
FIRST ARMY IN FRANCE. Aug.
W) Zc r.l
vaneed to within a mile of Fat
with great rapidity at many
nigra. oinnii n 1 25-mile stretch
of the Riviera between the great
port of Marseille and Nice.
They encountered only the
weakest opposition, for enemy
Jfnnnn V.nr4 VlAOn mil VAli 7fH hV
uucuaca iio t-"- - j
five straight days of a powerful
air offensive.
Shortly before dawn a large
n! Unmn nnmhal fftPPH Hpcnpnrt-
ed into the rugged hills which
By HOWARD S. COWAN
Representing the Combined
American Press
ARY FORCE COMMANDPOST
IN NORMANUx, Aug. jo mi
Gen. Dwignt u. r.isciiuuwt. ..
nounced today that Lt. Gen.
George S. P a t c ,n Jr, u
Blood and uuis oi i
Ian and Sicilian campaigns, is
. ,1 .ImnrMII third
leading vim -...y.. ",v.
army which has driven rough
shod over tno ucriimi.a ...
er Normandy and Brittany.
Spectacular Sweep
a i a ....... i . thn third
army had effected ho cutof I of
the Breton p?nlnsu 1 and help-
cd close a trap u;; " -,",
.1. ... mill, n Rnectncu-
scvenin hiiiij j- ;rm , -
lar sweep northward from Lo
T'French division of armor
. t-i .Torn HPS Lje
under nr.B. . ,lle9
cterc, wno j i" - vr,' .
from Lake Chad In Africa,,, is
fighting With Fatten. .
j h nnouncement ol Patr t
l . - rnnnH nnmn fit If1 T 11
ions. tUlllii'".." , V T I p.-
was revealed that u. uen.
Omar N. Bradley is mo
all commander of Ihe newly-
tormcd 12th U. S. army group
and Lt.'Gcn. -Courtney - n.
Hodges has taKon nrauiuor
mer place as commander of the
. .i ii aimw. The first
AmericHii i..i.7rf
and third armies are included
in tho 12tn U. o. army S'""!"
Elsenhower said that Patton
lind been on tho marching wing
iu. imnrinn snearhead
driving to envelope the Carman
seventh army ...'.
PATTON PROMOTED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (VP)
The senate confirmed today
the promotion of Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton Jr., to the
permanent rank of major gen.
eral a few hours after disclo
sure of his leadership of ihe
American third army in Nor
mandy and Brittany.
The chamber acted on the
unanimous reeemmendition
of Its mllilary committee,
The supremo commander added
that that was wnere rauuu m
longed.
The announcement confirmed
in4Kina mnt. pvervone. in-
ninHincr thn Germans, naa
...nnn Tt namp nt. n nress con1
ferenco' in which Eisenhower
-.-.-..ImJ thn eitnntinn in one
aVlllllll.li im-vi ...w - -
n ivia uinr'B most, critical ne-
uj. In.. thA rcnrmnns. nut
I tuua .v.. v.w - ;
Eisenhower warned against ex
pecting that tlie end. wouia
.n i,v b mnttpr nF weeks.i.'
. "This week is marking a
very definite climax in one
pnwse ui mo uiisia.- e
that has been in effect since
D-Day, the general said, jusi
..,..' Ill V. ,Un nn.iilt In thn
wnai wm uu inv. .v-avi -
tntnl nn nnn enn sav. It Is
Ulll VVJV1.1 w.. . v -
certain that German torces con
-.iJ nn nlll front nTO IHK
i .m.nl hug nn. In the
111 A DUV1I1V. MV...V...O.
campaigns lying ahead numbers
of such tactical victories must
be won because, even ,it we
realize our fondest . hopes in. a
(Continued on ragp tout;
vaneed to within edge rise from the cSIstline and went
a so today on the : ?r" ?g into a grapple with the German
of he Germans last e,pe gap defendrs for possession of key
from their Normandy pociteu communication points and com-
mandine vantage points.
T.ONDON. Aug. 15 UP) Tne The invasion was accomDan-
supreme hour has struck. ied by the signal from the
German radio saio iis i rencn national commiiree, ana
is the hour when we must throw I jjiied commanders to all French
i4n hattla the last little .ounce men-to rise- up against their
af strength." German oppressors and indica
I i; n,.M thot thA urAll-nrcnn.
IblVJlld ITU. UI". . A-..-
ized underground army of south-
The Berlin radio saio loaay ern 1! ranee nan responded.
iun...Bnn. nt members of the Srnrcslv a Shot -
French underground" had been Scarcely a shot was fired at
arrested in a surprise roundup, the big transport planes and
The underground announcement gliders which put the air-borne
was recorded by NBC. troops down, and the first re-
turning pilots of the massive
- LONDON Aug. la ur;- .ay- ugnter piaue hvjicch wihvu v.wv
forces of German infantry and ered the invasion said not a sin-
tanks COUnterattaCKing jloaT..j Bie euciuy uiaun v.pi'"""
in the area east 01 i-raga. - cany ujicmuu..
in in - , v.. to-I T.otnr whpn Liehtnlnes en-
BufD ""j.-ta . nnn. the countered the first German
puiieu by .""-". :n.H nlanps: tn be seen, three Messer
soviet commumvivio j-. 1H wor. hnt Howr, with.
out loss. . '
An allied spotter plane flew
60 miles inland without sighting
a single enemy troop concentra
tion. . - . --..')
While allied bombers struck
Incessantly at objectives inland,
(Continued on Page Three) :
I.': By DANIEL DE LUCE :vz 't
MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (JPh-Rui-J
sian forces started attacking
freshly dug German entrench-1
ments today in front oi . urav. .
jewo, two miles south of the ;
East . Prussian border,'. , after
cracking the steel and concrete.
forts around usowiec ana win- -ning
a bridgehead across' the
Biebrza river. . -
Gen. G.- F. Sakharov threw. -the
full ' offensive might of his -
second w n t e iussian army t
group against , thei Germans
tempts to reorganize ineir jTon- -tier
line just below .the JIasur
ian lakes. v ' ;
,,A. thundering, bombardment;
from' the air supported- the red
army attack. . ..-' '' ' ...
"The waters of -the - Biebraa
ran dark'red with enemy blood :
today," a front dispatch to I.
vestia said. Zakharov smothered
a. series of tank counterattacks
with his high-powered -drive ..
and struck directly in the rear ,.
of large enemy forces; tied up.,
in . the Suwalki triangle (which .
East Prussia annexed in -1939)
by Gen .Ivan unemiaKoysiiy a
divisions.; :" ."- . . ' ;- '
A German lonuiea - wu
three to six miles in depth lay
littered with fire-blackened nazi
tanks and wrecked field guns
behind Zakharov's vanguard. :
.1
tonight.
2000 Planes Hit
German Points
. r-KTTrr Antf IS- ff At
iivmwui a- v-. . , rv
least 2000 American and British
heavy bombers were hurled to
day against Germany, Holland
and Belgium while other hun
dreds of planes from Italy and
JIiBianv. ..v - - p. ,
on the nazis in the paths of the
invasions ot nortnern ana suuui-
C. n n
At least 19 German air force
t
Heup's Mill at I
Hambohe Burns.
Fire yesterday afternoon) de
stroyed the Western Pine 'mill
at i Harhbone, - near .McCloud,
n-nmtin hv A P. HPlltl Of
V1 11 ., V,T"-V 1 ' - '
Klamath Falls.- Damage was es
timated in excess ot ?vu,uuu.-
The blaze started near two die
sel motors and quickly spread '
through the 50,000-foot capacity
plant. Vigorous fire-fighting
prevented' the blaze irom spread
ing to 2,000,000 feet of lumber
in the yards or to the surround
ing camp buildings.
It is understood Heup plans to
rebuild the mill, if possible.
WEATHER
August 15. 1944 ' v.
' Max. (Aug. 14) 78i Min. 43 V
Precipitation last 24 hours..: v.00
Stream year to date !
Normal 12.28 Last year 1T.8S
, , Forecast: Clear .
Yank Bombs From China
Smack Vital Formosa Port
Turner to Be
North Bend CO.
Announcement came today
from North Bend that Lt.
Comdr. B. M. Turner has been
named commander , of the naval
air station there. He will suc
ceed Capt. S. P. Mahoney, who
is retiring from active service.
T.t Pnmitp. Tnrnpr is nt nrps-
ent serving as executive officer
at the Klamath Falls naval air
station, coming here from Pas
co, wash. His successor nere
has not been named,
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. - E.
Chicago 1 2 i
New York 3 T 0
. Haynes una Tresn; Kiioer ana nvmjB.y.
t iMiniriiu .KmiK '
rlA . r ...lai .ft .A
Rnitnn ':!!""!!!!"!. L. - ..5 t
1
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v.... ..?. ' Li.i... rot rn.. nt sinrl
Wagiwi.- . ... . .... ... t I
" By J. B. KRUEGER
Associated Press War, Editor
TTnrmnsa. anchor on Japan s
bases and non-operationai sia- . " water routes and only
Uons were deluged with around "erm,Zr nortn of the PhiliP-
knock out what is lett ot niuers Y.vT ' stiipll's
v. .,nit hnfnre the enemy can China, Gen. Joseph StuweUs
marshrh.is remaining strength headquarters announ
for all-OUl support OI me uea- j." ." .-". , i
perate German ground forces. the gland's main ports comple.
liiciivvv. ' J j
which have virtually neutralized
Halmahera island at the south-
nnrl .AnnnQltA (TlH nf the
evil niiw t't . - ,
Dl.llln.ina. Ti n A If S t TfiKBO
were hit ana tnree ireiBiucia
were sunk in the narrow water
way between Formosa and the
Land-based heavy.- bombers
stabbed -again "at Iwo Jlma in
the Volcano Islands some 600
miles from Japan, said radio
Tokyo. .- ;; ; '' ' " (.' !
Twenty -two Liberators , at
tacked the Japanese fortress
yesterday and were engaged by
fighters, the unconfirmed ene
my report declared; Two bombers-were
downed,, it added, j
Halmahera. big Japaneserheld
island lying between alligd
forces on New Guinea and tne
southern Philippines, has been
Everybody Knew
It Was Coming
SUPREME HEADQUAR-
. . t n r Tn T-vT7i TvY
TERS, ALliiBU j!,At-jiij-TIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 15 .
(p)The invasion of southern
France was perhaps the worst
kept secret of the war.
Thousands of - Frenchmen
and Americans knew it was
coming. Correspondents . . in
Normandy and Brittany were
nnn. lonllv nalrpft nhnllt it: both
by Frenchmen and GI's.- ,
Tne question whs hiuuiiu hid
first asked by Frenchmen in
towns, which had been cap
tured. . The French under
ground probably was told of
the impending invasion and
they told everybody else.
effectively' neutralized under 'a
rain or. air-Dorne expiuaiyca.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com
munique today said: ... :.
"The flexioiiity oi tnis greas
base is now gone. The- enemy s
.ii.d.u. at Malmnhpra and. at
contiguous intermediate bases
are practically- neutraiiou, -i"
. ! . 1.. lnt.l.
maritime iorces wubw i"- -dieted
and his, ground" troops
immobilized in their present po
sitions." ,- . ." ' Hi
' Explosion ana rire .
' Great fires and explosions)
were touched off . during three
great attacks; spread over about
two weeks. Halmahera , is . 200
miles west oftNew Guinea and
son miiec south of Mindanao,
southernmost ' of-1 the Philip
pines, MaCArtnurs ' greav. w-
jective. Like- the Marianas,, it !
is nart of Japan's inner defenta ;
line. . "". -:'-..I,.'iv'.V
Chinese forces lniensiiieo.
tacks on Japanese who took
..Innn. 4nm thnm lnt. W.eH
and heavy.fightlng was general
in- tne area.: xne Jal""'"cT
trying'to close a gap hi the Han- .
kow-Canton railway south ot
Hengyang, the Chinese are bat.
tling to prevent tjfat by reUIf
ing the city.