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fat 1 ,
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r ...uif JENKINS
i','ffn new. from Franco
nmiln today in-
i J I J nmy bo 1,10
f l dcvX .ml r
.other, heel, these
J,'.: .
r oowlbillly of Ge.rm""
1 V n lha Sc no and the
m" "rmly ,n our
?. .i that but Amcrlciin
'L force hnvo crowed the
)tl Jorcc I" ..
K Ml 00 miles to the
'Tho Brllwh uro over mo
ir Seine and V1"8 p.Vhod
jjmlici to tho north,
i German soy they huvo
ItflBouon.
!C natural liicii li that a
imk attnek on the rocket
t in he making, with tho
ti7ini iwlKl"B nd t0
Kr moving directly up tho
Iffwavci of buzxbomb,ap-
f oirtnt y coming irom mu
IRm aea (co map) hit Eng.
. . -i-i.i mm ii rum ns the
Li to hope the German aro
Sjnl off their robot reckles.
Ft- .... L lhM liiunnhlnu
wiore wo itui.ii mw
foot launching platforms In
Itulng number have been
td and Inkcn by our force
lincc they crossed tno ocino,
HniDiA atirl Hununrv aro
Uln on the hot lent todoy.
k Hnnln '1 Ulfllinu I'll
Inv nnnntrNT
fiUi ted armies only 28 mile
the Bulgarian border, Mo,
appeals to tho Bulgara ior
port in quick liberation of
Balkans adding pointedly
It pi.utvo neutrality i nui
logon.
kjtirly crumbling of Hungary
t nyi: "The timo I noi lar
fwben ALL. the Hungarian
tin of Hitler will fall heud
r heels." ; ,
JICARIA and Hungary 'nl
lo ki.'tp tho swag given them
iHiucr wncn nc uougni moir
bort back at tho beginning of
Iwar Niudii l unrnlntf thf.m
p. won't be allowed To gat
JIAVDA. (Russian newapaper
and a such a mouthpiece of
jovlct government) loose a
hlhr blast nt TURKEY today,
tilling her nt going on playing
pit the Germans under cover
the recent diplomatic . break
lUi Berlin. i ;
Ruiilan armies ore moving
l7i tho Black Sen const. It's
tmrcgone conclusion that Bui
ill will bo bluffed. From tho
ujirian border to tho Darda
!" ii only a short hOD in
fx day.
inncy Turkey, wearing her
Wnt neutrality clothe. sit-
(i at the pence table. , As
ngi stand now. she won't have
to toss Into the pot.
AHGE witlidrnwnl of German
troop from GREECE aro re-
too today. Thnt, If true, Is
mi admission thnt tho Jig 1
m me nuixnns.
,
P in mountainous Slovakia,
the Czech undoruround
Jiei oul into tho open, taking
vwn oy nssnuit and fighting
c Germans fiercely In many
'aCC8. A PollaK ofmu In totte.
u, .
.rcm territory) la drilling
"vely. Its number Is snid to
1'uwinn toward the hnlf m l.
fi; mark.
'HE Polos, Incidentally, ' arc
lufxi A""ve '"Ken over meir
fcwr-run by the Russians,
Em n Sl'nllar reports como
liK it 00 "eeping nana
fJ affairs. ru" l"clr w"
wiar in n.t- j it- ...in.
t ootu . l"e coumrics moir
. .- -. wtn imp Bna occeni,
Ctu 8!,wo judge by tho
rwru of competont observers.
'""I-word and In deeds.,
Wi.pt a sudden, reports that
ryiV mny FLEE t0 8"ctu
m out KMCulral country blos
nd Si lhc news- Argentina
aliv n ar?. mentioned specif-
'"aC.8lBnltlcant1y, Moscow
MnKiV 5J1. 5PECB' to the
3d wi,iJ?usT Franco and
will .nJDin among the dem
iona"? d fr;cdom-Tovlng na-
lTtlPrnn?sc?w broadcast' adds
lt6sr.A9JSTS who are try.
'"STICE THE PE0PLE s
."'"wouldfollow
o l9iBMiln set y the kalsor
m hh?n5 as doom :closes In
KlatlnS 811 sides , tho
rCSantly!60 mUSt 8naw 'at
rnfl d(iea? JH.ih'0' potato 'or 'any'
PRICE 5 CENTS
ffg The ShaHia-Canendp Wonderland
Weathei
twiiiii nunn u ru uu
r news h v n r.
u.uiniiniiiiiiMi - i m m m m bt T T
August 30, 1944
Maximum (Aug. 28) ... 93 Minimum .... 81
Precipitation fast 24 hour '. .00
Stream year to data 10.62
Normal 12.40 Lait year 17.88
rorecait: Clear.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1944
Number 10250
Ploesti Oil Fields
Won By Reds; Troops
Push Near Bucharest
LONDON, Aug. 30 (AP) Rod army troop In tho mor Important victory of their Ro
manian campaign capturod tho groat oil contor of Ploeiti tonight, completing the teizure
of Romania' oil region from tho Germans. Soviet force alto pretied within 17 mile of
tho Romanian capital of Bucharctt.
Gen, Rodio Y. Malinoviky' locond Ukranlan army drove almott 30 mile in 24 hour
and captured tho town only 30 miloi north of Bucharoit.
Ploeiti and it foroit of woll formorly luppliod the Gorman war machine with one-third
of It oil.
Permlcr-Marihol Stalin in a broadcast ordor of the day oisorted that "by occupation
of Buiau and Ploeiti tho liboration of all tho Romanian oil rogion from the German invad
er I complotod." Ho ordorod a aaluto of 20 lalvoe from 224 gun..
Evon a thi loviot plunge carriod cloie to tho southern border of Romania, tho Berlin
radio reported a rcnewod Ruxian offoniive north of Warsaw, and (aid it had broached the
German lino at a numbor of point. Thi Warsaw puih threaten not only to outflank the
Polish capital, but monaccs the dofeniet of Eatt Prussia a well. -
Tho advance on Ploesti began
yesterday from Buznu, 42 miles
to the northeast, where tho big
pipeline from the Ploesti fields
to Constanta was cut,
, Allied supreme headquarters
had estimated capture of Floes
ti's oil refineries would mean an
Immediate loss to the Germans
of 2,000,000 tons of annual pro
ducing capacity.
By ASAHEL BUSH
GENtHAI, HEADQUARTERS.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Aug. 30
(Pi A 188-ton bombing of Am
bolna Island the heaviest yet on
any target in tho Moluccas was
reported today ns Gen. DoukIiis
MacArthur's bombers pressed his
methodical campniitn to carve a
road back to tho Philippines with
explosives.
In addition, a fresh raid on
Iwo Jlmn In the Volcano islnnds
only 750 miles south of Tokyo
was announced by Adin. Chester
W. Nlmltz at Pcnrl Harbor.
Town Blaiet
Fighter-escorted Liberators In
a Sunday smash left the town
ship of Anlbon and the harbor
on Ambolnn's southern shore n
"mas of flames, with smoke rls
Ingr 10,000 feet," MacArthur's
communique relotcd.
Lightning fighter raked the
nenrby Hnlong scaplnno base and
left a 3000-ton freighter ablaze.
Nona Lost
"No interception was encoun
tered; not a plane was last.
Elsowhcrc In the Moluccas
chain, Just west of New Guinea,
American bombers hit oil instal
lations on Ccram islnnd nnd
Kaoe village on sprawling Hnl
mahera. The same dny. Liberators cas
caded 48 tons of bombs on Palau.
at the western end of the Caro
lines. Davao in the southern
Philippines wns visited again by
night air patrols.
U. S. Greatest
Power,
Forrestal
Navy
Says
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30
Navy Secretary Forrestal report
ed today that tho United States,
"the grcntcst nnval power on
earth, has built 65.000 vessels
of all types In the last five years.
Ho said the giant armada of
new craft represents- 9,000,000
tons of naval shipping. Of the
total tonnage, approximately 30
per cent Is mado up of warships,
22 per cent of landing craft and
tho remainder of auxiliaries and
naval vessels of other types.
Yanks Blast at
Robot Menace
LONDON, Aug. 30 (fP)
American heavy bombers, anti
aircraft fire and fighter pilots
all were directed today against
Gorman robot bombs which
kept hurtling the channel to
ward , London and southern
England.
One pilot shot down three
before dusk. Ground fire
brought down many .more. The
heavy bombers attacked launch
ing platforms in northern
Franco. ., ,
New waves of German flying
bombs hurtled against London
and southern England during
the night,, most of them appar
ently coming from tho region
west of Bologno upon which
allied armies now are rapidly
advancing,. . ,
Island Gives Up .
To Cruiser
WASHTNOTON. AllC. '30 UP)
Surrender of tho Island of Por
quorolles to the United States
cruiser Omaha In connection
with tho Invasion of southern
Franco was reported uy wavy
Secretary Forrestal today.
He said the Island off the
coast of southern France was
"stubbornly defended" but that
the enemy gar, rison- ran up the
white flag and surrendered 'fol
lowing ' several days of bom
bardment by naval forces.
MOSCOW, Aug. 30 IP) The
beaten Germans fled today from
their last strongholds on the
Black sea os Russia, with troops,
within 29 miies ol Bulgaria, ap
pealed to the Bulgar for ' sup
port in fjulck liberation of the
Balkans.
The nazl rout In . Wallachla
province was so disorderly that
road and rail bridges escaped
demolition. Little sabotage was
reported in the Ploesti oil fields.
(The German communique
said Russian attacks were check
ed In tho Buzua area of Ro
mania and that soviet troops' )fit
vadlng Transylvanlat part of
Hungary since 1940, - w-e r
thrown back in counterattacks.)
Czecho-SfovaJr
Underground1
Now Fighting
London;: Aug. 30 m The'
Czccho -Slovak underground
army came into the open today
as a fighting unit. In its first
communique, dollvered to Lon
don by underground radio, it re
ported tho capture of one town
nnd fierce fighting against the.
Germans in t'iree areas.
The communique issued by the
Czccho-Slovak press bureau said:
"The German high command
has since August 29 !ecn occupy
ing Slovakia. Czecho Slovak
troops In Slovakia, together with
guerrilla detachments, have of
fered resistance to the Germans.
"According to reports so far
received, the town of Cadca, on
the frontier between Slovakia
and Moravia, has been taken by
assault. . .
: "Heavy fighting has been re
ported from tie regions of Zillna.
Povazska, Bystrica and Trencln."
Negotiated Peace
Desired by Nazis ;
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (P)
Secretary of State Hull said to
day that Germany ndW'tt evi
rlAntlv ripnirnus nf n negotiated
peace, but thnt the allied posi
tion for unconditional surrender
is too well Known lo require re
iteration. . ....
; Hull also declared that the
American government has con:
stnntiy in mmu uiwi. -
lcr and some of his henchmen
may try to escape from Germany
ir. noniml countries. The gov
ernment, he said, is working on
that problem. - - ,
Hears News in Paris
Bv DANIEL d LUCE
MOSCOW. Aue. 30 iff) The
semi-official newspaper Pravda
today accused Turkey of harbor
ing German spies and turning
her diplomatic break with the
nazis into a "friendly rupture."
With Russian troops closer to
the Dardanelles than on any oc
casion since the first World war,
Pravda asserted German diplo
matic, military, aviation and
commercial attaches still were
In Ankara 20 days after their
scheduled departure.
The article carried the date
line of Batum. nearest Russian
Black- Sea port .to. Turkey pnd
waa spread over two columns' on
Prnvdn's foreign news page. Its
SllglllllCHlllu - tuuiu.' naiui
overemphasized.. '
". (At the same time the FCC re-
norted a Moscow, broadcast ap
pealing to Spaniards to oust the
Francisco franco regime, and
break with Germany ."to, gain a
place for Spam among the demo
cratic . and freed om-loving na
tions." It said Franco was a
','wllling host for all fascists who
are trying to escape the people's
Justice.")
The article charged that nazl
I .1 n.naniollv
HKaiTOb m ttiii:a, . co,bvigiv
against the soviet union, actual
ly had Increased since Turkey
broke relations with the reich;
that German diplomats still held
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Bus Wrecked
Near Grass Lake
A northbound Greyhound
bu left the Weed highway and
partially overturned near
Grass lake, south of here,
about 12:30 p. m.. Injuring a
number of the 40 passenger
aboard, it was reported thi
afternoon from Dorri. Thara
were no fatalitie. -
The driver apparently lost
control of the bu on an in
cline north of Grass lake. It
went about 20 feet down an
embankment and turned par
tially on its side. .
Some of the injured person
were taken to Lumbermen'
hospital at Dorris. Ambu
lances including the women
ambulance corps equipment,
left here ior the scene of the
wreck.
77 Jap Vessels
Sunk by Subs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 VP)
Destruction of 17 JaDanese ves
sels, including two warships, by
American submarines operating
in enemy waters, was reported by
the navy today.
"Ike"
X AMI M n; '
Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower (right center), AEF supreme com
mander, shows pleasure and surprise as he hears war news in
Paris touring the liberated French capital. Others in the picture
are not identified. .(AP wirephoto from signal corps radiophoto)..
Stiff Allied Armistice
Expected for Bulgarians
Allies die
NAZIS TOWARD
GOTHIC LINE
Poles, British Begin
Offensive After
Quiet, Period
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Aug. 30 VP) An
arrnisjfice,. proposal .pouched, ip
"talc lt: or leave it" terms prob
ably .wilLbC-Jianded to Bulgar
ian emissaries within the next
few day, and - under, present
plan probably will be signed
Having Babies
Strenuous for
Papa Policeman
Father is back at ' work
i again today.
Yesterday morning, Police
Sergeant Leigh Ackerman
answered an . early morning
call from Policeman Leslie
Liebman.
"1 won't be able to come
to work today," Leibman
said excitedly, "I've Just had
a baby!" Kind-hearted Ac;
kerman obligingly told the
proud father' that he could
have the day off.
Today Liebman had re
turned to his job, fully- re
covered. Mother and baby
are doing well.
Klamath Not Only Town Hit
By Smoke Lack, Say Dealers
It's not only local people who
aro moaning about the cigarette
shortage, ns the lack of tobacco
seems to be nationwide; accord
ing to distributors here.
Local smi'ters have noticed
especially during the Inst few
weeks the acute . shortage, of
smokes In tho stores, but ship
ments have been arriving every
week from most of the major cig
arette companies.
Reasons for the lack stem from
several different elements. Much
of the raw tobacco has been ship
ped abroad In lond-lease , ship
ments, dealers report.
However, the major reason
seems to be that everyone is
smoking a lot more than they did
before the war. Much of the to
bncco su.ly is going to soldiers
overseas-, who, because of the
nervous . tension, smoke; more
than ever before. Many of these
men were in industries Deiore
the war which prohibited smok
ing because of the fire hazard in
industrial plants, but the hazard
doesn't pertain to life on the bat
tlefields. Ration Numbers -:
Cigarette manufacturers are
bein forced to ration them
selves now in tho number of cig
arettes they mako because their
warehouse supplies are growing
fllarminelv low. Before the war,
tobaccos were aged in the ware
house about four and a half years
before they were macte into cig
arettes. However, there is al
the rjresent time only about a
two-year supply ahead, und man
nfnctiirprs must ration the avail
able tobacco so that stocks will
nnt Vio .ntlrplv Henleted.
Each community In the United
States is given a certain percent-
(Continued on Page Six)
Dewey May Talk
In Klamath Falls
Republican Presidential Nom
inee Thomas uewev may mane a
speech in Klamath Falls Sept
ember !.-
Dewey will be in Portland on
the previous day, and will talk
at the municipal auditorium
there, according to Raipn
Cake, republican national com
mitteeman for Oregon. .
. If he remains in Portland ovet
nlght, he will probably make
speeches from the rear platform
of his train at Eugene and Klam
ath Falls the next day. Port-
landers today were not conclus
ively informed as to Dewey's
itinerary, and could not be sure
about the Klamnth nppearance.
In 1B40. Wendell Wtllkie. re
publican nominee, made a rear
platform appearance here. In
1932. Franklin Roosevelt, then
a candidate, asJ now, went
through here on a train in the
early morning, but failed to get
up to greet admiring Klamath
democrats gathered at the sta
tion.
Korcul a Raided
By Allied Troops
' ROME, Aug. 30 (P) Allied ln
fnntrv. nrtlllerv. air and naval
iorces carried out a successful
raid agninst enemy iorces on tne
Dalmatian island of Korcula Sat
urday night, it was announcea
Innitfht. r
Korcula Is off the central
Yugoslav coast in an area. where
Marshal Tito's peasant army has
been active. '
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL LEAGUE '
B. It. K.
New York .- ... 1
Boston 4 ; 7 0
Pyle. AdainB (B) and Lombard!; Tobln
and Mail. Loalni Ditcher Pyle.
in Cairo, a dispatch from that
capital said today. '
i The identities of jh,e Bulgar
ian ' delegates, who : probably
number four, have not been disclosed.-
It max be. some,. days
Tjefore the document is sighed,
but the best available- informa
tion in Cairo indicated, any sug
gestion of "negotiations" has
been avoided carefully.
1 - Government Installed 1
! A new government was In
stalled in Hungary in an appar
ent German attempt to shore
up the reich's last Balkan de
fenses. ... I : I
, Berlin broadcasts . last . night
announced the fall of Premier
Doeme Sztojay's regime less
than 24 hours after Russian
forces had speared deeply with
in Hungarian-held Transylvania.
' The German propaganda
agency, Transocean, said Ad
miral Nicholas Horthy, Hungar
ian regent, had appointed Col.
Len. vitez Geza Lakatos to
form . a new , government. La.
kotos' cabinet, announced sim-
(Coritinued on Page Six)
Art. Gift Store :
Sold by Hooks
Sale of the Art and Gift Shop
to Mr. and Mrs. T. Kierulff of
Portland was. announced Wed
nesday by Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hooks;, who established the
store eight years ago and have
operated it ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. Kierulff former
ly were in business in Portland
and it is expected they will ex
pand the Art and Gift Shop, of
which they assumed possession
Tuesday nignt.
Mr. and Mrs. Hooks have liv
ed in Klamath Falls -for 20
years and intend to retain their
home and residence here. Their
plans are indefinite at present.
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, Aug. 30 (P) Smashing
through veteran German- para
chute troops in the first full
blown attack on . the Italian
front in recent weeks, ' British
and Polish forces are driving the
enemy off his last hill positions
before the Adriatic end of the
Gothic line and are within 18
miles of the Po Valley rim.
Heavy fighting was reported
as the eighth army disclosed the
crack nazi first parachute- divi'
sion reformed since its defeat at
Cassino from a three-mile long
ridge overlooking the Foglia
river, after crossing the Arziila
river.-
Outflanking Menace -
The Foglia flows into the Adri
atic at the heavily fortified town
of Pesaro, which would be threat
ened with being out-flanked if
the advance further inland were
continued.
On the coast, . British forces
operating with the Poles ad
vanced more than two miles be
yond Fano.
Capture of the ridge overlook
ing the Foga river put eighth
army, elements in Monte Cigcar-
ao, eigni miles southwest of
Pesaro. Further to the south
west other units reached Colbor-
dolo. 18. miles southeast of Rim-
mi, ana were on neignis witnin
1000 yards of Foelia--.. ;.. ..--, .
Urbino, 19 miles southwest of
pesaro, leu to another column
driving toward the Gothic 'line
mrougn tne mountains., head-
quarters announced.
. 1 ne naval command, mean
(Continued On Page Six) ; .
WRA Exceeds
Authority, Says
Rep.Engle
WASHINGTON. Aim. 30 (JP)
The war relocation authority,
Rep. Engle (D-Calif.) asserted to
day, is exceeding its authority in
what he said was "propagandiz
ing Pacific coast newspapers to
pave the way for the return of
Japanese to that section. .
fcngle told a reporter he is ask
ing the classifications- division
of the postoffice department to
determine whether the agency is
abusing its mailing privileges.
He said WRA is collecting and
mailing to newspapers all the fa
vorable publicty it can find re
garding Japanese in this country.
"This, he declared, "is an illeeal
use of authority and an improper
use ot tne government trans.
No Shotgun
Shells Here Yet
No shotgun shells have been
received as yet by local dealers
by the lifting of the WPB ban
and some little time may elapse
before a stock arrives.
Hunters were ' advised that
immediate calls at stores for
shells would probably be un
productive of results.
SPEAR INTO
HEIMSJ.AON
Third Army Strikes
. On 70-Mile . V;
. Front
By The Associated Press
LONDON. Aug. 30 Two
American armored columns were
less than 40 miles from Belgium
today.
One clattered into Reims, siege
fortress of World War one and
pushed 10 miles beyond. '
A second unit to the northwest
battled on the approaches to
Laon. within 38 miles of tha
frontier, carrying doughboys
wen across tne escape path for
German armies above the Seine
and on the Pas de Calais rocket-
bomb coast. . - - .
70-Mile Front . i
The U. S. third army struck
ahead all along a 70-mile front;
ano tne aines on tne western
wing knifed as deep as 25 miles
north of the Seine between Paris
and the sea. . . . . i
The German hieh command
said the Seine port-city of Rouen
had been evacuated.
Reims, noted for its cathedral
end its champagne, is 50 miles
from Belgium, and 107 from the
German homeland border. Tank
units crossing the Vesle river al
ready had covered 10 of the re
maining miles to Belgium.
Americans besieging Laon were
out 93 miles Irom Brussels, Bel
gian capital.
Lunge, southeast - .
Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton'a
third army was lunging on an al
most straight line from Laon i
southeast to Vitry-le-Francois on '
tne- upper Marne and was mop- '
ping up that town 96 miles from. ,
the reich and 45 from Verdun, i
Chalons-sur-Marne to the north- '
west, and Les Grandes Lpges ',
eight miles northwest of Chalons, .
ieu. . . , .
Loss of Rouen, whose converg- 1
ing highways lead to Dieppe, Le
Havre, and the Somme valley, i
was announced by Berlin as Can-
:- Continued, On' Page-Six) y,
Tqllis Deal OhJyJ
With Peace, Says
CordellHull
. WASHINGTON, Aug. -30 - VP)
Secretary of State Hull said ;
today the Dumbarton Oaks se
curity i talks are concerned exclusively-
with, the problem of ,
designing a world organization
to keep the peace. ,:
. The extent to- which- that Or- '
ganization eventually may take
jurisdiction over such questions
as food and finances, Hull told
a . news conference, is not a
concern of the present meeting.
Looking to the future, Presi
dent Roosevelt told reporters)
yesterday he envisioned a
world security organization
which could take up all kinds
of problems like food and fi
nances. .-, .-
Correspondents !
Suspended
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 30 VP) Six cor
respondents accredited to su
preme headquarters have been
suspended In Paris and ordered
to return to London for investi
gation of charges that they evad
ed - censorship in filing dis
patches, it was announced today.
Names of the correspondents
involved will not' be announced
until the investigation ends. A
high ranking officer at supreme
headquarters said 'hone of the
Associated Press staff which en
tered Paris was involved.
Germans Flee French Soil
le HAVREtfll3S 'Vis
P & tMAvloBM ivihmmiI nftltimni. malrlnn almiMi mm I advances beyond the black lines shown
on the mac have moved through Reim and into Laon, while Canadian clo in on Rouen, pa
tha Atlantic coast,. the port' of Le Havre ha been outflanktd. ' . '.. , i
' V- '. i). -