1 1
6
a r.
THANK JENKINS
T i dm wrllton.
'Th7VUe..T0 THE
f.u'H (with I"""" '"P 'rom
ln j, .nro Irving to fuel a
t'rdrfoniolfuif rocket
1 ,"K Balkniia nro In turmoil.
rll ltf "''... : nH onto
farmin onuw
hn ArKonll'"' ' Brr"ll"K
' . inlca (who socm to bo
Uly" numerous there.)
SSdY wnu to bo ciiuuht
(kM,oer.j 0
.. long been obvlom that
I going to dominate
ffn Europe "including the
ffl WImt will Russian
Station menu?
ii to tlmt, we'll have to wait
iX RUMla1 WORDS arc
1 Sho wy "be wnnU a free
tJ She tells the Romanians
7l't going t "I"!X a"y n
a lit territory, change tho ex
Si loclnl reitlme or harm Ro
Him Independence
Unfortunately, we can't Judge
tou by their wor ly-for wh.-n
(.Interest a cuiii-a mcy ui.rrv
Ei irt bound by DIFFERENT
n. ! loll wlmt Bu.
Li, domination of custom Hu
ll will mrnn. p
CfNICAL students of history
will be reasonably certain
Ihit the common run oi ncupia
urfurn KurODO Will UO 110
nil under Hunsian domlna-
Li thin lhrv have boon In the
EL They COULDN'T bo much
(one oil J . .
VfflAT oi communism In east-
Cern Europe especially the
lk,nl? . , ...
i IW writer has sn Idea It will
PREAD not by Russian order,
it by the free cholco o( thu
nplci concerned. For peoples
so hsvt never known Individ
(1 liberty, who have been trod
rtdown by reckless, lrrcspons
ilt rulers, communism has much
Seller.
I So fr. communism has been
tatty better (or the Russian
butt' than anything-they, had
town before. Before the bol
rti'ik revolution, moat. of them
ttreaerfi.
JOR ui. ln free America, com-
murium has nothing to offer.
ml we have is far better than
cmmunlim. But much of
I'irope is a different matter,
(,M0NO oilier humnn rights,
'the right to KNOW THE
RUTH is Important.- It is a
right that is often disregarded
In these days. Sometimes with
lurUtlcatlon: sometimes WITH-
fVt. :
Churchill Is In Rome, talking
the pope, Whnt they arc talk
s' about Is a dark and cloudy
lret that mustn't bo allowed to
Id out. By wav of informing
Ihf public, the Vatican says:
Miny cisential questions are
m touched upon relating to
mporUnt problems of the prcs
nf hour," .
S Everyone knows, of ; course,
hot they are talking about peace
fid Wav (n hrinir it nhnitt Mnv4
plus suspect that an actual Gor
pjn pence proposal Is under con-
H'ucrauon.
Ho one Is greatly fooled.
fDR and Willklo hove- boon
carrylnn on some iclnri nf rnr.
'tipondcnco. Whut It Is obout
"'body flatly knows, for both
ptltic pals profess to know noth-
"IJt all about it.
The public takes all these pro-
""lions of Ignorance with the
i.!Mryhnmlful of salt, and
te'. Ftm ls anilllnK lor
Willkic's sunnort. " ,
Again nobody Is greatly fooled,
we go on from the world
BFT-rt-n 0 10 8 worm that is
th.i . ,Wo wU1 lonrn 8lowlv
letn.i ,""Ll0 traiiKtiess, in pub-
, ,"";"-' s wen as in prlvuto,
all ihi llor for everybody than
uVvL',hun'hu:n and double
ths ni- . now rosarded as
" Proper thing.
HEJ?E ,ls what wo , newspaper
ltrH"; ca" a freak" story
I Wt ' tT0,m Ontario, Oregon):
ho 7 .ZLu a toward J Wilson,
hrtm i 1 . a marrying two
mm h, hc iast tnea"yCBrii
WiteneA i i,g an o'Bht-month
chS etoday on a bigamy
the circuit court
'Ml ani n VP8 Richardson in
worn DOESN'T come with age.
MEWSPAinrrt . ; . . '
nf ii- . 1UIK 'ninic nigniy
them . 50 frcak s't'os and use
Wre iSi fe-. Unfortunately,
bttto mnnfd4,0 palnt the "'y
better tCn)? tll08e alos sou"d
thi nub??" lh-.ey really arc, and
WlUll. f ?'10" "' Bt lt and
It's h1 Jfalt.h In them. . -
"n eJe Z 'I f0l tno Publlc
(It think. newspaper peo-
HE,?E'Sa REAL freak tnrv.
Mi L'acJB' voted -unexpect.
teW& EARMARK re
rfni!i "ithe le of surplus
THRW'fOR REDUCTION OF
At l?4?NAL DEBTI"
". 5ue would mean that
"""W jaw?S? returning fl-
1 SANlTyin this country.
in The ShalaCacade Wonderland
PRICE 5 CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1944
Nazis Ordered
To Withdraw
From Bulgaria
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Aug. 20 Wl Bul
garia has ordered nil German
troops to leave Uulgarla, threat
ening force If they rofusc, Mos
cow unnounced tonight, and tho
new Romanian government has
snatched Us capital firmly from
nazi control.
The Bulgarian moves men
aced Hitler with early collapse
of yet a second vital segment
of . his Balkan wall.
Withdraw Demanded
The Bulgarian government,
assuring Moscow of "absolute
BED TROOPS SPEED
THROUGH GALATl MP
By DANIEL DC LUCE
MOSCOW, Aug. 26 ll') Ro
manian troops were reported
turning on the Germans, kill
ing and taking them prisoner,
as the red army sped through
the Galati gap today toward
Bucharest at a pace, which, Jf
maintained, would carry soviet
spearheads to the Romanian
capital tomorrow night, r
The' charging Russian troops
Inst were reported little more
than 100 miles from Bucharest
and barely 7S from the PlocsU
oil fields. The Slret river was
crossed 20 miles south of cap
tured Tecucl..
LONDON. Aug. 38 (f)--Pre-mler-Marshal
Stalin tonight an
nounced capture of Ismail on
the Danube 38 milks cast of Ga
lati In Romania. -; ;
Ismail was captured by storm
today by troops of the third
Ukrainian front, Stalin said In
. (Continued on Page Thrco)
Chinese Advance
Into South of
Yunnan Bastion
CHUNGKING, Aug. 26 (P)
Chinese forces besieging the
main Japanese Yunnan province
bastion of Tengchung have made
advances in the southern section
of the city, the Chinese high
command announced tonight,
after Jopancso . counterattacks
against positions Inside tho city
wcro repulsed.
Large quantities of food, sup
plies and medical stores were
captured as the - attacks were
thrown back, the high command
said.
Enemy positions In the south
western port of Lungllng, the
secondary Japnneso base in the
province on the Burma rond,
wcro attacked and tnken Thurs
day. On Friday, a key position
south of the city, held stubborn
ly by tho Japanese for more
than 10 days, wos tnken by the
Chinese who captured large
quantities of food and ammuni
Hon.
Helsinki Raided
By Finn Police
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (TP)
Finnish police blocked all roads
londlng out or noisinni hi awu
VAfflnrnnv and staged mass raids
through tho capital until early
this morning, the Finnish radio
said today in a broadcast that
failed to offer any. explanation
of the action. , '
1 Tho broadcast, recorded by
FCC monitors, said "results have
been very satisfactory" and that
"about 800 people were interro
gated as their Identity papers
were not In order.".
"Since the raid continued Into
tho early hours of this morning,
further details ' will bo made
known Inter," the broadcast said,
nririinir tlmt Minister of the In
terior Jtaorlo Hcnrlk Hillllae
"expressed his satisfaction at the
manner in which the raids were
carried out. . .
Liberators Hit
eni Drome
neutrality,"' told the nazl com
mand that Gcrmun forces must
bo withdrawn, and would be
disarmed If they refused, de
clared a broadcast statement of
the soviet commissariat of for
eign affairs.
Any German soldiers retreat
ing from Romania into Bulgaria
will be disarmed, added the
statement recorded by the
soviet monitor,
The soviet information bur
eau, assumed that Romanian
troops have seized the Carpath
ian mountains In that country
already flipped over t o the
allied side, and are battling
Gcrmuns retreating westward.
Sofia Abandoned
Ankara radio suld all Gcr
mun troops had deserted Sofia,
tho Bulgarian capital.
The statement said enthusias
tic demonstrations ln Bucharest
greeted the new Romanian gov
ernment formed by King Mihai.
Bucharest, the "Paris of , the
Balkans," became tho third cap
ital to be freed from the nazl
yoke, joining Paris and Rome
as liberated cities.
Marshal Ion Antqnescu, Ro
manian premier who, collabor
ated with the Germans, . has
been arrested, and the German
military mission in . Bucharest
was interned, said trie statement
recorded by the soviet monitor.
Germans still were shelling
Bucharest with anti-aircraft
guns, since they lack artillery,
and are bombing military bar
racks from tne ouv the. state
ment, said. .
U. 5- heavy bombers trom
Italy today blasted an -airfield
near Bucharest from which the
Germans were hitting at the
capital. .
Moscow statement c a m e
after corly German radio an
nouncements mat "quarters ot
the German i- command"- In
Bucharest were engaged1 In
fierce fighting : with. Romanian
army formations. 1 . .
Attacks Rpulid .
The German high command
said that repeated attacks
"made by traitors" were re
pulsed and that German troops
were engaged In a general re
treat In Romania- while defend
ing themselves against numer
ous soviet attacks.
The German legation In Bu-
(Continucd on Page Three)
Japs Make Swift
Retreat to Burma
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS. Kan-
dy, Ceylon, Aug. 26 (P) The
Japanese are retreating so ra
pidly from India into Burma
along the Slttaung trail east of
Tnmu that exnloslves they had
prepared for blasting bridges re
mained unaeionatea, ocu
hendauartcrs said today.'
Occupation of the village of
Pylnbon saKon near-me sum
mit of the ronge between Tomu
ond the Chlndwin rlverffive air
lino miles from the Chlndwin,
was reported by the 14th army.
Tho monsoon rains were-rcport.
cd hindering allied progress
more than the Japanese, wno
were refusing to make a stand.
War Bulletin
LONDON, Aug. 26 (P) FWa
Romanian divisions and 31,000
other troops, mostly . German,
have surrendered to Russian
forces sttackina in the Ukran-
lan sector east of the Carpath
ian mountains today, the soviet
communique .announced. .
Wrecked Super-Fortress Lifted From Puget Sound
: : - : - ',--' " '
: liHgiaiai - TROOPS SLASH
August 26, 1944 ".-..' '
Eirssfs NAZIS CAUGHT
Normal 12.37 Last year ........17.85 lillfalW WIIWWII I
, F4iMsUciear J - jj TRAPl
Border Provinces - are
,. , tniimLilUUII Wcrncdcf
: WARFS FYFfl .
,: ; M AT HEARING
Five Cents Per Sack,
$1.25 Per Hour '--.
Proposed : l
Seven check-flight crewmen escaped with minor injuries when this B-29 Super-Fortress made
forced landing in Puget Sound near Seattle; Wash. Here a navy crane prepares to hoist the giant
craft from shallow water after it was towed from scene of landing, a quarter mile off shore.
Pans Attains Freedom,' ;
Hangover, as Nazi Army
Leader Signs Surrender
, 'PARIS, .Aug. 26 P)r-Paris Is
free . today,' puti the old town
has a terrific hangover. .
The final "unconditional -surrender-
was signed at 6 p. m.
last night in the dingy baggage
masters, office In Montparnasse
railroad station, . and Paris
greeted it with one of the wild
est nights in its history.
But - machinegun and rifle
shots - played . a . staccato over
ture to the blaring brass bands
ST
For the first time since last
November's riotous demonstra
tions, the isolation area for
troublemakers at the Tulelake
segregation center was empty
today. .
WRA officials said the last
occupant . of the stockade was
transferred today to the main
residential area, and added that
"conditions in the center at this
time make isolation of individ
uals no longer necessary." The
statement was interpreted here
as indicating smoother going at
the big camp, possibly due to
recent war trends against Japan.
Since the isolation area was
established, 386 men have been
detained there for yarious per
iods ranging from, one to two
i (Continued on Page Three)
Gas Coupon Safe
Conducted Here
A sale on C-car gasoline cou
pons was conducted recently by
a 16-year-old boy, before he was
picked up by local juvenile auth
orities.
The boy had stolen 37 cou
Dons from the glove . compart
ment of a parked car and was
disposing ot tnem lor io cents
each.
State Department Scotches
Story on Pre-War Navy Acts
Otopi
.'ROME, Aug. 26 (P) Ameri
can Liberators from Italy today
bombed Otopenl airdrome,' nine
miles north of Bucharest, in
support of the Romanian; gov
ernment defending- the capital
against German attacks. ;
v ."Otopenl is tho nearest; German-held
airdrome to the, capi
tal and was -the base for Frl
day's German bombing attacks
on points within the city," Med
iterranean aljied air force head
quarters announced. - ,
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TP)
Tho state department declared
inrinv -thnt Japanese . Deace en-
! voys in the Immediate pre-Pearl
HarDor perioa never raiaca uj
question about the disposition of
American naval forces.
The department issued a state
ment in comment on assertions
made by Rep. ; Magnuson (D
Wash.) ln h's home state,
- The representative told the Se
attle Post -Intelligencer there
were reports both in Washing
ton and on the Pacific coast that
"the Japs made a 'patsy' out of
the state department, contriving
to have our fleet bottled- up in
Pearl Harbor where it could eas
ily be dealt a death blow," in
1941. ; ' . -
Question Not Raised
. The state department's state
ment: . ' '
- "At no time did Kurusu dur
ing the course o his visit here
in-1941 or dl any other Japan
ese rebresentatlve raise a ques
tion with this government mat
the disposition of our naval
forces In the Pacific was likely
to prejudice the success of the
conversations then taking place
between the two governments.
"Furthermore, the state de
partment did not at any time
raise this question with the navy
or war department.
- Peace -Talk Man -
Saburo Kurusu was the spe
cial Japanese who came here for
"peace talks" in 1941.
Maenuson's account of the re
ports he had heard was that
Kurusu . protested to Secretary
Hull that American naval opera
tions in the Pacific were giving
militarists in Japan reason for
blocking Kurusu's peace efforts.
- i'l do "not knov whether this
story is true or false, and I don't
venture to spean tor or against
It," Magnuson continued, "but I
monunuea on rage xnreej
celebrating the : end -of German
occasional onon 1 j
" Fromnausk' Until early . morn-
ine it seemed as if everybody
was ; shooting in all' directions,
and : there; was occasional can
nonading. Some of the shooting was at
Germans still fighting after the
formal surrender, but a lot of
it was simply Parisians letting
off steam. .. . , -
Virtually Unscarred .
A quick tour of the city
showed Paris was virtually un
scarred by war: The greatest
damage was to buildings in the
Luxembourg garden area where
the Germans made a last stand.
When the sun rose this morn
ing, all was quiet and Paris
(Continued on Page. lhree) ,
Nazis Withdraw .
To Gofhc Line
ROME, Aug.. 26 VP) German
withdrawals toward the Gothic
line fortifications in the central
portions of the Italian front
were reported today by Gen. Sir
Harold Alexander's . headquar
ters.
Polish troops - of the eighth
army on the Adriatic sector con-
tinued aggressive patrolling ac
tivity into the enemy s new posi
tions north of Metauro river.
The nazi retreat to the shel
ter of the Gothic line in the
rugged northern Appenine range
was most pronounced in the
area of the upper Tiber river
and on the east side of the up
per Arno behind Pontassieve.
. Eighth army, units following
up the retreat reached Apecchio,
35 miles from the Adriatic and
24 miles due south of the prin
cipality of San Marino, without
opposition,
Swedes Report
Von Kluge Dead
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 26 (P)
Field Marshal Gen. Guenther
von Kluge, commander . of the
German armies on the western
front, has been killed, the news
paper Dagens Nyheter said to
day on the basis of information
received from Germany. (The
report lacked confirmation in ei
ther axis or allied quarters.)
Circumstances of the reported
death were not known here and
the newspaper had no addition
al details. The 61-year-old Von
Kluge succeeded Field Marshal
Gen. Karl Rudolph von Rund
stedt on the western front last
July 6.
Former President
Of France Alive
LISBON, Aug. 26 (A5)
Edouard Herrlot, 72-year-old
former president of France, still
is alive somewhere in France, al
though the Germans several
times have reported him dead,
Jules Sauerwein, a French news
paperman, said here last night.
Sauerwein' fled Paris just be
fore tho patriots began their at
tacks against German occupying
forces. :
i Abandonment of their- pro
posed plan for a large new serv
ice center- building, to -cost up
wards $50,000, was disclosed
by Klamath Commandos at (a
meeting of people interested in
service hospitality held at' the
city council chambers last night.
- Captain Bernice Heidemann of
me commandos sam tnat tne
project had failed to receive suf
ficient community support. "The
Commandos, she said, are anxi
ous that alternate proposals be
put into effect as quickly as pos
sible so that the -service center
program can be expanded to
meet increasing needs.-
Remodeling of 'the present
quarters to include use of the
basement, or rent and remodel
ing of another building, are the
two alternatives. .
Reynolds Attends
C. W. Reynolds, associate re
gional executive of USO, attend
ed the meeting and discussed the
situation here with the Comman
dos and members of the military
service committee. Reynolds said
in response to inquiries that USO
is willing to come into the com
munity and make a grant at any
time. He said its program would
not be intended to replace any
local activity, but to supplement
it. Commandos, he said,' could
. (Continued on Page Three).
4ntonescu Held
By Romanians
LONDON, Aug. 26 (IP) Mos
cow radio announced today that
Marshal Ion Antonescu, deposed
Romanian premier, is under ar
rest, taken in hand by the Ro
manian royal guard of King Mi
hai. .- :
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 26
(IP) A dispatch from the Swiss
Italian border today said Mar
shal Ion Antonescu.'. deposed Ro
manian premier, had been assas
sinated during the coup, d'-etat
that placed Komama m tne allied
camp.
The dispatch came from the
Swiss telegraph agency which
quoted the Italian news agency,
Stefani. There was no confirma
tion.
A niece rate of S cents per .60
pound sack and $1.25 an hour for
agricultural , hour labor ..was pro
posed jointly ' by the Klamath
County Potato' Growers -associar
tion and tne l uieiaice urowers ai
a farm wage ceiling hearing held
at Merrill all day Friday by the
farm wage boards of Oregon-and
California. ' - - - - -
. The hearing was held to deter
mine a fair wage ceiling wnicn
will be established for this year's
harvest period in the liiamatn
basin. After hearing testimony;
from both growers and laborers,
the wage board otiiciais- saia
thev would DreDare recommen
dations to- -be sent -immediately
to Washington, and that aa early
announcement of the wage: ceil
ings could be expected.- :
; r. Ask Higher Ceiling i ; .-
Some sorting contractors; ap
peared before the. hearing to con
tend that -wages for sorting
should- be higher than the pro
posed. S1.Z5 an hour, ana urgfa
particularly that higher allow
ances be made for head sorters..
They said in-effect they could
not keep crews at $1.25 an hour.
Farmers contended that high
er.wages in the sorting isheds
would tend to draw "labor from
the -fields-during-the critical har
vest neribd.- - '-.-
The .war labor-board was rep-
resenteoVby twq officials, at Hie
hearing;, and it- was- stated 'by
them that sorting crews up to
eight in number employee, -in
farm: cellars would tome under
agricultural, wage ceilings, -hut
crews greater than eight in nunv
ber and all crews in the sorting
sheds, would come under war lar
bor board. '
-.. Canning Wage to. Apply
Thev said, that in the absence
of specific war labor board rates
for --work -of --this type, rates'jes-
tablisnea lor. me ..ctuinui uiuwr
try in Klamath county might apt
ply. These- rates would be 80
cents for . No; 1;: labor .and' 68
cents' for No. 2. labor,- or the
(Continued on Page.'l'hree; -
Mrs. Ann MasonH
Files for Post
The office of - city treasurer
will . have : at least one name
placed on the ballot in the fall
election. Mrs.- Ann Mason filed
her intention to. run for that of
fice by obtaining a petition from
the city hall Friday. ' f
Mrs. Mason is employed at the
Willnrd hotel at the present time,
bVit could not be reached Sat-
urdnv for a statement;-
There have been no petition's
drawn as yet for the councilman
from ward four. .
Yanks Smash at
Jap Shipping
. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST -PACI1TIU. Aug
26 (ypj-Hitting Japanese ships
at a pace of better' than five a
day for August, the far eastern
air force was reported today to
have blasted a cruiser, ' seven
freighter-transports and a barge
tender at Dutch Celebes on the
invasion Dath to the Philippines.
Seventeen ships have been
sunk in recent ' raids at Celebes
and 29 around Halmahera.
By WES GALLAGHER ;
SUPREME: HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED . EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 26 OP) Allied col
umns struck powerfully toward
Germany and Belgium , today
and supreme headquarters warn
ed the people of the border prov
inces of Alsace-Lorraine and the
Duchy of . Luxembourg that war,
"very , soon" . may reach their1
lands.
, Four bridgeheads' southeast of
Paris were strengthened for this
eastward assault upon Germany.
West of Paris allied armies whn
tied on perhaps 40,000 Germans
trapped near the Seine's mouth,
slashing their dwindling ' ranks,
with artillery shells. ':. '. ' .7.
Seventh Eliminated
"The elimination of. the Ger
man seventh army as a fighting"
entity has decided- the battle of,
France," supreme headquarters
asserted' in broadcasts warning
the, residents of Alsace-Lorraine7
arid Luxembourg to prepare f oiC
approacning patties. .' . ;
German survivors of the Fal"
aise and Seine traps "can at best
fight a series of delaying actions"
on- their retreat into Germany ,"-
uie uratx aaaea. -. - . ,n
Cross Seine ' s
- American. trooDs alreariv hair's
struck across , the Seine- north
west of Paris, in spearheads that
can slice to the Pas-de-Calais ro
bot bomb coast and to Belgium,
. .Southeast of Parisy officially
described as fairly quiet but -with.'
some, mopping . up continuingy
Amencan. troops liberated' Me
lun, 23 miles away, after a harcf
battle.. .. ......v..,. j,:.. I -
v; ... : Push North .')' '-... .';.
(A London broadcast heard by"
BS reported Americans pushing?
northeast toward the Marne-oa
roads-leading-to-Reims,-Eta! and
Nancyv'- j .- -i- "-' ... ;
Thev bridgeheads over" theU
Seine, were- built .-tip -near- Me;. .
lun,..at. eorbeiV.25 -miles; below?1 -the
.capital,;.. and at . Fontaine-bleau-and
Montereau,-:32 and 4t
miles , southeast of Paris.- - - .
Other Ui S. - units -captured
Marigny le ' Chatel, 15 miles-
uurinwest oi-iroyes.v-;ine.iatter .
tyoniinuea on rage inree
Writer Reaches : 1
Swiss Border '
GENEVA- Switzeriand-1 . Aaei
26 (JP) Edward , Kennedy,. As"
sociated : Press "' correspondent
with - Lt.'-'Gen.T- Alexander M.
Patch's seventh" army in south
ern France;,-aitived . here today
in a' j'eep. "'. ':;
The first - American corres
pondent to : reach the Swiss
frontier." 'he' was accompanied
by Chicago Times, International
News Service and News Chron
icle representatives, l -.
with one soldier as a body
guard they travelled well ahead
of the army." " . ;
French Capture Forts;
Yanks Occupy Briancon
ROME, Aug. 26 (P) French
troops in Toulon have captured
Forts d'Artigues- and Maleous
quet, leaving the only organized
nazi- resistance within the naval
base city centered In the so
called "Six-Fours" district, it
was announced tonight.
Lt.-Gen. Alexander M. Patch's
headquarters also announced
further progress in eliminating
nazi opposition inside Marseille,
where "German damage has
been extensive with demolitions
wrecking many of the quays,
warehouses, drydocks and port
facilities."
v Occupy Briancon
; American columns have occu
nied the Alpine town of Brian
con, near the Italian frontier
more than 100 -miles north of
the captured seaport of Cannes,
and other seventh army forces
have driven into Avignon, key
Children Hurt
... : --.- ft ... ,
In Truck Smash
MARSHFIELD, Aug. 26 UFWi
Thirty-seven children were
slightly -injured 'late yesterday
when a broken - steering wheel
sent the truck ih which they were)
riding hurtling intoia ditch.. - .:
; The truck, taking -the children
from a Baptist summer camp on
the Coos river to a nearby swim
ming beach, overturned in tna
ditch. Alice Smith, Marshfield;
suffered a broken rib. The. oth
ers escaped with scratches and
bruises.- :-..;'
delta of the Rhone valley,-allied
headauarters announced today.
The Germans reported fight
ing near Montelimar, nearly 60
miles north of Avignon, but
there was no allied confirma
tion. r
ReDorts from southern France
indicated however that the, situ
ation was comparable with that
in Brittany when the Americans
first broke out of the Normandy
beachhead. , '.- ; .,
Seek Enemy
' Patriot and seventh, army
forces appeared to be roaming
widely,, seeking out disorgan
ized enemy groups who were
fleeing- through : a narrow', gap
between allied forces in north
ern and southern France. -The
triumphant advance of Lt.
.Gen. . Alexander . M. . Patch's
troobs freed nearly all of south
ern France east of the Rhone
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Marpfe Killed
In Action
1 Word has been received by
friends here that Charles Mar
pie, formerly of Klamath Falls
was' killed in action in the South
Pacific theater of war. -J,
His -parents, Mr. and Mrs. O,
R.- Marple Sr., box 116, Sher-woodj-.Ore.,
received word- bf
their son's death the middle of
this month. No further details
are known here. The young
man was with the marine corps
and had been overseas for the
past year and a-half. .
His parents are long-time resi
dents of Klamath Falls and ha
made his home here most of his
life.' .I--.- ,
Before entering the service,
he was employed at the Ewauna
Box company in Klamath Falls,
Nelson Hurley ;
Now in Edmonton
'- EDMONTON, Aug. 26 CPV-i
Donald M.- Nelson, chief of th 1
U. S. war. production-board, and
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, en
route to China -to discuss1, milt- .
tary and ' economic problems .
with Chiang Kai-Shek; arrived
in Edmonton late last night and
left' today on the second lap ol
their journey, - .
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