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m n? 10 Jl inn7(g MAS (fifth ($ Ms fw Thfl Shanta-Cuncuda Wonderland Auguit IS, 1944 Mix. (Aug. IS) 83 Mill. -.46 Precipitation last 24 houri 00 Stream ytar to data 10.62 Normal 12.29 Last year 17.85 Forecast! Claar. .Tiia inn nnii inn " ....... TCENTS 1111 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1944 .. TRAHK JENKINS ,i ED headqunrlcra I" Home Sh General Mulllnnd BS lives u u' morn: l " i" muiriil on: KIHMLY &SIIBD I" wuihern fcft.k They eight Plnundmo points." WKJ1orwlU .bench f bet Jw- Mtal. nmS "from Sl,u,rM0 "- rld we emit uo uw-uwii ."".. .. Into ho ran EVEIty U..din. In L, operations, there is uiwuy. K every cud I the cure Cm plin mint mrsh prop- ...Ill - fill nw th or b" my. . Until thl ormio m"'' bjnj, WO Jiminy i" II BOW aecms ni-j i' VhE leneral picture one gain 1 bora CASUAL rending of L headlines lolling o f the fcdini U ono of duck soup. Don't fool yourscu. H vat tnnv ' In wmo placet, Li i,h nrf bloodv in otheri. fort U tough and bloody fight- fa ahead, r f; (he whole lomllng operation, IMud nf the IllUirO UIKII1B 1I Won and Moroillo. 1 at UC Ftaiul ii now seems to be pot Lit, It will be because of the fcitand suts of tno men wno L the job. ,'. IIS Hire to rend George, Tuck- feri itory of tho landing in ill newirupor today, no iwy: The D an wan o 1MAG1NA- VIVE In conception and DAK m in execution It was origin' i3y ruled out by the nnvy oa lt impossible, but tho army tilled It could bo dono and no pjh Hanscr-Commando type ton , . . slipped ashore six pin before the mnln landings pfu, icalcd almost unscnlnblo fuai and overwhelmed the ucr pn crews of formtdublo coastal pterin so that troop trans put! could approach tho jump-fa-olf point with minimum fUnjer." The Job those boys did there P the dark was NOT duck PP. ! can be humhlv thankful tllBt thn Innrlinrt nnnpollnn fa UUthcrn Frnnprt hnm onnn an N. What has been started wm havo Important con Wuences that will bo told in aw oupaichcs of coming duys, - u toniusion clears. ANWHILE, another great ... iunun m dormancy W the Ulhnln it I. ..I...... k"Mly well although thero minor disappointments. Von m lj sold to havo got tho o his ARMOR (tanks, WPondcnt Hal Boylo. in will, linn n enntnh Inrfnii WtrtlUa bonds and appears tb We to mnss Its men and sup Tsiin a, break-through fo i,lno ,rlver to Join other "a ;u awarder that tho .nvin. nf FRENCH TAKE BRETON TOWNS; TBIINUZIS Troops Encircle 1500 Germans Near Paimpol SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. Ill (ll French forces of the interior have cap tured approximately a dozen towns, most of them in lirlt timy. and have encircled 1300 Germnns near Puimpol, a spec- iul communlouo from ucn Elsenhower's hvndiiuarters said todnv. Dlsnatchcs trom Miain quuicu advices from the French border as suylng that tho Maquis, act- nu under nre-iurunued plans, had launched a scries of at tacks upon German . garrisons n southern France as soon as they received news of tho allied landings. surround Towns Bv sundown last nlilht they ware said to have surrounded score o I towns, including Auch, Agcn. Montouban, Rodei, Perlguex, Tullo. AurllUc and Limoges. Serious German resistance was expected nt Limoges, these advices suid, nut ine omcr towns mentioned were reported manned by ; garrisons of less than 1000 men each. Ultimatums The German commanders of Pnu, nonr the Spanish frontier, and at Toulouse, capital of tho whole south-central nrou, were sent . ultimnlums . demanding their Immedlutp surrender. ; Vichy, meanwhllo, was re (Continued on Page .Two) Navy Air Station Construction Hits Full Stride i y r sm.' .. it " . .. ... ... t - . Al 1 -1 1 .. . i vi .1. .....ik nitriif nn nrtlvltlAI Bt til n&VBl BIT IXBllDn ntlT , .w . "wHh Ih? pourB of ioo'ting; lor th. officers' club -"d .ub.i..ne. uildlng . eon- tractors anterad tha . last. lap or, trie expansion pios" ViluiT .La'uZm 7 M iT. ground Is. the new type officers' quartar, which are of stucco finish end light in color. In con trast to tha drab graan lormeriy uato. ISLAND DEF .i v. iShnd llrKnnlzod units ! Tki bi0yonu Paris." a Dictum., nt TfmlT ,5!uoi tanks can't offset. WHy looms through the fog (oldB'?lansJ"l,y PATTON'S J'J,Bloqd and auts" u hnrir hrown Amcrlcnn Brmy has 'ward P.,iSponrhend 60 mllos d7rounrtlf,and is fKhng to 4 40 m.iDro;ix nd Chnrtros, The m', 08 fro,n tbo capital, MAV W? "? , '"BRosts that ho tlrclln? . "'"King nnolher on- l-bchl",, wmor arc to Patch Commands Yank Forces in ' Southern France ! ROME. Aug. 16 m The al lied forco attacking soutliern France Is tho seventh army, commanded by MnJ. Gen. Alex ander M. Paten or uuaaaicanai fame, allied headquarters an nounced tonight. The initial assault was execut ed mainly by the U. S. sixth corps, famous for its work on the Aniio beachhead. The seventh army also Includes a French forco under MaJ. Gen. Jean do Lattre do Tasslgny, who com mnnrlnH th "Iron DlvLMon in the battle of Rethcl in France in 1040. II S. Vies Admiral H. K Hewitt Is commander of naval nnnrntlnn and Brin.-Gen. Gor don P. Snvllle, commander of the 12th tactical air command, heads tho sir units. ' House Relaxes Propaganda Rule WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (P) Capping a hot controversy over what reading material and mov ies are fit' for fighting men's eyes and ears, the house passed loanv ana sonv iu uiu nini House legislation relaxing re strlctions on political propagan Approved yesterday Dy jne senate, the legislation maKcs avnilablo to sorvico men any. whoro. rending matter of Henor al circulation Bmong civilians Khl" 13 LEFT of M.t. ,l ? 8 battered m. sale by , DOulhllll.. . .. . . " worm waicn- the Rrw-, ,e laid tn I. IIIU OUII1U 'by 0,,, J,,vc bcon bombed If. Vu.r nnes.) S "Id onuercd army, :es over tho Seine t Tw i,r.,cit, Ihoro or. utn. f IrCifr' Russian bid y 'hat Bnt ,w aispatcnes Pletd hLi SS0Y?ky hM P " nult Plnns- built hI.ommSv?' "trengthoned S 9 got Vi i "T; a"a on- Hlns 5"?sl?n armies are Number 10238 ALLIES MENAGE FLEEING NAZIS NEAR FALAISE Surrender Leaflet s, Steel Showered On Germans S, P A CIF1C-SLEET HEADQUARTERS. Pearl Har- bor, Aug. Id OP)'" ' Japan's screen -of . Pacific Islands has been bombed again at both JU onds and near tho center at the Kurllcs in . the north, Iwo Jlmn, 700 miles south' of Tokyo, and tho Spice islands on the equator. ' Adverse weather limited the air war In ' tho Now Guinea- Carolines sector, dui iar to in west, heavy "bombers from rhino hnmhprt Takao. Formosa, tthd sank three freighters be tween Formosa ana mo uum coast, to add to hammer blows from every airecuon. r.nn nnualns MacArthur an nounccd today thot Liberator and Mitchell bombers, continu ing attacks which' have paral yzed Halmahcra as a Japanese base, rainca ouui a,,ii,v. and Ternate In tho Spice islands repeatedly Monaay, in"8" heavy , anti-aircraft fire. The bombs set warehouses afire and exploded ammunition dumps. South ol HOimanera, iuwoiu (Continued on Page Two) Pescadores Hit By Yank Bombs CHUNGKING, Aug. American Liberators bombed the Japanese naval base of Mnko in the Pescadores islands inrtiiv in the first blow at those enemy islands between Formosa and1 China.- ti, rnrmniA harbor of Takao l. fhn nn ihwcst portion of the big Japanese island were bomb ed at night by Liberators. All tho attack planes were from Mai Gen. Claire L. Chennault s U. S. 14th air forco. v No details were given on the Mako attack. Mnko lies about 1700 miles southwest of Tokyo and 400 miles north or tne r nmppines iT Wiesendariger, Roycrof ( To Run for Mayor Here Klamath Falls eltlsens cwld be sure today ;ojTy W iwo candidates for mayor at th Novembai alactlen Walter Wlasan- danaet'.and Lymr RoycTOft:-"T '7TT , vT . Both men have taken out petition blanks end have Matted gathering signatures that will place their name in nomination. Nominating patltion for the office of mayor requires 1100 signa tures, '- ' ".'.''. ', ' " .' "' Refuses to Run' . " " A number of other names have been mentioned In. connection with the mayor race since Mayor John Houston .announced he would not be a candidate for reelection.. Two suggestions , heard today were Myrle C. Adams, in- surance man, and tsogue jjaie, real estate, man although neither, has Indicated personally he is Interested., John Ebinger, attorney, has been urged by a number of citizens to make the race, but has made no announcement. Council Member Wicscndanger is at present a member of tho city - council, serving from the Hot Springs ward. He is a eroceryman, and has been active in forest pro tection work, tne L,lons ciud, nnd nthcr civic organizations. He is chairman of the merch ants committee of the chamber nf commerce. He indicated to day he will make a formal cam paign statement later. Roycrolt, a ine insurance man, has lived in Klamath Falls 15 vears. He has participated actively in many civic and fra ternal affairs, bond drives, etc. "Interest in Youtn" 'Mv Drimary Interest Is the youth of the city," said Roy- crotr. 1 sponsorea tne nan-nun recreation levy some years ago, and have worked for a worth while youth program for Klam ath Falls. : If elected. I intend to give a lot of attention to tne (uommuea on rage xwuj Investigation of Attack On Italians Now Underway SEATTLE, Aug. 16 (TP) Mil itary authorities today pushed an investigation of a negro sold iers' rock-wielding raid on an Italian sorvico unit's barracks at Fort Lawton and tho discovery shortly afterward of an Italian hanged In a nearby tree.- IvYZ. .i(. mithroak was re- ij i o nffinlfll statement frnm tho. Seattle port of emi barkatlon command, listing Italians and a lesser number of tho attackers as Injured. -The Monday midnight fracas was believed to be the first case of mob violence against former axis soldiers brought to the Unit- i di.ia. oa m-Unnnrs of war. Army officers said they were at a loss to expiam um -"nr" the sleeping workers. The state " t rofrnlncd from placing f responsibility for the Tneltalians, whom the army authorities describe as being care fully chosen, have keen engaged organization leaders havo protested against the frcodom auowea mem im ra,rntlnrtnl nctlvltlcS. : ' - The victim was identified as Gughielmo OHvanta. Tho army statement said "a phase of the Investigation vIll bo to deter mine whether this could have been suicide.". Tim .etnlnmpnt. COntinUCd! "Tho post authorities placed the atlacKing soiaiers t Tlinv nrnrhlsnn dlS- ciplinary action and said no further information would be available until the investigation "The Italian service unit has been at Fort Lawton (at the edge of Seattle) for several months and there has been no previous trouble or appearance Hf til tutH nn tho nnrt nf military personnel at the post. The unit Is made UP Ot volunteers wuu have been crfefully screened and found to be neither pro-nazl PFC Herbert Cox Now in Hospital PFC Herbert Cox. former Herald and News carrier and well-known local boy, has been wounded In action in France and js pow in a hospital in Eng land, Becoming m . wuiu . re ceived' here. PFC Cox, in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cox Sr., states, that he is re covering and should be well soon. The letter, dated August 6, falls to mention how he was Injured but it Is presumed that he was in action in France. ; J. . Surprise Call Answered by Fire Laddies D. O. Hood, president of the Klamath Heating company, stated Wednesday morning at the public hearing conducted by the public utilities commission that the heating plant definitely did not want to continue furnish inif hJeh, Dressure steam service to consumers . under the present conditions. High' pressure users are those companies which require higher steam Dressure to operate their places oi Dusiness. inese in clude laundries, cleaning - and Dressing establishments, baker ies, and dairies.- Hood was the only witness on (Continued on Page Two) : Miss Klamaih Selection Slated Miss Klamath will be chosen foment from 18 contestants who will appear at 8:30 on the stage of the Pelican theatre. The girls will present a pro gram, including -songs, dances, sneeches and dramatic readings. They will oe accompaniea Dy me marine orchestra, directed by TRet. .lack Zamzow. The decision oi ine juages win be announced at the theatre. Carl Werner, member of the state finance committee, will be one of the judges, but tne names of other members of the judging committee have not Been re vealed. . ' Immediately alter tne snow, contestants will go to the dance at the armory, where they will be Introduced by Jan Garber.- Klamath Falls' candidate for the title1 of Miss Oregon Will be ono of the following girls: firavce Van Cleave. Rose Marie Nielson, Kathleen Susmlll, Lois Bishop, Mary Mahoney, Virginia Howard, Edrle Smith, Jean Bo lln, Pat Brown, Virginia Benoist, Ruth Stelnerson, Genevieve Heup, Isabel Corr, Betty Lar vick, Janet Protsman, Carol Newman, Mary Louise- Sexton or Leota Thomsen. 1 Everyone was a little con fused. , ,, , ., An excited narty called tho city fire department Tuesday and told jiremen auuut a 6oj fire in the neighborhood and asked if the fire deport ment would send a truok right away to put it out. A hook and ladder was sent post haste to the scene. There was a fire all right. It had been started by members of the city fire department who were burning grass in a vacant By GLADWIN HILL LONDON. Auk. 16 P) The allies showered steel and sur render leaflets on the German seventh army's nell-mell retreat near Falaise today and, by Ber lin account, hurled an. American column within 4U miles oi Fans, threatening a new encirclement of fleeing German troops. German broadcasts declared the American third army, in a lightning 60 m i 1 e eastward drive, was battling near Dreux and Chartres only 40 miles from the capital. Potential Menace . These . armored spearheads, driving toward the Seine, car ried the potential menace -of swinging behind the enemy, and bottling . him up between the river and, the Atlantic coast. Seine bridges" have been' knock ed out bv dive-bombing. - Field dispatches declared Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge had pulled most of bis armor from- the vanishing Nor mandy front, but his batch be low Falaise had been sliced to eight' miles. Possible SO.OdO nana sun were tieming rear- guard actions within- the dwuv ling Normandy, pocket. r -SUryehderteaflets " T C. Allied Dlanes showered the en emy, with 2,000,000 safe conduct surrender leaflets. ' , 1 Both. - the' German high - command-Communique and nazi ra dio broadcasters said Americans of ..Lt.-Gen. George- S. -Pattern's third army had plunged ou miles eastward trom Aiiencon - ana were -battling on. a 20-mile sec tor between Dreux and Chartres. Patton.won Alencon in his drive northward from Le Mans into Argentan, wherehe brought in the southern jaw of the pincers of Falaise. , . . Reach Falaise Canadians on the north reach ed the outskirts of Falaise, and opened an assault on that com munications town. : Orderly until now, von Kluge's retreat began to show the first signs of chaotic confu sion. A British stafi officer de clared it was no longer being conducted according to plan, it was a case , of '.'just get-out if you can." Eight Escape Death in Crash At Railyards About eight men narrowly' es caped' death Tuesday night when tho "uneederV on. which they were riding on one of the tracks at the. Southern Pacific yards was struck by flat, cars on the same track. . 1 - Six of the men, all members of : a " Southern ' Pacifier' section crew, were taken to the Hillside hospital where they were check ed for -any possible -injuries. None was injured seriously and all had .been released from the hospital 'by Wednesday morning. The names of the men were not immediately - avauame. Troops Shove 8 Miles Inland FromlBeac By EDWARD KENNEDY yuMK. Aua. IB lP) The U. S. seventh army, reconstitute after its victorious campaign in Sicily, has smashed through German coastal defenses and established itself firmly in southern. France, penetrating inland as far as eight miles In some places, allied headquarters announced tonight. . . . Casualties in this newest invasion oi Hitlers eurepe were) officially declared to be exceptionally light, this resulting from "perfect coordination of all arms and services.". ... MaJ. Uen. Alexander ra. raicn oi ouaaaicanai iame was of ficially identified as the invasion commander. American and French troops make up his army. The original seventh army, built around the U. S. second army corps which fought across Tunisia, was headed during its Sicilian campaign by Lt.- Gen; George S. Patton Jr., who now commands the U. S. third army in -western France. Patch succeeded. Patton as head of the seventh army last spring. French Commander Identified -' ' French elements of the seventh are commanded by Ma. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, who escaped prison at Riom after being sentenced by a Vichy court to a 10-year term for organiz ing -armed resistance to the nazi invasion of southern France. - Field dispatches disclosed landings in the St. Tropez gulf area near Ste. Maxime, midway between the previously - an nounced operations at Cap Negre and the Drejus-St. Raphael area. One told of a steady movement of personnel and equipment ashore near Ste. Maxime with "only spasmodic harassing . fire from the enemy. . ' Reinforcements Blocked. - ' . British and American airborne troops-vaulting behind - the lines- were credited - off icially- with ". blocking enemy reinforce ments. Great fleets of U. S. troop carriers winged supplies and reinforcements by glider, and parachute, into the airborne bridge head today. uerman resistance generally continued relatively weak. Assault forces fought on through the night after overwhelm ing the first beach obstacles, i ' . ... One Landing- Prevented At one - noint. however, heavv German onnnsitinn . nrpvpnterf , landing craft from beaching, it was learned. . - , .' American and French forces are still streaming ashore-on' the beachheads between Toulon and Cannes. - - , The assault was facilitated throughout "by a superior air bombardment and was supported by naval gunfire said bv" oh-. servers to be heavier and more effective than during any-previous operation in the Mediterranean theater," a headquarters an.-' nouncement said. - - - - . "' "Airborne American and British : troops, together with .-the pre-D-Day bombing of roads, railroads and bridges, have success-' fully blocked enemy reinforcements. The airborne units are mov ing on predetermined objectives. . ; . Aggressiveness commenaea Patch was quoted as commending both French and American troops in the seaborne operations for "the aggressiveness, dis played by both assault and follow-up units." Allied Headquarters said me operations were proceeding ac cording to plan." ,-'.; . (Both Mice and Cannes, major seaside cities at the loothlUs ..of ' the Maritime Alps, were -declared in frontier reports to La Suisse, of Geneva to have been captured by the allies. The dispatch said MarseUe.wasimmlnently endangered -bjr a -"force. -of--French' partisans and 1000 -allied parachute troops). . : ; :. ; : -: Russian Troops Begin ; : All-Out Bid for Warsaw By DANIEL - DE . LUCE" MOSCOW, Aug. 16 m The red army appeared today to-be: making its real, all-out bid for Warsaw against bitter resistance In the Praga district just across the broad and swift Vistula from the besieged Polish, capi tal. . '.' . . " .;.;.:;.-' . Another menace to the Ger man defense system increased below East Prussia, where sov iet troops were driving through a 15-mile defense belt toward the German rail center of Lyck in the East- Prussian- Masurian lake region. Marshal Konstantin in Rokos sovsky's army group has been within gunshot of Warsaw since late July. For the first time in manv davs. the soviet commu- niniia mentioned the Warsaw battle, disclosing the destruc tion of a nazi lames ana ouu troops in a counterattack in the battle of fraga. - - Rokossovsky has completed his assault nlans. built up re serves,, strengthened . his com munications and eliminated strone German threat to his riffht flank and today was strik- Ino for the heart of the enemy ripfpnsp zone neiore.- niusa. Indications were that the strug gle on the east side of the Vis tula was in its final-stage." Strongly . Dug In Seasoned Russian and Polish troops now are strongly dug in in a semi-circle aroung. Praga, a orpnt industrial district, and their massed artillery ' and planes were strewing the bat- tleground . with' derelict tanks and sprawling German dead. rne .Russians announced at idnight that -Marshal - Ivan- S. Konev's army group which Aad taken 1500 square miles west of the Vistula in the area 100 miles below Warsaw and 35 from Krakow bad . killed ' M0i- 000 Germans and captured. 32, 360 in a month ending August 1Z. Previous announcements ran the aggregate of dead or cap tured Germans in tne summer offensive to 781,886 men, but the figure included - operations oi only six of the nine army groups reported in action, Nazi materiel losses were huge. , Dewey Forecasts Affiance As Result of Conference Missing Mine Owner Returns LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 16 (If) Mauriclo Hochschlld, missing Bolivian tin mine owner,, and Adolfo Blum, his La Paz man ager who disappeared July 30, drove up to the Hochschlld. resi dence last nfght in a taxi. The mystery of their - disap pearance was not - cleared - up imnwdUttlyi however, ,' 1 By JACK BELL ALBANY, N. Y.., Aug, 16 (P) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, assert ing that the Dumbarton-Oaks conference appears pointed toward a permanent four-power alliance, declared today that if the allies get off on the wrong foot of cynical power politics we will have lost the war before we havei won it." ' ;.: ! tin a prepared statement, the republican- presidential nominee enirl hfi had been "deeply dis turbed bv reports which. Indicat ed that at the diplomatic con ference it is planned to suojeci the nations of the world, great and small,- permanently-, -to the coercive power oi tne tour na tions holding this conference.". , Meets Next Week - : Representatives of -the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China will meet in Washington next week to begin preliminary conversations toward the or ganization of a world security sroun. -., t , - - - .Df-wev. 'whnsfe- statement was read to and approved by other f republican leaders, said if the fnnr nations attemptea to iorin a permanent alliance which would control the world "that-Would be the rankest form of imperial ism." -. - Selection Forecast Asserting that such a proposal would be rejected by the Amer ican people, Dewey said that "as Americans we believe with all our hearts -in- the equality, and the rights of small nations and minorities." - , . . ''In the kind of permanent world organization we seek," he said, "all nations, great "and small, must be assured or ineir full rights. For such an organi zation, military force must -be the servant, not the master. . "It would be a tragedy If the coming conference among the British. Russians. Chinese and ourselves should be distracted from the task of planning for a genuine world organization for neace bv .proposals - which amount merely to a permanent four-power military alliance control the world.'5 Police Pick Up Escapees From Training Schoof V A car stolen from'a''Silvertori man by two young boys, who had escape d. from the state -training school at Woodburn was recovered Dy state pouce Monday after the car had been wrecked -near Modoc Point. - The two -boys had made their way to Klamath Falls and barri caded themselves in a -vacant . house "owned"' by relatives of , one of them. According to the state police, when they ap prehended the two, one of them pointed a 'gun -at -me omcer, declaring that he would not, be taken back to the school. The boys are in the custody of Harold Hendricksen,.head juvenile officer ne(;e, awaiting the arrival or omcers irom, uj training school. Neither-of the juveniles was a local boy. but one of them had been picked up here before. Tokyo Admits India Setback t.nMnrw. Aue. 18 () The Tokyo radio acknowledged today - that Japanese iorces nave iu from' northeastern India Into Burma. .-' ' . .' "Japanese forces engaged in the India-Burma frontier region have been transferred ; Into Burmese territory where they are prepared for further battles, said the broadcast recorded by. the Associated Press. . Chetnik Leader's WifeDies London, Aug. ie (P) The wife of Gen. Draja Mikhallo vlch, Yugoslav Chetnik leader, has died in a German concen tration camp at Oswiecim, the Polish London government wa informed today by" the Polish I underground. ..'! hi nor pro-fascist." . . a f UUJ III WOW jor ie v-
