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11TO US L-.w JENKINS 'nn ",....M whir Kumcnt. from r I pool 10 MS- cloar, Runurn to IIU id or ";..:,... , In western cflnllo, llffCllt. IS IN tho oft It now in fcllILL who ft t" In not predict n,!( ElSnit !t ending """ fli... .Unwed our ngvv ....... enrly guar. nttm.r irsulvca W ..... ..... enemy " neuvo c" . .1 ' r:..rmiin urmv hw with Hi" relics of, u ".. n.ii lip i nd the R'eg,H. oi inlcrntU decoy 111 ipainy vn'i f i'.....i..n I. Miirh thnt ! ..prnl noes to Uorllll he I jinow whrllKT ho It to chill olno w addressing I -j.. it.- IK ttmt U hft, Soitf li DESTROYING Von M tW UtTIHUII unit tm Icr tlcmcnU of the 15th n nny t""vu It the rockrt const) mny 1o no P 'P "" KlUBO 1 DEFEATED, .hit remains is to destroy 1 corrrjpondrntu are fond I ihe expression: "A ring il hi) been drown around tmv." Don't let yourself tied by tlila tomowhot too 111 language. fiNT t ring of steel In the of i solid mans of troops hi ihoulder to shoulder feMied artillery and tanks hi axle to axle. Thero are I In the line, ana turougn taps broken units of uer lire able to filter especial light. " I consldorable ORGAN- Ibodfr of Gcrmun troons try. fight lis way out would JfrOPPED. but Iho fence light enough to hold ALL rsggiers. INANTS ot n broken and pcited army straitKllnK over the Seine won't be Mi value to Hitter. when inch tho other bank. InWHILE Pnlloli has oslab- tihed a firm bridge C over the Seine at Mantes, iilet northwest of Paris. !tnlt bridgehead ho Is pour Is trmorcd forces, ana ono rs that as they Ket across Will tonnpntn nim nnlumn jg to the left DOWN THE Fht to cnclrclo Paris and frana mo makae, Ihcr of his armored spear ll iwinolntr nrnonrl Duel h touth. The capture of i a reported to Do still In Hal In mi. ..inn- n..M Uln p transiting tho Germans in normnnoy, and If pos- K'tvcMiiiiK timers lorccs m&Klnff n (nnr4 nn Ikn i right bonk. , confusion In Paris must ',lnUl4..l ...... . .. "ismiui. insiao mo city, n natrints nm (i.fi.n., pn arid allied flogs havo i wsu in several places, hands nf inn. r ...i UDDl PB km... . .. I rr- - .... v UUUH U1U1JUCU m by allied planes. Huge w raging. lie south of Franco, we have Wsscd Toulon and Mar is w ?,w Pllsl,lnK UP tho e; We'll iiko Marscllfo and mSiiT, lolsurc- Tho signs 'I'P'y ng that the nazla 'o abandon ALL of Franco ! of Paris. . r.KaK8or Laval (probably , .? 'S Ws boots) Is reported t Belfort, just this sldo ? uormnn border, whore .Modgeovcr like a rabbit j'n hasn't been definitely t nni.U- i- . . . . lbrJn. "Is J"st landed at S i to nLnd "PPnrently In- - uver wncn fans wfc",s nro slln 8ttlnR ar...thrlr noxt Imymnkor. Wn. n P'ne nrolmd Warsaw, '"il over, the border Into Ln, nla.,nnd "nuldatlng K in Ltho BnHIi. , ThS Anunucd on paBe Three) of Air av&tlol1'8' 21, W-Amerl-'ructl n , rJ1K 1 n eo began ifrnccgthlrdTomc' In outh 't force. n.dt,yJ,ftor Rilled cl todnyPUt nshoro- ll waa ,CWnora'n of P"h fth7n4'Van7llos In The ShaHlaCancada Wonderland August 21, 1944 Max. (Aug. IB) 83 Min. . Precipitation last 24 hours Stream year to date Normal . 12.33 Last year Forecast! Clear. , 48 ..OO 10.62 .....17.85 PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1944 Number 10242 IK HUBBLE FRENCH TROOPS BREAK'.: Irani TOO 0 Ml NM South France Invasion Sped By Advances By NOLAND NORGAARD ROME, Aug. 21 (') French troops have cracked into the wettern and northern sections of the great naval bate of Toulon on the Mediterranean coait, the allied commjnd announced to night. The Invasion of southern France continued to progreit at an muting rate. American infantrymen stabbed SO miles inland, seising the highway center of Valentole, north of Toulon, and fanned out into the Ae river valley to the north. At Valoniola the Amerlcani were a third of the way to Lyon, populous con trol point on the Rhone river. Other troopt of Ma. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's army were only about nine miles from Marseille, France's second city. Troops Enter at Dutk French forces fought their way Into Toulon at dutk yester day. It was announced, after winning domination of Mont Faron, the 2000-foot peek from which Napoleon shelled British and French republicans out of the city early in his career. The olficlal announcement tailed to give any Indication of the nature of the action within the city, but front line dispatches said allied warships shelled the harbor defenses with a thunder- otis bombardment all day yes- vurcuiy. 21 (VP) second WASHINGTON, Aug B-20 bombers in the wave of Sunday's double-strike at Japan reported today sight ing tho flnmiTti uf destruction wrought by tho daylight flight of Superfortresses while still a linlfhour flight from Industrial targets on Kylshu. Four ot tho huge bombers wero reported lost to enemy ac tion in tho coordinated day and night attacks by tho 20th air force. The announced losses all were sustained by the day raiders which met strong fighter oppo sition. Yawata Target The) Important Yawata Indus trial section was tho target of both flights. Our planes shot down 13 ene my fighters, whllo 13 wero prob ably destroyed and 12 damaged. Tho Tokyo radio as usual termed damuge "negligible" and (Continued on Pago Three) Patton's Army . Inflicts Heavy Casualties WITH THE U. S. THIRD ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 21 ()') Lt. Gen. Patton's U. S. third army has Inflicted 100,573 casu alties on tho Germans since Aug ust 1, in his dash across Brittany and northern Franco to the out Skirts of Paris. Tho third army has captured 40,050, killed 11,025 and wound ed an. estimated - 48,000. The losses constituted a total ot about 11 nazi divisions in their present, depleted state, Tokyo Forecasts New Offensives ' LONDON, Aug. 21 (VP) Ber tin broadcast a Tokyo dispatch today reporting lively allied air activity north of Australia which tho Japanese said "probably foreshadowed fresh offensives operations In that area." Tokyo carllor broadcast an Im perial headquarters communique asserting that 23 of 00 bombers which raided the Japanese home land vesterday wero shot down. Provlotis Japnncso brondcusts had rcDortod 20 ot 7 auacKing planes downed. Tho French entered the sub. urbs of Les Quntrc Chcmlns, Les Routes and Valbourdin and clamped a slego-llko ring around the city which left only the coastal road open for nazi escape. Occupy Two Towns They occupied Cugcs-lcs-Plns and Lo Ucausset, 14 and six miles northwest of the city, cut ting tho main road. No. 8, and virtually severing Toulon's com munications with Marseille. . Tho French also drew tighter their net to the cast of Toulon whero Gorman rcsistanco had boon toughest. About a milo from Hyercs, naval forces joined ground troops in smashing and capturing the Hotel de Golf, which the nuzis had converted Into a strong point. Mont Rcdon also was captured after heavy fighting. The nazi garrison In Hcycrs, 81 miles from Toulon, wus almost cut off. Overwhelm Garrison To tho northwest In the rapid ly maturing drive toward th6 Rhone river, ' American troops joined French Maquis in finally overwhelming the surrounded German garrison at Pcrtuis, 26 miles north of Marseille. Continuing to brush aside rc sistanco in a direct attack on Murscillo itself, allied troops ap proached Aubagne, nine miles east of the city. Another of Major. Gen. Alex ander M. Patch's American col umns charged on several miles to the northeast of Aix, key Junction of seven highways 15 miles north of Marseille. Anoth er unit was last reported in the outskirts of Aix and today pos sibly had completed occupation of that town. Previously, Shelled (The German radio said allied warships shelled Toulon yester day. It claimed hits on one of "several" battleships and ono of nine cruisers In tho attacking fleet by nazl shoro batteries, which, it was claimed, also struck a destroyer and torpedo boat.) A dispatch from Joseph Dy non, Associated Press correspon dent with French troops driving on Toulon, said French comman dos, joined with patriot forces and former members of the French -navy, were dominating the Faron area just north of Tou lon. . . Tho nazi garrison In Hyercs, about eight miles east of Toulon, wos virtually isolated, Dynan said. s GOP BOARD TO MEET SALEM, Aug. 21 (IP) The state executive board of tho Young Republican Clubs of Ore gon will meet at the Marion hotel here next Sunday, direc tors announced today. Community Fund Drive Organization Shapes Up V f it -V",' 1 1 1 in " x 1 1 -mi 11 1 11 JB With the Klamath Community Fund drive slated to' start September 11, Drive Chairman John Ebinger called the above men Into his office for a conference on drive organisation.- Left to right: M. Epley. member-executive board; Andrew M. Collier, spe cial contributions) Mitchell Tillotson. industrial payrolls; G. & Blohnv treasurer; Nick Long, organization contributions; Phil Hitchcock,' outlying towns; John Ebinger, drive chairman; Fred Southwell, vice chairman; L. O. Sisemore, general solicitation; DeLot Millsrural solicitation; Charles Stark,- secretary;. John Houston, .publicity. The -departmental, chairmen will name drive chairmen and other workers. v " ;":, r .':: ." - .. "-' '; . Angus Wcwton.' who has been aotivQ here for many years in veteran and fraternal circles, came out today for city council man from the first ward, assur ing a contest In' that ward. Joe Balthazor, grocer, took out pe titions for tho same office a few days ago. Newton, a painter and paint ing contractor, is former com mander of the American Leg ion, and was head of the Santa Claus clan which was . active here for a number of years in behalf of children at Christmas time. He had charge of the Elks lodge flying cadet recruit ment and headed the Elks war committee for a long time. He is a member of the Kiwanis club. . The councilman filing was the only local political development of the day. Willis Mahoney, former - Klamath mayor, was due to set up his headquarters here this week in his contest for United States senator against Guy Cordon. .. Turner to Leave For Duties at. Pasco Air Field Lt. Commander B. M. Turner, executive officer of the Klamath naval air station, will become commanding officer of the naval air station at Paseo, Wash., it iun rllsclnsed today. It had been nroviouslv reported LU Com- mnnrw Turner would become c. 0.. at the North Bend auxil iary station. . ' Lt. Commander Harvey C, Fleming will come here as execu tive officer, succeemng turner, it was announced by Command er R. R. Darron, captain of the station here. War Bulletin IRUN, Spain, Aug. 21 (VP) Uniformed, officers of the French inv took oossession of the in ternational bridge at Handaye at 5:30 p. m. today in the name of the French committee 01 nation al liberation, thus comoleting French occupation of the entire Pyrenees frontier. Boys Offer $20 Bills to Passersby; Generosity Leads to Investigation It wasn't Christmas, so people downtown Saturday night wero a little suspicious when three small bovs started offering $20 ; bil s to passersby on the streets, remarking "Wo havo plenty of money." Tho three, two of them 0 years old and the other 7, also aroused tho suspicion of a worn '.!.. '' . .14 ..nj thnm In tho a lev outside .'her house dividing and counting money. Do- c dins that it was ioo mumi youngsters to have, she questioned them and they 'explained that their father had given it to them. However, she called city police and reported what sho had seen. City police picked up the three sick little boys, who, although they had stomach aches from eating so much candy bought with their new found riches, refused to take castor oil. Before the had been taken into custody, however, the boys had- .given the money, about. $850, to two 16-yeor-olds. . One of the older boys took most of the money and handed the rest on to his broth-cr-ln-law, who is also being questioned by police. One of the 16-year-olds who is thought to have quite a bit of the loot Is being ques tioned by juvenile officers today. ' After some Investigation, lt was, found that tho three small boys had picked up a tobacco pouch containing the, $850, where it had been lost in Walgreen's by E. E. Huffman, em ployed at the Wlnema farms, near Tulelake. So far about $600 has been recovered and police are still looking for the missing boy and the rest of the money. The only complaint made by the three youngsters to juvenile officers was that they did not get a suitable reward for finding the tobacco pouch and the money. Church Blames Washington For Pearl Harbor Disaster WASHINGTON, Aug. 21- (IP) Rep. Church (R-Ill.) told the house today that the 'full - story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 'W1U shock the -world" and added:. - "Washington was. to blame." Church spoke in connection with a public letter addressed to. Senator Truman (D-Mo.) by Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim mel who -was removed ' from active command after the Pearl Harbor disaster. Klmmel told Truman a report on the attack prepared under the chairman-. BY SOVIET T LONDON, Aug. 21 (VP) ' Moscow confirmed tonight that soviet troops had withdrawn from the town of Tukums, 33 miles west of Riga, in the area where the Germans, said they had reestablished contact' with two nazl Baltic armies which had been cut off.' . Farther south,, red army troops advanced, driving across the Bialystok-Warsaw. railway, northeast of Warsaw and cap turing more than 50 places in an effort to force a wedge, be tween the Polish . capital and East Prussia. Push Past Tukums Today's German communique said that nazi troops had pushed past Tukums and tonight- the broadcast Russian communique announced that "by order of the command our troops left the town of Tukums and retired to more favorable positions." The Russians also .said that German attacks continued north (Continued on Page Three) French Troops Capture Toulouse LONDON, Aug. 21 (P) The Algiers radio said today that on Sunday .the Maquis captured Toulouse, sixth largest city of France. : Toulouse (Pop. 213,200) is in southwest France, 60.m il es north of the Spanish border. Frequent neutral, reports have told of German withdrawals from that area. . Another Algiers radio report said French forces of the inter ior were fighting German troops in the streets of threatened Marseille, second city .of France, which lies close to American seventh army advance units. Nazis Damage Areas in Warsaw LONDON. Aug. 21 '(VP) The Germans are laying waste large sections of Warsaw with artil lery and planes, trying to smash underground forces battling nazi troops within- the city, Polish quarters here said today. Much of the old city has been virtually wiped out and the fa mous 15th century cathedral has been almost pulverized, the in formants said. ship of Associate Justice Owen J, ;Koperfs ot - me -supreme court does not contain tne basic truths of the Pearl Harbor-catastrophe" . and that ' a magazine - article- -b y Truman- contained "false.- statements.' - "Political .Document".: '('The Roberts-reoort is noth ing more than a political docu ment," Church said in the house. "It was designed to allay the public clamor for informa tion as to the party or parties responsible for our armed forces being taken by surprise. "It was designed not to pre sent the truth but to . prevent the people from knowing the truth." Washington Blamed . .' "I am personally convinced. and I believe that a true inves tigation will - substantiate me. that the ' people . really, respon sible for the Pearl Harbor ca tastrophe were here . in Wash (Continued on Page Three) Cruisers Shell Bayonne Sector : IRUN, Spain, Aug. 21 (P) Three light allied cruisers beean shelling' almost non-existent Ger man defenses in the Bayonne area of southern France before dawn today. Spanish residents of this bor der town 18 miles to the south naa 8 grandstand seat. ' - ' The cruisers which .first pa trolled, the . coast south of Bor deaux evidently were ieeling out German defenses, but drew only an occasional reply from two or .three coastal batteries nearl Bayonne. Liberator Sinks Jap Cruiser .CHUNGKING, Aug. 21 (VP) A Liberator bomber of the U. S. 14th air force has sunk a 14,200 ton Japanese cruiser in a sweep off the Chinese coast east, of Hongkong, Gen. Joseph W. Stil- well's headquarters announced today. ' The attack took place Satur day, the announcement said. The Liberator . made four bombing runs over the cruiser, scoring three direct hits and one probable, the announcement said, and "on the-fourth run the crew saw the enemy warsnip sink. . . ., ; , . i Yank Submarines Sink 79 Ships WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 (P) American submarines in the Pa cific and Far East have sunk 19 more Japanese ships, including a light cruiser and an escort ves sel, the navy reported today, bringing to' 706-the total of en emy vessels sunk by submarines. Making its first report on United States submarine activi ties in 11 days, the navy said these vessels had been sunk: One light cruiser, one escort vessel, one large tanker, three medium cargo transports, 11 me dium cargo vessels and two small.-cargo vessels.- SET FOR SEPTEMBER September l'f 'has been set as the date .for. the opening of the K I a m a th Community , Fund drive.- the joint campaign, for. all public v .money-raisina . purooses uere-except uie rtea i.ros0,-. . John . Ebinger, drive chair man, said it t is hoped to. com piete the campaign with; .the soa.uou quota raised in 10 days, He' said that, cooperative.. atti tude of labor, business;, farmers and , all other elements of fthe community is already In -evi dence and there is ereat. hone for early success.' ' . ... , - . ne announced ine operations organization as follows:- vice- chairman,, Fred Southwell treasurer, . G.J C. Blohm; secre tary, C. R. Stark; general so licitation, L. O r t h Sisemore: special contributions. A. M: Col lier; rural solicitation. . DeLos Mills'; outlying . towns, . . Phil Hitchcock: industrial havrnlls. Mitchell Tillotson; school solici tation, Arnold Gralapp and Fred Peterson; military .installations, t-aui i,andry; special, events. Fred . Heilbronner: ' miihlinitv John Houston; organization on- iriouuons, nick L,ong. Represented on the executive boaid is organized labor,-, with Vernon Chase representing the uiu ana can mdsaii. the AFii, (Continued on Page Three), . Enemy Withdraws From Moluccas : GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC' Aug. 21 (P) Japan is withdrawing her planes from .the Moluccas -and ripping up .the abandoned dromes, leaving that -island- clus ter below the Philippines wide open for allied invasion.- . Largest island of the Moluccas group, also known as. the Spice islands, is Halmahera, 200 miles west of New Guinea ' and only 300 south of Mindanao.. SEINE ABOVE, BELJPIS Resistance Slight as Allies Push Near Capital By WES GALLAGHER - SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY , FORCE.. Aue. 21 lPl XI. S - third army tanks have -hurdled 1 tne heme both above and below . Paris and have stormed into the . area of the western suburb of Versailles where virtually no re. sistance was met. - . aen. oir- .Bernard L,. Mont- ' gomery, directing the ground : sweep which threatened to iso- - late tne i rench capital and to da. r stroy further the German forces ' in northwestern France, declared : the enemy had suffered a "defi nite, complete and decisive" de--feat and that the war's end was in signt." . , - , Communications Cut Lt. Gen. George S: Patton's armored lightning, in strokes , rapidly .cutting Paris commuiu- i cations with southern France and the channel coast, crossed ; the Seine m the Fontainebleau i area 35 miles southeast, of the -- capital and established a strong 1 bridgehead across the river near -Mantes, 25 miles northwest of T the capital.' ' ' The northern thrust, threaten ing the remainder of the German -i 7th and- 15th armies below the -Seine and along the rocket coast, : was meeting heavy resistance,, however, as Field Marshal Gen, rt Guenther von Kluge sensed his peril. - ., ...... i; t orcee Deployed . ;& Patton's forces were denlover! - from the Fonta Fontainebleau ; area to Melun. and Corbeil, 1? i mites southwest ot Fans, where -they might sweep on a 20-mile z front 'toward Soissons,, Reims; and the Marne battlegrounds ot the First world war.. .-. ? - Within; Farif. Itself, . relugeel i esctiping uuo American .lines n said there-was a rising wave of violence as French underground-. freedom, - . - . . . .: Allied Flalgs Tlf. ' -Allied flags - were reported already flying over parts of- the: capital, as the resistance: forces anticipated the hour- of- libera- . UUII.- f. . - - Resistance Was fed by allied - air forces." Hundreds of Ameri-, . can and RAF -heavy bombers . on several - occasions have dropped great loads of. arms to-, resistance forces,- it was- an-, nounced. ""'':. .: ' . ' : 49,650 Prisoners Already, it was announced 411411, . J-ll. V7644. UCUlfiC a. . v- ton's third army in its sweep to Paris had captured 49,650 Ger mans, killed 11,025 and wound ed 48,900 a total of 109,575. - Now -Patton's invasion of the territory north- of the Seine- at -(Continued oh Page Three) : Ear Green Safe After Being Reported Missing " Flight Officer Earl W. Green,, reported missing over "France on D-Day,; June 6, has cabled his father, Marion M. Green,: of 137 . Mill, that he is . safe, and sound although he can't men tion -where. . "..-.' Word came that Green was missing on June 15 and shortly thereafter his father received word, .that somebody had .seen him parachute from his plane and. land safely somewhere in France.. ' :;- '. - - Green was the pilot of a Thunderbolt fighter plane based in England, at the time he was reported missing. He was a stu--dent at KUHS before entering the national guard unit in 1939. Delegates Agree Security Rests: on Sovereign Rights By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 IP) Representatives of the 'United States, Great Britain-and Russia today began planning a world se curity organization which ' all agreed must- be1 based- on' the '.'sovereign quality", of large and small nations alike, and must be backed by military forces avail able promptly 'and in-strength. Secretary of State Hull-opened the initial session, of the his toric conference . at Dumbarton Oaks at 10:30 a;m. (EWT), with a sharp rap of the gavel, on the horseshoe oak table and said: . . "The conference will come to order." - , - 1 In his opening address, Hull called for strong commitments to use force when necessary, saying it "must be 'available promptly, in adequate -measure and with certainty." , - - ' . Ambassador Andrei A. Gro myko, chief Russian delegate, re sponding to Hull, likewise em phasized thp need for force ennnhle- nf nreventlnt? a recur rence of World war; While he stressed the responsibility for world security to be borne by the - great powers because oi their strength, he said, the foun dation of a world organization must be "the principle 1 of the sovereign equality of all freedom loving countries." : -v .. Positive Results Gromyko expressed the conviction- that the war-created unity among the United States, Britain and' Russia guarantees that the ' "present exploratory discussions - will bring positive results." f He praised, the United States government for,- taking the initiative in forming peace organization.- Sir Alexander Cadogan, . the British delegation's leader, , like Hull and Gromyko emphasized the-need for force and for fair treatment ... small nations, but he declared additionally that "peace may come sooner than some expect" and that therefore the conference should move swiftly toward setting up some framework of future internation. al cooperation. v' -
