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PACE SIX TRAP CLOSES FL (Continued from Page One) eastern jaw of tlie pincers. They menaced tvreux ana muui , about 50 miles from the Seine s mouth. , , . .. Allied airmen declared the German retreat had appearances of a rout. By ferry and rubber t t tun .iinmu nltpmntpri to escape across the Seine at about 30 points, unaer a ran ui ancf cannon shells from low swooping allied planes. (Continued from Page One) with 'Trench forces of the In terior playing an effective sup port role," allied headquarters said. Junction Looms This quick advance put Maj. Gen. Alexander M; Pate h's spearhead within less than 240 miles airline from the most southerly points officially an nounced as reached by Amer ican troops below Paris, and it appeared that the two allied French fronts would be joined much sooner than originally thought possible. Grenoble, 58 miles southeast of Lyon and situated on a river leading directly to the Rhone valley 30 miles to the west, is 80 miles or more beyond the last reported allied positions in southern France. Lying in the French Alps, the city has a population of approxi mately 100,000 and is a rail cen ter on the Paris-Lyon-Marseille route. It also commands access to important mountain passes in eastern France. Anti-Trust Suit Filed Against Railroad Groups (Continued from Page One) ed States which are higher than those fixed by the defendants for shippers in the east and this ine- S utility has deprived the west of le advantage of low competi tive rates and has operated as a detriment to its development. "Stifle Technoloery" "It is alleged that the conspir acy by the defendants has stifled the utilization of improved rail- ants have retarded the introduc tion of radio equipment on trains, delayed the installation of air conditioning equipment ana prevented tne construction of essential spur tracks and load ing sheds. "It is alleged that the defend ants have deliberately delayed the delivery of perishable prod ucts, that they have collusively refused to permit the reduction of rates by certain railroads for the relief of droueht-stricken areas, despite the fact that such reductions were reauested bv of ficials of the United States gov ernment. "It is alUged that the de fendants, by conspiring with the major oil companies owning and operating common carrier pipe lines, have fixed arbitrary and non-competitive rates for the transportation by rail and pipe line of petroleum and petroleum products and that thus the ad vantage of low-cost shipment by pipeline was denied to tne west, "It is alleged that the defend. ants have conspired with motor carriers,, had water carriers to bring motor and water carrier rates up to the higher rail level. "It is alleged that the defend. ants have established an organi- ' caned tne nignway de partment within the Western As sociation of Railway Executives, that the declared purpose of the Hisuwajr ucparimeut is 10 retard the development and growth of the trucking industry, particular ly in the long-haul field, in the western part of the United States, and that this has been and is being accomplished by various methods, including con certed action by the railroads to cause the enactment of state laws restricting the development of the trucking industry." . Jerry Chocktoot Reported Better The condition of Jerry Chock toot, who received a broken leg in an automobile accident Mon day evening is reported as good at the Klamath Valley hospital. The little boy was injured when the car in which he was riding ran into the back of another car . at the irrigation canal bridge on Shasta Way. Mrs. Dorothy George, the al- ;ge3.drivf of the car, is in the city jail on a drunk and dis orderly charge. VITAL STATISTICS -jsnsrsi Sh.1MV,',! ?"." "": Tl Ma s' ssndr8itsrrsr " Doy- w'""t: l,5I.Tf:NIO,"R-:?0n, K'mth Valley 5t"V!h K1"n"j rail.. Ore., on August 22. 1944. to Mr. janrl Mr rti. a VHSS.1"'.!80 HI"SW. boy. Weight; pounds 13 ounces, ' . . fcrHWP,-801?-"' Klamath Valley lLBg;! Mr- " Mrs. Hsrvey Wanner, ifeunws!' y' Welh,: 8 Pound. k,?Sl1?LAsB.t"!, K'math Valley Sjt'A1, .K,fr,,,h " r- on August W. 1944. to Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Douglas. Js"unM ' Weight: 6 pounds ."SS"-?0-"' Wmath Valley hos E.'iv.KI?m".tn F""s' .. on August . Mli. ,nd Mr- P- Harper. Sl-,Ji' I- Weight: 8 pounds in ounces. EENb NAZI TROOPS EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Psga One) gap lie Bucharest and the Ploesti oil fields. Another Russian army is poised and ready to strike through the passes of the Car pathians down into the Hungar ian valley of the Danube. HITLER'S purpose, of course, is to get his forces back into the borders of Germany there to stand and tignt. But suppose he does. For every mile that he short ens his lines we will shorten our lines an equivalent mile. Our planes, now busy over VAST AREAS, will mass in invincible armadas in the skies over Ger many. Our ground forces will be ready to pounce at every sign of weakness. HITLER'S goose is cooked. It will be served up whenever his German dupes realize to the full the utter hopelessness of their situation. ' "THE Pacific is still quiet ex- cept for the warfare that goes on unceasingly in the air. It is the calm before another storm which may break ANY DAY now. Nazis Increase Severity on Italian Patriots ROME. Aug. 23 (Increas ing severity of enemy treatment of Italian patriots harassing the nazi rear areas in northern Italy was disclosed by the eighth army's capture of an order from Colonel Von Hofman, which decreed immediate shooting of anyone assisting the criminal and treacherous partisans by giving them food or lodging." Only minor activity was re ported on the entire Italian front, with the Poles continuing to clear the enemy from their few remaining positions on the south side of the Metauro river on the Adriatic sector. FDR Greets Security Confab WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 WO President Roosevelt told the delegates to the Dumbarton Oaks security conference today that he hopes "in planning for the peace that is to come we will' arrive at the same good cooperation and unity of action as we have in the carrying on of the war." While the neace-talk deleea- tions were received at the White House b y President Roosevelt, news from the con ference was limited to an an nouncement of the formation of four subcommittees to deal with drafting of documents. legal questions, "general ques tions of international organiza tion" and security. Spy Ring Found In Argentina BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23 OT) The press sub-secretariat has announced that Argentine feder al ponce nave uncovered a new active organization" operated by uerman spies, captured a large numDer ot agents and confiscat ed a great quantity of material no details were mpiiinen in the 57-word communique issued lllgijl. An unofficial but usually rell able informant said the espion- 8c niH"" uemg cunauciea Dy police had resulted in the arrest of 126 persons and the seizure of 26 high power radio transmitters in recent montns. Jap Generals Meet Death NEW YORK, Aug. 23 OT) The Japanese ministry of war announced today in a Tokyo broadcast that two more Japan ese generals had met death "in line of duty abroad," the office oi war information said. Maj. Gen. Genkichi Shima died August 6 and Maj. Gen. Genzo Minakami died August 8, the ministry said in announcing their posthumous promotions to uie ranit oi lieutenant general. The ministry did not disclose wnere the generals had met meir oeatn nor under what cir cumstances. A New York insurance spent has lived 78 years without talk ing either one of his arms off. 1T(5)DQQatt(S)es For Canning AT THE SEASON'S LOWEST PRICE Crate Enthusiastic fighting Free Frenchmen and women In Normandy town German guns, set out to round up remaining Nazis In vicinity following Corps radio-telephoto from London. ' (Continued from Page One) more than a week after its air fields were rendered useless to the enemy and its garrison has been weakened by continuous sinkings of small ships trying to sneak down with supplies from the Philippines. Fit Into Pattern These blows fit into the pat tern of knockout punches. The Halmahera action fea t u r e d strikes of MacArthur's air arm, aimed largely at deny ing enemy garrisons replenish ments, sweeping for 1000 miles from Davao, southern Philip pines, down to the Flores sea. Other Blows Made Other air blows by planes based in the Marshalls.and Ma rianas and extending over 90, 000 square miles of ocean were reported from Pearl Harbor yes t e r d a y by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Near Marcus island, a little over 1000 miles southeast of Tokyo, two supply ships were left burning by navy Libera tors. Other planes combed the Car olines chain, hitting Ponapc on ; the eastern extremity, blasting , Truk, despite interception, and touching off fires and explosions i at Yap on the "western end. Nimitz also reported strikes; at Wake, by-passed former American island north of the Marshalls, and the repeatedly bombed phosphate center of Nauru to the south. Polish Women Appeal to Pope LONDON, Aug. 23 OP) De claring that the world is ignor ing their plight, Polish women of Warsaw have appealed to Pope Pius XII to bless patriot forces battling in the city "for church and liberty," according to the Polish telegraphic agency. The appeal, broadcast by ra dio, deplored the fact that "Rus sian armies which have been standing at the gates of Warsaw for three weeks do not move a step forward," the agency said. Help sent by Britain in the form of supplies dropped by plane was described as insufficient. Worker Benefit Clause Ousted WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 JP) The house ways and means committee today struck from the senate - approved postwar demobilization and reconversion bill a provision extending un employment compensation to 3,500.000 federal workers. This action followed a com mittee vote yesterday eliminat ing from the legislation all pro visions for retraining and ' re employment of war workers and throwing out a program tb pay for' the transportation of these workers back to their homes or to places of new em ployment. -a HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Fighting Free French Seek Tank Division Knocked Out WITH THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY, Aug. 23 .P) The German 12th SS tank division, accused by an allied board of murdering 19 captured Canadian soldiers early in the French cam paign, has been destroyed in the battle of the Normandy pocket. A Canadian staff officer said today: "If the 12lh SS ever shows up again on a buttlefront, you can be quite sure it is an en tirely reformed division bearing the same number as the one which has been eliminated." The army air forces flew more than a quarter million bombing sorties and dropped more than 200,000 tons of bombs on Ger man industrial targets between January 1 and May 15. 1944. A railway 400 miles long ex pands 338 yards in hot weather. sIii nt,7' iff w -Jill Wf':hA i ill if ' lf tftfr Ki Revenge (NKA Kuiho-ialephuiu of Roatrenon, armed with captured American entry into village. Signal 50,000 Prisoners Taken in Trap SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Aug. 23 VP) Between 40,000 and 50,000 prisoners huvc been taken from the Argcntan trap in Normandy, and the Ger man dead have not yet been counted. One of Lt. Gen. George S Patton Jr.'s American third army columns is operating in Fontainebleau, 35 miles below Paris on the Seine, it was an nounced. Earlier In the week, a field dispatch announced bridgehead across the Seine in the rontaincbleau area. The Sultan of Solo, at Sum karta, Java, has a household of 15,000, including wives, sweet hearts, dancing girls, relatives, priests, soldiers, servants and lo cal officials. r,;in'":rrrr,"Tr!'nr IN HEW OFFENSIVE '(Continued from Pago One) from Moscow and recorded by the FCC. (An official German broad cast stikl thu Itussliins had reach ed the bi'iu-hos ul llluii, Lulvlun capital and largest Baltic states citv, Indicating a new trap for I ho Gcrmuii ltitli and lBlh arm ies). Advancing over thu bodies of 25,000 Goi'iiums sluln in linen violent days while 12,0(13 other trudged wearily back to prison rages, red urmy groups under Generals Modioli Y. Malinnov sky und Fcdor 1. Tolbukliln riiovo within Bl miles of the mouth nt the UaiHiba. Tolbukhln's drive through Bessarabia headed cross country (or a junction with Mullnovsky in thu Galall gup, thu capture of which would iiuiko much ot the Balkan arvu unlcniiblo for the enemy, Advances rjuiiicd to 44 miles. The Bcssaralnaii capi tal of Chlsinau was left trapped in a deep pocket on the Uncstr. In northern Poland, the Rus sians gradually were oiitduuk ing Warsaw mid splitting Gor man forces between that be sieged Polish capital and East Prussia. Thu Russians moved 14 miles southeast of Lomza, com munications hub. Dc.spora to German attempts to salvage her Baltic positions brought new tank attacks in the directum of Jelgava, who con trols road and rail routes in Lat via. As the red army drlvo Into Romania went through Us fourth day, Bucharest was reported In panic with many of Prcmlor Antonescu's formerly fanatical supporters openly discussing the chances of suing for peace. Each mile the red army advanced strengthened pciice tremors In Bulgaria, too, and gave new hope to Yugoslavia and Greece.: Ronuinlu, besides being Ger many's greatest oil reservoir, Is , one of her largest breadbaskets. NEWPORT. Aug. 23 (!) James H. Curry, 30, Agute Beach, who was scalded with boiling asphalt which poured from his truck when It ovcr-i turned near here, probably will : recover, hospital attendants said j here today. I "i.,f,-,fi'iiinmtii-ifw(ti,i Walla Walla House Hits Car WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aua. 23 tfl'l And now Walla Walla has houia that ran Into a car. Tha house, balng totad down tha strati on an Im provised platform with wagon wheals, vaerad toward tha curb and crashad Into a parked ear. Tha house aicap. d Injury, but ear repairs cost (75. Bad Foundation Causes Damage At Swift Plant A faulty foundation was the causa of considerable damuga and the loss of quite a hit of ammonia gas at the Swift and company plant, 834 Market, Tuesday afternoon, The entire building slipped off the foundation, causing a break in tho gas plpo that kept Investi gators off iho premises for somo time. The blggeat part of tha damage done was the breaking of glass packed merchandise and the general throwing around of tlio products. Swift will attempt to operate out of tho same plant until con struction men decide whether to build a new building or repair the old one, company officials said today. Priorities will have to be obtained from the WPB be. (ore any construction at all ran be started, officials indicated. If It's a "frozen'' article you need, advartlso for a used one In the classified. 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