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lShn ii liuvo been
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In Iffl.
ifCA rtii ti'5 h u
unfolded
n hnlcen
( emotions
iKindOvrr y-v ;?;
llio
Into
British
i, dust ona
01
rLrmic: lrk. Incredulous
ilncd
K. imoii our fleet
Ki " Hirbor: hut.
fvGEB u the terrlWo
choking
e details
i came to
lltrco loy and pride as
i&ri wlnncd word of
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wo
the
flllVIClU"
Wdom Indeed hxy? 11,0
9"uu .1.... limn I In unl
lllu uui7
i servants
busy
i can'
i't
the press orcn uuv.
IH whnt an odd . feeling
Br illence Induce In us who
illow their every .
In i Intent for llio bell whoso
f,,in, daniilK something more
r1... ,.L .lonlflcnnt.
an wvifz;i v
i FEW m'lnulcs lulor.
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
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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