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JHtporti iroin tho Cermon mv, heard In London, wiy itkri lilgnei mimury "uvir in urilng nim 10 wnnarnw iANCE within tho next four or IVK uraw u-v,w, ol his forces. 6 rn uniiiiA eenftor clouded hint that we may Hie to iron ine iiceinii ucr. b BfctuHb nicy rcocn ma fit - Correipondent Roger nw cioics: 'Ainca iruup in Iww vine VNruicA.rNCi Laeuver are rnoldly scaling M.Iran on Von Kluno's fcktn 7th army." A Brltlah ui ouiccr acids: "Tlio imp la Ixht and tho circle la bcins lepleted." - - m guciscs Hint ration i-ii have a finger. In tho siding of the trnp. mS U almost totally hidden 1 today in the mlata of censor- Hie German racl o say Amcr- pn lank columns aro only 12 uw away. Tho Paris radio W silent. The last heard from i ll a guttural voice shouling: Sie Kommcnl" (they aro com- 'ichy goes off the air. P? big question Is will the uciiimm miiKo a siana on ! north hank l Ik. Cnl 4 .... wnn, ma ouiuur' Thpv Krvn n..i AN they? Mi" don't 1 1 1 1 . Well, it uiin i,.. . u nyway, . bUR HIvlora landing was lin " . lur iprosumnoiy l.!,0,u"(lccl "d missing) mo. w' Wcvo tRKcn W Gwmn,, prisoners, Incltid- rer i ni,u a11 l"- tm JO. miles today Km-U,S" a.na ,lx ml'c rom llna nr.. " ,,aln between tho E Ltll0.dl8",'t!hc. H rather sTARsiNn 'i."c mny.be BY- land h..Vii lu"lon ""d Marseilles &??inJR,for 1110 lvel Rhone "."uing nortnwnrd. fro the Swiss border, on Omiv p n,8horo of Lake Mm lienc. ' MbciuIs (brUB" S 11,0 v"la8 ' An I. v,n0"r 8 three-hour bat- WiTJ ,fleo t0 '"tern, flufi nnJWltzorlnnd'' Tho Ma m 5,1 con.lro1 entire i ff, from thorn. iing "viiTn t? J,'v Slre snout ; (W. .? 9 Gnullo." month, h,,?1 fi? 2 Gau"e hourY- m a tll0'r man of tho Three hnlS'lerfl Russian GVrlaten East Prussia. farparSiwn8 vel Rejects cW Request eJecH Muir f-,01- Wavell' has H for L'10" K- Qnndhl's mmcdiatTti!rnce to dls- 8tfthii .ul'cGn torlnv anJ u- to "ScvefoS of Brltl,h Power feCfoS, t8irength 8a'ned hvy sald "othlnn could .&Spt&? conference jj. insider . "D woum be e ad Germans Burn Towns in Path Of Red Smash By The Anoclalod Prost MOSCOW, Aug. 18 Tho Gcr mans aro suiting fire to EiimI I'russinn frontlnr vlllngos In the path of Russian divisiuns drawn up at tho borilcr, advices from the front said tndny. Soviet filers Kiild tlio torch had been put lo Schlrwlndt, among other villages, ami Hint angry columns of smoke and flumes were licking tho Eust Prussian skies. Gon. Ivan Chcrnlnkliovsky's third white Uuuu I nn army group was reported mosnlng for a cross ing of the Szeszuppc river, which forms part of the German bound ary. Tho forces of the 37-year-old tank export, after buttling for two weeks agulnst fresh nuzi In fantry and armor in western Lithuania, succeeded In smushlng German resistance and advanc ing to the Enst Prussia border yesterduy, a soviet communique announced. FulIU Assault Tho Germans, in a desperate attempt to check the Russian advance, launched a futile as sault against the extreme end of Chcrnlukhovsky's right wing, at tacking northwest, west and southwest of Slaullal in Lithu ania. Soviet front reports said en cmy losses were heavy as the nuzls threw in wavca of tanks and Infantry in an unsuccessful effort to brcuk through Into Chcrnlnkliovsky's rear. Gen. Ivan Dagramlnn's first Baltic nrmy joined Chornlakhovsky's flunk guards in the stubborn de fense. Trlpl. Thraat Mad Enst Prussia, where decisive buttles of tho first World War were fought, was threatened by three powerful Russian armies along a front nearly 200 miles long, extending from northern Poland at a point below the Suwalkl trlunglc northward be yond the Nlcmcn river In north ern Lithuania. Tho third white Russian army was reported 40 miles east of the rail city of Instcrburg and 89 miles from tho East Prussian capital city . of Konlgsbcrg, both astride Its direct westerp route. It captured 30 settlements in the past 24 hours. . . .'. . McLeod, Ostendorf Enter Three-Way Race for Post Ed Ostendorf. retired automo bile dealer, said today he Is a candidate for mayor. His can didacy was revealed close on the heel of that of Kenneth McLcod, efficiency expert at a local mill, who took out petitions for the mayor's Job yesterday. Thot puts three In the field. City Councilman Wnltcr Wlescn danger camo out earlier In the week.. A mayoralty candidate must bring . In nominating petitions containing 1100 voters' signa tures to qualify finally as a ballot candidate for tho No. 1 city Job. McLeod is active in the Klnm- Narcotics Ring Smash Attempted CHICAGO, Aug. 18 OF) Fedora! agents today were at tempting to smash a nationwide narcotics syndicate after arrest ing Joo Tocco, 43, as ho stepped from a California train carry ing two bags, which tho offi cers said contained 100 cans of narcotics valued at from $29, 000 to $50,000 wholesale. . James Biggins, head of the Chicago narcotics division, an nounced that Tocco was seized Wednesday after tho arrest In San Francisco of Sam Maugcri, 32. . Mad Coone Surrenders LONDON, Aug. 18 (VP) The mad Col. Andreas von Aulock has surrendered the city of St. Malo after holding out 11 days under heavy American flro. The German high command announced today that "the gar rison of St. Malo succumbed to enemy superiority." A wounded vctcron of the Caucasus fighting who. pledged to turn tho battle of the Breton port Into "another Stullngrn.d,' Aulock was reported in a DNB broadcast to havo messaged the fuehrer: "Further resistance had to cease as a result of lack of food. Tho fight is ' over. Hell Hitler." atli Mineral club and for years has been interested in historical ond scientific investigations In this area. ' . Ostendorf, -who has lived In Klamath Falls about 20 years, will run on tho basis of a "bus iness man for a business Job." Ho slated he Is in a position to devote his full tuno to the mayor's office, v Kiwanls, Shrln Mambtr The former auto dealer is past S resident of the Kiwanls club, hrino club and Automobile Dealers association. Ho has been active on tho citizens' cemetery committee. Tho mayoralty situation con tlnucd to dominate political dis cussion here, wlcsendanger camo out first for the office, fol lowed by Lynn Roycroft, who withdrew the day after his an nouncement. John Eblngcr, attorney, who hos been prominently mentioned In the race, declared today he definitely will not be a can didate. Civilians Begin Normal Life HEADQUARTERS, U. S. SEVENTH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 18 (P) Restoration of normal civilian life in the liber ated Riviera began today. Emergency medical supplies awaited unloading. Several schooners laden with flour, oils and fats were en route to Franco. Political decisions were being left to the French. Bulletin LONDON, Aug. 18 VP) Troops of Marshal Ivan Konsv'a first Ukrainian army, taking by storm tho city of Sandomlers after threo daya of bitter atreat flghling, hava affected an en circlement of thraa Carman dl vlsiona in Hit area, the soviet communique announced tonight. The Rusalana aurged onward from Sandomiers, which is 110 mllea aouih of Waraaw on tha west bank of the Vhtula rlror, and took 21 populated plaeaa, the bulletin aald. . German Resistance Reported Weak In South ROME, Aug. 18 (P) Forces of tho U. S.' seventh army swiftly expanded their front In south ern France today, reaching the vicinity of Sollies-Pont, six miles northeast of Toulon. ' Other units, stabbing north ward against crumbling, enemy resistance, advanced seven miles to the Brignolcs area, 20 miles' north of Toulon. In the sectors farther east for ward elements moved three miles or more west and south west of Draguignan. a road cen ter 18 miles inland , in the Ar gons valley. Resistance Crumbles Enemy resistance in southern France was officially reported crumbling before the advance of tho U. S. seventh army, now con solidated into a mighty striking force by the union of all the ele ments landed . on the Riviera beachhead from the sea and air. Known American assault cas ualties thus far total less than 300, allied headquarters said, while German prisoners, Includ ing a general and his staff, were estimated at 7000 with the count still -incomplete. , . Strikes Inland . MaJ. Gen. A lex an def M. Patch's forces Jtrjickinland, through 'the valleys o the marl time Alps and spread put SO air lino miles along the Coast, both cast and west.' ': Last official reports placed them within 10 miles of the once great' French naval base of Tou lon and within six miles of Cannes. Gcr ma n broadcasts hinted that tho resort town al ready had been penetrated, Posstsa Road Points The doughboys already pos sess a big chunk of the main lat eral road across southern France, which in this area parallels the coast about a dozen miles in land. They were a considerable distance up the -road that runs Into the Rhone valley by way of (Continued on; Page Two)- Lowe Wounded fn French Action Friends here: nave received word that PFC Richard Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lowe, now of Camarillo, Calif., was seriously wounded in action in France on July 17. He is now receiving treatment in a hospital for his injuries, the nature of which have not been disclosed. He was with the army infantry. . . . His family moved only a few months ago to California. Dick is a KUHS graduate. Ankara Reports New Landings LONDON, Aug. 18 (JP) The Ankara radio reported today that allied forces had landed at Durazzo, the principal port ; of Albania on the Adriatic sea across from the heel of the Ital ian boot. More than. 10 hours following the broadcast - there was no confirmation. Tirana, capital of Albania, 20 miles inland, was bombed by al lied planes Tuesday. Guerrillas have been carrying on warfare against the Germans In 'coopera tion with Marshal Tito's Yugo slav partisans. Consolidated Attack Made Against Germans 'TrTf&sI FRANCE LCS ,0 VrJG" rsv4Ai Jqff CANNES ; IfciST ft- opoehgrejus e, MAUEILLTxL f 7 Sr. Trope T" ievant port gros ,: v 1 0 2S I t - , i . -u--aU..JJ IhI.hJ Milttit ..iim. Expanding the front In .outh., -n' Wlnanna.l raaiatanc.. f'lXl.iMiUm has b..n end.ng.r.d by Gen. P.tch'l n, Dfagulgnan The (orm.r -no",rn'3v'Toulon and alx miles from Cannes. Black awowi show American soldiers wad through th waUr from an LCI to th beach at a point east of Tou lon as th nw invasion of France along-th Mediterranean opens. Another LCI la at the ltft. (AP wlrtphoto from U. S. signal corps radio photo),: - : ;..'. , NAZIS CAPITULATE T( THE SWISS-FRENCH FRONT IER AT ANNEMASSE, Aug. 18 (P)r-Th.ree hundred German of A nnemmo: capitulated: ' to French partisans and 120 others flid "to internment ' in neutral Switzerland after a sharp threo hour battle early today. The victory gave the Maquis full control of the Haute Savoie frontier along, the south shore of Lake Geneva from St. Gin golph, westward to a point' just outside. Bellegarde, and inland to a depth of almost 75 miles.' - The exuberant population, of approximately 5000 paraded the streets singing the Marseillaise. With shouts of "ViveDe Gaulle," the tricolor was hoist ed on every house. Excited, wo men tossed stones at German prisoners. , The Maquis," "well armed; started moving into Annemasse at 6 a. nr.-They chased the nazi frontier guards into Swiss Moil lesulaz for internment and then, -at 6:30, attacked the re maining Germans who. had .bar ricaded themselves in the Hotel Pax in ithe centor of the town. The nazis, harassed by snip ers throughout the night, gave up when- expected - reinforce ments from Annecy were unable- to break-' through the- par tisan lines. Jap Forces Try. To Cut Retreat i CHUNGKING, Aug;' 18 (P) Japanese forces in Hunan prov ince, striking simultaneously from north and south, are mak ing a determined effort to cut off the retreat of Chinese troops which-have been attacking the vital, rail' junction of Hengyang from the. southwest, a Chinese army spokesman said today. ' The spokesman, Maj.- Gen. C. C. Tseng, declared the enemy had brought two more divisions into Hunan from the Honan and Nanking areas, giving them a total strength of more than 10 divisions ' or about 210,000 men in the area southward from Changsha. . . , .'; j Paris Radio Goes Silent LONDON, "Aug. 18; WH-The Pnrlsi radio went silent today aft er reporting yesterday that the allies nan started an au-uui anve for the capital. ' v During silence lasting 24 hours the British Broadcasting Corn, instead of getting Paris during regular news periods heard a voice on the Faris wave length shouting in German: ; "They are coraln g."1 ; The Yanks, of course. : . ; f. Patch Nominated For Promotion WASHINGTON, 'i Aug. 18 (VP) President Roosevelt today nom inated for promotion to lieuten ant general, Maj. Gen. Alexander-M.: Patch, Jr., commander of the 7th American-army now invading southern France. - Patch ,h o 1 d s the temporary rank of 'major aeneral and .'his present permanent, rank is col-, Airi Naval Blockade Hits : Jap Shipping Near Islands GENERAL: HEADQUART ERS, Southwest Pacific, Aug 18 (P) An,, allied ;air and' n a v a blockade spread . creeping : para lysis todavjBcross vial: sea. lanes below" thje Philippines," posing ah. ultimate inreav to-au. Japanese holdings south of China. , . -. Already enemy ' garrisons! Ort islands scattered, a 1 o n g a dis tance , of .800 miles .are forced to rely :om'makeshift shipping;" inr adequate "for'-ie V e n essential items' . iueh' as " muhitiOns ' . and aviation gasoline." j . .- Fifth Raid RiporUd " V i . A' graphic p-.lic-t U re . of J this mounting, .disaster: for.. Nippon was presented . today , by.- Gen: Douglas- MacArthur-in-a . com munique reporting -the. -fifth air raid this month, on -the PhiUjv pines and the knocking out of 23 planes, at neutralized Halma hera. ; : . ,.. "'. ; ' ' MacArthur, said Japan's big ships no longer dare- venture southeast of a line curved from the Philippines-through -Celebes and Ceram.- ; : . . Only Small Ships Sail ,' Only. small ships, sailing ves sels, luggers -and "local small craft", supply outlying garrisons on Halmahera and -in- the Ceram, Banda and Araf ura seas - - . In that, area, extending south toward.. Australia, are. such en emy bases as .Ceram, Ahiboina.i Boeroe, .the- Kai,; Aroe and Tan ibar island. .. Todajrii 'communique1 report ed the sinking , of a 1000 ton freighter in. Davao sulf.. south- em Philippines, by .aerial bomb ing..- wso-toia- or an 7-ton bombirja ofi Halmahera where 88 planes nave been destroyed or put out o action, virtually all of Navy to Compef Overtime Work -SAN FRANCISCO . Aug. -18 (IP) The navy, .with . full co operation of the department of justice pledged - by . Attorney General- Francis Biddle,; moved, today , to invoke further sanc tions against machinists, to com pel complete' compliance with orders that they work, overtime in five shops, turning out, en gine bearings. Biddle - conferred -late .yester day with Rear Admiral H. G. Bowen,- in .charge of the shops seized by -the .government, and Bowen's office said 'the attorney general . had expressed "com plete satisfaction with, the var ious steps taken' by ' Admiral Bowen." . ... . -i , FDR Plans New , : Nations': League ' NEW , YORK," Aur. 18 '() President Roosevelt plans to submit a new "League of Na tions" to the senate and later to ask it for power to enforce peace treaties, the New York- Times says in a dispatch from Washing ton. ' ,' The newspaper says that by separating the world security organization from peace .treat ies, the- administration hopes to get the new: league operating possibly before 'the end of the war. Present plans, it added, aim for a treaty establishing the new security organization for pres entation" to the senate before thn first of trie year with hones that it will be ratified before printv them :on the- ground," in- half a month. ' : '; " : . , .. ..Another' Strike' , ' . " r At iPearl Harbor,- Adm.- Chest er i-.Wi Himitz - yesterday an- hounced another , in at steadily growing seiMs-of trl-X'r5by lana-oasea pomrjers 'on, tne Ben in 'Islands .600; miles .south . of lOKyo. ine jjiDeraiors aiiacKed a seaplane Dase -at untcru Jima Tuesday... . . . ..)-.....'. He also reported a continua tion of air. raids north of Japan on- Paramushiro in the. Kuril es. , There was no interception mentioned- anywherp.: Italian Front R Reported Quiei: ROME, . Aug. "18 P) 5- ."The tense situation in the northern portions of Flprence,. into which German tanks yesterday were reported to h a v e penetrated, was described officially as much easier today, but there still was a certain amount of enemy snip ing from the northwest - and northeast - suburbs. : ; r-, Activity alone the rest.of the Italian front as . a whole .. re mained slight, limited almost entirely to minor patrol clashes ana artillery duels. t Enemy Submarine Fires at Ship- ' NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Aug; 18 (P An enemy submarine surfaced recently - in .the .North Atlantic and fired four shots, barely missing the 74-foot' New Bedford scalloper The Friars, crew members said, today. Captain John Aanensen of New York skippered the boat, . The submarine surfaced slow ly, fired four shots, , then .- be came silent. . The navy said It was the first submarine that had been sight ed in two months in the North Atlantic. .- James Wounded In Action . : . Bob W. James: Klamath-Falls, was named in a list released to day by the navy department as being wounded in. action. PFC James is -with the ma rine corps' reserve and is the husband of Mrs.' Bob W. James, 620 North . Eleventh, Klamath Falls. Eiffel Tower. Sighted By American , ' Patrols ' By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME- HEADQUARTERS' ALLIED EXPEDITION ARV FORCE, Aug. 18 (P) American' armored patrols were reported" ooeratine today 'in the vleinitv- of Paris, with its famous Eiffel tower already In sighti -as su preme . headquarters announced that the entire allied northern, flank, had begun moving east ward along the Normandy coast towaro ue navre. , . , (A dispatch of the Gormnn. controlled Scandinavian tele-' graph bureau said Americani tank columns were only 12 miles west of Paris and that there was' "a war of movement in the area adjacent" to the capital. Trans-,' ocean said U. S. armor. -had reached . Rambouillet, 20 miles southwest of Paris on a highway from Chartres. On another-Chartres-Paris highway to th south, German reports had" placed- an American- spearhead" at - St. Arnoult,. 23 miles from Paris;) ... Authon Falls A field dispatch . from elated Press War Correspondent Edward D. Ball . disclnsori th.- American approach - to- Pari without indicating how close the, patrols had penetrated, but su- preme . headquarters announced the . fall - of Authon, . 30 miles ' southwest of the capital, and five, miles nearer than, advance ele-i' ments . had - previously , beenr" placed officially . . "' -. ? .-Authon, just west of Etamps,-' was captured by one of Lt. GenT" ucurge o. raran s armored col- jnraea on.i'age..TwoX ..r Conspirators . ' ! Sentenced by Denver Court 35ENVER.- Auif. - is-U&lfinm of- the three Jaoahese-Amoripan- sisters convicted - of conspiracy to commit treason, buxom. Mrs. Tsuruko . 'Toots' . Wallace, - 35; t o d a y was sentenced-, to . two years" in the--federal -women's reformatory - at Alderson,' ; Wi Va.and fined .$1000. !-' '-- rier - sisters, Mrs, - Florence! Tlo'" Shivze OtanL "33. and Mrs.- Billie Shitara -.- Tanigoshi; 32,-were given -20-month terms at - Alderson and fined' $1000 each-by U.- S. District Judge J, Foster-Symesi . Cooler Weather Moves to East ' ' . Bt Th Associated. Press ' ; . The nation's last strongholds of heat and humidity gave way today . to fresh, - cool weather moving eastward, as New York City and New England were). soothed by light rains and tern perature -drops of as much as degrees. New York City, which ; yes terday chalked i-up-s the hottest August 17 in. its history with, a 93-degree-high, "registered a morning temperature of 74 de grees - compared with - 86 at - the same- time yesterday. - i v In Boston, where; record shattering heat has- held sway throughout August, a cool 73 was registered, breaking a seven-day spell of above-90) weather.- - ; Ploesti Oil Fields Struck ROME.'Aug. 18 (JP) The Mediterranean air force struck: the Ploesti oil field installations in Romania' again last night in the wake of a daylight attack yesterday by about -500 Ameri can heavy bombers and a large number of fighters. :. The American attack caused fires and explosions in the big Romano - Americano refinery. Bomb hits on other Ploesti- tar gets, obscured by smoke screens and sent flames towering .into the sky. - 1 Peace Agency May Be S et Before End of War, Report By FLORA. LEWIS - ' WASHINGTON," Aug. . 18 (P) The possibility -that aworld peace agency can be established even before the end of the war in Europe arose today with Sec retary of State- Hull's disclosure that a United Nations conference on 'security plans' may beheld this fall . . . 1 American officials say- it has not been decided -whether -the new world ' organization should be set up. by treaty jor ordinary legislation-in each, country.- This point-will probably come under discussion at the talks be tween Russia, Britain and -the United States opening at Dum barton Oaks here Monday. - - However, it . is no w clear thai in contrast to' the Paris confer ence, after the last war, the long range peace settlement, inolud, ing boundaries and territorial adjustments, -will comeafter th establishment of a new associa tion of nations. , ;. : , . Diplomats who remember ,thl deluge of "claimants from all ovei the world on Paris, demandlni increased territories or in d pendence, are encouraged at tht one-step-at-a-time process beini used to make the peaee aftel World War U. -