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hi iiiiiii fur their nrcc-
robot cout to the lust drop
ha Cermnn rodlo acknowl
iiuiov the loss ol tho
Vlte o( Normniuly.
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.
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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
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Thpv Krvn n..i
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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
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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. -