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T,IE German" In Normandy
T ,7, dourly I" bud w'V
Von KlMK" 7,h "my-
fflo mlU- long mid m.r-
SI MOUTH of IH Pocki-t If
I tt ll'K l written to about
fmilM Krom all around, Amur-
PM hot twl Into tho trup-
CJldJ" tho pocket, the Cor
piniare reported to bo pulling
HilbtlMfecnCaen and tho mouth
V. c.ina t tils who In urea
Ihivlnf got oo 1,01 'or ,hem 10
h . , .
I it appears thut tho bulk ol
1 Von Klimc'ii tanks got out of
to pocket. They were helped
br tM (et ''Hl I'10 "ullct
u,i.ii ihiv Mtormed wan
M narrow, with tho Canadian
doting Into it from ono iildo
mil the American frqm tho
ether. Unit wo Imcl to be careful
lokwp (rom SHOOTING EACH
OTllEll.
That gave tho German tanka
in opening and they seem to
iivo taken advantage of It.
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THEY aren't In tho clear yet,
' however. Uchlnu them lie
the broad Seine, whoso bridges
hive been destroyed by our
tfinei. The nail tankl have U
OCT ACROSS.
They may not make It.
AGAIN today a fascinating
n possibility la hidden In tho
h of censorship.
With one armored flat, Patton
lirtachlna for Paris. Willi an-
olhdr, he MAY bo striking down
lie Seine to get behind and fin
idi off the Germans fleeing from
the disastrous buttlo. of Nor
mandy. He Is at least striking at Paris
lo BOX OFF tho lower Soina
from Gorman reinforcement
through the capital, which is a
ipidcrwcb of highways and rail
THE muttered thunder of tho
guns is plainly audible In
Pins today. Tho Germans urc
ippcaling lo Hie populace lo re
main "CALM!"
N Chortrcs, t h o embittered
French nrnn nnH fnntrhl fnmi
lhln as wo nppronched from
Uhout. They fought so effec
tive y illlll II..." ul.,..,l !,
Ctrmans from destroying tho
Postoffico, but couldn't keep
"cm from dynamiting tho
Mtcrworks, tho power plant
"id numerous other facilities.
"e wrinkled Frenchwoman,
rrylnS fin nnnlnnl tlnlrtlnn
fie satvoKcd from tho last war
over her shoulder, ro
Wicd to our advance, patrols
... . IKl "mntl bom. boom
JMlnst tho bodies" oil last
She pntlcd ))cr WCBpon 8rm.
V iho spoke.
"
W u turn now to our beach
hood on the Riviera, Things
in,? 8,?no unbelievably well
"r us (here,
o HE than a toehold by today.
' ""Khly 50 miles lonR and
omn .Cll.n8 30 mlle wide In
fi.8pJla Altogether, it In-
Ti .. a,bout 50u "luaro miles.
livM U no llBnt corncr- "
fttCnT 10 thrW Ur
W have tanks and tank do
.Meet yfSonoKh ashore -to
Iho Lrim ST0P whatever
Sastt.1" tho way o
enemv d "8-for Ibo FIRST
ha, his mtcr tllrust. while ho
'dy .Tttr, 1,11(1 hl all
' OET nimJnnd nnd wo hnvo
CS. tho
"olll a thl,,lln8- Instnnco
"sht na 5 Co-ordination of our
day, g ,orcca w tho news to-
'"contfnu 0llrs ,of the
Jwucd on Pago Eight)
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1944
Number 10239
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ies PiBiicii uitSeli Fromit ion Sratl
27 HUES I
FU CITT
Troops Seize Four
v Key Towns Nea r
. Capital ' f
Invaders Take
Area of 500
Square Miles
By NOLAND NORGAARD
HOME, Aug. 17 iI' Allied troops have punched out a solid
front 50 miles brond and about 30 mllos dvep along the coast of
southern France, Mai. Gen. Alexander M, Patch's seventh army
headquarters announced today.
On the weit the invasion forces drove within 10 miles of the
historic old fortllied naval base' of Toulon. On the east they
were within 10 miles of the plctureique resort of Cannes. The
invaders apearheaded by three veteran Amorlcan divisions and
supported by heavily armored French forces, had seisod an area
of approximately 500 square miles.
(The German communique said the allies already had pene
trated Cannes, German broadcasts reported airborne troops had
Hindoo nurinwesi or ninnes ami
entered the town uttur bloody
fighting. Although the Germans
declared they wero shelling the
town from nearby heights,
broadcasts Indicated they had
little hope of holding tho town
where Nnpolcon landed In 1815
to begin his famous lOO-dny
campaign.
The allied announcement list
ed nine other towns In allied
hands the coastal towns of St.
Tropcr.. Stc. Moxlme, St. Ra
phe!, Frelus and Lo Lavondou,
and tho Inland communities of
Lo Muy, Lo Luc, Lorgues and
Collobrlcres.
Center of Lines
Lorgues, the farthest Inland,
Is 27 miles from the coast at
Cap Cnnnrat nenr St. Trope in
tho approximate center of the
beachhead front.
It was probnblo that the al
lied vanguards were well be
yond H these points, and there
was a possibility that ithe as
sault on Toulon might already
have begun, since the enemy
still was offering only limited
resistance.
May Make Stand
The Gcrmnns mny have con
centrated considerable forces In
(Continued on Pago Eight)
ISLANDS. DEFEWSES
BLASTED BY BOMBS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
sni 1WKST PACIFIC. Aug.
17 (i)Allled bombers from
tlirnn HlfWllCI'H of COinbllt lolllcd
in new blows, reported today, nt
enemy-held islands ringing jno
Philippines nnd at tho Philip-
nlnnu thmnfiplVCS.
Uomuers from the Australia
New Guinea theater struck nt
Hiilmnhora, 300 miles south of
Mindanao, Ti.csday, and at Min
danao's principal port, Dnvao,
two nlghU earlier.
Planes from Central Pacific
bases pounded Truk atoll in the
rnrr,lln,. with 57 tons of bombs
Sunday, nnd also hit Ponnpo in
the Carolines, Wotjc,. Mnloclnp
and Mill in the Mnrshnlls, nnd
Nauru Island, sunany ana mon
Chlnn-bascd clones bombed
(Continued on Pago Eight)
Roycroft Leaves
Race for Mayor
Lynn Roycroft, who was dis
closed yesterday to be n enndi
dato for mayor, today announced
ul- ...Mhrlfnufnl "hnfnrn nnv
scmblanco of o race is formulat
ed
Roycroft. In a letter to The
Horn Id nnd News, snld thnt the
e.A..liTw4 hia nnsiHrm as nn
employe, and his primary public
Interests, aicxnien ms uo.-bmii.
His wlthdrnwnl left City Coun
cilman Walter Wlcsondnngcr
alone In tho field as a mnyoralty
candidate, nnd no other new do
(Contlnucd on Pago Eight)
REDS
REACH
UNI
L1
IN ASSAULT
LONDON, Aug. 17 P) The
Russian communique said to
night red army troops had
fought their way to the East
Prussian f rontlor northwest of
Marlampolc, reaching the soil of
pre-war Germany for tho first
lime. - - iM.w--
Tlie war bulletin said tho Rus
sians touched tho frontier at the
Szesjupa river, cutting the bor
der about 30 miles oast of tho
East Prussian communications
center of Tilbit. . .
MOSCOW, Aug. 17 m The
Russians smashed back today
with hundreds of field -guns at
tho narrow wedge driven by nazt
tanks and Infantry into Ossow,
seven miles northeast of War
saw, In tho first soviet setback
since tlic start of the summer offensive.
Tho army newspaper Red
Star said tho nazis were under
severe pressure after losing 68
tanks nnd suffering several
thousand casualties in a two-day
counterattack from the Praga
district, just opposite Warsaw on
the visluias east oaiiK.
Elite Guard Hit
At least onu SS (elite guard)
division was reported put out of
action.
This nnd other red army suc
cesses elsewhere on the long
eastern front bnlnnccd the with'
drawol from Ossow.
Soviet forces west of tho Vis
tula south of Warsaw smashed
Into the city of Sandominerz in
the buttle to expand a bridge
head that threatens to outflank
the Polish capital and Imperil
(Continued on Pago JUigni).
Former Bonanza
Man Killed
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hamaker
r Dnnnnifl l,n,0 l-OPPluoH Uinfri
that their grandson, Reginald
IjriSSCZ jr., luilliuiljr ui uuiiau-
za, had been killed in a training
plane accident at a naval train
ing base in Florida,
Young Grlssez was tho son of
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Grissez,
now living in San Francisco. He
attended school in Bonanza,
moving to the south a few years
aklie enlisted In the navy a year
ago, just after his 17th birthday.
Un tiMie In frnlnlnir ns a tail din
ner in the na.l air force. The
plnne In which ne was inavciing
fell into tho sen near hltt base.
Parents have no further par
ticulars on tho accident.
Nimitz Promises Japs Dose
Of "Powerhouse" Tactics
By AL DOPKING
GUAM, Aug. 11 (Delayed) (Pi
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, prom
ising Japan a dose of power
house tnctlcs, emphasized today
on his first visit to reconquered
Guam that the great fleets under
Admirals Spruonco and Halsoy
wore ready to wage non-stop
war against the Japanese.
He rralsed the home front for
providing tho tools necessary for
h(his dispatch, dolnyed for se
curity reasons, Is the first expos
Son of Admiral Nimitz' . frank
discussion of prospects in the Pa
cific war. Adm,- Raymond . A.
Spruance commands the mighty
rmi. nnr,i oai1 Arim. Wlllinm F
Halsey has been assigned to lead
the third fleet.)
Mariana Springboard
Tho Marianas, said Nimitz,
will bo tho strategic sprlng-
h n n r ri. lidding that Willie
.,o nt ihn flrnt Inmns is strikins
tho other can be planning new
blows. He said the seizure of
Snipan, Tlninn and Guam fur
nished excellent bases "to move
in various directions we nave mi
t,
"We believe In powerhouse
tactics. W- carry along an we
i..,a Wa urnnf what we'iinddr-
lake to ao thrdush. We have hot
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Miss Klamath and Alternate
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mi.. vinmm To.n Rnlln nH hsr alternate. Pat Brown, smile happily after their selection by the Judges' committee from:
"18 of Klamath's most beautiful and talented girls" at the show presented on the stage of the Pelican theatre Wednesday night.:
Miss Bolin will go to Portland early in the fall to represent K lamath Falls in tha Miss Oregon contest to be sponsored by the
state war finance committee, t ' -- V " . " ' '- r - ' v- ;" - ,
CLOSE OPERATIONS
Lamm Lumber company,
pioneer Klamath logging and
lumber manufacturing concern,
will close its operations at Mo
doc Point about October 1, it was
disclosed today. At the same
time, it was revealed there is a
strong possibility a lumber re
manufacturing plant will be
established on the plant site at
Modoc Point.
W. E. Lamm, head of the firm,
said that the last log was felled
by the company's loggers about
(Continued on Page Four)
Hartley Killed
In Saipan Battle
Word has been received that
PFC Chad Reld Hartley,
USMCR, lost his life in action
against the Japanese at Saipan
on June 15. PFC Hartley was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam L. Hartley qf Bonanza, and
was a resident of Klamath coun
ty for IS years prior to his en
listment in the marines in Sep
tember, 1942.
He had been previously in
jured in the battle of Tarawa
when- he received the Purple
Heart. He also had received a
Presidential Unit Citation.
PFC Hartley was 22 and had
been overseas for a year. He
attended school in Bonanza and
was woll-known throughout
Klamath county.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hart
ley; a brother, Robert F. -.Hart-lev,
and two sisters. Elsa Hart
ley and Mrs. Gloria Wooten, all
Of Bonanza,
Allies to Occupy Germany,
Japan, Despite Surrender,
Reports FDR on Return
By HOWARD FLIEGER '
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17 (Jf)
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington today from a 15,-000-mile
war trip into the Pa
cific to declare that allied'
armies will drive in and oc
cunv Germanv and Japan even
should resistance collapse short
of enemy borders.
It was the first definite as
sertion that Germany and Japan
Killed In Action
r J
PFC Chad Reld Hartley, ion
of Mr. and Mrs. William Hart
ley of Bonaniar was killed in
action on Saipan, according to
word received here. , ,
will not be able to uise- the
allies' own war goal uncondi
tional1 surrender to keep our
forces out of their homelands.
Will Not Escape
.This time, the president said.
Germany will not escape the
military occupation which she
dodged by armistice in the first
World war. .. '
Mr. Roosevelt made the state
ment to " a news conference
aboard his special, train as it
approached Washington at a
time when allied forces were
pushing ashore in powerful new
landings on me southern- coast
of France. - : '
To Discuss Tour
The president back in Wash
ington after a 35-day absence
that took- him to Hawaii and
the Aleutians where his ship
skirted within 800 miles of Jap
anese territory planned to dis
cuss his Pacific tour as soon as
possible with military leaders
and Secretary of State" Hull.
, He also will meet promptly
(uonunuea on rage uignu
Two Klamath Men
On Casualty List
Two ' Klamath ' county i men
were named Thursday in a war
department announcement as-be
ing wounaea in action.-- , .:
Pvt. Gordon D. Watson, son
df Hugh h. Watson of the Klam-
Sth hotel, Klamath Falls, wasrl
wounded while in action in the
European area.
Private Robert D. Murray, son
of Claude Murray of Bonanza.
was woundefl' in action in tne
lueaiierranean (.neater. -
II
"It's the way. they always say
wishing. will make.it so," ci
mented tiny, elfin-looking Jean
Bolin on the "most exciting mo
ment of her. life" when she was
chosen Wednesday night to rep
resent Klamath n alls in the Miss
Oregon contest to be held in
Portland this fall.
- Jean considers her success in
this contest as one more step
toward tne realization ol her
dreams, and is confident r
that wishes do come true. 1
She is a fraction over five feet
tall, has expressive brown eyes
and brown curly hair that ;her
grandmother used to "do up" on
(Continued on rage iourj;-:
By GLADWIN HILL'
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 17 VP) Tha
U. S. third army in lightning
thrusts toward Paris sliced '
within 27 miles of the western,
suburb of Versailles today after
seizing four key cities and
plunging across the Aunay river.
la . miles- beyond fallen Char
tres. -'.. ...
(A . German high command-
broadcast said the allies , were'
only 23 miles from Paris at St
Arnoult on the road from Char.
tres.) . - ;,
.Five Miles Away . . .. w
.Versailles is five miles west
of the capital menaced by Lt.
Gen. George S. Patton's armor
ed avalanche, which had' envel
oped Chartres, ' Dreux, Chateau--
dun ana Orleans, west , and
southwest of Paris.- i
Patton had struck within 20
miles of the Seine, threatening
to pin against that great - rives;
the remnants of the German
seventh army fleeing from tho
Falaise pincers. - - '--- J.
seise Falaise -
Simultaneously the Canadians)
bursting, forward seized Falaise
and crossed the -.Dives, river.
They took St. Pierre to tha--
northwest in " a new eastward'
offensive." and- - also - -toppled..
Troaxn,:. seven .miles east ol'
Caen. The Germans were re-:
ported retreating on a 30-mila-front
from :Falaise north to thep
channeL -
The captured, cities of Char.
tres, Dreux, Orleans and Chat'
- (.conunuea on rage ight)
Police Pick Up ;
35 Vofatbrs t
About 35 pedestrians wer
picked, up by. city police Wed
nesday for jaywalking and walk
ing. -against the walk and wait
signals. : i - -..-.'' ,
- Ihis week was the start of a
campaign .by : the traffic safety
council and' city police to stop
the 'two ioff enses. More . people
are being picked up for jay
walking than for not heeding tha
traffic signals, according to city
police.-- - .-.'-..-. j '- -t.
Hull Refutes Dewey Charge
On World Peace Conference
WASHINGTON, Aug." 17, (VP)
Projecting a full-dress United
Nations) conference on world se
curity, . possibly this fall, Secre
tary of State Hull today termed
"utterly and - completely un
founded" the concern "expressed
by Gov.-Thomas E. Dewey lest
the big-four powers "dominate
the -earth by force." '
. Hull met reDorters informally
shortly after issuing a statement
in reply to the republican presi
dential nominee's assertion that
the equality and" rights.' of small
nations must not be . sacrificed
to ."cynical power "politics. In
his- formal reply, the secretary
said:- - -:f-v-.---v-j-v :
Not Contemplated
-."No arrangement such as" de-
. scribed by him, which would in
volve a military alliance of the
fqur major nations permanently
to coerce the rest of tho wbrlrjl,
is contemplated or has ever been
contemplated by this govern
ment, or. as far as we know.-by
any "of the other governments'
Indicating great optimism that
the Dumbarton Oaks security
talks starting Monday will re
sult in long strides forward, Hull
said he favored a full dress con
ference thereafter, adding .that
perhaps" lt could be held in tha
Fail. . : i ; l !Ut I
Warns Against Quarrels
..' Then, in an obvious amplifi
cation of his statement. replying
to Dewey's expressed concern
that Britain,' Russia, China and
the. United States might seek to
"coerce" the rest of the world In
setting up plans for postwar
peaca to be backed by force,
Hull said the course of Ametv
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Paris Now CtyC
6 Front Unei
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IJLOKTDON. ,Aui . 17 -P)Pnvfa '
i now a-"front line city" and
they; thunder f of -approaching;
American, guns can be heard
in-.thercityv -the .German radii
said at 4 p., Jm. today
- The; German report , pictured
the French; capital as a city, of
chaos without food, transporta
tion, or- police.,: The. gendarmes
were' said to "be . striking. ' :-
. r- The churches are overcrowd
ediand special prayers are be
ing, said at:.Notre -Dame," said
a T r a n s'o'c e a "n"' (propaganda)
agency broadcast, from Berlin..
"For the first tune, te: -intermittent
thunder of -guns Was
heard in Paris this ' afternoon
The whole aspect of the Frenca
capital is " assuming . that ' of - a
front line city." . , , . . .
Fire Blazes in :
Hills Near Town 1
.Fire broke out this afternoon .
in the hills . northeast of Klam
ath Falls.;: . . , t
i The blaze ' blackened an area
between Colman's dairy and the
Baker rock crusher. Numerous
roads . and trails in the area
were expected to aid in quick
control of the-.blaze. ' v
Klamath - cbunty, the. Klam
ath 'Forest ' Protective associa
tion and the Marine Barracks
sent men into' the district - inv
mediately. - - '
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