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Ho, the wir didn't end, aieone with a belter nlm than , Urt lime didn't throw iv rhtr Qoniu iiiu" . -nmtnt of an armistice Lked the earth to It very Lndillorn and loosened flow. E. lAnl- nf r.lnlclnlf. rl ivwiii -. . The teletypes clatter on and it who are incir koi-ikt pitn Ijijtin tho routine of the day's ft.. ' W. for a moment, the black PrurUln of censored secrecy Is Wwt aside. Slowly, a letter at I tint, the machines lup out tho Ln thnt tho German com- Mr of Paris has SURREND ERED to French General Jac ha U Clerc. . .. , -, ,: the FRENCH did retake Paris, 'w ill. Thcv hod to hove a tale hclrf from us to finish' off ft tricky foe. but ll wos into men hands mat tno surronacr f the eltv was itiven. One can't hcln feeling clad of hi. Tho French people, after Mir, ions vonrs oi moom ana loubt and terror and betrayal lr venal leaders, nro conuiig lick Into their nnclent and glor- m hcrlUiRe of love of freedom a independence of tho in- ivuuai and arc ORuln display (their historic wtlllni!nOKS to ILUL, If need : be, In defonao of :c Drccloul humnn rights' Maybe there WILL bo a better "uuu, micr on THERE Isn't much to toll today. So tlclit is tho censorsbiD throughout tho world that wo Fin only guess at what Is happen. Int. But the end of Von Klugo'a In Gfirmnn nrmv l hurn Rnmn bl It tot awov nvor thn Seine find U fleeinif in hrnlcnn unit. forthward toward tho Somme, rwu ii appears likely that the wtunans win attempt to hold a illne tO defend thn rnflrnl rnnal W now holds so much of Hit ; tri nopoB of stringing along his .deluded followers to fight to the H, b OOdv end n Ihnl hi. wmiess llfo muy be prolonged WW days or week, nr mnntha IUIV, - W p our forces In northern Wet still-probably a NECES WHY tecrcti tor tho Gorman, msasirously short of planes even ini rnnn..nt - ... uvuiiiiiDBtiiii:i:. u may bo quite sure we are HIIZZDOmha nrn ... ,1 bUlllltlfi UVKI I1UVV ihXwi'P 01 nbout 100 a dav- m British Kovcrnmont discloses '".morning that they have W,."' casualties and Th. i. . ""mngo to property sunn i i. ,0,nl K'ven out was 2d.la ,s' It i probably well now. "" vo got to scotch this snake. WHAT happening In Ro ttninr.Ma i1 stiu clouded by Wrshln, but th mi.ii.fio n.ii. ''alls arn lnliHM i " X. rni., '7 no cnanccs. i wo iGalaii 3 aro converging on the s ?af.' and aro nw only 35 IU9 On Hkllll.-I aa. CD',"8 tha troops and' FUorJ to snenk offlclHllv for ui iiuirni nrrmava feni:le. Bovernment, aro In- Iha 5,,Ano, Romanians flatly ' cei m. BlLon of the German tho iiahn b? "chlovcd before Un'v' aucl thnt n.ii.lo . ..,111 niorv ...ui omHnian ier- ,.xi. Will ohnmrn ni .vl,llvi tdecer1 Calrnl8",?' olncr rumors,; the mn a h.aci' (British)- says Ro- and ttf1?1' war on Ger; WbZ A' Gorman planes .It , becl Bucharest. . . MievofuPnirLed, (ant ' easy to f'he bSif' BulJrl "hatting lht 'th Tnere h"" outMrm,an" are Setting lay out 01 Greece and Yugo- ' Hiii - steoniL1. ?ow- (asiae' from , on i-age Two) PRICE 5 CENTS REDS ORDER 111 10 E Germans Report Some Troops Stop '- Fighting By WADE WERNER , LONDON. Aug. 25 (II Ger ms ny announced officially to day that "sumo Romanian troops" hud stopped fighting, and Moscow dispatches told of widespread local engagements between nazl rear guards and King Mlhnl's army, thrown to tho allied side, by the Balkan kingdom's abrupt capitulation and reversal. White Russian armies drove swiftly through the oil and wheat empire to within 35 miles of tho struteglo Galutl Cap be tween tho Ciirpnthlans and the Danube delta, the soviet .union Informed Romania sho e o u I d earn an armistice only by order ing her troops to fight "hand in hand with the red army,;' . a niovo ordered In King Mlhal's dramatic proclamation Wednes day night. . '. 'i Repercussions woro swift. . Bulgarian Ptac ExptcUd . Outflanked Bulgaria -Intensified its search for peace, and London speculated that a capitu lation from the Bulgars would come shortly. Hungary's boun daries were bared to the ad vanclng Russians and. according to Bucharest broadcasts,, to the Romanians too.: :- . v The 'liberation of adjoining Yugoslavia and nearby Greece were brbught infinitely closer. - Even Flnlund. far to the north, (Continued on Page Two) - - New Appeal , Made for Evacuation LONDON,. Aug. 25 (IP) Nail robot bombs sent against Eng land at tho rate of 100 a day hove -caused "heavy casualties" and "shocking damage to prop crty," tho government asserted today In a fresh appeal to Lon doners to keep their children awnv from the cODltal. (Last officially announcod fig ures showed tho death toll was nearly 5000. 11 likely has sur passed that total now). ' "Good Progress" Made in Italy nnMB. Aud:. 25 (P) Allied troops have mado "considerable advance In the UUDer Arno valley on the central sector of tho Italian, front and have oc cupied the villages of Castelnu- ovo, Formcn ana jlb monianm, allied headquarters . announced indav. .,.;'' Just oast of Florence; In tho Pontnsslcve sector, eighth army forces have "made good pro sress toward the Gothic line and aro firmly established on the western slopes of Monte Fnpphtntn." In tho fifth army sector west of Florence continued patrol ac tivity was reported on both sides of the Arno. JOIN BATTL Nelson Still Head ofWPB; Roosevelt Hints of Change WASHINtiTON, Aug. 25 (IP) President Roosevelt said today Donald M.- Nelson still Is chair man of the war production board but added that ho could not say now whether that offi cial would be in the same job when he returns from a special assignment to China. .; Mr. Roosevelt told. a news con ference Nelson was going -on' a very important mission and that ho believed questions: about what is going to happen In the future were of t'lffyv nature, s In WPB quarters, there had bean' report that Nelson would gather into his own. hands upon his return: all-authority vacated by the stormy resignation yes terday of Executive Vice Chair man Charles E. Wilson. :, ; . ';.:.- Acting Chairman. ,- ,- 'At -President Roosevelt's re quest. . a smooth-faced, 37-year-old navaMieutenant command er, J. A. Krug, will be acting chairman during Nelson's 1. 1 eco nomic mission to Chungking. . The appointment of Krug, for merly TVA power manager, and more recently a' ranking vice chairman of WPB, . climaxed.: a in The Shaata-Caneade Wonderland watut, i Miir leA s HELGOLAND ' iff, tM DiPPAmieniVxx. JF Carman trooDi. now makina maka a atand along the Somma-Marno una approximates tha xauroaa Paris Given Up to French Forces by Nazi' Commander NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (JPf Tho German commander of Parle has '.surrendered: to' Brig. Gen. Jacques Le Clerc-and the commander of. tho French forces of ' the . Interior, Paris radio reported today In a broad cast recorded by Columbia Broadcasting system. ynder therms -of the surrend . German ' commanders were ordered . to cease firing immed-' lately and hoist tne wmwwag. "The woBDons will be collects cd .'and the men gathered with out weapons . in . . a oetcrminea place,' until v n e wmrders ; are given," the term stipulated. "The weapons.' will;: be surrend ered intact.'!, -a :. .' " ' Captured German officers wore led frorii the. Hotel De Vllle today and police had to keep the crowd from lynching them, said radio Paris as heard by nbc. .'.... ; , -, LONDON, Atig. ;2S (iPr The liberation of Paris by French and American forces "Is. a fact, declared an NBC-broadcast from Clashes Follow Liberation News i BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 25 (IP) At least 11 persons,, including four policemen, nursed bruises and other- injuries today as a result of clashes stemming irom public - celebrations which fol lowed reports of the, liberation of Paris. . , , . V . . One man was shot In the nip and others ' were clubbed with night sticks or- beaten with the flats of sabers as pplice at tempted to disperse crowds when the demonstrations took on a political tinge, i ' ,. Porter Wounded In Action PFC Henry W. Porter of Chll oquln was reported as being wounded In action In the' Medi terranean theater In a list given out today - of Oregon soldiers wounded In action. His wife, Mrs. Marian Porter, lives in Chlloquln. rapld-flro succession of events which in a few hours blew the lid off an old wfb teua ana ncqrly left . the' agency leader- lose fnr weeks to come. The fireworks started when tho White House announced Wil son's resignation In protest nnnlnaf. alleeed attacks on him inspired by members of "the personal- staff of Mr. Nelson" just at the moment tnat m eison ana WlUnn were h 0:1 din 8 a "har- monv" meeting of top WPB of ficials. on the eve of Nelson's de parture. . ' ' . i . Rumsrt Unsounded The senate- war investigating committee, which naa just tan i ifpstlmnnv from both men. an nounced its- conviction -. that "ntmors' of dlsaareement". be tween. Nelson and Wilson on re conversion policy were "entirely unfounded and are , unfair to both men;":' ' nniv n few minutes later Wll- inn fnlrf a nress .conference the same thing, but added that Nel uin Vv a. ."mnnana nolicv nnifirts if, off until tomorrow- had delayed Me- establishment : (Continued Mi fpge seven; , KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1944 Area Where Germans May Make last-ditch atteihpts to flee across Una, reports from airmen irom Amiens o nnoimi, u mown on ma map " Gen. . Dwlght D. Eisenhower headquarters today. . Brjg. . Gen.; Jacques Le Clerc entered the Orleans gate at 9:43 a. m., broadcasts from: Paris said.' The bulk of the French gen eral's second armored divisions 30,000 strong was massed in the Pont de Sevres sector in southwest Paris and already had. begun to march In, said one allied transmitter broadcasting from- -Patilx- l'- ' '' ' ui -. - - Gen. Charles dc Gaull agi L said to be at Baeneux. south- western suburb six miles from the center of Paris, ' waiting to be i conducted Into the : capital where the Carillons of Notre Dame and church .bells through out the city already 'heralded the entry of one spearhead. In .the courtyard of -the Seine police prefecture tne - Marseil laise was - sung and soon the anthem- was taken up, through the neighboring streets. Streets of the capital were arapea wim allied flags. - - , Rally In Fight The old revolutionary warcry of Parisians, "To the Barri cades," was sounded in appeals to the populace to rally to the final fight for liberation, which was said to have centered at the Ecole Militarel, the Palais du Luxembourg and the district of Cllchy in north Fans. - Churchill Talks With Pope Pius ROME.' Aug.' 25 (IP) Prime Minister Churchill left Rome Wednesday after a 48-mlnute nrivate audience that day with Pope Plus XII, it was announced today, ' A Vatican announcement said "many essential questions were touched UDon relating to impor tant problems of the present hour." Churchill's visit was ob served with all the splendor of the papal court. Run-Off Slated At Gilchrist A run-off election will be ne cessary to decide whether era Dlovees of the Gilchrist Lumber company, Gilchrist, Ore., will re tain mcir present aiiiuauon with the IWA-CIO er switch af filiation to the Carpenters and Joiners AFL. as neither union re ceived a majority of the votes In aii election held Thursday. Election returns ran 4i votes for the IWA-CIO, '21 for the AFL, and 33 for no union. As 63 of the workers -favor affiliation with some union, as opposed to '33 who voted against affiliation of any kind; the run-off election will be held to decide between the two unions. . War Bulletins NEW YORK, "Aug. 25 (IP) The Cairo radio said today that Ro mania had-declared war on Ger many and that German- planes "heavily ' bombed" Bucharest. The FCC recorded the broad cast,' which was without confir mation elsewhere . LONDON, Aug. 25 (IP) The Bucharest' radio said tonight. the whole Romanian capital was now liberated from - the Ger mans. The -broadcast, monitored by Reuters, said the Bucharest airfield had been taken by Ro manian guards after the heavy fighting. Stand tha Seine rWer, may try to indicate. Tha Somme-Marne Two' position for -city offices tn be chosen In the-fall election are going begging; accpraing w latest reports' from the city ball, with no filings for either, city treasurer ,or . councilman from ward 4. Citv Treasurer Ruth Bathiany and Councilman Walt Wiesen danger are both retiring from their offices, with Wiesendanger entering the race for mayor. y- rflwpna; . muss crow jjtiA and receLve Bber - of - signa tures before a person's name can be placed on the; ballot Administration Of Liberated France Arranged; WASHINGTON, Aug. - 25 (IP) Arrangements to. administer lib erated France -until the French people choose a permanent form of government went into effect today, the state department an nounced. These arrangements were set in motion through an exchange of letters between General Eis enhower, as commanding gener al of United States' forces, and General Koenig, commander of the French forces of the interior. They include a provision that there will be' no censorship of political news in liberated France and that only the ordin ary rules of military censorship will prevail. . ' The Franco-American agree ment covers civil administration and jurisdiction, currency, cap tured war material and' prop erty, publicity, and distribution oi uiviiiitii rcuei- supplies.- LONDON, Aug. 25 (IP) A British-French agreement cover ing the civil administration of liberated areas in France was signed' today by Foreign Secretary-Anthony Eden and Rene Massigll, fighting trencn min ister of foreign affairs. Patrol Vessel Sunk by Bombers AN ALEUTIAN BASE, Aug. 20 (Delayed) A 50-foot Japan ese Dataol vessel was sunk and a 75-footer badly damaged by navy Ventura - bombers which darted In and out of the fog and clouds to strike at the enemy in the northern Kuriles . today and yesterday. ' . One of two enemy fighters oUt of a group of seven which dared attack the speedy Venturas was shot down. Another fighter was destroyed on the ground. Raiding planes bombed and strafed the air field and Installa tions at Kakumbetsu, Masugawa and Kurabu Zakl on Paramu shiro Island and at Myoshino on Shinishu island. Arrests Made In Spy Ring BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 25 (IP) Seventeen persons were under arrest here today on charges of espionage following a series of raids which police .said- had smashed a highly organized -spy ring in the. employ' of , the Ger man government. . I The- head of - the ring was described as. a 30-year-old Ger man radio specialist- who came here secretly from Brazil when driven out of that country by counter-espionage .. activities. . August 25, 1944 , Max. (Aug. 24) ... 75 Mln. ........... 39 Pracipltatlon last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date , 10.62 Normal .....12.36 . Last yaar- 17.85 Foraeast: Clear. Seventh Capt tires By NOLAND ROME, Aug. 25 IIP) Striking French front, toward tha Italian Patch's serenth army, troops seised the Riviera playgrounds of Cannes and Antibes today. Westward toward the Rhone after' units were close to Aries at the mouth of the Rhone and Parascon a few milts to the north, while Frenchmen launched an attack on the last' four strong holds within Marseille, France's greatest port,, and battled last ditch defenders in the naral base of Toulon. - The capture of Cannes and Antibes, five miles farther east, along with-advances beyond those points took the allies to-points only 20 miles from the Italian 1 " frontier and probably about six miles from Nice. In Marseille, where two more generals and 5000 other Ger mans had been taken prisoners in the last 72 hours, the fight ing, was described in an official report as "mopping up." It ap peared engineers would soon be able to get to work restoring the harbors for allied convoys. To Oie Fighting ' ' But at Toulon the German garrison gave evidence of an intention to perish rather than vlelri: I.t .nen. Alexander M. Patch's headauarters said nothing .of gains by American troops strik ing north of Grenoble. . ' "The-"force which - captured nertnble.after a snectacular ad vance rjbrthward from' Draguig- nan was a nying coiumn, lnciua inir come armor oDerating in ad vance of the main body of the American trooDS. which subse- ouentlv has firmly occupied, the area WlUl.we. cooperatiuu oi-.uic French forces of the Interior." was- the only official comment today on the activities of ..that iwUtyy. ftruung lorces.-, 1 - 'aO.OOO- Prisoners-! . --Some 20.000 DriSoners already have passed through the :pens established on "e Deacnneaas, and hundreds more continued to march back' from the rapidly ex- Dandlrie 'front' -while hard-strut- ing American, and French troops wiDed out small enemy units as fast as they; were encountered. Nazi fears that a full scale at tack might 'be" launched' east ward along the.Riyiera, was re flected in airforce reports of two panzer divisions north of Turin apparently ready to , march to the danger area;, They, were at tacked heavily by American me dium bombers. .'-':' Enemy in Dark The reticence of the allied command regarding current -activities of the- swift task forces operating -out- of Grenoble ' and others thrusting northwest to ward Acignon and - tne - vital Rhone valley roads north to Lyon, apparently was intended to keep the enemy guessing about the ' availability of escape routes from southern i ranee. Once Patch's forces reach Acignon and at last, reports twin columns driving along the Durance valley were malting ra pid progress in -its direction the Khone .valley nignways and : (Continued on Page Two J Death Toll Hits 57 in Crash : FRECKLETON. Enelan d Aug. 25 (IP) The death toll re sulting from the crash of a Lib erator bomber in this Lancashire village mounted to 57 today as the townsfolk considered re stricting admission to the mass funeral tomorrow by issuing ticnets. A six-year-old child died dur ing the night, bringing to 36 the number of children killed in the accident. Non-PartisanYiew Agreed On for Peace Organization . By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER - " WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (IP) Secretary of State Hull and John Foster .Dulles announced today substantial agreement on considering problems of . peace organization as "a non-partisan subject" but failed to reach im mediate agreement on the ex tent of 'public discussion desir able during -the -1944 political campaign. Dulles and Hull 'issued a statement after three . meetings in which Dulles acted as agent for. Governor Thomas' E; Dewey, the republican presidential nom inee, Dulles said-the agreement was made to the extent that there is agreement -on- behalf of Dewey.. - Continue Confabs ' Hull and Dulles will continue their conferences and the re publican 'nominee through Dulles, hfs foreign policy ad viser, will be kept advised of developmenta.ln the three-power--world security discussions Number 10246 Army NORGAARD eastward from their southern frontier, Lt. Gen. Alexander M. By DANIEL DE LUCE ' MOSCOW. Aug. 25 (IP)- Two red armies, slashing deeper in to Romania against an appar ently tottering - enemy irom whom 47,000 men have been taken as prisoners- in- five days, today were within 35' miles' of the Galati BaD defenses- guard ing the D a n.u b e gateway to Bucharest and the Ploesti -oil fields. v '.- . " ' The armies "of "Gen:;"Rodio Y. Malinovskv and -Gen.. Feodor Tolbukhin, obviously: taking BO. chances on the outcome oi kot mania's peace bid through lung Mihal.' swent ud more than 550 pities. ' towns and village's yes terday, including the Bessarabi- an : capital - oi v.oisuuu . iiyau; inev).f, , : -, 25,000 prisoners : - In a lightning "attempt to .get a firm grasp on Romania before her nazi overlords' can .complete plans for cbuhter-measures; the armies- TOOK-. 0,UVU UCIUiau auu - (Continued on page iw Army Predicts War's End on:. October 7 -OTASTTTNOTON. Aug. -25 (IP) Phnirman . Wnndrum (D-Va.) -of the house postwar military pol icy committee - saiu -luuuy ui "tentatively" looks to October 1,-1944, as the date for the end of the-war against. Ger- m-Wo'odrum interposed the state ment at a.hearing at which. Rear Admiral James H. Irish, inven tory control officer.for.the. navy, indicated tne navy expeuis sUll fighting .in the Pacific through 1945. .- - Woodrum did not amplify nor explain the source of his infor mation. , Yanks Pound Jap Island Outposts WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (IP) American bombing planes, strik ing throughout the Western Pa Kifip nniYhried Jananese Dositions on more than half a dozen is lands in three days of aerial strikes ' "-''. Arim'iral Chester' W. Nimitz an nounced today the attacks which struck from the Volcano islands, about 700 miles south of Tokyo, to the Marshall islands far to the south and east. ' Onlv meager anti-aircraft fire was encountered by Liberators which attacked Iwo Jima in the Volcano islands on Wednesday and Thursday. No enemy fighter planes were encountered. ' underway .here -at-Dumbarton Oak?. ' - The iotnt statement, issued Dv the state department, . said in part:' ; . .-, .--5 ... .- The secretary maintains tne position that the American peo ple consider the subject of fu ture peace as a non-partisan subject which must be. Kept en tirely out of politics. . . , '. k ' - .: Shares View v "'Mr.. Dulles, on behalf of Governor Dewey stated that the aovernor shared -this view -on the understanding, however, that it did not preclude-full pub- 11c: non-partisan ' discussion of the means of attaining a lasting peace. ; -..: . ' ' - . The question of whether there will be complete agreement on these two respective: views and their --carrying, out will idepend on future developments. ' -Limitations Talked In the talks at Dumbarton Oaks, limitations expected- to ... (Continued -on rage seven); Two Tovns TROOPS LEFT TO SLOW UP Virtual End ; of : Fight Along ' River i . Reported ' ' By WES GALLAGHER Tl SUPREME" HEADQUARTER ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 25 (IP) Disorganf ized and battered German .forcx es made a last-ditch attempt to-day to flee across the last fewr miles' of the Seine adjoining tha, sea in northern France, but front dispatches , said this battle' al ready was virtually over. The enemy is leaving bits and pieces to try to delay us, but there is no major stand all the way back to the Seine," a field headquarters officer . said - last night after a sharp Canadian ad.. vance or zu miles nad driven tne; Germans into an area about 25 miles long and 15 miles wide. I i. - Left Behind . .. The Germans managed to Befr many of their troops beyond the Seine . but - left thousands . of others and a great bulk of equip" ment behind. - -.-.-..'.; The - supreme command ' still remained largely silent about the activities of Lt. Gen. George?' S. Patton's armored forces south-.. east of Paris. The only news wasr that Montereau, near Fontaine-' bleau, arid Montargis, further south, had been , occupied, with. an advance east-oi tne latter: city. There was ho report on theF Americans who . two : days aso penetrated -. 15- miles beyond bens, approaching to within: 159 miles of the German frontier.:: r Seine Pocket Doomed The. present roeed of advance indicated that the lower Setae pocket,-which extends from E1-. beuf to . Bernay then roughly ton tne coast at a point four. muer. from Honfleur,- may be wiped out in another 24 hours. . .: - .. ? . " The Germans. shoved the bulk?' of their forces ' remaining in the" pocket. against, the Americans at Elbeuf and heavy fighting stilT was In-progresS:ori-both sldes oft theutown, .which, the Americans reached yesterday but which tho enemy still: held. '. ; . Trucks Flee -. vvBeyond-.the Seine on-the ap proaches to the rocket coast RAF pilots-reported.. German trucks fleeing. last night;, with lights on, toward Amiens; .At least -.15 trucks blew up when hit, indicating-they were carrying muni tions.' .The fliers said it was tha first time, they had observed the Germans using lights. . '. . : : - A front dispatch by Associated- Press War 'Correspondent Roger. D. Greene . said that if the Germans were unable to make a new stand beyond the river "It seems a fair assumption there very soon will be an end to the buzzbomb terror which haj weighed so heavily on the Bn ish home front." . - Clearing weather today -indi cated that what Germans remain m- the-pocket-are- going to -be heavily battered, from, the air. Garden Ruler y. t Coronation Set - q ' The Herald and News 4H Vie! tory Garden king or queen1 will be crowned at the third annual garden;-show held at the Alta mont Junior high school Satur day, August 26. A. H. -Bussman of Murphy's Seed store and George Peters; local 4-H club agent, will score the gardens, using a point sysj tem. The boy or girl having the highest score will . be crowned ruler as high point of the show, which lasts from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. :' , Hungary Cabinet ; Change Rumored LONDON "Anir. 25 (m GeiS many announced today a reshuf fle of the Hungarian government "because, of events in -Romania which have caused certain polit ical tensions" to arise in tne nazi-occupied country. Details of the shake-up were not : disclosed by the German foreign office.' . . have arisen in Hungary in con- - . xne tensions wmcn isieigr sequence of events in Romania have been eliminated immedi ately in view of the dangers with- which the Hungarian peo ple are confronted," the broad cast official DNB dispatch said, -quoting a German foreign office spokesman; The "tensions" were not explained. ... k German Ace Scores 30? flits ' LONDON, Aug. 25 (IP) One German ace' now has scored 301 victories-ih the air, .the German high command, said today. . , He is First Lti Harmann,1. .a fighter squadron' wing command er, cited in .today's German communique': Jor. downing li planes yesterday on the Russian front.; His score now is 301 planes, the bulletin said, without giving further details. ' .: -. ALLIED PUSH
