m
mm
t Ue. . """I
.... ...uirlMa
IPl' ll. In . both tho
. wc Imvo two ob-
feW' " ,w m0r
kw 0uv... .mmiv Germans
ra'f?0in t'' tack in-
IfS3BSSVhw.roskcl C0M1,
,UR over-all objective, of
I.mwl nun
hum "",',... ', u.-1-iiiniil h
tifSftrSie.il war will bo
') ....
, understand tho fighting In
LSnSlWVERS confute
3W , nits lhrn.
,?Kly broken tho lino of
bin. and the Mnrno and arc
r MING lor tho bommc
P."n8,.i.n In rnimlrv
Klucc nnniM ore Intlmuto-
limliiir DW.-UU.W u .....
L(ilitlnn Itself, howevor. li
IffEltKNT. In tho Inst war
r ... n, i hmianmln to tie.
E each yard bl"h
;VER, cnclrclcmont and do-
Kyve'iono back to the basic
jtipld ol nuniiium "u
iilry. . .-
y ADDED THE Am-
Iane- ...
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. -