: .- : ' V-"-:-'.;-I '
i
landing Made
Under Cover
Of ShelJing
jViinOn'. Aug. 23 (T) A third French Invasion landing.
Zuh Into iouinwM ..... w.u.u, w reporiea
lm the Spanish frontier. French military authorities at
"J... Franco, said lha Undlng waa btgun last night undar
.Is naval and aarlal bombardmtnt.
! rorl w cabled from tha Spanish bordar by Charles
-ui.i nl tha Aatoclatad Praia buraau In Madrid. h
Lutd th border Into aouthorn Franc after tha Germans had
P..J Irnntler oosls.
f ".',, hours altor Foils' report was received, Berlin radio
ii"imsll lorce" was put ashore near 8t. Jean de Lui, which
i, mllM Irom the Spanish irontler, lying between Hendaye
m . and Blarrlli.
ay's Jews
jaajftftlVi'i ' '
t1 FRANK JENKINS
LutIS FALLS!
ltr Hnvs (ever since wc
Lj ih Koine nbovo nml be-
Ll II ka hllllll on Iho limb, nil
.r,r. mum. iL-uuy iu w
I,..,, ihf KItENCIt who seized
ItlUlbsna OKi ino niuiiwiiH.
(OR (our lonR, bitter years tho
French underground nun noun
Hint up lis strength, biding
time ond WAITING FOR
KrcnAV.
the any came opparcnuy jost
ifordiv or Sundny.
Tho Purls populace firoso
fe au.uuu urmca r renen
km of tho Interior, supported
r hundreds of thousands 01 un
tied aniridia, mul wont Into
Ition. The hnrrl core of the up.
:n was provided by tho Puns
!lce. who were nlrcody on
Mm sealnst tho German con'
fctrorj. Thoy seized tho police
bite Tho rlsliiR forces of the
rjtrground swnrmed Into the
be center (lie tic la Cite). Here
fry ilood and bent off attacks'.
it was mi over soon (tno uor-
uu were already getting out as
uiu incy couki.)
FT muit have been a dramatic
ilruMle but wc have no time
ft It here, even If Its details
tre available. The fnll of Paris
only a detail of a mluhly pic
ture that Is developing before
BJtovci Willi sinrt nirawiitnoss
uncDotiic of Normandy, wliero
h (lower of German military
rmjln In the west Is wilting
it! a roln of hot steel from
funs and our n ano. Is only
wilier detail.
The picture Is tho RETAKING
mncc,
KLU over France (ho probing
111,,, -f I I 1 I . -1
ui iiihuu mniuruti
ftlUmns nre t-mrhlncr tnr Ihn
roal of nnzl Germany.
Unclsthrilslinir fnatwnrrl from
16 Paris nrpn Inwnrrl nnrmnnv'l
ai.i. t' ........
f:"t-nr8onno gate, north of the
orges hills. Another in nn.lilno
IP from the Mediterranean
ward the Belfort gntc, south
' no Voskcs. (Patch's men
"mini tin Irnm II, .,.ll. I..,
';"?,v closed tho escape route
l o Italy and thence back Into
"many oy the Brenner poss.)
Our
purpose is to closo those
Pics and trap ti,0 Gcrmons left
r" fiance.
trv ..
Ihw tno Germans 11 Is bill?.
ttn.C ' ." rcvcrso nnrt tno
tSnLlcl1? monster that was
Iff nta I. moving
Bar f..i .." "uu UIiKWlAWX
SL r than 11 movci awny
K'm Ucrmnnv !!,... ,i. T7
In nin """
I ,:
I . ;
OITfo .. :
r l write on France
lol.l ,,nl.rcmnlns 'or Mm Is to
low i.iY'T ,mu?" 01 I"" Pree
Z'rJ n?of his mSK
"in oo lost wait H.
feCnfjV5u"-a b.ut tho
"ch O yir-wnicn win cost
h!?lfelntwh0,,0.l,n,,1 oul-
PopDlnc lin i..U.i, ...in l
'S. With tho ro.
Kof lini'.'., K.enorai avor.
hour, w , m i 8,1 houses every
uiii KYr ln niu ruunut
h'Hi overv M w" t'S'it for It
kier,yoff.l'lln8 ll" hos left in
pfMn VnK,.a, Kenoral avor.
'"w It with ? b0 c,xPoclot to go
ntm..cy!r? h'"8 wohavo.
light wi. .V l8J '"cant that last
BrlWua?thc WORST NIGHT
!'lod rCcn slnco the robots
''"nchiiw i? nazls may no
M h i1'01" with all the
etetetrtennsCs0)mmanabC'0re
M drlJin. R,uaalt"i forces ' are
Trs f,L toward Germany's
aWesh ifrc.,rom tho west.
. "1 Jl(lmn.,l. , W"IiaiVU IS
" knffini11?1 nlm npparently
TW 8 erfi n th0
?rigRoUnSl1n1n nXmlc are con
'eeii thVho Ga'tl gap bo
Whfan',116 feiubo and thenar-
(Contlnu?HCk ' tho Galatl
mwed on Pago Six) ,
in
the Berlin correspondent of Af-
lonuiadcl hud rnbled that re
ports of a new allied Inndlng In
tho Bordeaux area were de
scribed In Berlin us "probably
correct.")
Coordinated Attacks
Tho Mendayo officials said the
operation was coordinated with
a ground attack by Amcrlcun
una French forces, which effect
ed a Junction at noon yesterday
at tha outskirts of Bordeaux,
closing In on that hurbor city by
inland routes,
Thero was no confirmation of
uny of the reports from supreme
allied headquarters.
Driven Bade
Tho German account claimed
that attempts to reinforce the
landing party under the protec
tion of naval guns wcra driven
back by nnd coastal batteries.
St. Jean da Lui Is 110 miles
south of Bordeaux. It Is. 30
miles west of Marseille, the
Mediterranean port besieged in
tho rapidly-developing Invasion
of southern France.
Spanish advices said Ameri
can motorized columns hod
driven down from a crossing of
tho Loire river at Nantes in a
170-mllo advance to Bordeaux,
with French resistance forces
striking up to tho great port
from tho border of Spain, form-,
intr a Junction of Bordeaux's out
skirts. ; --. ,
By DANIEL De LUCE
MOSCOW, Aug. 23 A
new red urmy offensive, prob
ably designed to knock Romania
out of tho war and break Hit
ler's grip on tho Balkans, smash
ed forward today on a 130-mile
front beyond Iusi to within 180
miles of jittery Bucharest and
185 of tho great Flocstl oil center.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (P)
Premier Staln announced today
tho red army hud captured Vns
lul. ' Important stroiiRpoInt 30
miles south of Iasi between the
Sircst and Prut rivers. Stalin's
order of tho day was broadcast
(Continued On Page Six)
Deal in Serious
Condition as
Result of Blow
Clyde Deal, employed at Wey
erhaeuser Camp i on the Green
springs, Is still in serious condi
tion at Hillside hospital today as
the result of injuries received
Mondoy afternoon when a small
tree fell on him, striking the
back of his neck.
Deal wos falling trees In the
woods when a large tree fell,
breaking off a small sapling
which struck his neck.
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Number 10244
Allies Make New Landing In France
GERMANY
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SPAIK
Allies poured ashore today near Bordeaux la coordination with a ground attack bj American
and French troops which closed In on the city by inland routes. On the southern coast ol France,
French troops have liberated the naval base of Marseille.'
Romania Accepts Allied Peace Offer;
New Government Headed by Sanatescu
NEW YORK, Aug., 23 CP)
Rpmonla has accepted an allied
peace- offer and -will -become an
"ally" of the United Nations,
the Bucharest radio announced
tonight in a broadcast recorded
by the federal communications
commission. ; s ; J .
The broadcast, In the 'form of
a proclamation from young
King Mihal said the government
of Premier Marshal Ion Anto
ncscu had fallen , end that a
new national government had
been formed, headed by Gen.
Konstuntin Sanatescu. The fam
ous old peasant leader Juliu
Mnnlu, most outstanding oppon
ent of Romania's unhappy posi
tion as a battered satellite of
Germany, was listed among the
new ministers.
Will Fight Nails
Romania is taking 'her fate
into her own hands and will
fight tho "enemy," the procla
mation said, presumably mean
ing nazi Germany.
The report came as two power-
Resignation of
Aranha Accepted
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 23
(PjPresldent Getullo Vargas
has accepted the resignation of
Brazilian Foreign Minister Os
wnldo Aranha, it was announced
officially todoy.
Tho off iclnl announcement
said tho retirement of Aranha
was accepted - with - regret by
President Vargas, and . extolled
tho minister as having given to
his country "numerous and sig
nal services."
Recognizing . these services,
tho communique said, "the gov
ernment of tho republic judges it
opportune to reaffirm the dlrec
fives of his foreign policy of con
tincntol solidarity and strict co
operation witn . me ainea na
tions." I
ful Russian, armies werer-drTvIng
forward In a four-day-old offen
sive aimed at-jtmockinsr'Rrou'f Jtrst TVMatRoTTIanIa "wbulot be
la. mil.n-ith wnr.i
i Allied peace terms nave been
accepted and the government of
Premier Marshal Ion Antonescu
has resigned, the Bucharest
broadcast said.
. New Successes .
Only- tonight the Russians an
nounced new successes In over
whelming northeastern Roman
ia, and in the first three days of
their offensive they had reported
slaughter of 25,000 German and
T
. By NOLAND NORGAARD
, ROME, Aug. 23 ()' Mar
seille, second city of France, fell
to French troops today. Only
small pockets of Germans re
mained tonight in the big south
ern seaport.
The prize port, a natural fun
nel to pour liberation armies
Into France, was occupied with
out . much resistance even as
Americans thrust 140 miles inland-in
a spectacular sweep, and
entered, the large industrial city
of Grenoble.
i Toulon Holds .
' The German garrison' still' is
holding out at Toulon - east of
Marseille, but land escape has
been cut off. v
' An American steel ' first car
ried 140 miles north, of Toulon
In the deep plunge into Gren
oble. - . ..-
A swift American armored
and motorized column plunged
into the city, long a hotbed of
the French patriot movement,
' (Continued on Page Six)
Romanian' troops and "capture Of
nearly i3,uuu. -
able to do- in -the way of accept-,
ing a peace as Jong as trie uer
man army remains on Romanian
sou was not clear, but In an
case military-develoDments Ind
cated that she -would not long
icmain as a oemgerent.
Sanatescu New Premier
The new premier is Gen. Kon
stantin Sanatescu and the eahl.
net includes Juliu Haniu, veter
an opposition leader and Chief
oi ine peasant party, the broad
cast said.
- A summary of King Michael's
proclamation, as reported by the
FCC. included these noints: '
1. A new national government
will be formed.
2. Russian peace terms are ac
cepted. 3; Romania Is to be an ally "of
IW. T T : , i :
VtIC VIlllCU IIUUUIIS.
4. Romania is taking her. fate
(continued un Page Six)
Youth Returns
After Being Lost
Jimmy Boyd, 17,- reached civ
ilization shortly before dark
Tuesday night after being lost
in the Seven Lakes area since
Monday.
On a fishing trip at Grass
lake with his uncle, Jimmy was
about four miles from camp
when his legs cramped. He lay
in a canyon all night and
crawled back to camp , in the
morning. Finding that his uncle
had gone for help, he hiked 11
miles to the Seven Mile guard
station.
Rangers from Butte Falls
wore out . looking . for Jimmy
until word reached, them this
morning that he was safe. -
Jimmy lives with Ills grand
mother, Mrs. 5. , n. . t rancis, 4iu
w. Htn. . .
Anti-Trust Suit Filed Charging Railroad Groups
With Collusion to Prevent Western Development
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (P)
The justico department an
nounced todoy it has filed an
onti-trust suit in Lincoln, Neb.,
against the Association of Ameri
can Railroads, the Western As
sociation of Railway Executives,
J. . P. Morgan and company,
Kuhn, Locb and company,, and
47 lndlvlduol railroads.
Also named as defendants are
tho officers and directors of the
Association of .American Rail
roads, top executives of the 47
railroads "homed and . 31 other
individuals.' .: .
Acted Collusively -'
' Attorney General Francis Bid
die announced through his Wash
ington office that the complaint
"charges that a combination of
private, financial, industrial and
railroad interests have actod col
lusively to maintain non-compot-itlvo
- rates for transportation
and to prevent and retard im
provements in tho services and
facilities of railroads for the
westorn-i part of the United
States.
to, "dissolve' the Association of
American Railroads represent
ing 85 per cent of the nation's
principal steam rail lines and
of the Western Association of
Railway Executives, an organiza
tion of western systems.
, Asks Injunction
1i also asks on injunction
against all the defendants to pre
vont a revival or continuanco of
any of tho offenses charged and
to prevent a revival of the west
ern ngrcemont, the western com
missioner or tho committee or
Harper Wounded
In Action
Corporal Dale W. . Harper of
Klamath Falls has been wound
ed in action, according to a list
of casualties among Oregon na
val personnel released today.
Harper Is with the marine
corps and Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lew. Harper. 438 Washing-
The" complaint asks th-court! ton, Klamath (falls. - I
directors from setting up a plan
which would restrain . trade in
violation of the Sherman anti
trust act. ' : '
Assistant Attorney General
Wendell . L. Borge . in charge of
the anti-trust division said the
war and nr.vy departments Hid
not object to the filing of the
suit, but he added he did not
know what action ' might be
taken by . them later.
. Request Postponement
The service departments have
requested postponement of ap
proximately 30 similar suits un
til after the war.
; Berge said that under any cir
cumstances from 9 to 12 months,
would be required to prepare
the case.
He told newsmen that the jus
tice department is conducting
an investigation of southern rail
roads to determine whether
there has been collusive action in
that ' region in the fixing . of
freight rates. ' He said ' the in
quiry has developed no evidence
of a commission plan - similar -to
TRAP CLOSES
TROOPS
Germans Fall - Back
. In Rout On
Seine'
JBy WES GALLAGHER
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 23 (TP) Allied
columns hammered in a tighten
ing trap today on Germans fall
ing back in a "rout" on the
steel-swept lower Seine, and
speared deep below Paris in
menacing new drives only 160
miles from the German' border.
One U. S. armored column
olunged' beyond Sens. 58 miles
southwest of Paris. It stood but
i art ' :, i ' , i.
xuu aiuce --Hum ine f ciurj f
frontier.
- Bridgehead Effected ' .
Between Sens and Paris. Lt.-
Gen. Georges S. Patton's third
army was operating in woods
hear Fontainebleau. In this sec
tor' the Americans fiad . thrown
a oriUBCpctta, vver i,ne- uppvi
Spines- ;
uanaaian ana Bnusn troops
scored advances of 10 to. 15 miles
in the chase of the battered, Ger
man seventh army toward, the
Lower Seine from the disastrous
Falaise - trap. . On the coast
Canadians battled some- seven
miles across the Seine estuary
from Le Havre. . Germans in
that, port . lobbed shells across
the water.
- Hit' Toward Sea
U. S. units hit down the river
toward the sea, bringing in the
(Continued, On Page Six) : .
Cotfy Foils
Atffeir IFouir
Day HattfDe
. By JAMES M. LONG . . . ; -1
LONDON, Aug. 23 (AP) Paris and Maneill thr two
first cities of France were wrested from German bondage
today. -
The capital fell to French partisans after four davt of
street fighting, Gen. Charles de Gaulle' headquarters an
nounced. Armed and unarmed thousand swept tha nuis
from the streets where they had strutted more than four years.
In the south of France, French troops entered tha great
port of Marseille and occupied most of the city in the face:
or mild opposition from its berman defenders.
(A public relations officer at Gen. Eisenhower's' Invasion'
headquarters said early tonight he had received no , confirmation. '
of the liberation of Paris. This presumably was only because, the
capital was freed from within, rather than, by the entry of Elsen-:
hower's armed forces; No doubt of the accuracy of the-French,
announcement was implied). ,
This time, the communique said, the fight was led by 50,000
organized' French forces of the ' interior, bolstered by hundreds
of thousands more who joined in with whatever weapons they.
could find. ." ' .'T..'.". V. ''
. '. La Marseillaise Sounds '.' : "
The dramatic announcement touched off broadcasts to French
men everywhere: as the triumphant strains of "La Marseillaise!'
sounded again to the news of a French victory.
There was no word immediately that American-troops: had.. -entered
the city. .
But the French said they-had seized all public buildings, wort-.
complete, control of . the situation, and captured all the . Vichy
representatives wno had not ea.---- ... ..-.' . .
Paris, the city of light, was back . in. French hands just four ...
LONDON, Aug. 23 () Lt.. Gen.: Joseph Pierre. Koenig,' corn.-!
mander of the French forces of the interior and military governor ...
of Paris,' gave this official, version, of the. deliverance of the cap-1
itah ' y ....... . :.. ,: .. .
I "On the morning of Saturday, 'August 19, the national' coun
cil of resistance and. the Paris committee of liberation, in agree-i
ment with the national delegate, representing the provisional''
government .of the. French republic, ordered a general; insurrec.v
tion in Paris and in the -Parisian, district. - . . .
, "French, forces of the interior to the number of 50,000-armed71
men, supported, by: several- hundred, thousand, unarmed. -patriots, J .
went ihto action immediately
"The Paris police, who had previously gone on strike, seized
the police prefecture and the He de la- Cite; They turned thevjlej.
de la Cite into a bastion, against which German attacks; broke;
down.,"' : -i . i ' .." ..j- . - ; -'''::--y,"y,":i-!'.::
'Toward 8 p. m. yesterday, August 22, after a four-day strug-;.
gle, the enemy had been beaten everywhere and the - patriots
occupied-all public buildings. . ,; - r.;
"Representatives of Vichy were arrested orare-in-; flight.'
"Thus the people of Paris have taken a prominent part-IB
the liberation of the capital. . '"--;:H'".'S;iVi :::;.i..J
"Long live France!" . . ;-.r;r.i7 .! , .
that mentioned in the Lincoln
suit..
Charges Made '
Berge reported that the 39-
page Lincoln complaint makes
these charges:
"It is alleged that by collusive
and illegal action, the defendants
have maintained freight rates
for the western part of the Unit-
. (Continued on Page Six)
FDR, Churchill
Plan Paris Meet .
LONDON, Aug. 23 (iP) The
London Dally Herald said today
dans were being made for Presi
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minis
ter unurcntu to be present in
Paris, "if that is practical," when
allied troops parade under the
Arc de Trlompne,
French troops, will head the
allied i parade, . with General
Charles de Gaulle probably hav
ing the place of, honor, the news-
'favn - auucu," - .
P
BY HEAVY BOMBERS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug.
23 (P) Unchallenged Libera
tors and Mitchells have begun
to pour it on Halmahera, last
Island barrier 'between Gen.
Douglas- MacArthur and the
Philippines.
i A record 135-ton nommng,
which destroyed - eight parked
planes, supply dumps and' de
fense positions and sank a
freighter, was reported today
against that octopus-shaped Jap
anese base. A 110-ton strike had
been announced yesterday.
Considering Halmahera's top
ography much , of its 6700
square miles are unexplored
jungle wilds and only a few
coastal sectors are of military
use these are gigantic blows.
They are being stepped up
(Continued On Page Six)
Bids Opened for ,
Two High Schools
Bids 4iad been-opened today
on two . Midland Empire school
construction projects the Butte
Valley high school, at Dorris
and the Bonanza high school.
Lawrence Construction com
pany of Sacramento was given
the-contract on the Dorris
school on a bid of $52,784 by
the Siskiyou Union high school
district after a meeting at
Yreka :iast night. - - -Lawrence
built the Junior high' school at
Placerville.
Bids were opened this after
noon by the Klamath county
school board on the Bonanza
building, and Brosterhous Con
struction company, Klamath
Falls, was low at $94,260. The
only other bid was from Halver-son-
Construction company,
Salem, at $123,100. Both bids
were well' - over the - estimate
and the board had -taken no
action at press time.--
Both buildings were designed
by Howard R. Perrln, architect,
and will replace school plants
that burned last year.
WEATHER
: August' 23. 1944 .
Max. (Aug. 22U.83 Min 42
Precipitation last 24 hours .....00
Stream year to date 10.62
Normal ..12.35 tast year ..l i.w
ForecjMt.- Clear
years' and 74 days from the' time . Adolf . Hitler', troops .Hiarched ,
in. German troops, then at the flood tide, of .conquest,- entered ,
June 14, 1940. - ' - .:. ..:.''.-'.:: a.-' ';','."'
The city became the first continental capital" 6t 'a full-fledged '
ally to be freed from German domination. Rome "has been taken,
but Italy started the war as an enemy and now is a co-belligerent.
.) De Gaulle, Elsenhower Confer ,
De Gaulle conferred with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in
France two-days ago presumably on details of civil affairs con
trol of the capital which once more is the pride of all France; h
(The British radio reported today the head of the French com
mittee of national liberation had arrived in Rennes, on-the Brit
tany peninsula, after visiting Coutances, Avranches and a number
of other liberated French cities. , - . ;:' i
1 Number of Casualties Unknown ' ' '
' There was no announcement after the De- Gaulle-Eisenhower
conference. It seemed likely: the French, who freed their, capita,
would be allowed to administer it. ' - 1 . J -':-
There was no Indication in the' French - communique ,what
casualties had been inflicted on the German forces -or how mainy
had been captured. Allied airmen for two' days have been re
porting the nazls pulling out of the city to the east over , every
road. . .. . " " '':'. ''-" .- .'':v.;::.:'.:";'".;Vx
(The Germans did not immediately acknowledge-any-change
In the status of Paris. A' DNB broadcast recorded by the federal
communications commission at 3:17 a. m., PWT, said "The situa
tion in Pans has calmed down as the result of strict1 measures;
but It cannot be .said whether terrorist and irresponsible, elements
will not provoke unrest shortly"). . . : ' ' .! .'''. :-' v
;The. thousands ot irenenmen and. womenwnp, sirucK .aown
the invaders who had brought misery and despair to their homes
rose from the underground of the Montamartre' and MOntpar
nasse. They.struck from the east and from the west.. . ; .. . ; .ji,'
: French Colonies Celebrate . ' ' ; '
French colonies were quick to begin -celebrating -libertit Wn
of their homeland capital. An Algiers broadcast announced Gen.
Georges Catroux had ordered the display of the tri-color through
out Algeria and the. ringing of all church bells. The -liberation
will be celebrated in Algiers at 6 p. m. by' salvoes of all the
city's batteries and the blowing of sirens on all the city's build
ings, y.... .- - ,-
Paris had" been declared' an. Topen city several days before
the Germans had reached it in the black , days of 1940; -German
armor clanked . into the. .stunned jiapltaL. jplled. past the Arc de
Triomphe and down the famed Champs Elysees to the Place 'de
la Concorde, and saw silent, deserted streets. Those citizens who
remained in the city stayed indoors rather than, look upon- the
degradation. - . ., ' i .
Confuseddisorganized France, its vaunted - military machine
broken by the lightning German attack along the Maginot line,
and its faith in its generals and leaders broken, had no chance
to fight for the capital. Even if the-will had been. there,, there
was none to organize it. A few days, after Paris fell; the remain
der of heart-broken, bewildered France capitulated.' '
England Hit by
Heavy Bomb Raid
LONDON, Aug. 23 P) South
England today suffered its heavi
est dawn, barrage of flying
bombs yet, as allied armies beat
toward the launching platforms
in Pas-de-Calais beyond the
Seine. ; "
The robots came so fast that
gunners had no respite in throw
ing up a terrific curtain of
ground fire. Clouds of smoke
over the sea indicated the num
ber of bombs brought down in
the channel. Others were heard
exploding-aloft.
The anti-aircraft fire was the
heaviest yet heard a continu
ous roar of a thunderstorm along
the coast.. .
Bomber Crashes
In Village;
50 Lives Lost
LONDON, Aug. 23 (IP) An
American bomber . crashed flam
ing into the Lancashire village
at Freckletonv today, killing at
least 50 persons, 34 of them
small- children at a church
school. The toll may be much ;
higher. ... ' .... '- :.
1 The Press association (British)
said the plane was a-Liberator
and . at least three of its crew
were killed.'' 1 - -' :.
-American troops - Joined in
rescue work in the flaming
wreckage- of one of England'l
worst sky-ground tragedies. .