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many by land since the fall of
France.
, What has happened since
Bundav on the third army front
itlll.was under the secrecy of
lecurily but it was announced
officially that the third army's
breaching o the Moselle, last
river barrier short of the Rhine
Itself, had occurred midway be-
Iween Metz and Nancy, some
40-odd miles short of the near
est point of the German fron
tier.
Across Moselle '
Headquarters said the third
army was across the Moselle in
strength. Presumably there was
a second onctgeneaa near imbu
cy. .
What little information did
come back to supreme head
quarters through the screen of
silence suggested tnat suuenea
German opposition was being
met in the preliminaries to the
main battle for the border.
The total American bag of
prisoners since D-Day now is
more than 205,000, it was an
nounced. The third army has
estimated it captured 76,000,
wounded 62,250, and killed 19.
500 Germans. The U. S. first
army reported Aug. 30 that it
had captured 115,000 nazis.
Since then it has mopped up at
least 14,000 in the pocket soma
of Mons.
Toward Strasbourg
Today the main forces of Lt.
Gen. George S. Patton's com
mand poured over a firm Mo
selle river bridgehead near
Nancy in . a drive toward the
French - border city of Strasbourg,-
70 miles to the cast.
Supreme headquarters con
firmed that the British second
army -was driying somewhere
in The Netherlands, but did not
indicate where or in what
depth.- It .offered no- confirma
tion of a Paris radio report that
the British were advancing
within sight of Rotterdam, the
great Dutch .port 50 miles north
of Antwerp,
Namur Liberated
It also ' was announced " that
the U. S. first army has liber
ated the fortified Belgian city
of Namur at the confluence of'
the Meuse and Sambre rivers.
Namur is 32 miles from Liege
and 55 miles from Aachen in
Germany;, i , , - "
The. most advanced officially
announced ' American 1 position
between Metz and the Luxem
bourg -frontier was 18 miles
northeast of Verdun. This would
be some 45 miles from . Saar
brucken. ,J Belgium ht Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges' U. S. first army
crossed the Meuse against slight
enemy opposition at Dinant, 15
miles south of Namur, and at
the French town of Givent on
the bordeiv..This army drove
the nails from ptierleori, a city
oi zv.uuy, swept on ana liber
ated Namur "and pushed on to.
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In Action In China
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and had the first bullet holes in
the fuselage.
Took Part in Raids
Major Hansen was made conv
mandine officer of his squadron
on July 15, and had taken part
1m other B-2B raids in the India
China-Burma theater. Those in
cluded the mission to Sumatra
August 10 which, according to
the official communique, was the
longest bombing mission over
undertaken, a distanco of some
3600 miles.
Ha held the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and the Air Modal
with Oak Leaf clusters.
Major Hansen visited Klamath
Falls a number of times, on one
occasion flying over the town
before landinc for a hunting
trip. His wife lived here with
Mrs. Black for several months,
and his small son was born here.
His sister is the wife of Major
Neil F. Black, a Klamath Falls
physician, who is a flight sur
geon in England.
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90 miles southwest of Belfort
and the nazi escape pass into
southwest Germany.
Occupation of Dijon would
put Lt. Gen. Alexander M.
Patch's seventh army within 60
airline miles of American third
army units, last reported at Bar-Sur-Selne,
southwest of Troyes.
The French swept up a num
ber of towns in capturing Cha
lon. These included Cluny,
famed for its lace; Sennecey-le-Grand,
and Le Villars.
Patch on Offensive
- The German radio asserted
Patch's army had resumed its of
fensive against the last, moun
tain passes on the French-Italian
border "to the upper Italian
plains." Three of Italy's greatest
industrial cities lie from 42 to
95 miles of the French frontier
Milan, Turin and Genoa,
(The German report asserted.
moreover, that Field. Marshal
Gen. Johannes Blaskowitz had
extricated the bulk of his 19th
army from south France, leav
ing oemna some forces in the
Riviera to oppose the push into
xuiiy. umciai Biuea estimates
placed captives alone from Bias
kowitz's command at 65,000).
American units of the seventh
army have captured Louhans
and Lons-le-Saunier in the area
between the Saone valley, and
the Swiss border, headquarters
said. - Louhans is 21 miles south
east of Chalon-Sur-Saone. -
i a.The German garrison in the
small principality of Moftacd on
the Ligurian Sea near the Ital
ian border fled after an Amer
ican cruiser and destroyer shell
ed nazi batteries in the Monte
Carlo area, a naval announce
ment revealed. The Germans de-
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from Washington, was outlined
today by J. A. Krug, acting
chairman of the war production
board.
Agreement Cited
Krug said the army, navy, and
major war agencies unanimously
agreed on the program, intended
to provide "maximum employ
ment, just as quickly as possible"
after Germany goes down, but
at the samo time protecting pro
duction necessary to fight Japan.
A reduction of about 40 per
cent in war production within
three months utter Germany's
defeat and the freeing of 4,000,
000 war workers for other Jobs
is anticipated.
Increase Estimated
Chairman Donald M. Nelson,
of WPB. now on a presidential
mission to China, has estimated
that a 40 per cent cut in war
reduction would mean a 30 per
cent increase in the output for
civilians.
As specifically explained by
Krug the program will allow any
manufacturer to use any plant
and any materials not needed for
war production to turn out any
thing. WPB and other government
agencies he said, will "do every
thing within their powers to as
sist and encourage industry iti
resuming civilian production and
maintaining employment through
the use of the know-now oi its
industry divisions and industry-
labor advisory committees."
To Maintain rowers
The production agency will
maintain its organization and
nowers "until it is certain that
the war production program Is
adequate lor victory over
Japan."
Controls will oe continued
over such "tight materials as
lumber, textiles, and certain
chemicals through a system of
allocations designed to assure an
equitable distribution based on
essentiality.
The extreme emergency ma
preference rating will be re
tained, and there- will be only
one other, reserved exclusively
for the military programs during
the war against Japan. All other
production will be "unrated."
First Meeting The first meet-
inc of the season for county
home extension units will be the
Poe Vallev-Olene meeting this
Friday. Christmas gift making
will be discussed and new offi
cers will be installed.
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Troops Capture
Italian Ridge
ROME, Sept. 6 Powerful
eighth army forces have cap
tured an important rldgu running
from the key town of Coriano
to the Adriatic sea In furious
battling below Rimini, eastern
anchor of the nazis' Gothic lino,
but Corinno is still in German
hands, allied headquarters said
today.
Allied patrols have penetrated
the town, but troops hsve not
been able to enter it In forco.
The Germans were said to be
putting up a fmitttlcnl defense on
high ground to the left of
Coriano.
Directors Vote to
Back Equitable
Freight Rates
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work had developed the fnct that
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over," id knowing the problems
of supply In the Pacific, the en
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willing to seo through the war. . ,
I think they are wrong In that,"
ho duelured.
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two-yuur period was required to
build up thu imirglii of power
thul b derailing tierinuny In Eu
rope, mid Niild Unit lt will bo a
inujnr problem lu build up power
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