Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, August 22, 1944, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON UNITS GLOS E PI NCFRS ON NAZI THDDPS (Continued from Page One) in the Park area. U. S. forces met heavy resistance at E tarn pes, ? cnufh nf Paris. (Berlin announced evacuation - Knth F.tnmnes and Maleshcr- bes, 36 miles below Paris, and 14 southwest of the American bridgehead-across the Seine at Fontainebleau. The Germans laid probing thrusts in the Or leans area southwest of Pans were -checked). - Fire on Orleans Orleans was under shellfire, inri there was fighting at Ram- bouillet 22 miles southwest of Since June- 6 the allies have counted 700 destroyed enemy tanks behind their lines, and 500 damaged ones. Others remain to be tallied. As the new pincers began clamping shut, a Britisn staff officer asserted "The back of the German army is broken. Naaii Fall Back With their lines crumbling, the Germans were falling back en a 60-mile front inland from the sea in this sector before the blows of Canadian, British and American armies. The other flank of the pincers was formed by U. S columns atrikinK down the Seine from their bridgehead at Mantes-Gas-aicourt, 25 miles northwest of Paris. - This was fashioning a gi gantic new trap for tne Uer- mans. F (Continued from Page One) at eel construction' of the truck cab and steering wheel saved him from serious iniurv. The -accident occurred about halfway between the barracks and town, and was seen by sev eral marines ana civilian work er on the road. 1 The curve on which the accident-occurred is to be partially eliminated by contractors who are to pave the barracks' road. The same curve was the scene of an accident about a month ago. which took the life of a sailor from- the naval air station here. Liberated French Cheer Victorious Yanks 3 i 3 1 it'il'Rf rz f ft iff I Jifcj . V. PETAIN ARRESTED ! BY NAZI GESTAPO Cheerlni French civilians, holding up their hands in V sign and displaying French and American flags,, greet ImeSlntoen wS uSbUielr liberated southern France village toward Toulon, giant French naval base. Signal Corps radlo-telephoto from. Italy. . , IClwani Luncheon August 34, -Thursday, Kiwanians will lunch, at the Marine Barracks - with Col. B. Dubel and Dr. L. T. Coeeeshall. honorary Kiwan- is members. Club, members are asked not to bring, guests,- to meet at the Willard hotel at 11:40 p. m., and to provide a car if possible-. .:; i ; : Paul O. Landry ' Hita question: ' "A short time ago, my ' Uncle's store was damaged , ; by fir. Ha tells me that during' the suspension of his business due to the fire, he received payments from an insurance policy that covered the normal amount of his profits and sales. Could you give me further information on this . 'business interruption' in surance?" . -Fox information- on any . Insurance problem, consult ' ' THE LANDRY CO., ' 419 Main St. Ph. 5612 The Courthouse Is Now One Block Down Tho Street From Our Office. Ready for induction into the armed services are the follow ing men, to be called Septem ber 7, 1944. The list was re leased by Klamath county local board No. 2: Lefley, Wayne W., Prineville, Ore. Brown, Archie O., 335 Jef ferson, KFO. - AM. Richard L,., Koseburg, Ore. Redficld, Jack A., 5431 Shas ta way, KFO. Nida.- Fillmore .. Kt. 3, Box 481, KFO. Mantlet Jr.. Alexander S., 2044 Garden, KFO. Edwards, Clinton D., 2811 Summers lane, KFO. Steevens, Max B., Crescent, Ore. Adams, Dee M., Oakland, Calif. - Cox, David H., 1226 Kane, Ktu. - : Motschenbacker, La Verne W, Yakima, Wash. ; Sandy, Lamar L., Portland, Ore. Heavy Bombers Smash Odertaf ROME, Aug. 22 (Fj A force of up to 750 Fortresses and Lib erators today smashed at the syn thetic oil Tefinery of Odertal in uerman oilesia ana at. other oil targets in the Vienna area. The heavies and their- escort ing fighters met- stiff - opposi tion in the air over Vienna. - The Fortresses struck at Oder tal. 80 miles southwest of Bres- lau, and the Liberators hammer ed at underground on storage tanks at Lobau, seven miles southeast of Vienna. They used heavy, delayed action bombs. The Liberators also attacked a refinery at Korneuburg, five miles south of Vienna. Former Tammany Leader Paroled OSSINING, N. Y., Aug. 22 (IP) James J.Hines. former Tam many, district leader,, was paroled today from sing sing prison where he had served three years, 10 months and eight days of a four-to-eight year sentence for conspiracy and operating a lot tery in connection witn tne 5zu, 000,000 Dutch Schultz policy racket. The New York state parole board ordered times release ef fective September 12. The white- haired, 67-year-old inmate ap peared personally before the board. ' Fire Reported In Lonq-Beif Tract One 'fire was reported Tues day Dy tne jvu fa to be burning in the Long Bell tract.' but it was weu under control. me report ot tne fire was iirst told about 1:15 p. m. Mon day afternoon. Gromyko Outlines Russian Ideas For Postwar World (Continued from Page One) out the basic principles of peace organization. Apparently this did not pre clude the possibility that con sideration would be given to put ting at least a part of the pro jected organization into tempor ary action as soon as possible, pending decision by the United Nations of whether they want to set up the agency to be designed here. 'Tolly to Delay Diplomatic quarters attached considerable significance in this cdnnection to a statement by Sir Alexander Cadogan, the British delegation chief, at the opening session of the security talks. Em phasizing that "peace may come sdoner than some expect," he declared:- ." '.' ""It would be folly to delay the construction of at least some framework of future internation al cooperation until the problems of peace confront us with all their insistency." ;.- Somewhere there's I ' Soldier who wouldn't want y you to take chances oa '; your health. He knows you are under unusual t airess and strain. And he'd i ,JoIn us in urging that you ' consult a responsible phy sician without undue -do-lay, 'j- j"',. s - . . . '; -Yes, Doctors are busy but never TOO busy to '-.conserve a patient's health. You'll save the Doctor's time and yours by call ing on him promptly. CURRIN'Sro. DRUGS 140 Main Phone 4514 HI NEW OFFENSIVE (Continued from Pago One) serves on the west bank of the river. ; - The forcing of the Bug. which flows into the Vistula 28 miles above Warsaw, posed a threat to cross the larger river. Mar shal Konstantin Rokossovsky's regrouped and reinforced group of armies pushed two Russian columns toward the confluence of the streams. He pushed ahead against furious German coun terattacks from 50 recaptured villages in what appeared to be the most serious threat to War saw in nearly two weeks. Strong Support - , Nazi r'couhterattacks were re ported strongly .supported by their air force, by largo concen trations of artillery and by groups of 100 to 120 tanks which came in "wave after wave, 10 or 12 times a day," Izvestia said. Another and growing threat to Warsaw was in the Sando mierz region across the Vistula 100 to 110 miles southeast. The survival of only 1550 prisoners, with the final killing of 12,000 in the Sandomierz trap where three divisions were encircled, was considered confirmation of the great-shrinkage in .Hitler's divisions. - (The German communique said strong Russian tank and infantry forces were on the of fensive in Romania, attacking southeast of Tiraspol and be tween the Prut and Screth rivers). Japs Lose 10 For Every Yank Casualty ' U?S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Aug. 22 (if) Japan's futile defense of Guam, Saipan and Tinian cost her 44,956 troops killed 10 to 1 for American lives lost in this bloodiest campaign of the Pacific war. , . - Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an nounced the new. total yesterday in reporting new deaths in con tinued mop-up operations on the three captured Marianas islands. The Pacific fleet commander also reported new bomber strikes from the Kurile to the Molucca islands were without aerial op position. The raids 'included record blows at -Halmahera and Bocroe islands in the Moluccas. Four Killed In Plane Crash LUKE FIELD, Ariz. Aug. 22 (VP) Loss of four airmen in the crash: of a B-25 and an AT-6 trainer during an aerial se quence in-the filming of the movie, "God Is My Co-Pilot," was announced last night by Lt. Col. G. M. Bates, commanding officer.. ' -, The collision occurred at 9000 feet as a flight, of AT6s camou flaged to resemble Jap Zeros closed in on a group of medium bombers in a simulated air at tack. The AT6s came up be neath the bomber formation after a diving approach. Insure, your furs with Hans bina Engine and Machine Works, Norland. Phone 6060. 1 navy shipyard here, Kehrli, McVoy to Visit Malin A look at Malin's widly-puB- licized civic enterprises was on schedule today for Herman Kehrli, head of the bureau of municipal research at the Uni versity of Oregon, and Arthur McVoy. city planner for Port land, who were in Klamath Falls at noon. The visitors said they wanted to visit the town that has already raised a large sum for the post war community center develop ment more ambitious than proj ects of places many times the size of Malin. They also plan ned to talk to Malin officials about zoning problems. Kehrli and McVoy will be here for a meeting of the Klam ath Falls planning commission Wednesday. PERSONNEL DIRECTOR PORTLAND, Aug. 22 UP) Tom - Ray, who was ousted as business agent and financial sec retary of the Portland AFL Boilermakers after a bitter fight with the' international union, is new personnel director at Al- o-'onUimed from Pago One) and that tho old marshal was summarily arrested by force. Where he Is was not known ab solutely, although most guussos wero that he is in Germany. Thus the old chief of state became of ficially what he has been in effect for a long time a prison er of the nazis. Vichy Regime Finished Tho Vichy regime is "fin ished,'" the Basel National Zut tung commented. The Swiss minister to Vichy is returning home and relations concerning France will henceforth be con ducted through Berlin. Reports from the rroncn un derground said that the Maquis were attacking Vichy at about tho tune of the seizures, nan actually taken parts of tho pro visional capital and were arrest ing collaborationists. Destination Unknown The swift reported action of the gcstnpo seemed an indica tion that the Germans placed no trust in the marshal. Petain was arrested so swift ly he was not. given time to shave and taken to an unknown destination. (A Swiss radio broadcast said Petain "was able to write a short letter of farewell, copies of which are circulating In France." The broadcast, recorded by OWl. said its information came from "most reliable quarters. ) Picrro Laval, Vichy "chief of Government." whom Petain once discharged for ovorzoalous col laboration with tne uermnns, was reported Installed in Bel fort near the German frontier a city once considered an anchor of the old Maglnot line, return reinstated Laal under German pressure in April, 1942. and the white-tied former premier swift ly assumed many of Pclain's gov ernmental prerogatives. The German-controlled Vichy radio said the Vichy government had been transferred to another site, which was not identified. French frontier reports said 20, 000 to 30,000 German troops were moving northward from southern and central France toward Belfort where it oppcared the nazis were determined to de fend a gap leading to the Rhine. Joins French & -Mi William C. nullllt, 53, above, former U. S. ambassador to France, who was refused active duty twice because of his niie by Secretary of War Sttmson, has iolned the French army as a commandant, equivalent to major in the American Army. Record Halibut Catch Reported PRINCE RUPERT, B, C, Aug. 22 (CP) The' largest halibut catch to arrive In Prince Rupert for many sensons was brought here last week by Peter Jacob son, of Seattle, Wash., skipper ot tho schooner Paraxon. Jacob son's catch amounted to 100,000 pounds. Visits Mrs. Aimu MeWhortcr of Salem, urrlved Monday eve ning to visit with her (laugh ler's family, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Little. 2444 Orchard way. By JACK BELL ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 22 UP) Wendell L. Wlllltio was said au thoritatively hero Unlay to have urged John Foster Dulles, Gov Thomas E, Dewey's foreign af fairs agent, to rally republican support behind efforts to make tho Washington postwar secur lly conference a sucvew. Dulles, who cxehaiiRed views with Wllllcle in Now York yes terday, litis HiTimurd to meet with .SdiimIoi'h Arthur Vniidcn berg of Michigan and Wainm ft. Austin of Vermont in Wa.ih Ington tomorrow In-fore he pre sents Dewey's beliefs to Secre tary of State Hull Inter that afternoon. Dewey has inaclo It plain Unit he opposes any purmuucitt four power alliance to dominate tho world and wants small nations tn have n voice in Hie Interna tional security nritiiiil.utiou for which representatives o ( the United Stales. Great Britain, Itussla and later China may lay the groundwork at the cur rent Dumbarton Oaks confer ence. Wlllkle, also an advocuto of small nation representation, was reported to have urged on Dulles at their meeting that no movo be miuto by the republi can presidential nominee or his friends that could be Interpret ed ns Interfering with tho con ference. Classified Ada Bring HesulU August 22 editadiTTt" (Continued rmm Pmn l B'l'W, start mcorJ"0t ' north. T(.y S k across the Vistula t ,,'H Inere are , l,n km THE EAST. '1 lit-y nil Pttoij TIIK whole M,.n. .. , ; .' 1 eluding II,,, ,U hliinkuted lu- ... itii 'l. une sn.i.,., wni I'oso Is I'OSTWA I nfil jW '"Iher ll,a p .'f.'P';; Tldft ITAUY SEC'UHITY tNl IN lh" ''"'He. A.lmlr.) kJ announces ,lny ,"' of Guam, Salpaa and t (d,t DEAD ten Ji. , lv America,, life , " ti We're homl,K w, . Mo urn,,, west f N, rv nro still ,, .-"? n we .Ink KNOuAity Il Utile yelK 3 M M 'he Ailiii One "''tliihl' and are still Whei smn. ,,,, ,, .. ...ii. no longer ho nhli tn .hJ","1 s stolen Island !, II.--. have to rrtlXM,H IIUIIIIIIUKI, SIIKW. iteen ...i,. 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