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KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1944
August 34, 1944 ,
Mix. (Aug. 23) 79 Min 37
Precipitation last 24 hour ....00
Stream year to data 10.62
Normal 12.36 Last year ......:.17.B5
Forecaitt Partly cloudy. -
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ABOUTFACE
ACTION STUN!:.
' tun- tP.NKINS
laEuropo today is nrou
tlinfl ami -----
WKtodo ..tot oi
t
pii thing, however.we can
ianHIMer-ihourBlP..
Sunning out; . ,
irigr (allied supreme head
ffie .) t" u officially
,? I'irlj didn't auluully W
Into Ml M lhnl, Blllod
Tiw IUhtln their way
'Umuch confusion., biit
Jsw lo be the outline of
Si happened: The French un
.rtround mndo aomo sort ot
See permitting the per
Zln Parli to leave Tho Cor
iSreneitfd. Whereupon the
rwch called on us for help, y
fte Pari! German apparently
; o work a foxy scnemo to
1 tha German army units to
Jiouthwo.it of tho c ty use
irijii ihort cut to Rot out Of
aftipthat had been iprung on
..- , . , . ::.-
"HIRE l myaterlous. ,ob
f Tioualy heavily censored, ro
kd today of an attempted Got
fa DunWque out of HAVRE,
(ill wanhlps and other vosaW.
fed with troops, cam pour
rtout o( the Seine estuary ttrtd
pHf ittscked'-feroclously"' by
ur planes. Tho fight raged for
W- ncurs, ana largo, num
n" of the German elites are
ported to hnve been sunk,, ',;
were they taking this
loAl chanco to got out of
me by sea?
There can be onlv one answer:
pier are afrnld wo will bush 'IN
BEHIND Havre and cut them off.
Iw are badlv needed for the
locket coast defense. So thoy
pits, to .gel there by way of the
(Ihli Is euro tucsswork.' re-
pember.) . .. . '.....
-
5 must bo threatening the
rocknl pnn.l MrHE DlRK.rT.
fY than appears in tho dis-
Itld that rrniaxH h Rr.liin BR.
pw Paris Is still umiccountcd
I.-It may be heading north, -..
MARSEILLE falls. Bordeaux
r n I ..ll Th.lk
., , uuvu iniivii, awi.
'OMinff lin ft-ftm Ittn. n,,ll, l
"than 200 miles from a
Ion Willi Pulton's . forces
pusninji eost from Paris, When
Nit iunctlnn it: AT.T. Ihn
prrnans led In France south of
K"U will be cut off and trapped.
kmKIe.wm lllon bo THAT
P ANY LESS Germans for the
pi nana behind tho Rhino.
sa
ITHFrnnco won back (all but
light ihn " , " . "r.
Romania (apparently) quits tho
wnnans and comrs over to our
tJS5.11 Immedlntoly starts
ZmiSS UNGARYr ,to
S"'01' h""1 K'vcn holf of
TiMiun Transylvania.
'' !-:- '.. . ,
GAIN Hitler's chickens' arc
i nomo to' roost. - "
hit i;1 sangsier rasnion,
iZ. th5 dl,ys when ho was
ti.g00f 110 toolt half of
'TOsylvanln away - from'. Ro
H, ,? M avo It to Hungary.
Kvd rcccf D!id Vugoslavla and
.')0n to Buliinria. ' .
', 'ryinK to hold onto
to b. i j . u"crs to come over
.i00 .lr. we " confirm her
But .l'!n'.of hor Ill-gotten. gains.
hiiZ . If "queczed between
whfth..! """iiiiiin, Helmut ui
Mri&l1! Qnjtlou8 to neo BulKarla
Bolknng
lUnnlln,.;:, HIKJ IMVlOOl
; u on fogo Thirteen),
tomes Guthrie U
Off NanfAc
It lo,. 1VT9N' Aug.124. (PV-
rhcr,.i, lno ivioerty snip
5 $Hc off Naples 'a few
"QU, V" ""W"'K u min is tear
.iff -Kim.
wbi
m Guthrie and' an
Ner r!;ly ' shlPi the-Alex-th4d
mimm Beil- dls
Plt,8jLmmtory cargoes at Na-
Shen tLWe.re starting home,
though ?vL'1ru mines, i- At
Vnd nAlveJy damaged, tho
'caiuaijno Port..There;were
NAZI LEADERS
GermansAppeal
" People to Keep
Faith '
to
By WADE WERNER
LONDON. Aim, 24 UP)
Bucharest dispatches today re
ported Romanian troops march
ing against Hungary In swift sue
cemlun to Romania's sudden
chango of sides In the war In an
ubout-fuco which directly threat
ened Germany throughout tho
.Balkans.
Germany, stunned, called the
new Romanian government a
communist regime, reported
rioting In the rich oil and wheat
kingdom and appealed to Ro
manian troops not to take or
ders from the trnltor king .
But to remain faithful to the
German ally who sheds her blood
for tho defense of Romania,"
' 8tert Offensive '
At 7:55 a. m., however, a
Buchareit ' dispatch relayed by
the 6wlss radio said Romanian
trooos "started a march - Into
Transylvania last night." Tran
sylvania is me mountainous pro.
V1IIVD, linitlWh W,V, , f.V V".
frntW '.RnmAnlo ntirl lianrtprl to
Hungary' In Vienna dictate of
Romania and Hungary have-
been at swords edge ever' since
with Urge proportions of their
armed forces orawn up ii me
Hitlerlan boundary of 1040. Fre
quent border clashes have been
(Continued on faga Two)
Officers Trace. ;
Lost Money Here
'. Juvenile and pollco officers
arc still busy tracing the balance
of tho $850 found and distribut
ed by three small boys hero re
cently. About $650 of the mon
ey, has been recovered, and the
youngsters are being questioned
as to tho names and descriptions
of, persons to whom -they gave
we money. - , , '
Hnrold Hcndrickscn. head Ju
vcnlle officer, requests that
thn who received money from
the boys assist tho authorities
by notifying tho Juvenile office.
Stock Market
TrendsDowhward
NEW YORK, Aug. '24 (P)
TV.- artn1 mnrtrot with scattered
exceptions limped Into lower
territory today , without being
glven;. much .. of .a liquidating
push.' ". . ' v " ' 1
While Issues with good peace
prospects' did bettor than others
thnt may face reconversion diffi
culties, bidding for these was on
tho timid side and few were able
to mako any notable progress.
Quitting of Romania and the
quickened allied drive against
the nazls-accentuated investment
conservatism. '. ' : -
French Hold Part
Of Paris, Allies
Smash Into City
. . ..,.'.'( , -
By The Associated Press
LONDON. Aua. 24 lI'l Gen. Elienhbwar'l headouarlan Hif.
closed .today that allied troops Were lighting-their-way into Paris,
larne sections of which, are held, by . the French forces of the
interior.- : - . ;
(An official statement from aupreme headquarters, as dis
tributed by the OWL said French patriots were in possession of
"a greater portion of Paris"). .
Fall of the city Is expected momentarily,' but 'so far. as allied
headquarters Is concerned li has not yet been liberated. Gen.
Charles de Gaulle and the commander of the French .forces of
the interior, Lt. Gen. . Joseph . Pierre Koenig. had ' announced
eariy yesterday mai -ine capital
No Reservations Necessary
A 1 '"
TO
By EDWIN BHAN1CE
STOCKHOLM. Auk. 24 UP)
The Finnish minister to Sweden,
O. A. Grlpenberg, suddenly de
parted by air today for Helsinki
In a journey obviously conneoted
with efforts to get Finland out
of the war.
Reliable quarters said, how
ever, that. "as far as we know,
the Finnish .government has
made no attempt directly to con
tact Moscow up to-Tnursaay
morning" -. j- ( ,f
trlif to Ticteinlt.l In. two weeks...
U pin Ion nero -was inai no-,
mania' exit from the -war nilgW
hasten action by BarOn Manner-
helm, president and' marshal of
Finnish gburcessald- ihii 'old
lenrinr hoi heori '"cleanhg 'the
decks"5 for an armistice.'! 1 Re
actionaries, Germans and- tha
former Finnish minister, to the
United States HJalmar PrOcope
were reported taking advantage
of Inactivity- by pushing a: "go
slow" propaganda campaign; re
garaing peace. ' '.
Proaaaanda Snread' J '
Information from Finland said
tho Germans ' were- spreading
propaganda that they were giv
ing up France. in order to launch
a tremdndous .offensive against
, (Continued on fags- tw
Mercury Neors
Danger Point
Temperatures dropped nar
the.dangcr point In varlom parts
of the Klamath basin last night,
but no serious damage- to crops
was reported. The minimum-in
Klnmnlh Valla was .37..
White . frost was visible at
some places in the vallay, this
morning. At Hildebrand, garden
flowers were frosted down,.
Several farmers who. attended
a committee meeting at tne coun-
iv .ncrAni'c nffien said thev ob-
served-no crop damage while
itnmintf Infn town.
Part, but not all, of the grain
In the lake oasins nas Deen
"marip" and is beyond frost dam.
ortn Rnrlov hIoiib the west side
Tuielake road is well matured,
and tho; first harvesting has
started In ; the extreme corner
near the entrance to .the Lava
Beds monument. . , '
was . liberated and . their state
ments were - hailed by govern
mental leaders the world over.
French underground leaders
after four days of street fighting
in Paris, negotiated an "armis
tice with-the German garrison,
presumobly- on the terms that
the. nazls were to. leave the city,
supreme headquarters of the al
lied expeditionary force said.
Tho Germans apparently repudi
ated the agreement and kept on
fighting and .the underground
ailed on the allies for help. -
- . Threaten- -Damage i '
Thn Germans 'were said to
have threatened widespread de
struction to public buildings and
installations. - A rrencn unaer,-
S round leader who came to Lon
on from. Paris a month ago said
the Germans then had at .least
10.000 regular troops irv ' the
VI
nouncemept was a : surprise to
FMbh-s'ofirces tH LSnaon, who
acknowledged .there might be
fighting around Paris'. M the al
4t.nnfSD' sihtfht"ln break, in
The French &ld their best infor-
fnaUon Indicated that tne rrencn
forces of the Interior still were
ill bontrOl of the center of the
city, and the main buildings
, Mysterious Call
A mysterious Germart call,
possibly code, repeated over and
over on the Paris radio wave
Unfettx nMrteH tonieht: "Atten
tlon. Attention, enemy tank
ensnrhnnrls uihich have broken
through are to be wiped out at
stronoDolnts.-; This-, is under
cnoolr i n rJ "
; While great popular Interest
centered in the struggle in Paris,
an operation of far greater mili
tary import was going on down
the-Seine where allied armies
nftpmntlnff to-destroy . UV
terly the fleeing German armies.
No Previous Knowledge
' The "armistice',' negotiations
hv thn French street fiehters in
Paris apparently .were made
without previous knowledge of
the suoreme command. A direc-
(Continued on Page.Two)
Gabreski Taken
By Germans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (IP)
T.t.i Col. Franc Is Gabreski, ZS
America's leading ace who was
reported missing in action JUiy
2n. is a nrisoner .of war -in Ger
many, the war department dis
closed today.
No details ' were .'given. Ga
breski, a fighter pilot from' Oil
City, Pahad Si, kills to his
credit' . when he was reported
missing 28 of them In the air.
"""St: ' ' ' ' r, 1
Nv.rV-'rj ten
tW? ti if. ' -' t -i
vi..iuiHiai,Hi .frflm traval- don't' hatha Clair-
Birtwhistle (above) of Montpelier, Ida. With' his handy pushcart
he has travelled from Pocatellol Ida., through Klamath Falls on
his war to' Visit his brother in Tuielake, Calif.) and he went by
foot -almost all the way. He said he would work a few days in
the tpwns along the way, sleeoing by the road when night came.
The steep 'grade on the South Sixth atreet viaduct had him
stopped when The' Herald and Mews photographer snapped hU
picture. . ? .
Barracks Medical Progrom
Progress Tod ot Luncheon
Germans Try -.!
Large Scale
Evacuations;
-. ; : . . . - ... : .
' -1 By The Associated Press . . '
LONDON. Aua. 24 WPl-Amerlcan troops slashlna north' from
the Riviera reached the border of Switsefland today, and Hitler's
bold on France was slipping rapidly away.
- At the mouth , of the Bein the . Germans' attempted larger
scale '."Dunkerque" from -threatened L Havre, with .many war
vessels and other ships which -were made the targets of ferocious
assaults by allied aircraft. J - . . ;
Bordeaux, .last.-German' stronghold in southwestern Franca,
was reported to have been captured by American troops with tha
aid of .French Maquis. - - ' v.
- . Even Paris, -whose "liberation," as 'announced yesterday sr.
la: Charlau da Gaulle, set off premature reioicing the world,
over, was expected to fall momentarily: - - . . , . . , .
Tha Germans', evacuation fleet of Le Havre, including a wider
auartmanf 'of 'torbedo boats, gunboats corvettes .and . merchant
ships was bombed for eight solid hour from midnight on today
by relays of British- naval airerait ana oiner tuvr pianes. - - -The'
-attempted German flight coincided with - advances all,
around tha Seine -corner which hoiftly were .choking off German-
escape i route. -
u The German were retreating airaiong tne xroni jromv uuaua.
to the sea. '
. Una "riliriatehaa maid- Field Marshal General Guenther
ron- Kluge's seventh and 25th armies r had. been reduced to about
10 'diVlSlOHS, - - ..j: .... .-I
'' The British closed. tn rapidly on the dwindling Seine pocket,
captUririg'ThiberTille, JO miles northeast of Orbee, and two other
TUVOIUI lIMMtli. .... ...
Lt uen. Alexander ra-.faicn
E-
I1NDOM. Aue. 25-WV-'Rus-;
sian forces have captured- Chis-
inau and Roman, aa miles soum
eaii of Iasi in r.omania, Marshal
Stalin announced in two orders
of the -day..
Bacau, 53 miles southwest of
Iasi, - was among, several, other
towns- captured in: sweeping
red army advance deep into Ro
mnnia .whesa' sovernment al
ready has announced, it .was .de
serting i Aaou Miuer. -
, . - Btr: vil. v."mr -The.
advance : took, the Rus-.
sians - to '-within -120- miles of
the oiL center pf- PloestL'
-Both Roman"ahd-Bacau. are
on - the '- Cernauti Bucharest
raU'- line -akirting lthe Carpatb
hBlS; - '
Kishinev CGhlnihauV. riad been
hvnassed- fcy the; red army'
Ixacture of Iasi, 55 miles to the.
--' 'Vf-. v CapHal City . -
r "The-:cAf -was the capital of
the cs0viet : Moldavian - republic,
which' liicludes -Bessarabia- an--nexed
from-Romania in. 1940.' -Stalin's
-order was- addressed
to-Gen.' ROdion -Y.-Malinovsky's
second Ukrainian army- group
and' .'GV - Fedor -I.' -Tolbuklan's
third .Ukrainian group.'
A inlld flurry ofilocal rumors
about the Marine Barracks re
ceived a conclusive de-bunking
from . Colonel B. Dubel and
Commander Lowell T. Cogges
hall in talks before the Kiwanis
club at a luncheon meeting held
at the Barracks today,
Dr. ' Coggeshall, the senior
medical officer at the Barracks,
said that a single case of sus-
Wilson Resigns WPB Post, j Charges
a ; Unfair Attacks By Aides to Nelson
WASHINGTON,' Aug. 24 (P)
The top structure of the war pro
duction board was blown wide,
open, today with the unexpected
resignation of Charles E. Wilson,
executive vice .- chairman, who
chargcd.unfalr attacks had been
inspired against him by aides of
his boss, Donald. E. Nelson.
.WIlson's.letter.'of. resignation
to President Roaicvelt came
only - a few. days after Nelson
himself , was reported, ready to
walk, out.,; :.'.. --' rn ', ' ",
; A' wholesale reorganization of
the upper -lovel of WPB appear
ed Inprospept. ' ' : . .! . !
. Differences Smoulder .
'Differences .. between. -Nelson
and Wilson and their prospective
adherents long had smouldered
at WPB. In accepting Wilsons
resignation , after - conferring
with- Ne!s6n. the president, took
note of this fact by saying "I was
made aware of some dissension
within - the . w a r production
board.".-, . . ' i '
V. Recently;- the 'i disagreements
dustrlBl reconversion problems
, . In the WEB. organ za,tion, Wll-t.-'L-.'MinM
o0,v,o a. stunning
BUIi.B ' WMV vh... - . , .
surprise to. most officials. Both
Nelson .and ..Wilson -addressed: a
staff meeting hold behind closed
doors only .minutes after ' the
White ' House, resignation v- announcement.-
Just before it broke up, loud
cheering -was rheard' inside the
auditorium. Questioned after
ward, Wilson joking said: ."May
be they were glad to get rid of
me;".- ' : ' . ' ' - - f
:' Plans to Leave
' Nelson SRid he still'- planned
lo leave soon for' China on a spe
cial mission for. President Roose
velt. .' The original White House
announcemont.that.Nplson.might
be in Chungking two or : three
monthsrcorning at a . time of In
tense dispute over. .'how great a
resumptioa .pf.- civilian produc
tion should be perhiitted had
prompted authoritative , reports
that Nelson would' step out. , I
Wilson had been slated to. run
WPB in Nelson's- absence. Nelr
son told reporters-tbday that the
man whoi now. would have the
top place was yet-'to bo chosen.
Appears. Before Board,': I
i Wilson left ,hl office In mid-afternoon-
to? ajjjear' befdre the
i
senate war Investigating . com
mittee in response to an invita
tion Issued yesterday. Asked' if
he nlanned to tell the committee
everything, he replied "You're
goi-durned right.',' .. , ; f
. He added that he had no lm-
wtAloln .rtlnnta fni tho flttliro hut
probably would "gravitate back
LO uuiicrui . Cj1VI.VI.. ' no c-
signed as president to, take, the
government post. ;
f "Unfair Attacks"
' jn' a letter of re?lgnation to
the president; Wilson said differ
ences among subordinates on the
war production board had result
ed in unfair attacks upon, him.
Stories that he is opposed to re
conversion, - Wilson said, ' were
"In my opinion inspired by sub
ordinate officials of the board
connected with the personal
staff ... of Mr.v, Nelson." ' v. . -
M. Nelson,-WPB chairman, who
, 1- .4' 1 .. , U ... i , U DaoI-
conicrf vif .Hi--iciiKwi njui- i
dent Roosevelt about two hours
before: Wilson's resignation was
announced.
Wilson, said he has encounter
(Continued on Page-Thlrteen)
Contract Award
For Bonanza
School Deferred
Awarding of the contract for
the construction of Bonanza
high school has been deferred
laooi nnnnspl. according to
Harold Ashley, county school
clerk. As the low bid submitted
h -nmctprhnus' Construction
company, Klamath Falls, at $94,-
ZOU Was aoove me mnuuin oupM-
lated in the school budget, the
present building plan probably
cannot be carried out. . -
'The board is considering two
nUornniKs tn the original plan,
one of which- would involve the
omission, of the gym,-the other
the Elimination, of the gym and
offices, until money can be bud
geted for the completion of the
building. The decision, of the
board, will be announced in ,a
few days. ,, . '.
American Tanks
Enter Paris :'
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 '(P)A
Free French radio using a Vichy
freouencv said in a broadcast
monitored by NBC today that
"the first .American tanks have
entered Paris through the
Alesla . ea'te and ''established a
juncture with the French forces
of ' the interior."
Th.e broadcast, ; not immed
iately confirmed'- by official
auarters. said -the Americans
were- established in Bourg. La
Reine and that-the Germans
were massed between the- Or
leans and the Chantiliy gates,
pected malaria had been ; report-,
ed among' the -civilian popula-:
tion here, and ' that diagnosis
failed to show- that this patient
actually had - malaria.- .He said
there- is- no danger of any seri
ous spread of the malady. here,
whereas filarlasis cannot possi
bly maintain itself in an area
possessing elevation and .climat
ic conditions such .as those, at
Klamath -Falls. : j.
Marine Move Out
The first "sraduating class"
of marines who have thrown off
the tropical maladies has, moved
from here. These boys were
given final tests including three
lenethv hikes with lequipment,
a half-day at manual of arms
and a vigorous workout with
cross-cut saws. They? came
through these tests satisfactori
ly. V ;' ; '--I
Althoueh marines at the Bar
racks number more than 2000,
it-has' not been necessary yet
to open the second dispensary
ward for bed cases. ' , s
Men Not; "Sick",' '".. j '
. Dr. Coggeshall explained that
a major feature! of the medical
(Continued oh Page Two)
Melon-Loaded
Truck Hits Car
. A truck loaded with1 water
melons sideswiped a stalled car
on- highway 9T about 10 miles
soutH of Klamath Falls Wednes
day night, sending both of them
toppling into the irrigation ditch
at the side of the road, -j No one
,was injured. , ' ' i
Names of occupants of? either
vehicle were not Immediately
available from state police rec
ords. ; r ' ' " i
One car was stalled ion the
highway at the side of the road
when the truck coming the same
way tried to avoid it, but did not
turn but far enough and side
swlneri it. The occupants of the
stalled car got out of the-way in
time to escape injury, p
As the car was sideswiped, it
was knocked -into the ditch, ac
cording to state police, and the
truck i went about 70 feet when
the driver lost control and it too,
went-into theiditch.
"MOSCOW,- Aug.- 25 -W)
Captives' -re ported hostillties
spreading between -the -troops
of '-Germany - and- Romania to
day while two great. Russian
army groups' swept toward the
heart of the oil and wheat king
dom in drives apparently-aimed
at 'trapping any nazia stllj in
their -path.v ; . '
. Companion offensives In south
and -' north- Poland continued
apace.- , - . .-.
Troops "which- seized- Deblca
were' declared overrunnmg hun-.
: (Continued -on' Fage- two)" .
Yoiiih Dies as
Resiift of Fall
BELLINGHAM,- Wash.,. Aug.
24 .(iT-A rescue party radioed
todav.it found 17-vear-old Larry
Strathdee ..dead at the foot of
ai Mount Baker, ice cliff over
which' the S e a 1 1 1 e. . youth;
plunged Thursday in a hiking
mifihan..' - j -. .
: The body was -being -brought
to the Komo Kulshan ranger
station.' : ,
Jack Schwabland.. ',-16, ,7 with,
whom- Strathdee had made the
dangerous; climb- over ice slopes,
Euided the rescue ' rjarty. He-re-.
ported his companion . slipped
and 'fell over a sheer cliff -at the
9000-foot level. landing oir-a
frozen- ice' field
TT. S. seventh armv reached the
Swisg -frontier -after a drive, of
200 miles in 10 days through tha?
French Alps from the Mediterranean.-,
. ';... .'..-" . .
. Pushes Beyond Sen - L
"Lt" ' Gen. ' George S; Patton'
U. S. third army had pushed 15
miles beyond Sens, 62 miles,
southeast of liberated Paris, -tor,
ward the- German frontier,. 160.
miles away. :
- Ther-two - rforces apparently,
were less than 200 miles- from.-,
a junction' isolating all southern:
France but already : much . ot.
southern France is free. n
Reach St. Julien 1 !
'A- dispatch from Geneva said
American troops have, reached.
St. Julien on-the Swiss -frontle-flve
-miles south- of - Geriev8.-.-.-A;
reliable . report.- said other - ad
vanced-units -had 'arrived at
Kvlan, 12 miles: above- St. GIrn.
golph on- the Swiss frontier. ! u
An Algiers broadcast said Bor
deaux, big . "rencn- port- on tneg
south. -Atlantic .coast, had .been
(Continued : oh 'Page Thirteenl .
Sunk in New "
Air, Smashes, , .
"GENERAL" HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST ' PACIFIC, Aug..
24 (P)-7-The allied flir campaign
to isolate Japan's, island: garri.
sons by - sinking . supply. . ships
yielded' reports today . of new
blows on the Philippine's door
step and .in Japan's front yard.
Gen-.- -Douglas - -MacArthur's
Thursday - communique .-listed
successful - attacks in 'his command-area
on six- enemy- ves
sels,; including- a- freighter- sunk
near Mindanao, southern Phil
ippines. '
At-Pearl Harbor, Adm. Ches.
ter.W. Nimitz-announced a raid
Tuesday hy two navy Liberators
on a frve-ship. convoy- off ChichJ
Jima, m-the .' Boruns, a.- little
over 600 miles south of Tokyo.
Goebbefs Closes
Nazi Amusements
"LONDON,-Aug. 24 -OP) .-A
new "austerity order", - by Pro
paganda .Minister - Goebbels,
rpich representative for total mobilization,-will
close all German
theatres; -shows, cabarets and
theatrical.and music - schools, ef
fective September 1,- . ; . t
i Film, and- radio entertainment
will be available only to soldiers
and war workers .... : . .-
Actors;' circus performers and
others, will be. drafted Into the
artny. . . . - ...;.;.;. ....".
Goebbels also ordered , closing;
of all .art: exhibitions, art com
petitions and art colleges and the
suspension. of publication of fine
art literature, fiction and most
illustrated - publications. - The
number of daily -newspapers will
be curtailed.- - - "
Bntons Urge Speeding Up .
:-;Of World Security Plans
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER I
WASHINGTON.' Aug. .,24 (P)
Evidence from Romania that
Hitler's :EuroDe: is beKmnina :tq
.collapse .on .political as iwell as
military ironis gave- new .-.em-,-phasis
today to British .insistence-,
at .the: Dumbarton Oaks
conferences for . early .decisions
on ; postwar . world . security . or
ganization, ,
. Sir : Alexander Cadogan,: chief
xV the:, British:-delegation, - has
taken the . lead - in -urging: that
at. least a-part of -the security
organization' should be set up
soon. to.. Span .the gao between
the- end of . the .European war
which. ne says, may, come, sooner
than- expected and .the formal
creation ot a new international
league; to -preserve peace.
. i-. : t, iVlews: Coincide. V'r.v.'.i: ;
The; British-view, it ;was
learned; is in line 'with the feel
ing in s o m e quarters' of the
American delesation that .' the
British; Russian 'American-Chl
nese pieage-maaeiai: ivioscow- vu
cooperate, in - the . enforcement
o peace' -after the. war-should
now. be given some specif ic and
organized form, .: ; : j i ; -. v
-' This, has raised .speculation In
diplomatic circles here that tha
spadewgrk : of the Dumbarton
Oaks talks; might be followed
relatively, quickly-by a -meeting
of -. President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Stalin to confirm. and set In-action,
three-power . cooperation ; In
the- European area an: the im
mediate postwar period. ,
Work May Be Rushed ;
-.. Despite recent assertions that
the- work? ' might: be . rushed
through i to a. full-dress United
Nations conference this fall,, the
opinion ! in .informed quarters) -.here
'Still isUhat :it will ibe-the
end'of the Waror the first part
of 1945 before such a meeting -can
be, arranged., ,v- . . r
r. While the conversations were
pushed lorward, at, Dumbarton
Oaks, ; Secretary .of State- Hull
. .(Continued on Pa jje Thirteen)