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Newspaper Page TextM o)M A M fo) Herald Max. '(Xu9. 18) 79 Mln. Precipitation last 24 hours ......... Stream year to data Normal.... 12.32 Last year.. Forecast! Clear. ...mK JENKINS In Tfi ShnHtii-CaHcnde Wonderland PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUCUST 19, 1944 Number .10241 BIMI r, - ! liil Jewsn YANK ADVANCE 144 .-.;'''! " " REACHES SEINE i it Tinn nnium i j ai i wu ruin ib W,,i.r victory In Franco tf'ni Ika snowball ig ,ol oi "V . J, Bii radio admit that 1s B". .rmored spcurhcuds vrel,'"i ,)f i,irl ono lh" mem. Hmt ho'ta ,cl,,'m. rjcrinan up. lto fto.cslroycd at ttairwl brIlKlc. 'ffi river bl. br,(.. frins-miythlng u hnnds on. Overhead 'L cowlnnt death down .i'm-botli In IHo river the road, npproocl.li.il tho oust 24 hour, vehicle,, loaded S 5a fuillllvo remnant of S was onco Von KIuro"; have been destroyed JJTB cloglicd hlghv.ay Of crtnindy. LfflRE ro hint In Um closely I ...j ji.miirlii'i of even ('d that COIIMiierniHB iiuiii- 1st wlgncd to defend ho LknToa.l NOflTH of Iho fall, of the Selno have been kid Into the great battle In (rtnundy, in on euori to unvo I.. vini.' ill In nnd nro L ... tt.M tmnrnll:rpfl tlllltM It ire seeking to got buck Ina the rlvcr. Dut. U true, would mean jt the Germans will havo vJe to make a atiu.u will. an If IlinV U,l lll'rnKft. i nrltliti Nlnff nfflrnr nre. Mi that the nnzl will NOT . ikU tn mnlcn n nliinrt on thn ftt'i north bank and will it to retire much further to wrier line. IAR1S Is (till a mystery tSroudcd In censorship made iftuiry by the fact that the .mini have llttlo , new of ir own and no rcconnnlssanco ou, to mat everything wo I'OUl I0UC1 Will llt.W TllfcM. German rennrtu rnmlntf hv hr of Stockholm this morning pm Miai inrce American cot Inns am now fluhlltiff - fhnlp V throueh the suburb of Iho A strong French patriot w u reported renriy to spring i the throats of the hntcd Gcr ki once the Americans fight 'if way . into tha ranllx!'. Ifirt. I What theso Frenchmen will Mo the. Germans who have N their holed P yww will not bo pretty I fttjl Potato hna got out of ptnnin buddies hovo flod from proMbly from Franco. ,uro that Lnvol lh.MCv",1 know whnt Iba his fato f patriot French "" ' ever unci on him. HI'RE n ... "i' "Willi irum rinlS? 5"th' where our &he'd au-ondy been ox- hi "i"1 Probble that h TBMy Vmcs 8 "Port 1k5,J'1nria Intends to m F0R PEACE Tw.th0 te'i'iVrlaln "that bo lSi ' sns'?r In Franco -w i boon .r.CQtly nt ' HIT" (e tasin.,-. Ho ordered Von Coin an.d dle ,n Nor ' Ca t? ,'.?ott,n? hlm , 8 U agn'n an' P South Pn1mou. Bctln in t imoderii Thnm ihnt Provccl IWltu jf '0 TCColvn a lnk much Hnotbesafe- ii ni u," y unless thd eloror(,-rnU"n Black SNelt mu" ?,.0' JaSnn aro ra"lon n " S ?8,o '-nt- tho ,'Ji hn . "ls war." ,T IOVO tn 7 l"DBDiy Vltm..L0. do It.' At-anir !o probably tb0lo'V.:At-any "'ADMin'i. ttowi V 'HAL' OAtph hmorooi a:Wonrare 'bcTorothe S6' caUSMnf 0". ..'.'will likely ik" this Wor . i."i lli0n ' deaths future 8L,8( ,f n,ally over" , on pag8 your) French FORCES REACH nmmiSwwm ST. MAX1N SZT ill inuiMnrp 74IONOR ROLL Klamath Indians 1. IN AUVANuLU PJ Nazis Leave 10,000 Prisoners to Allies By NOLAND NORGAARD HOME, Aug. ID II') Leap frogging suddenly nheiid of 0. S. units which curved a path way for them, French armored forces have driven to St. Mnxi min, 22 miles northwest of Tou lon and only 25 miles northeast of Mnrsclllcs, allied hcudciuur lers announced tonight. Simultaneously, troops on tho right flank in southern Franco reached tho vicinity of Ciussc, Hi miles northwest of Cannes, and Ln Uustlde, 23 miles northwest of thul lllvlera resort. 10,000 Prisoners Tho Germans or pulling out so rapidly that no demolitions hovo been encountered, and more thun 10,000 prisoners huvo been taken In this new invasion, including two German generals. The French armor taking St. Maxlmln scored a 10-milo ad vance. A staff officer declared the Germans hod virtually exhaust ed their reserves In France. Al though they arc pulling buck, rapidly now, stiffened resist ance Is expected os tho allies progress northward. Gen. Neullng Taken MnJ. Gen. Alexander M. Potch's headquarters announced capture of Gen. Ferdinand Neullng, commander of tho German 62nd rescrvo corps. Ho is tho second commander to bo taken. , , The grip on southern Franco has been extended to njore than 1000 squnro miles. The flanks of tho American seventh army front now hove been driven inland more than 22 miles north from tho sea. In tho center, the allies hnvo token Snlcrncs, 32 miles inlond from the curving coostllno. 20-Mile Front A front 20 miles brood has been driven to tho north and behind Toulon, tho French naval base at which American bombers yestordoy blasted tho half-submerged Fronch battle ship Strassbourg In an effort to silence her big guns which wero opposing; tho allied attack. Latest . announcements put Amerlcon and French forces (Continued on Page Four) Argentine Ship Destroyed ACAPULCO, Mexico, Aug. 19 (ff) The Argentine steamer 'Rio do la Plnta," corrying 250 passengers 83 of them Ameri cans from Los Angeles to Latin America, was destroyed lost night by flro nnd an explosion. A sailor overcome by gas and smoke was the only casualty. Most of tho passengers were ashbre when the flro broke out In the lato .aflornoon when -a small oil tank exploded. A heavy explosion several hours later vir tually blew the vessel apart, Rocket-Fnng Planes in Action A U. S. NINTH A1RFORCE BASE IN FRANCE, Aug. 19 (JP) Racket-firing American Thun derbolts, as sensational ln per formance as tho RAF rockot benrlng Typhoons, hove been se cretly participating In recent attacks of retreating Germnn ar mored columns, It was an nounced tonight. Russian Leaders How in Edmonton EDMONTON, Alia., Aug. 19 (CP) Anery Gromyko, Russian J l Ihn ITnllorl Sluing. amunanuuui iu. m- , Roar Admiral Rodionor, Mnj.- Uon. sinv.n ana niuu uuiui uw clnls of the Russian embassy at Washington; arrived In Edmonton-overnight from Moscow. They declined to speak to news papermen.' " me travelers upyuienuj wnic to the city over the great aerial ..'.UlnU Una Vtnnn nrnntPfl across Siberia, ana irom aioskh over the northwest aerial route eraatea on tnis conuntim. Troops f T-;.,r irr . i i rr cr.vs?s rrr - , I i ... -' ..tM .UUM-M.'S ms--W . ! . ;WafllM . ;. ' ;.. M i vh Mfuirc iA-.a.ui ' IWMUM UH., mnmmM -, ; ..-::. I I I avw .Mmi mmmmim w - " :-tvH wt. B I i m. ' inu.f ancutst.. : r(fwfc W'rtunai ipliifW j MMMI T, .xr S Jl ' '' VrUISVt' ' t-e MifMMkM ... IMWfiUI Y nWtefa j HW tH .'.;.,.' mmP-M,'k H . i ,r'J :? -i.e ' ::;.-- ' Wh-i ' . uvi ttaw !WH-t ,-r . , ; atafWaWVll j ) ,..nM " ..'.' mv , uw .m; - -mm mmo ; ? -r-mmmmm m'hwi. tii .VtM v 4mu ; aM(ie ts" . ; I'suuksMk . KUW - . tr - ;-, rf.-;'.,.- ' Ci..-.- I 1 II I- ffl'tfM ' MMttf'll ' ' W H I4K (Ma ... - ' ' I t. ( t M'a tt 111! . tM.Ofc. i(t 'O! It. - Mt.'' WHMI Ci iMNIriM lWm j1 . ..-','. "v.-. I J ' i'i- " iTii .". ' U'---' ' ' ' . tl i mi iiinriif um :V afirA. This honor roll of Klamath at Klamath Agoncy. There are months. SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY S Tn hnrlv nf PlinrlM Phanee. 6-ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Chance, was ' found In nr. I riiif nt Inn i-nnnl KntlirriflV morning near Merrill where his 7-year-old brother, Archie, said he had fullen Friday afternoon. Archie come to his parents' homo in tho Lost River Hotel cabins about 3 p. m., after be- Inif ffnnn Klnrn 7 O'clock in thC morning, and said that his brother naa laucn in mo cawu. It was not ascertained exactly when the accident occurred. According to local law offi cials, Archie said his little brother had been knocked into .,,4r ufhnn n rinC bumDCd him off a 4-foot-wlde bridge on which tho two were standing. The body had drifted about a mile and a half when It was found. . Sheriff Lloyd low ana op- ;.nti inn Merrill rcsi- rii-nnnnn1 ihi canal and searched for the body until about 10 p. m. rriaay. oneiui Low oraerca mo conoi onu and tho body was found mid morning Saturday. Snipers Cleared From Fiorence i pamn nri rp.ntlvnlv lull Hunt- - quiet today with the last snipers cleaned up in uiu Kimm. of Florence. ' ' - There was sporadic fire along the Arno rlvcr and some enemy patrols were repuiauu. m pa trols carried out deep reconnais- ir, ll,n nnnrt Arnn vnllev ond in tho Adriatic sector. Heavy rains icu aiong me front, hampering operations.. Maquis Control Vichy, Report ' t rtvn-,w A, in- 10. 7P Thp United Nations radio at Algiers assorica lonigm umi uwie reports" French forces ' of the Interior were in control of Vichy and hna established their own courts there. U. S. Removes Export Bans On Turkey, Opens Shipping WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 IfP) The United States has removed export bans imposea on lurney and is facilitating tho shipment f nU,11lnn nnnriQ nn n CflSh basis to the neutral which broke relations-with Germany two weeks ago. . ' It was also learned today that shipment of military items' under lend-lease Is expected to be re sumed shortly, depending on tho nllln cunnltr elluntinn AS a re- suit of the Fronch campaigns. Tho majority of lend-lease sent to Turkey is of British orig n, u..i 41.n rlnnldnr, tn stnrt fihin- ments is up to the combined mu nitions assignment uuuiu. ' rru TTItnrl Ctntos nnH TCHtflln stoDBod scndiiiiTmilUary aid to Smash Indiana now aervlna in the armed 128 names on the board and the 1 Honor Rof Lists Indians In U. S. Armed Services An honor roll listing the mem bers of the Klamath Indian tribe now serving In the armed forces of tholr country has just been comnlcted on tho campus at K!nmatHvAgcTiey,-'repT3rtS'Jtf. "U." Courtwrlght, superintendent oi the agency. The huge Sign, lighted at night by soft lights having the effect of moonlight, has 126 names of Pravda Says Polish Revolt Doomed to Fail MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (P) The communist newspaper . Pravda declared today that the revolt of Polish patriots within Warsaw was "doomed to failure at the very outset" and hotly lashed back at foreign criticism of red army operations before the Po lish capital. Red army troops "have not discontinued for a single day their blood-soaked battle at War saw's walls," declared Pravda, which was founded by Joseph Stalin. Tito's Partisans Take Nazi Base LONDON, Aug. 19 (P) Units of Marshal Tito's eastern Yugo slav partisan army have cap tured the enemy base of Bolje vac, 20 miles from the Bulgarian border, and liberated a large area In that vicinity, a. Yugoslav broadcast communique said to day. Weyerhaeuser Men Injured 'Oscar Pearson and Arvid Lar son, employes at Weyerhaeuser Camp 6 near Bcatty, were slight ly injured in an accident at the camp early Saturday afternoon. The two were' loading steel from one railroad car to another when a piece of steel hit the two. They were being brought to Klamath .Falls by ambulance for treatment. : Turkey several months ago after nccotiations between British and Turkish military delegations broke down. , Amerlcon ambassador, to An- kara Laurence Steinhardt. who has been in this country about a month, is returning today. He stopped by the White House yes terday to see president rtooseveu for final Instructions. Tho extent of lend-lease ac corded Turkey will depend on whether or. not . that neutral comes Into tha war. Basing their predictions on the rapid progress of allied drives in. France and the western . push, of the red armv. observers here were in clined to discount the possibil ity that Turkey would become an actlvo belligerent. Ahead forces has lust been completed list is being added to erery six ' ' : ' members of the tribe serving In this country and overseas. -Representatives are seeing action ill all parts of the world, with, the' men now fighting in Normandyt TOlyrSiilriirWl- parts "6fr the South Pacific. ;. ". -"' ; . ' The monument wai-built at the reauest of the seneral coun cil of the Klamath tribe, which voted on the matter some -time ago. A contract was given to Fos ter and Kleiser, San Francisco advertising firm, who construct ed the sign. Lakeshore garden nurseries in Klamath Falls was given the job of landscaping around it and a fountain, rock garden and a smooth green lawn beautify the area. The list of men on the sign will be added to every six months by members of the coun cil. The Klamath tribe has been fortunate so far' in this war- in so far that none of their mem bers have lost their lives in. ac tion. French Occupy 70 Villages LONDON, Aug. '. 19 MP) French resistance forces have oc cupied 70 villages, a communi que from' Maj. Gen.- Joseph Pierre Koenig -announced today, and all police of the Saone and Loire departments, have joined the- Maquis. . The 70 villages were seized In a triangular area near Troyes, 85 miles southeast of Paris. Troyes lies 105 miles - east of (Jnatres. . . All This and Cleaning, Too Another marine's faith in hu man nature has been restored; When MTSgt. . Maurice E. Moran, marine corps correspon dent from Washington D. C, lost his blouse containing his ID card and $86 the other day, he gave up all hope of ever seeing it again. However, at the urging by his fellow marines, he agreed to nut a notice in the Daner. . Before the notice even ap peared in The Herald and Mews, Mrs. Troy Cook had called the Marine Barracks saying that Moran. could obtain his blouse at her home. , Not only did he find his blouse Intact with all its contents, but Mrs. Cook had brushed and cleaned it ; and polished the leatner oeu. Yanks Reported in Paris Suburbs LONDON, Aug.: 20 (n A Reuters dispatch - from , stock- holm today quoted the Berlin correspondent of Aftonbladet as saying three American, columns were now fighting their way through the Paris suburbs. -There was no allied confirma tion, and the Aftonbladet cor respondent said his report was unofficial, , ', vt. Baseball Scores . . AMERICAN LEAGUE ': ' . R . H. ' B Detroit , I S 8 Bolton ; : I 11 0 Gentry, Beck 131, Eeton (7) and Rich ards; Bowman and Partee. - Reds Attack On 100 Mile Battle Area By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Aug. 19 (P) Two soviet armies surged forward today in coordinated attacks against a 100-mile sector stretching from Warsaw's eastern suburbs to the Lyso mountains guarding Germanu Silesia.- Marshal Stalin's high command timed the Polish drive to strike with -Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky's third White Russian army assault in East Prussia. (The German communique said the Russians had launched an offensive on a wide front northeast of Wariaw). . The -soviet home front tensely awaited a salute from Mbt- AIRCRAFT, FIELDS ' GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 19 (p) Allied-planes destroyed at least 14 aircraft, cratered air dromes, bombed an oilfield, sank .a laden vessel and hit two others in whiplash blows along 1000 miles of Japan's .supply stricken holdings from the Phil ippines to Timor, headquarters announced today. .:""'. ' ' - Other air b 1 o w s,- projected north to Iwo Jima in the Vol cano islands, within 750 miles of Tokyo, and east to. the by passed enemy ' base . of Truk, were reported at Pearl Harbor by Adm. Chester w. nimiis. - . fctiecuTe Biotitsas ' Planes' in' the command area of Gen. -Douglas -, MacArtnur, maintaining a highly effective aerial blockade, si.rucn ui enlM line thus, ' - Phifl'mimes Scored three bomb its -on an enemy mer-: charitman In Davao gulf. , Halmahera - Sank a supply laden"' Sailing! vessel. ' : Tip of- Dutch New Guinea Hit the Klamano oilfield near Sorbng; fired a coastal vessel., - - Two Airfield Amboina-Ceram ; Bombed two 'airfields; destroyed an un- ettimated number oi parKea . (Continued, on rage rouw , Italian Peace Conditions Seen in Nazi Papers . BERN, Swltzeralnd, Aug. 19 (P) The German newspaper Voelkischer-Beobachter and the fascist .news agency Stefani, today-published what they said were the Italian armistice conditions- signed on September 3, 1943,. by Marshal Pletro Badog- - The document gave France re gions along the western Italian border and the island of Elba, Britain the island of Pantelleria; Istria, Fiume and Zara .to Yugo slavia and me uoaecanese is lands, to Greece, the German and fastjst report said. Lt, James Nendel Injured in Crash tiijames D. Nendel has been injured in a plane crash in Eng land but is- recovering nicely, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nendel .of 216 E. Main. The worst of his injuries was n - krnlron TinCA HlK COmPanV surgeon is Pr. Nell Black, for merly Of thlS Cliy. UT, OlaKK. wrote to his wife, Mrs. Ruth Black, saying that he heard that Lt. Nendel was not - seri ously injured and was doing nicely. Mrs. Black- passed this information on to Mrs. Nendel. Hurricane Off Island Reported MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 19 (ff) A , i n1AHf ,unc inrllnntari fnr IlUi 1 lUtt l niw, .too . i - - - the island of Jamaica today as a tropical dlsturDance in me v-ar-ibbean sea continued a west "The hurricane in the central Caribbean sea Is apparently cen tered about 200 to 225 miles south of Port au Prince, Haiti, near latitude 15 to 16 degrees norm, jongnuae i ucsiees wrai, ...In- iitnil 'iriT.t Kuiacln.nrrl about . 15' miles an hour," said the Miami weather bureau in a 10:30 a. m. advisory. , - - Fall of Toul on JExpected Soon T AKTVIW Ana ' lO fTOA pooled broadcast by a CBS cor respondent in southern France toaay sam ine iaii oi rouion ' may now Defi matter oi nours fcow s guns announcing that the red army nad won the. iirst towns inside. Germany, The Germans, having squan dered nearly. 750 tanks in four days of counterattacks, - were faced with a smashing red chal lenge for decisive victory in Poland. i '. . Smash Westward Marshal Ivan S. Konev's first Ukraine army,' north of ' cap tured Sandomierz, sent' arm ored columns spearing' up the west bank of the Vistula -in the rear of the enemy's river de fenses. Other units smashed due west bent on severing the Ra-dom-Kielce link in the Warsaw Krakow, railway. ' : " Over the town' hall of .Sand omierz flags of the soviet union and Poland waved - side by: side after three days. of street fight ing. The army ' newspaper Red Star reported . that Hitler, or dered .the garrison at. Sandomi erz on the eve of its capture to "retain the gates - to southern Germany and fight to the last." Regain Initiative Konev's destruction of the up per. Vistula, resistance was tne signal for Marshal Konstantine K Unknssnvskv's first White Russian army to' regain thi "Iiii -(Continued -on -.page W FDR-Churchill Meeting Story Reported Untrue V1T A etTTT.TrlT,-,XT A.rt 1ft' Wl irnouiimiui, nug. ia .in Stephen Early, White House sec retary termed "untrue" today a story in the New York -Times saying that .president Kooseveit and Prime Minister Churchill plan to hold their next meeting in London or Paris, perhaps both, at a date very possibly be fore the November election." . The president told his news conference yesterday he most certainly would ; confer with the British leader soon, - but he would not say when or where. Explosion Starts Fire in East PHILADELPHIA.' Aug. 19 'P) A series of terrific explosions in drums of magnesium- touched off a five-alarm fire at the Quaker City Iron Works at noon-time to day and rocked buildings and shattered windows oyer a "two-. block area. Thirty persons were taken to hospitals suffering burns, but all except one . were .discharged after treatment. Many others were treated at the scene. Americans: Threaten Paris Ip " 7m Arrows Indicate main allied thrust In the battle area west of Paris. U S. third army, force were pushing closer to the French metropoll with the capture of Dreux, Chartre. Chateau dun and Orleans. To the northwest allies continued plncer pre ura on the pocket between Caen and Argentan. (A wirephoto). Surrender' ' of . Par Is . Appears Matter . ; Of Time r ; LONDON, Aug. 19 VP) V. S. spearheads have reached the. Seine at points 27 and 42 miler northeast of Paris in a slashing offensive; Berlin- said- today," which threatened to close-off the retreat of fleeing Germans below the river and to cut off Paris from western France. : '-- The battle for France assumed proportions of a rout. ; Fall of Paris appeared a mat ter of time. Tank Clash ' German broadcasts asserted U. S. tanks were clashing south of , the city with German "security forces," and said other American" units were roaming within 12. miles of Paris. ; - The battle of the western front is in its last stage of pursuit and' annihilation; supreme headquart ers declared. Many Germans were fleeing northward and east ward on foot. after allied planes, destroyed and damaged 3600 ve-' hides -on congested roads in 24. hours. . Government Moved ' The nazi radio declared Chief of State Marshal Petain - was' moving his government from Vichy, and that Pierre Laval, chief of government and German officials had already fled Paris: -There was no ' confirmation from supreme headquarters of the German reports of American spearheads reaching Nantes and Vernon, near .Paris. ' If' true, it means Lt.-Gen. George S.' Pat-ton's- tank columns were build ing a series of pockets south of the almost-bridgeless Seine for the German . seventh 'army and, part of the ism army tailing back from defeat in Normandy. ; , Neils Can't Stop- -"- -. A senior British staff off fcefc, at the front predicted Field, -Marshajr vXJenr'--Gienther -yonj.-Kluge's forces could not stop ab the- Seine river- -.. ; : -' "-; .British .: and 1 Candian ; troops' pushed .eastward along the -Normandy coast and beyond: Caen, ina. "pursuit which -was-compressing an estimated -40,000 to 100,000 -German remnants against the Seine and the' jaws . of the Patton- trap.'. : .-' '. : - Berlin broadcasts which said American tanks -were fighting German security, forces' south ot. Pair, added that ."a direct thrust of these American forces on, Paris is not on at the moment:' - Patrols Leave . i ' Supreme- headquarters, main tained secrecy on Patton'st drives, but said armored pa trols had pushed out from Dreux, Chartres-and "Orleans in a ring " west and " south 'of Paris in several directions, and in some cases had withdrawn! Berlin : indicated , the thrusts (Continued on Page Four) Sec. Forrestal "; How in London ; , LONDON, Aug. 19 (-r-Secre tary of Navy-James V. Forrestal has arrived in -London. Censorship p r e v e n t e d any speculation concerning the pur pose of his-visit, j ' He will visit France however, and inspect the. shore's strong; points which British and Ameri-xan-warcraft shelled on D-Dayi Abbevitle dA"