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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1944)
PACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FRENCH TAKE ON TOWNS I PUP NAZIS (Continued from Page One) sorted in a turmoil, with col laboralionists attempting to flee the city and armed guards pa trolling the streets. The AFI (independent French agency) quoted a dispatch from Bern as saying 10.000 French patriots were "advancinc toward Vichy nd that they were being joined en route by hundreds of re cruits. The same dispatch asserted that other patriot forces of the interior were moving on Bor deaux, - (Continued from Page One) Ceram, air patrols sank eight coastal craft "small sailing vessels, indicative of the extent to which the Japanese have Been forced to press any avail able snipping into service, a jdacArthur spokesman said. Shipping Hit Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an- nounced meanwhile that army Liberators hit Japanese s h i p- ping near faramusmro in the Kuriles Friday and also bombed the airstrip at Suribachi. They fought off IS to 20 enemy planes, shooting down at least three and possibly eight. Navy search planes bombed Installations on Shumushu and on Araito islands, off northern Paramushiro, Saturday. They also sank a patrol ship. Iwo Jima Raided Marianas-based bombers raid ad Iwo Jima, in the Volcano . group, Pagon, in the northern Marianas, and Rota island, eouth of Saipan, Sunday. One of the Liberators which plastered Iwo't airfield with more than 35 tons of bombs was shot down fcy aggressive enemy fighters. Despite unfavorable weather, other planes attacked bypassed Japanese positions on New Guinea, New Britain, Bougain ville, Palau, the Marshalls and Nauru. At . Honolulu, Elmer Davis, director of the office of war information, observed upon his return from Saipan and Guam that "More Tokyo governments will have to fall before the Jap anese are ready for the uncon ditional surrender we shall de mand." , New York Amusement Park Razed by Fire . IS 'r.r lt( 'v ---sr- (MtA Ttltnboio) names sweep Palisades-Amusement Park. New York's third major fire in three davs, driving out 2o,000 Sun day pleasure seekers. More than 100 persons were Injured. 25 of them seriously, and three-quarters ol the park was destroyed with damage estima led at $750,000.- U. S. Navy photo. Sham-poo? li at- Grain Fire Losses fff Hit Record High SPOKANE, -Aug. 16 (JP Grain fire losses so far this year in eastern Washington are near ly four times greater than for all of 1043, Chief Deputy Fire Mar shal L. L, Bergunder reported to day. He .said $128,000 worth of wheat had been destroyed - in fires razing 3647 acres. . - Most of the blazes started in tinder-dry grass and spread to nearby grain fields, Bergunder said., . GREAT ROAD niTTT.nrn Colbert, who became comp troller of France in 1661, was ine great roaa DUllder of his na tion. He ordered rnmnnlcnn, i-. bor fpr all able-bodied peasants uui au.uuu ujues oi roads, AlthOUfih We Vtnth oi-4f. ficial and natural light every day. no. one knows what. light J3 - 1 J ..... .w... --y - f l lit WW - v (U. S. .Army-NEA Hodio-Tclcphoto) Bent over a G. I. helmet, WAC Sclma Herfor of New York City gets what they call a shampoo in France from WAC Claire Dick- man of San Francisco. Its Claires turn next..'. Woman to Undergo Psychiatric Exam SEATTLE. Am? Ifi ion - Earl Flynn, 27, was to undergo a psychiatric examination todav. nmig.i-iuice -apt. J. M; fllC. Carthy said, after week-old son died in a hospital -McCarthy said Mrs. Flynn ad- uimea me attack, saving shp couldn t "stand the strain" of caring for children and "did not mum sue was lit io be a moth- CI. . - Food Consumes Most Fats Americans use about 11,000 000,000 pounds of fats and oils a year. Of this, 67 per cent is used in the form of food, 20 per cent as soap, 8 per cent in paints and varnishes, and the rest in varied products.. Box Office Opens 1:30-6:45 StaM'ts Thursday PHONE 84B4 I Box Office Ooens 6:4S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FUNATICSJ turner . r 1 1 iZf - fellXT GILBERT , 'also ' !. mm H .31 un oi - ! The Road to Berlin By The Associated Press 1 Russian front: 322 miles (measured from eastern suburbs of Warsaw.) 2 Italian front: 603 miles (measured from Florence.) 3 Normandy front: 626 miles (measured from Soignolles.) 4 Southern France: 630 miles (measured from Cannes.) Wiesendanger, Roy croft, to Run For Mayor Here (Continued from Page One) youngsters coming up and the boys coming home from' the war. . . Meanwhile, it began to look as if the city treasurer's job might go begging for candidates at the November election. City Treasurer Ruth Bathiany said some time ago she will not run,' but no one else has indicated publicly an interest in succeed ing her-in the $135 a month part-time job. ' - Interesting Question - What might happen -if no candidates should file poses a subject for interesting specula tion. Mrs. Bathiany could serve until her successor qualifies, which could be for another term if no immediate successor qualifies, but she has indicated she wants to leave the office and would probably resign under those circumstances. No councilmanic candidates have as yet appeared .on the horizon. .'. Classified Ads Bring Results. HOOD TESTIFIES AT HIM HEAT (Continued from Page One) the stand Wednesday morning nt Hie hearing conducted by George N. FIbxs. state public utilitit-s commissioner, and Da vid Dun, also from the public utilities office. The hearim: con- corns the proposed rate increase aim tne Hogged fuel different ial usKoci d.v vne neniiug plant. City Against Discontinuing J. H. Carnahan. city attomrv went on record at the in, -,,;,-. of the hearing by saying that the city did not want high pressure steam sen-ice discontinued and the cost should be based on the iui-1 mire ai inr nnn-K. n. point. ' "'"'" The proposed tariff ... the heatine cinmum- .-,n .n-... , " -, ,- ..... anuw w an approximately IS pr " "v"- tr me present iiiui wouia oring reve- of fuel and i handling; ' WiU Comply It was brOUL'ht nnf u tnat the comoanv wnnM k ...in ing to accept the rates that ih. commission decided were fair hearings have , been corn It was also hmi.i-hi t... Commissioner Flagg that under ...v H'inra inrui regulations, tne company must furnish high pressure service to users need- lne It. as Inner n fnnl i. ...-it able. BU Fuel AvailabU At the hcarincs nn n,i complaints in June, it was stated by witnesses that In nmn i- stances, the heating company did h'v-r up an ine met tnat was liable at thn limn BnJ u later had to close down because of lack of the fuel. It has been claimed by heating company officials that the rates charged by the local company are out of line with other com panies on the Pacific coast. The hearing was being contin ued on Wednesday afternoon. RABBITS USE "RADAR" When frightened stamp several times on the ground with their hind feet. making a sound which can be heard a lone wav nff TM. l danger signal to fellow rabbits, who scamper off to safety. - I Even Judges Pay Fines PORTLAND. Aug. 18 dV) A man presented a traffic tag to a police department clerk and handed over money to pay his fine. "Name, please?" asked tho clerk. "Seabrook," tho offender replied, "Judge John B." "Thought Judges didn't have to pay their fines," the clerk rcmnrked. "They do when they're guilty," replied Portland's municipal judge. Broadcast From Air Station Heard Over Blue Network A broadcast from tho Klamiith naval air station Tuesday eve ning went on tho air to radios nil over the country via NBC's Blue network when Jan Gnrbrr and his orchestra broadcast thn Coca Colas "hpolllglit Bands' nrogriiiii from tho station. 'l'hu program also wimt over int'iil radii) Minium ivi-ji and Kluiuiitli residents heard the spotlight iiunin announcer toll that I lio prog nun was holng oroiKiciisi in - iiuic-niNii iviiiinnth Fulls, in thn midst of Oregon's snow-enpped mouniiiins. Damage to Crops Prevented by Quick Repair of Canal Serious duinngo to Mulin's p Intn crops win provrutcd by (he imnieniiitn repair or n brcnk In Ihu ninin Irrigation cm hi I of that ii it a rruiiiy nigiit, reports John Jieber, county commissioner. As It wus nocexsiiry that tho wu.ih-oiit hi) repaired wllhin two nuys. mo nrimiino was called from Its Job between Dairy and Ilnminzn. 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