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Newspaper Page TextPACE 1W0 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON 1. OWNS TAKEN AS GERMANS FLEE RHONE j ' (Continued from Page One) 'was taken without any opposi tion. Damage was confined chiefy to the harbor area, al ii lied headquarters said. , Prisoners Bagged ' The total of prisoners captur ?ed by the seventh army since , it swarmed ashore on the ; beaches xt southern France ; passed the 50,000 mark, with i additional thousands rounded lup from nazi units intercepted ' and cut to pieces in the Rhone I valley pockets south of the 'junction of the Rhone and Drome rivers. 2000 Vehicles s In a pocket of slightly more than 11 miles south of Livron J "losses inflicted by our ground . forces included 2000 motor ve- nicies, 1000 horses, 27 five mil ' llmeter antitank guns, 12 sev 4 enty-seven millimeter guns, t three batteries of field artillery pieces, six railroad guns, 40 I twenty millimeter antiaircraft i weapons, eight self-propelled ' guns and a trailer with a prlnt : ing press," Lt. Gen. Alexander i M. Patch's headquarters said. Additional hundreds of -ve- i hides and guns knocked out by . allied planes littered the roads i throughout the valley and 200 ; enemy dead were louna in uie it same area. BraaKS Contact ,. Yesterday morning the Ocr- i mans locked in sharp -battle with an American column in , the vicinity of Livron on the x north banks of the Drome river, f 11 .miles south of Valence. In 1 the afternoon, the enemy broke off - contact and fled north J when the avenue of escape was .threatened by another allied , column that punched, into Cha i beuil, tlx miles southeast of J Valence. ; ( "By accepting heavy losses J of the last several days a sub J a tantial portion of the enemy i personnel has succeeded in i leaching the Lyon area," an J official headquarters statement i conceded.' I Polish Coalition ; Cabinet Formation Offered to Reds (Continued from Page One) ! constructed when Warsaw is lib t erated. 2. Mikolaiczyk would return j to Warsaw and consult various i political parties and get their 4 candidates for government posts. . 3. A cabinet would be formed J with equal representation of the t popular, social democratic, na ' tional democratic, Christian ; labor and Polish workman's po i litical parties. The last is a Bus- sian-sponsored group. ' No Fascists I 4. The government will in i dude no person known to be a J fascist, , 5. The -new government would i renew diplomatic relations with i Russia; and agree with Russia ' on administration of civilian af i fairs behind red army lines. I -6. Preparations .would be in 1 stituted tor elections, j 7. A war cabinet would be created on the pattern of the i British, to govern military forces j and the post of commander-in-j chief - would be -abolished, t This provision was designed to i meet Russian antipathy to Gen. ! Sosnkowski. ) Mutt Show Slated At Hillsboro T H1LLSBORO Aug. 31 fcTV- " Fldo won't need a pedigree to t win a prize at the dog show here 'I Saturday afternoon. J Sponsored by the Rotary club , as part of the Washington coun 1 ty junior fair, the show is for j mutts only. .:..':... j The Hans Norland Insurance ! Agency is centrally located. 118 North 7th. Phone 6060. Sept. Nazis Control Raid Precaution LONDON, Aug. 31 VP) Adolf Hitler has ordered the nazi party to take control of the nation's air raid precaution services. This move announced by the German radio today means that air raid wardens henceforth will take orders from gauleiters and trusted local group leaders of the party. Apparently many non party personnel had been crack' me under the strain. In a companion decree in Dr. Goebbels total mobilization drive, all theatres were ordered closed in Germany, Czecho-Slo-vakia and Alsace, the province annexed from trance in 130 BV RED OFFICIALS (Continued from Page One) will not be forgotten,' they as serted. Russia and Bulgaria are not at war. The maneuver of the Bul garian government will not fool anybody and the allies are tak ing this into full account, a Moscow broadcast said. Thus, as a Romanian delega tion reached Moscow to formal ize that country's armistice and red army hordes drove more deeply into Romania and Transylvania, the stage was set for collapse of Hitler's Balkan ramparts. Armistice Near . An Ankara dispatch said Ro manian signature of an armis tice in the Russian capital ap peared likely within 48 hours. Romanian troops already are fighting beside the Russians. Ankara reports said the Ger mans bombed Bucharest, caus ing heavy damage in residen tial districts. These same re ports said General Cestenberg, head of the German air mission in Romania, was taken prison er but escaped. 23 JAP VESSELS (Continued from Page One) freighter-transport, were found by bombers which ranged from Mindanao island. In the southern Philippines, southward to Cel ebes, Ceram and Kai islands, all now within easy range of allied aircraft operating from , newly won bases in northwestern New Guinea. . .. Halmahera. south of Minda nao, was given a 113-ton bomb drubbing Tuesday by heavy and medium bombers. The attackers met no interception as they con centrated on coastal defenses supply and baracks areas on Was- Ue and Kaoe Bays. -Five days ago allied planes hit this stepping-stone to the Philippines with 156 tons of explosives. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz in a Pearl Harbor press release said one enemy patrol vessel was de stroyed and another one, along with a tanker and a cargo ship, damaged when army and navy planes Sunday attacked Paramu shiro' and vicinity, in the Kur iies. - Another Japanese ' patrol ship also was attacked, but the results were not announced. Bill to Continue Tax Rate Prepared WAaiUBQTQN. Auff. 31 tJP Legislation continuing during 1843 the same old see retirement social security tax rate On em. ployers and employes one per cent for each has been pre- Eared for introduction in the ouse by Rep. Le Compte (R-Ia.) uniess sue a Din is passed by this session of congress the tax automatically will increase to two per cent for employers and two per cent for employes on January 1. The increase has been several times postponed by con gressional action. Le Compte contends the social security fund has a sufficient re serve. . 6th BRITONS TAKE "IK GROSS SOME RIVER (Continued from Page One) border of Germany was 87 miles abend of this force. Forty-five miles ahead of the American drive was the gate way city of Sedan, where the Germans won the battle of France in 1940 by skirting the Macinot line. Verdun, 40 miles north of St. Dizicr. along with Metz and Nancy were strong points of the French defense line. Gun Reversal Improbable There have been reports the Germans were able to reverse guns to point west, but many observers doubt that any real re versal has been attempted. This would take years, and the Ger mans have had a few scant weeks since it dawned upon them that allied armies were loose and headed for their own borders. - - Equally, there is no indication that Eisenhower intends a head- on attack through the Maginot ana biegiricd lines. spearheads arc aimed instead at the Ardennes forest, skirting the north end of the Maislnot and leading into Germany where me uerma ennm of forts prob ably is thinnest. Bridgehead Strong The British bridgehead across the Somme last natural barrier on this front before Belgium was established m strength. The dashing British were half way from the shattered Seine line to Belgium and at Amiens tney were where the "black day ' defeat of the German army in 1918 brought Ludendorff to ask for peace. The Germans were pulling out aiong a wnoie lzu-mile arc in a top speed withdrawal which sug gested - final abandonment of northern France, the buzzbomb coast and all, for the defense of the menaced homeland. The Canadians not only smash ed into Rouen but drove IS miles north to within 17 miles of Dieppe to capture Rotes, allied pattern for invasion two years ago. runner down the Seine, Belgians won a new bridgehead at Quillebeuf, 18 miles inland from Le Havre. Underground Seizes Most of Slovakia i (Continued from Page One) seph Tiso, president of Slovakia. had appealed to Germany for am ana inai u naa Deen given. Attacks Launched Czecho-Slovak sources in Lon don had announced the uprising yesterday and said it was the work of the Czecho-Slovak forces of the interior. The London an nouncement said the forces had launched concerted attacks in several areas against important communications points. DNB said Tiso addressed an appeal to soldiers and farmers "upon whose initiative the ac tion was . started."- It quoted "Berlin circles" as predicting "an early end of the riots and pun ishment of those responsible for them." Militia ft Box OMee Opans Last Times Today "Once Upon A Time" and. . ' "The Falcon and the Co-eds" FRIDAY ' AND TERROR of the SEAS! ACTili t"e BORDER! ,SHji iCHtite yLirjijfr JCTS?' Itm'i Slntt IMitlS! tJ7 Yanks Drive Toward Belgium "7 fl fl fl PrDUMC "tehi FRANCE JvKhvLl f '-.JIrT " 4 UonolgV (BTSconKv V , Arrows show allied olfensive on the two fronts In France, where allies held the aroai shown in black. In the north, Amer icans crossed the Aisne river and occupied Laon and Reims in a push toward the Bolpian border. In the south there was heavy lighting near Loriol. north of captured Montellmar, as Americans drove toward the-Rhone river from the east. wmm HOSPITALIZED (Continued from Page One) ramento, and Mildred- Crcv orling, Hollywood, Calif. Two passengers are more ser iously injured than the rest, ac cording to doctor's reports. They arc Mrs. Effic McEwcn, 51, of Eldridge, Calif., who Is at Klamath Valley hospital suf fering from a broken arm and leg and chest Injuries; and Sammy Butler. 7, of Cotton wood, Idaho, who is at Hillside hospital suffering from serious abdominal wounds. Other passengers who spent the night in hospitals are as fol lows: f A. P'lner. Box 31J. rjc.lon. Calif., back Injurtci. , A-Birch. 703 South itreet. Corn ln. Calif., choll Injuries. Mrs. A. L. Birch. Cornlm. Calif., bad bruises. ... Mrs. Marlon Ellel. 1121 East South. Hynes. Calu., lacerations of scalp and bruises, Joalin Eilet. 7. llvnet. Calif.. tarir. Hons and bruises. Mrs. Jcxsle Atkins, ll'j Golden. Long Beach, Calif., fractured arm and bruises. Mrs. Mildred J. Strand. 30.1 Alvrtrrin Valleio. Calif., chest Injuries. Mrs. Sarah BeJIah. Redmond, Ore., bad braises. Mrs. Martha Whltlortt, Box Vfl. Sarra menta. fractured heal, cracked pelvis, and bruises. Mrs. Claude Ivy. 417 Cedar. Wallace. Idaho. , bruises and heart ailment. Elmer Pangborn. Fairfield. Calif., In Yreka hospital. June lncaslar. Fit. s. Box MM. Olym-i Box Office WRECK li KtmnuUlum MU tUA OIUt ty. rrr TODAY and FRIDAY liMs;''y i i s.ti'bo,jf pla. Wash.. In Oorrla hospital with fractured nose. Other pusscngers on tho bus, some of whom received minor in juries but were not hospitalized were: E. L. Saltier, 101 South 13th. ftlch mond. Calif. Norms n U. Case, 42 Ninth. Sacra mento. Calif. Jerry Eliot, 4, 9031 E. South. Ilynas, Calif. Mrs. Jack Wadt. fit. I, Port Ludlow, Wash. Bobby Crump. Redmond, Ore. CecU Gregory. Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Arthur I'ancbom. Weed, Calif. Mrs. Manley N. Mills, ralrfleld. Calif. Baby Mills, daughter of Mrs. Manley Mills, ralrfleld. Calif. Mrs. V. J. Conklin. HI 1. Sunroslde. Wash. Howard Hull, two South list, Rich mond. Calif. S. R. Builer. Cottonwood. Idaho. Mrs. S. R. Butler. Cottonwood. Idaho. Emma Butler. Cottonwood. Idaho. George L. Jular, Box .34. Arroyo Grand. Calif. Mrs. Haul Allen, 743 Harrison, Oak land. Calif. Naomi Hayes, 134S Slain. Chehalli, Wash. Ruth Johnson. 2310 Sumner, Aberdeen. Wash. Carolyn Back. Box S7, Redmond, Ore. Marilyn Elliott. Box B. Redmond, Ore. Buddy Whillock. Box 103. Sacramento. Calif. Completion of Tunnel. Scheduled BEND, Aug. 31 (IP) A 3400 foot tunnel, second in tho north unit project, will bo completed in about a week. U. S, bureau of reclamation engineers , said today. .... . ' : Located in jagged tufa for mation overlooking the deep Crooked River gorge near Ter rebonne, the tunnel will first serve as a roadbed, and event ually will carry water for rec lamation of central Oregon land. May Here Supervisor Larry May of the Fremont national for est was in Klamath Falla'on busi ness from Lakevlcw today. Opens 6:43 OF FUN AND FROLIC. ..to the tempo of TWO FAMOUS BANDS! CAPTURED IN E (Continued from Pwgo One) , manlitn canltul (rum tho north," Stalin Milil. Advancing iigaliisl disorderly Cui'inau roslsliiiice, mobile Hus alim columns had advanced to within 17 miles of Uucliurost last night. Thoy rirow within sight of the city's tinted plaster houses this nftrniomi iind iiiiintfiilly en tered without major opposition. Uui-harvst was occii)lod by the Russians In 18(1 mid uiiiiln in 1848 mid from 1113a to IU94. Tonight they spread through 20 squnro nines oi tno city as pari ners of the Romanians, who Inst weok cast off the mut yoko and aligned themselves with the United Nations. Balkan Paris King MHml's cnpllul, some times called the "Paris of tho Balkans," is tho third major European capital ' ontcred by United Nations' troops. Moscow reported a few days ago that Romanians themselves hud driven tho Germain from most of tho city, and German warplancs have been bombing the capital since King Mlhul (lipped over to the allied side. Bombed by Yanks Rucliitrvst (iHiiv 030.000) wnh bombed for tho first lime by American planes last April 4. : and (ell under allied bombsluhtu ; repeatedly thereafter In blows . that hastened Romania's capltu-; lation. Tho victory rated a sulute of 24 salvos from 324 of Moscow's guns duplicating tho biggest , salutes of the Russo-Cerman war. Bucharest Is 31 miles north of the Bulgarian border. At midnight last night tho soviet j communique had placed red : army forces 17 miles from the ! city. Fuel Priorities In Effect Again SEATTLE Aug. 31 P) Ef-; fectlve tomorrow, priorities on tho sale of coal and lirewooa bv Pacific Northwest dealers will again be In effect. Tho ' OPA, announcing resumption of ' the same system In operation ! last winter, said a threatened : fuel shortage made the step 1 necessary. i PHONI 4173 Has Olllce Opsns US t II TODAY Robert Lowrey Jean Parker Bill Henry In "THE NAVY WAY I i A thousand mtln from salt water st our ioys maybe your boy ltarn to live and fight THE NAVY WAY at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, whera our great naval victories startl Second Hit NCIFICL INT "KANSAS CITY KITTY" STARRING Joan Dan's and Jane Frazee ALSQ LATEST NEWS Paramushiro Hit By Bombing Raid WASHINGTON, Aug. Ill (!') Tho navy has added iinolhi-r hnmhlng raid nKnliut I'lirnmu. shl in IMiiikI In the pounding tlint northern 1'iiclflc Japanese base was given recently. Army and navy pliiues flvlng mil of Ihu Aleutlaun I'tiri'li'd' mil tho latest reporlt'd ultiick Sun day night a nil eiK'niintt'iril only mt'iigi'i' niitliili crufl fhc, the navy said today. 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