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Newspaper Page TextMM mi i . mANK JENKINS Mll odd lhln: . mm iki IK nr Ky" wo bcciimo almost fi'ATIENTI .,.. v inrv Ihlil ,,hoANvl'".v,yc"r',,'ol ,rni kuht DiTTMAn, tivrrcd to ii dispatch.-. llWTni ff. broadcast oil u , . PAST, and tno uurin i tertioiflBhlon for the ,ill)lc tcrrmx. .. F'rSi .hennnln h. up to. Now we P . l., nn to. R'. illTn O" tin" Germany ' ontSlt If we'll give her Lodrt.ul., , , A1 ..H.n iirrouunco vcn.''; ,' will F . ;..,iinrv ago WW 0 to (orgct It T Dumbnrlon Oaks, back on ,1,7 Enst const, rcprcsenta- oflhe uniu: Kin (' '." 8 HSSSi0?! Co!" what we'll do with the KoM world we'll hpv. on KX'bSt. Hop. for ."cn, "l". " V Tho wnv In iiiercncv.v , '- -:r, ME rUTUKb. ND don't fall Into the error i ol thinking Hint the job w 11 F. i.t.i., . r. m is ufually HUD. ihhm" -- -- - - ilmplcr and easier J "" WKINO THE vurux fir It Is moclo. n.. n,M mn who hold i wheel In the United States. o.... . irt Hi- lnlt nnrl in l-uiiui 11U)- .,, -..u I ,,,,nrtAr nl a stuim wc nvAfc M" .-- - tlury on more muy have the L.iik ih tfstnrnnre nnd the lriotlm to ignore moir own ily quarrels, and tno narrow WIONAL interests of their in countries, and work lor a liter world. in. .. .1 -m nr inn Titinrn will l.r mnrn In M1V ObOUt that Ln the present loaders. The blinff pence wo nope iui u itchlovcd by uio mcro sik"'"k wlintcvor plan mny oo nvrcvu )n now. a these days of Armageddon In i Europe, the Pacific la puanea there Is a lull In the Pacific ir while we Kcl set for bigger find to come.) . What win como will do Dig rough. V MArim rn Ti" l"h tnll III A .Tftn lnttfnt.U Mnnn nrtullllntf ft. He discloses that we have arty 100 cnrrlcra In action In r raclflc Inclucllna l Dig Nivy Secretary Forrcatol, In nj nf htm Inll.nll.m mn. cnU, announces that as of now ere arc nau lighting crau oi II tvnna In lt. II C nnuu Ha. re Pearl Mnrhnr. tin navm. there only 383. mat in itself is something lor ups to put in mcir pipus imoke. 1N0THER Inlcrestlng, though nol world-shaking, straw 'JU In tho news winds. Ine Free French announce "t after Hitler Is defented they WW to JOIN US and tho Brlt m.ln the Pacific war. They rant Tnin.m.tn . t. t. Dnfjin . ,v.u-,iiuiti uut;rh. iiuu.u rwceanys: "Wo will fight un- 1 OUr nnnmu In ACTA la rin. ,Tho help the French will bo 7 wgivo us won't bo decisive, llt'lhn 1... l , .1.. n nuuwiuugo inai rruuuu 'oming back to her ancient ' In tho world is reassuring. Je FRENCH PEOPLE (as care 2, distinguished from. French clans) nro ono of tho great- JW. a Washington dispatch .i,?'1' s, has decided to pitch !lou rth-term enmpuign on tho oor note and will opon It ln a '"Weeks ullh o .,U.Ii .o.K nth Xtfre Bit Tlw, ShaHta'Camuitlu Wonderland lllPISlli'S'flilliil " ' August 31, 1944 Maximum (Aug. 30) ... 92 - Minimum ...42 Pracipitatlon last 24 hours 00 Stream year to data 10.62 Normal 12.41 Last year 17.88 Forecast: Partly cloudy. KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944 Number 10251 f.-.r'w.-Ks wiin a political speecn inTi' '"'ornntlonal .Teamsters "fin In Washimrtnn. I writer wore a : labor hr, u,m,M K lltilA EK0Us.' nftcr tho Wallace In- Wain- IIMt IIKUUUIIUU IU NtolobnorChlcB0 hap- VOw'rSJL,8" ho was a good fglE-GETEn, l,o was OK with Mreni ut whon 'I becamo ap toSi m?. months before tho """.''.'allace-had be (t thV olc-!cttlng liability rath n tho n ,asset h0 was patted praise , MafL' damned with faint i tnisJthr0Rt was cut and he A towed overboard. . labor 'ii ''.what will happen to 'n Prm. 0 "me comes when "'blliiv . es lts support Is a ty rather than an asset... : fflssiasi Aran;. Enters mm TDWNSTAKEN GERMANS FLEE RHONE Gl's Occupy Valence, French Move Into' Montpellier By HOME, Aug. 31 (') Ameri can troops pursuing the fleeing Cormuns up the Khonu valley have occupied Valence while the French pushed on to enter Montpellier, six miles I nl unci near the mid-point ot the French Mediterranean const. " Valonco Is 27 miles north of captured Montellmnr, Twenty flvo miles west of Montellmnr tho French reached Largen Horn. Other French columns sweep ing southwest from the mouth of the Rhone progressed 00 miles beyond tho river without opposition, Lt. Gen. Alexander M, Patch's headquarters an nounced tonight. Besides Mont pellier, which the capital of llernult department and a city of 80,000, they punched through Betters and Narbonnc the lat ter only . 60 miles from the Spanish border. Race Toward Lyon Remnants ' of the German 18th .army "raced-rJnspcititoTy norttt toward t,yon toaay, ngm Ing costly rearguard actions with tho pursuing Americans only when- necessary, while other seventh army units mov ed through the French Riviera metropolis of Nice toward the Italian frontier, somo 12 miles ahead. Nice, with a population of 200,000 and the largest of the Riviera's famed playgrounds, (Continued on Page Two) Berry Pickers Advised to Save Gas on Holiday Those planning to spend their Lnhor Dav vacation picking huc kleberries on Huckleberry moun tain are advised to savo their gas by Alice Hamilton, lookout ai llio mounuun. Porlv frnst nnd hall killed mni nf tho carl v berries and there aro only a few on the bushes now. There arc some green berries which will be ripe in a lew weus u wi;wi,- vW.. ditlons remain favorable. Alcohol Output Tops Estimate I.niTIRVTt.LE. Kv.. Aug. 31 Approximately 20,000,000 ,N,nf nnilnnn nf hevDi'nie' nlcO' t.Al mnM thnn nrnvinuslv CSti mated, have been produced by Kentucky distilleries during the August holiday from war alcohol mnking. ctr,A nn nnm won available, Kontucky distillers were unable to make the traditional straight bourbon whisky but instead pro duced beverago alcohol for blending with corp and rye whis ky which has been aging in bond ed warcnouses. General LeClerc Inspects Armor 9 M mi- VA 1 ... . ' ;:v:rf i1 -fsa- $w Ii 7 0 n M ' )J & ) r.-,,n T .r.i.rr. fuitth cn1; eommindei1 of tha '2nd .,, riiviifon. Imnaeti on of his units at the Are da Triomphe, Parli, during tn caieorauon jnarsina iniuK,ew df "thif FrencH capital. (Ay wlraphoto) :- ; ; . . .. Underground Seizes Of Slovak Land in Fights With Occupation Forces LONDON. Aug. 31 M5) Czecho-Slovakian underground forces have seized almost all Slovak territory with the excep tion of border areas, and the Germans have thrown tanks into henvy fighting, the commander KL Sale of the Klamath Mould ing company, to Lorcn Palmer ton, Wiilinm Spnnglcr, Klam ath - Falls, and; Don .Weidler, Chicago, was announced here today. The lumber rcmanufac turlng concern, with its plant near South Sixth street and Al tamont drive, will be known hereafter as ' Klamath - Lake Moulding company, a corpora- tl0Owners at the time .of sale were Mrs. A. J.' Lundell and Mrs. Bert Schultz, widows of two of the organizers of' the firm, and. W. R. Sayre of San Francisco, ' , Tho plant Is engaged exclus ively nl, this time In manufac ture of mouldings from Klam ath pine. There ..will be no im mediate expansion, but the new owners said they have tenta tive plnns for development at somo future time.' . Klamath Moulding company (Continued on Pago Two) German Control, Postwar Security Set f or Talks By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER ' Washington, Aug. ai m- It now seems certnin that bcfoie another month passes, President Roosevelt and Primo Minister Churchill will meet to forma ize plnns for the control ol Germany now approaching defeat and tho Immediate postwar security ol the western world. Also' expected to come up lor discussion are arrangements for Britain's full participation in the final phases of the war agal ml Japan once Germany Is out of tho way. This British help wns promised by the prime minister when the presldont and he got together at Quebec, Canada, a year ago this month. To Moot Soon Little remained to be an nounced of the forthcoming ses sion except tho time and place. .Pi-nclHiMitiRnosevelt has answer ed every recent press-conference inquiry wun mv coiiiuieni mat ho would meet Churchill soon. London! reports said . today that Churchill would not remain long In England following his trip to Italy and Ills commence wim Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, t n k rnnncnlzcd in official cir cles that ono of tho allies' most urgent Immedlnto problems is iiml. nf short-rnnrte security In Europe, calling for continued po litical cooperation of -tho allied powers after tho necessity lor co hesive military eliorts nns van ished. What About Stalin This calls initially for continu ation and expansion ol the Euro pean advisory commission -a war agency created by the Unit continued on Page Five) ; nf the Czech forces In Slovakia reported today tnrougn ionaon headquarters. The announcement said heavy flirhtine raced for the towns ol Zilina, Galanta, Lucenec, Levo ca and Kezmarck. The Germans threw tanks into the fighting for Trnava. Zilina changed hands twice and now is in possession of the Czechs. Czech forces fighting in Lu cenec and Galanta were in terri tory ceded to Hungary alter Munich. 7000 Germans Captured In Encirclement LONDON. Auo. 31 OF) Russia's second army of the Ukraine entered the Romanian capital of Bucharest today and captured more than 7000 Germans in an encirclement, Moscow announced tonight. Another spearhead striking 30 miles below the captured port of Constanta reached Caraoner, on the Bulgarian frontier in southern Dobrudja. it was announced. In this great trap sprung by the troops of Gen. Dodion Y. Ma linovsky, the soviet forces took two more generals, the com mander of the 76th German infantry division and the former commander of the garrison at Iasi. Moscow's broadcast com munique said. Among the enemy dead In this area was round the body ot Gen. Mieck, commander of the fourth German army corps, the Russians said. More than 250 populated places were reported seized during the day in the Romanian drive. In the Warsaw sector, red army counterattacks considerably improved soviet positions above the eastern suburb of Praga, the communique announced. and led to the capture of -the BY RED OFFICIALS Berlin acknowledged today that revolutionary movement had broken out in its puppet state ol Slovakia and that some garrisons had deserted. The official German news agency, DNB, said riots occurred at several nlaccs In Slovakia and quoted a German foreign office spokesman as saying they could be traced to activity of partisans and agents of Marshal .Tito ol Yugoslavia.' - , .Bolshevist Character DNB said the outbreaks "had rather the character olbolshe vist terror" starting with mur der of priests and violation ol women. - - 1 The agency reported that Jo (Continued on Page Two) House Defeats Benefits Effort WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (iP) The house deleated overwhelm ingly today an effort to liberalize postwar jobless benefits, and then turned to consideration of legislation . leaving t unemploy ment compensation entirely in the hands of the states.- v . The action came on a . sub stitute demobilization and recon version bill offered. ( by Rep. Dlngell (D-Mich.) which, while leaving administration - to the states, would have set federal standards for jobless payments runing up to 62 weeks at $25 weekly. It was rejected on a teller count of 188 to 54, Churchill Sends Poles Message LONDON, Aug. 31 VP) Prime Minister Churchill; In a message to Poland on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the German at tack, declared tonight the day of liberation was drawing near and "a new Poland will be ,born" from the sacrifice of Poles at home and abroad. By The Associated Press LONDON,' Aug. 31 Moscow today ' accused Bulgaria of aid ing the Germans after profess ing neutrality, with the Rus sian press declaring the only hope. for: the-Bulgars to . save theraaelyes- wovld be by- active war against the nazls. ', '. : ; Bulgarian armistice delegation was held -virtually' prisoners in Cairo , awaiting allied terms. The formal presentation- was delayed pending ': return , from America in a. few days of Lin coln Mac Veagh, ,U. S-. ambas sador, to the. exiled Greek and Yugoslav, governments.. Consultations Incomplete Consultations with some of the allies, especially the Greeks and Yugoslavs whose lands have been occupied by Bulgar ian troops, were believed not yet completed. Moscow press stories charged that Bulgaria, after declaring her neutrality, had made an agreement with the Germans whereby Hitler would be allow ed to withdraw troops and munitions from the country. Fall to Intern Ships Sofia's failure to intern arm ed German ships and crews in Bulgarian waters, and the role Bulgars played and are play ing in Greece and Yugoslavia (Continued on Page Twofr August Heat Wave Broken A late August heat wave had hmVnn inHnv. when, temper- ctofne wpro nnnroximately 30 degrees under those of Wednes day. An accompanying rise in humidity slightly lessened forest fire danger, but foresters warn ed that there can be no relax ation of -vigilance until a gen- 1 rain - ' Afternoon temperature read inn horn wfla fit today, as com pared with a maximum of 92 Wednesday. : Willkie Keeps Parties Guessing NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (P) Wendell L. Willkie may keep the republicans and democrats guessing until only a few days betore me eieeuun, uut iumi f-innHo hnrn nre betting the 1940 GOP presidential nominee will stick with his adopted party. Willkie, who has not said which candidate he will support In November, ii enner, buhui toriiv Vina embarked on a cam. palgn to force both President Roosevelt and Gov.- Thomas E, Dewey as far out Into the open as he can on domestic and for eign issues. He is particularly interested In those relating to postwar organization- to secure future peace, -; War Bulletin : LONDON, Aug. 31 A Reuters field dispatch from the U. S. first armv - said tonight American forces crossed the river Meuse in their drive on Charleville and reached a point with 10 miles of the . Belgian border railway station Radzynin, 11 miles northeast of Praga. The victory at Bucharest cli maxed a 12-day campaign as the dusty soldiers strode down Calea Victorei, the city's main street, another Russian army 600 .miles to the north fought for Warsaw, the capital of .Poland, Communique Sent News of the Bucharest vic tory, for which Russia and the other United . Nations had been waiting, was announced Dy Premier .'Marshal Josef Stalin in an order of the day to Gen Rodion Y,. MalinovskyK whose second Ukraman army brushed Dast the last German resist ance ana eroKe into tne city. The 'way - to : the capital was all- but -wide open after the Germans had been routed from the Ploestl oil fields, last ma jor source of nazi oil in Europe. . Threat Liquidated "Our trooris thus liquidated me uerman mreat to ine- rto. (Continued on Page Two) T 23 JAP VESSELS GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 31 (iP) Allied airmen stalking Jap anese shiDS from the Kuriles northeast of Nippon to tne uutcn East Indies have knocKed out a more vessels. 10 of them sunk. - Gen. Douglas MacArtnur s communique today listed nine enemy' craft destroyed, small freighters, coastal' vessels and barges the types wnicn ne saia were the sole supply, carriers for many-Japanese East indies gar. risons. ' These and the 10 or more ships damaged, including a 700-ton (Continued on Jf age xwo) Partisan Troops Reach Belgrade NEW YORK. Aug. 31 (VP) The British radio broadcast re ports today that Yugoslav parti sans of Marshal Tito has reached the vicinity of Belgrade and that the sound of guns could be heard In the capital. The broadcast, recorded by tne FCC, followed an earlier one by the free Yugoslav radio declaring Tito's forces were moving north ward on a broad front, seeking a JUnCUUIl Willi &UV1UI U11111C5 UiiV- ing through Romania. 15PASSENGERS HOSPITAL ZED BUSWRECK Steering Gear Jam Believed Cause Of Accident BRITONS TAK E 1 CO .-1 U.S. Column Overruns Laon, Stabs North Toward Border Thirteen neoDle were receiv ing treatment in Klamath Falls hospitals today for injuries re ceived Wednesday afternoon when a Pacific Greyhound bus slid over an embankment near Grass Lake south of Dorrls. Two others were reported to be getting,- medical attention in Dorris and Yreka. The hus left the Weed high way about noon Wednesday whnn the steering cear iammed, according to state highway of ficers. It slid over a zu-iuot embankment and partially over turned after the driver, Wes Sterling . of Redding, . had lost control on' an incline. : Women's ambulance corps omiinment .'and Wards ambu lance brought casualties from the scene o the accioem 10 nos- pitals. . Klamath Woman Hurt Onlv one Klamath Falls worn- on mi nn the bus. -.-She was Mrs. Louise Laurie, 412 Oak, who is in Klamatn vaiiey nos nitoi roneivine treatment for a broken ankle. Corporal Daniel Rodriguez, stationed wun ine MP battalion at Camp Tule Lake received minor injuries but was not hospitalized nere. " Thhee' en' ' route" to ' Klamatn Falls -were Mr. .and, Mrs. A. L. Birch ot corning,. Vig"V4 i?': Effie " McEwen bl . Elnridge, Calif.; Norman B. Gage of Sac- (tominuea on rage Murphy to Aid In Government Of Germany ; 'WASHINGTON, Aug. .31 () Robert D. Murphy, political ad viser to General Sir Henry Mait lanH Wilson's Mediterranean high command, is going to Lon don with the personal rank of ambassador to participate in the allied military, government of Germany, the state department said today. Mnrnhv will be the ranking diplomat on Eisenhower's staff, topping Samuel Reber, who was named several days ago to suc ceed William Phillips. Phillips was Eisenhower s diplomatic ad viser. Gen. Montgomery Gets Promotion LONDON Aug. 31 (iP) -Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery was elevated tonight to the rank of field marshal, effective tomor row. The war office announced that King George VI had ap proved the promotion of the hero of El Alamein. who now directs British armies in northern France. - Montgomery's elevation was announced several hours after Gen. Eisenhower, supreme inva sion commander, stated that Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley had been elevated to a full American field commander of equal status with Montgomery. ' Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. . B. Washington 10 . 5 New York 9 10. 0 ' Hncfner and Ferrell; Dubiel and Gar- bark. By JAMES M. LONG SUPREME HEADQUARTER ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 31 (P) U.. S. third army patrols have lanced into the Areonne forest. 70 mile from Germany and the Siegfried line, a field dispatch said tonight as British tanks on the West seized Amiens and smashed across the Somme river In a drive that carried 60 miles in 43 hours. . In the famous Areonne fnrest the doughboys, reached ' tha region whence the utiles In. iha World - War . launched tha iniai granq oiiensive mat forced ine- vxermans to sue lor peace. r Laon. Overrun :;;Another column from the U; S. iirst army, Keeping pace with, wese ugmning advances, over ran 'Laon and stabbed on north, along the-last 30 miles to Bel gium .with such bewildering speed that they overwhelmed three trainloads of German sold iers trying to escape. . The speed of the advanmt. virtually uncontested along . a 150-mile arc at the Somme and approaching the Meuse river", in. dicated. that the Germans had given up the last tiretense of a rearguard stand and were in open fi:., .i ... yi j . , . , iuBut uiruugn :xeigium- oac& IQ) the imperiled homeland. Somme Barrier Gone The Somme. itself .had been considered a. natural barrier along which- the enemy might try to lasmon some-' sort ot I stand, but the capture ot the city of Amiens, which straddles tha river, blasted this possibility. Gen. - Dwight D. Eisenhower declared that now the allied cam. paign to' liberate northern France was. at least five days ahead of schedule, and it appeared that the;Germanswere not trying, to sidetrack it. .. . Bomb Coast. JDoomed r' .With" the' Canadians mopping! up the big river port of Rouen, 25 miles inland from -Dieppe-, and .the British 25 miles inland from Abbeville at Amiens, half! the .German robot bomb coast and .any. forces garrisoning it seemed doomed. - - - There was no rest anywhere for the disorganized Germans, and. allied drives mushroomed over battlefields of " the first World War, covering In an hour territory that it once took days, and weeks to conquer.- , I Seize St. Diiier :-. - i One force of Americans, head ing east for the German frontier, seized St. Dizier. 18. miles south east of fallen Vitry and pressed on to within 40 miles of the re versed Maginot line. The Saar , . (Continued on Page Two) ; . PAC Members Resign Posts WOONSOCKET, R. L.-Aug. 31 (F) Nine .members of the Indus trial, trades union's political ac tion committee (PAC) have an nounced their resignations in the belief that the PAQ policy is . "detrimental- to the best- inter ests of labor." The announcement was- con tained in a statement, made pub lic last night, and signed by nine of the 21 members of the com mittee. .'- '- :' - The industrial trades union is affiliated with the united labor PAC, Rhode Island's counterpart of the uio-PAU.- . - Polish Coalition Cabinet Formation Of fered to Reds LONDON, Aug. 31 (P) Prime Minister Mikolajczyk of the Pol ish government in exile . an nounced today an offer to Russia to fornt a coalition cabinet with equal representation of Poland's five parties. On the eve of the fifth anni versary of the German attack on Poland starting this war, the prime minister said his nation's Fate is a "great test case for the world," He said Warsaw again had called for help, but that the Russians had. not yet granted per mission for allied shuttle planes to land on soviet soil in order to support Gen. Bor's still-fighting patriot army in the capital. Near End of War "We are near the end of this war. " Mikolaiczyk said, ."the ideological principles of the war, comprised in the Atlantic charter and four freedoms, have . some how depreciated in value ln favor of Dower nolltics. ' - As a result, he said, such states as Poland "cannot conduct their policy in the seclusion of diplo matic conferences but must con duct it honestly and openly In the light of the day before the public opinion of the great powers." ' Plan Annroved ' The exiled government's plan for accord with the soviet-sponsored Polish committee of nation al liberation has been approved by the Polish underground and by his cabinet and is en route to Moscow, tne prime minister saiu TTnrler Its terms: ' 1, The government will be re- (Contlnued on r"age two; Pesdro Falls to Polish Troops ROME.' Aug. 31 WO The Adri atic port of Pesaro, one of the eastern anchors of the Germans' Gothic line, has fallen to Polish troops, and allied forces now are in- contact with strong enemy positions further inland after storming across the Foglia river on a broad front, a was an nounced today. Dispatches from the front said that in some places further west eighth army troops drove across the- Foglia so swiftly that the Germans had not even had time, to lay mines. Headquarters said, however, that the forces already at grips with -positions in the Gothic line on which the enemy is expected- to make his- main stand in defense of northern Italy were meeting stiff resistance. Cigarette Funds Stolen in Store "Meanest man in the world' story for the week was reported by T. C. Griggs, manager of the Safeway store on South Sixth. Ajar placed in the store by the Commandos to collect dona tions to buy cigarettes for the soldiers was stolen last night when It was almost full, con-, talning about $13. ,, :