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LMEMBKR today Pnlton'i siljhly armored urivo. auiri- at AVrnncnrn, hi iiiw w Cherbourg peninsula, inn irlng nn encircling arm IN iInd iho Germans between Seine and the sen. inwors tills morning that he .i.rtlntr mmthtr encircling rim whose purpose is to set hind Iho ocrmans atons imu .koi mil Ho ho crossed thu Erne t Chateau-Thierry and ,'tivs on 10 soissons. Your map will tell you what will do if no un i stopped uy Ctrmoiu. ... ATCH It. Great history has ' hAAt ma.'!.. In the nnt weetr ft treat history ir likely to made In the week thut li com- P Romania, tho Ruenlnna this morning nro In a 1 a h t of stl'g oil derricks. They nro il.vww wtta ili itinti! rln Tp.n.i.li.n..l.. Tlt .. rtU hwylvania they con set Into Thil Dliealn' ..., In Ik. tv ttuiriiiiiiiii JUOU 111 IHO Mini is tho same an ours In nnce trnpntoK German nnd r . -" 'O wit) ubiiiJ) pek Into Gcrmnny. iwurmnp will tell you all tnu pllow It dully if you want to "uuouiiiu inu wnr nowa. ; WMONG us, we're stopplna a ui uurmuns irom gex- 10 hapl. ,.t . vn niuiiy, m thn )at UL-FU- . .1 Kmn 0 kllletl Hntl cPt"rcd , " m me aeino trap In nbout the snmo time !c..""sflins hnvo CAPTURED MOO In Romnnia. 'nais mowing !cm down. .. DIENTY moro are being gtop- fc.nT '".onma nnd up on the "f eyes hnvo been diverted by f....vumr events in t rance nnd 'Balkans. Hitler's Job EACH l1' now li irn..lm n Ihn "mlej ho NO LONGER HAS. pE Jnp war lords aro going the Jnp lndustrlnll.su RE,PL.ANES-nd ammuni. -.. ,,u an me other materials JJjjworth remembering for The .ln. .J ...... I dmiLP stystem. Un- Hlem .n'c' ENTERPRISE P&! ""htlng'lUUor 0U? y'tem Is nil right, be Ho war ' SUITS OUR WAYS' 7-r 10 got rCHU la rranpn fn.i i. n" were rcacning 7r nOUCn. Ronnn l o mnra lliislorl nPn.otlced crossroad in tho lot At-.? "".wan progress. Joan "irlvr i dlod at Rouon a jaynr'0, S'-cnt Idea. Iha'K lJ Arc s Rreat Idea was rrail:"co was tho PEOPLE of e bfcnot ll,st lord' and M I that iSSSfe peopl wlth the NsomJiM THEMSELVES CcomihlnJ!l ht for-that THEIR 1KS (THEIRS and It was i,'? JOb In snvo ll ' Ihl .ho '""Plred leadership wL o5 1?1 and lhen whol'y from . llIoy DID save Franco 'wdslrJ l?'1 away from the "'jnops ana kings. . XtSZ r?t idea was TOO oloratS and tho k'ngs to 2clEh n,i : ' ,'r notion un .that ion ""tinued on Pago Three) I In The Shanta-CaHcadn Wonderland PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1944 Number 10249 Reds Menace Oil Fields ff Ploesri ' By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Aui. 20 (!') Swift Russian drives through Romania approached tho ureal oil center of Ploesti and Hucliurcst today os ona urmy poured across a 79-mllo stretch on thu Danube and unnther knifed IS miles In side HuiiKiirlan-held Transyl vania. Hungarian and German troops were reported mussing In Tran sylvania, the 1(1,024 sriuiirc mile action of Romania which Hitler gavo to Hungary in 1040. The sudden Russian push through passes In the Curpathiuns gave the red army the good base town of Brctscu on a ruilroad and highway. LONDON, Aug. 20 (!) The German radio said tonight thut "very bitter fighting is taking ploco between tho Romanians and German troops in Buch arest nnd Ploesti." Oho division of elite anti-aircraft troops is believed to be in tho Ploesti oil district. 35 miles north of Bucharest, plus forces driven from the capital by King Mlhni's rcdedlcutcd army. . (The German communique said the Russians, "rushing In from all sides," had captured Buzau, 40 miles northeast of Ploesti and 60 miles from Buch arest, Buzau is a rail and road Junction 60 miles west of Bralla, the large Danube port which the Russians captured last night). The entire Danube delta was in Russian hands and troops which crossed tlu; Danube on a wide front were racing for the Black Sea port of Constanta and the roads leading to Bucharest from the cast and northeast. Capture Flotilla The Russians captured a large flotilla on the Danube and each hour, new ships were arriving on the Danube and Black Sea coast behind Russian lines, fly ing the red flag. Already the Ploesti oil field derricks, north of the city, were in sight of Russian troops. Cos sacks, tanks and motorized in fantry on the plains before the Romanian canltal ranged close to tho city of 650,000, feeling out German resistance. Other Russians deep in capitu lated Romania edged within 45 miles of Brasoz, 12th city of the kinedom with 62.000 people, and seriously menaced any chance the Germans might have for a stand. The red army was moving forward on a 200-mll iront irom positions Inside Transylvania west of ' the main Carpathian ridge to the Black Sea between captured Sulina and Constanta. Red Star reported the surrender of monocled u n. Mannai boiko, commander of tile 14th Roman lan division, and said "Of course Boiko's division is not yet in a state, for fighting, out me gen. eral expressed his wish to re form the division, and fight against the Germans. Tho commander was quoted as -saying he deserted Gen. Count von-Chulsen wnen tne uerman demanded gasoline, ammunition and food for his hard-pressed corps. II UIIUHIIIlHiIUII By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 W) Tho Dumbarton Oaks conferees announced today "general agreement on the form of an international security organiza tion, Including : a . council com posed of big powers plus a num ber of .smaller nations. Tho conferees declined to am plify the announcement made in a Joint statement, or to say spocjflcolly In a Joint statement what authority should be given So the !'Ta!! powers on the council In relation to the big nations. Btst.m.nt Issued The Joint statement said: "After a week of discussions, the . three heads of delegations ore. happy to announce that there Is gcncrul ngrccmcnt among them to recommend that tho proposed International or ganization for peace and secur ity should provide for: "1. An assembly composed of representatives of nil peace loving nations bused on the principle of sovereign equality. ' "2. A council composed of a (Continued on Page Three) Germans Report Resignation of Hungarian Chiefs LONDON, Aug. 20 IP) The German news agency transoccan broadcast a report tonight thnt the Hungarian government had resigned. , . ' . .,, , , Regent Admiral Nicholas Horthy was reported to have ac cepted tho resignation of Premier Doemc Sztojay nnd appointed Colonel' General Lakatos as new chief minister. Last Friday tho Gorman radio announced . thnt tho Hungnrian government had been rearranged because "events in Romania have caused ccrtnln political tensions in the nazi-occupled country.,; General Somervell, , Patterson Return ' WASHINGTON Aug. 29 UP) Robert P. Patterson,'; undersec retary , of . wnr, ana. -ui. uv. Somervell, army service forces commander, have returned to Washington after visiting the combat- zones in tho Mediter ranean and northern Franco. - Intensified Smashes at Enemy Forecast by Navy Bv JAMES J. BTREBIO Associated Press Avtstlon Editor WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 UV) Tho nnvy reviewing the thump ings handed to both ends of the axis in the past ' 12 months, de- y ' Speclpl gift feature of 4 the Iviaiiiuui cuiiuiiuiiiiy iuiiu cam paign got underway today under the direction of Andrew M, Col lier,' chairman, with the purpose of raising a substantial part- of the county's $65,200 quota before the general drive opens, Septem ber 11.- . ' Collier and his committee sent out letters to a large number of firms and individuals, pointing out that - the community fund campaign combines all'drlvcs and asKmg tnem ror comriDuuons ranging from $100 to $1000 or more. Letters went to 12 parties; sug gesting that they contribute $1000 each. Many 'others were asked to consider- giving $500; and a still larger number were asked for $100. Gifts to the com munity fund, which includes the Boy Scouts, Giri Scouts, Camp Firo Girls, troop entertainment (Commandos) and Salvation Army, locally, and to state and national welfare and relief agen ,,, (Continued on Page Three) . ii 1 Planes Blast Jap Positions :. WASHINGTON. Aug: 'zS (ff) Striking on a 4000-mile front, Amnrlran nlanea . blasted Jar ancse positions from the north to tho central racmc in a series oi weekend raids, the navy reported today. ; i ' Far to the north. at-Para- mushiro, several fires were left blazing by Liberators of the 11th army air force pounding , that northernmost island, in .Japan's Kurilo chain. - Iwo Jlma, recently attacked almost daily, was bombed again by another Liberator force irom iho . 7th armv air force. This force met only moderate anti aircraft opposition in tneir as sault on that volcano Island base less than . 700 . miles south of Tokyo. . v World Peace Menaced by Cartels, Asserts Biddle WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (P) Attorney General Biddle- pro posed today that tho allied powers ."break the power of the German monopolistic firms becaur.o they "constitute a def inite menace to tho future peace of the world." . Testifying before, a aenatc military subcommittee Inn"""'" Into cartel nrrnngemonts, Biddle said -the purpose of breaking up the power of 'German mon opolies "would not be to de stroy German economic lite, but to put its Industries into a form where they will no long er , constitute a menace to the civilized world.'" ' "As long as they, survive In thair present form," thp attor ney general said, "it- will be ex ceedingly 'difficult to develop independent Industry in Europe outside of Germany." .. , ;. No Underestimation - Biddle added that he did not "underestimate rthe difficulties" involved in his proposal.- . t "Wb 'will have to have ' an analysis and understanding of each ono of the German mon opolistic , firms," , Biddle said, "and then work but for it the rendjustments that will be nec essary. Such a program will novo in own It the Derlod of su pervision over these companies that snouia come During mo ut nnnotlnn . nftrlod." ' ' . Chairman- Kilgore (D-Va.) of the :mllltary subcommittee call ed the1 inquiry, ha said, to Mr ' (Continued yi rage xnree; Acting Chairman Lt. Commander J. A. Krug (above) was named by - Presi dent Roosevelt to - be acting chairman of war production board during Chairman Donald M. Nelson's absence in Chung king. (AP wirephoto). clared today" that- "these blows were light compared witn. tne blows we are now prepared to deliver." - Commenting on the progress of the navy's air arm, which marks ' its 31st anniversary to morrow, . Vice Admiral Aubrey W, Fitch. .deputy chief ornaval operations for air, said in a state ment:; ..: . -: . . ...,v4. yi i ZepnyiV Task Fere '.''Task force 88, Which scourged the Jan so effectively in the last eight months, was Just k sweet, summer zephyr compared to the arrangements' of ships,.- planes which are ready to lash out now." . . . Ha disclosed that 'the navv how has approximately 100 car riers "in or near action." Includ ed are 14 of the mighty Essex type and nine of the fast and powerful independence class, converted from cruisers. More than 70 carriers were, commis sioned during the year and work was started on two of the three projected 45,000-ton., battleship type carriers. Four to One Average I Naval aviators averaged more than four Japanese planes shot down, for .every American plane lost during the year, Fitch said. The actual score was more than 2300 Japanese craft destroyed against 560 navy planes lost. He added that "a high percentage of our pilots was rescued." .. "Long before another anniver sary rolls around, naval aviation will be hurling ait least two more new weapons against the foe a twin-engined fighter and a scout ing plane of unmatched speed and range," the admiral said. War Bulletin LONDON, Aug. 29 (fl5) Rus sian troops have captured Con stanta Romania's greatest Black sea port. Premier Stalin . an nounced in a special order to night. ' Polish Cabinet -May Resign LONDON. Aug. 29 (ft) In an atmosphere of mixed hope and suspicion, tne caoinet ot tne London Polish government-ln- exile will meet tonight and prob ably commit Itself . to political suicide as a sacrifice to its home land s unity. ,,- The cabinet is. expected to ap prove and dispatch to the soviet union the memoranda of Pre mier Stanislaw Mlkolajczylc- on Polish-Russian relations and methods for reaching an accord with the Moscow-sponsored Pol ish liberation committee. If the proposals are accept able to Russia it will mean recon stltutlon of the cabinet and trans fer of its activities to Poland. Al Bellotti Hurt in France .i Al Bellotti. 19 KUHS cradu 1 injQ ...nr. .1 If. 1 . . flrl 1h D.. me Ui waa nuuiiui.u ... ... tlon, July 13 in France, accord ing to word received by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Bellotti of Pelican City. - . The report said that he had been wounded seriously, but Bel lotti writes that he is "getting alnnff fine" in a hosDltal in Lon don. He had been in the service five months. . . . r . ALLIES ROUT GERMANS FROM RHONE VALLEY Fleeing , Nazis Battle ! -. In Sauzef ; ; Area : LONDON, Aug. 29 (1P)- The Moscow radio ' tonight ' denied what it described as "foreign press statements" that Russia had accepted a Bulgarian decla ration of neutrality... : Mnsenw -.' called :-'Bulgaria' Winratinn nf nP.utralitv"'tOtallV rnmifflcient" to Tmeet the situation which has arisen, indicating, tnat Bulgaria must do more m oraer to get out ot tne war.. The conclusion also was drawn frnm thv broadcast that Bulgaria must comply with armistice de mands to be- presented -by. the United States and Britain. Bul garia is not at. war wlth-.Russia, The text of the statement -is sued through Tass, "off icial soviet Humors' are being SDread in the foreign press to the effect that the soviet government al legedly recognized the neutrality declared by. the Bulgarian, gov ernment, and approved it. "Tass is , authorized to state these reports do not correspond with the facts. Soviet leading circles consider the neutrality declared by the Bulgarian gov ernment is totally insufficient in the conditions of the situation which has arisen." - . f - Allies Push Near Nazi Gothic Line ROME. Aug. 29 (TP) Forward elements of the eighth army, ad vancing along the entire eastern half of the Italian . front, have pushed at one point to witnin three miles of the formidable concrete and steel fortifications of the nazis' Gothic line, allied headquarters disclosed today. ; -A communique announced in fantry and tanks had surged'for ward throughout the sector, with Polish forces on the coast occupy ing the town' of Fang and estab lishing a line on the southern bank of the Arzilla river. Furth er inland other units punched across that stream. Liberation Report Untrue NEW YORK. Aug. 29 (IF) RS- dio France at Algiers, quoting a French national defense head nnartera communiaue tonight. said announcement of the libera tion of Bordeaux nact teen pre mature t.nd "vanguards of the al lied armies do not appear to have reached the region as yet." ; The .broadcast was addressed to metropolitan France . a n d heard by U. S. government moni tors. f i- By GEORGE TUCKER ROME -Aug1. 2ff (IPS American trooDS have driven into Monteli- mar -on' the Rhone . 100 miles above: Marseille.- - Except- -lor isolated pockets of resistance the enemy, now has been - cleared from-the Rhone valley south of Montelimar," allied headquar ters-announced tonignt. ' U. S. troops and tanks of the American seventh army are lock ed in battle with fleeing nazis in the area of Sauzet, four miles northeast of Montelimar. '- The latter town is being mopped up. An American column had reach ed the Rhone north" of Monteli mar in a - surprise '. thrust last week. ' '-' ... -: v . .-'French Move Weit.-. .' French' forces sweeping west ward on .the-lower Rhone reach ed'. ;. Uzes i and drove through Nimes today. One column thrust on southwest toward the French- SDanish border.-' other rrencn units pushed out west and north west oi uvignon, a mues Deiow Montelimar. ..." . - . Air- force headaua'rters- de clared the great naval base of Toulon had been destroyed by al lied bombing and German demo litions before the garrison surrendered.-'. V . l- :'. i . . . ' $ubs Sunk k M - -"Wreckage ' of score of ships dots- the harbor; including 'two French cruisers-used as German barracks and -bombed by: allied planes. Submarine pens were wiped out either by "demolitions or bombardment, and "at least 10 submarines 'were: sunk 'at' an chor;" -" ": '." The flying column -under the command of Brig; Gen. Frederic Butler which reached the Montel imar area Friday after inflicting Wholesale punishment on at least one force ot lo.uuu , uerman troops, killing many and possibly knocking out the remainder, con tinued to spread out through the entire region. Reports from there said roads were strewn with destroyed Ger man transport and other vehicles. y FILES FOR POST 1918 Sectors Won In Speedy Yank Smashes "'' '"" : By JAMES M. LONG ' ' ' . 'SUPREME "HEADQUARTERS'. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, Aug. 29 (P) With the Germans in headlong retreat, the U. S. third army captured Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood and Soissons and. advanced on' cathedral-spired Reims today. The) yanks thrust within. 100 miles of Germany and within 55 pf Bel gium. ' 1 Rolling over U18 battlefields hallowed with American blood, doughboy infantry and armor met only minor resistance from the Nails. The main German forces were In "headlong flight toward the homeland and Belgium," a front dispatch declared. Armored spearhesds and battle-planes took a high toll of enemy retreating over clogged roads. , Lt. , George .8. Patton's - men seised Chateau-Thierry on the Marne and famed Belleau Wood five miles west, then sprinted 25 miles north in Soissons. Tonight they were before Reims, storied for Its cathedral and its champagne. .... ' 111 ' - The knife blades carving un. northern France were rapidly flanking the Pas de Calais coast, studded with rocket bomb sites. They threatened a : huge new trap for the broken rem' nants of the German seventh army and the 15th army statiotv- ea in ras ae Calais. i At Soissons, where the . old first and second divisions help- ed their allies win one of the closing battles of the last war, the Americans were 35 miles northeast of- Paris. " , : .. ., -Parallel columns - driving north reached the Fismes area 16-miles east of Soissons and reached the upper Marne at two. places -between - Chalons and Vitry. 90 Miles Away Troons were lesn than Rn miles from -; Verdun- where a younger Marshal. Petain near. the start of the last- war turned; the Germans back with - resist-, apce concealed in the slogan:, "PViaw Ck.ll M.. " ' - : The ' Americans and Bi-mK. bridgeheads on the Seme north-, west of Paris were welded into1' a sonu iront of 25 to 30 miles L when the troops which crossecUi at Mantes and Verrion... joined hands. The assault front pushed -11 miles north of the Seine aWj most to., the Rouen-Parts high way. . Canadians - advanced " within sight of Rouen, where Joan of. Arc was tried and burned.- The neareast Canucks were four and; a.. nan miles away, u . J.ine oracles - The - American-. triumDh at: - Chateau-Thierry and Soissons cracked the German-Aisne-Som-me line and moved the - allies within -15 miles of the cathed- (t-ontjnued, on- Page,Threei Pacific Coast: Campaign, Planned: : f: J. PORTLAND. Ore . Aug. 29 UP) The Pacific coast-campaign .of Gov: Thomas E. Dewey took shape today with the announce ment py state.repuDiican. leaders that he would speak over-a na tion-wide broadcast here,' Sep- temoer iu. The republican presidential candidate ,wilL, swing. ..through Oregon after a two-day confer ence with Idaho and Washington republicans, and a major cam paign speech at Seattle, Septem ber 18. ,- -. -. -; -.'u-:- Spud Shipments. Move From Basin Spud shipments started to roll last week with ten .cars be ing shipped 'out from. Strong hold and cars going out now at the rate of two ot three a day Shipments-will start from Ma. lin after Labor, Dav .with-the volume increasing rapidly. It is estimated : that seven or ' eight cars per day will be leaving from here by September 10. Baseball Scores AMEBICAN.LEAOUE-. Jt. H. Bolton - 8 IT ,1 Vnrk i ' 6 ' Drleswerd and Conrbyi'Oonald'Zuber IT). Turner 9 na M. uaroarn.- - : .Interest in ' the - race f orn po sition .of : city treasurer was increased Monday -when ; Mrs. Ruth. T.i Berry filed, for a . pe tition, for that office,: With, her signified, intention to be a. can didate, two names are .now: as sured for the- fall -ballot,- Mrs. Ann Mason obtaining petitions last week. . . " ; . r Race .for. the office of mayor will be an interesting one, with three, men entering the contest. Walt Weisendanger, Ed Ostenr dbrf, and Kenneth McLeod took out ; petitions to have their names placed . oh the ballot. . : Two positions on the council wfU(be' .vacant, with Walt Weis endanger, councilman for ward four, -running for mayor, and Andrew H. Byssman not eli gible for reelection for council man from ward one because he "is no longer a resident of that district. -Announcing their : intention to rum for councilman from. ward' one were Angus Newton and Joe Balthazor. Lynn Roy croft is the only person so' far to' get petitions for, the ward four post. . . '"- ' '; -" ' 1 1 Petitions' for we; position ; w Continued. pn.Fage Tnreej 122.000 Nazis Killed or Taken At Falaise wrtttrw '-' HEADQUARTERS NEAR THE SEINE, Aug. 29 (IP) Allien troona. killed or captured 122,000 Germans in the;, great Falaise entrapment, British sec ond army headquarters disclosed today, and stui .more inousaiias ot Germans will be added to" the toll from the disorganized enemy retreat across the seine. - The 122.000 Including 30,000 killed and 92.000 captured, a third of the latter wounded rep resented tne Dag OI American, Rritish . and Canadian - armies through successive entrapment in ;the Falaise-area up to August 25; -' - ' v .,',;; Fighters Race - fnto Germany T'.OMTiON. Aug. 29 (IF) Ameri can fighters raced at tree-top lev el over France and the low coun tries and into Germany today for the third straight day,, bombing and strafing transport' targets and airfields in a ceaseless effort to - bring enemy . movement, be tween the. west front and-.the German frontier to a dead halt. - Knifing through a low ceiling, American and: British-.-fighter bombers based in France swept German . strongpoints ahead of the advancing Americans and Britisn troops... . - -, . ... Widow Complains Of Beer Rules SALT LAKE CITY. Aug: 29 (A) a 60-year-old widow -has enmnlainerl to the citV-COmmis- sion that the refusal of beer halls to serve unescorated women is a violation of women s rignts. -. "I am 60 years old and a wid ow with no one to accompany me," she wrote, "and I feel that I am entitled to. some of the few pleasures life owes me." She said she had knitted for the Red Cross, but 'decided "that is out" until her right to .drink beer is established.. Migrant Farm Labor Camp for Potato, Onion Harvesters Planned at Merrill ' A migrant farm labor camp to provide living facilities for tran sient laborers that come for the potato and onion harvest is to be established- just inside the east city limits of Merrill, between the Great Northern railroad and the highway. , - ; r- - The camp is sponsored by the Oregon State college extension service under the emergency farm labor program and will ac commodate 100 family units. It will begin operation-between the first and t ifth of September. This is the second project, of this ha ture in the state, the other camp being located at Coburg in Lane county. '. . Two Mexican labor camps 'will open September 10 at Merrill and Malln, under the auspices of the war food administration and an other at Bonanza, September 20, under, the same supervision. - A transient labor camp at Tule--lake is in operation now and has been all wlntftj-, and it is also-un derstood a center for Mexican workers will be established there. .. The old west side CCC camp at Tulelake has been con verted into - .a-- oerman prison camp , lor . tne duration, The prospects 'for a fihe har- is year are. good and these various camps will play- a vital ?iart in -harvesting, the crops on ime. It Is' urged that growers who are not using Mexican worn ers and want American laborers; notify; the farm -labor employ ment omce, Nefson to Fill Byrnes' Post, Says Ferguson WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 . Pi . Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) said toaay ne understood from 're liable sources" that: Donald M. Nelson had been picked to suc ceed James F. Byrnes as war mobilization director upon Nel son's return from China. w . Ferguson said he understood President Roosevelt's plan was to turn -over to tne war produc tion board chairman direction ol the. gigantic task of demobiliza tion. J . i . ; ' Ferguson added he had heard that Byrnes had' indicated a de sire; to be relieved of his present duties as soon as it is convenient, and that he had emphatically ex pressed a desire to turn over the demobilization task to some other man. :-.'-; -. -' Strike Halts Wing Production DETROIT, Aug;" 29 duction of wings for af navy aircraft, engines , landing barges and corf of aircraft engines was HW day by a strike that closed the main plant of the Hudson Motor Car company. 'i a company statement- said 7500 workers were affected. - Robert E. Lomasney;, member of-' the state : mediation . board said he had, been informed the strike'began after several women were admonished "for loafing in a rest' room." . - There was no statement from the United Automobile Workers (CIO) with which the workers fire affiliated. ; ,. Forest Fire' ' Under Control '"MEDFORD. ' Aug. -29 .(VP)-w The season's worst fire in thW area was brought under control today after blackening 100 acres in the Persist area of the Ump- qua divide-', '-. The blaze"broke out in a log ging operation yesterday , afternoon- and spread rapidly. A orew of 100 loggers and. , forest service fire fighters threw, a Una around the fire; and Rogue River National" forest officials predict ed barring high ' winds no further . outbreak; : , , WEATHER -'.--- August 29, 1944 Max. (Aug.-28) -.. 88 ' Min. ..8t Precipitation last 24 hours .00 Stream year to date .:...r.l0.H Normal 12.40 Last yea J74 Forectsti Clear. -
