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Lam raid, nddlng: P., .I...., ,.,.n wnrih mention. iccim to huvo been put up Miwiiueiicc of. the muddled pollllcul condllloiw l ioro. Berlin iinnounccd curlier that iliarla nao oiuruh vy.: , ih her and unconfirmed I urk 1 dUpatchca Nald UulKurlu do le Balknn couiilry at war with jlh sides, inc uuii. f'""" I with Russia for an urmlallco iftcr tho Kremlin declared ir (luring a tlmo In which mlsUcc nettolliilloiw with the ulltd Staicii aim uniuin w iljed down. Croii Dinubt nirfninMi xnirl thn Ruuilani Lscd the Danube In the area L Giurlu and uusc, iioinnniaii U Bulnr towns facing each Itlur across llio river, uiiu in tt area norm oi bona, mho luaians plunito to inc iron 8'c 1 the Danube yesterday gave ,m rnnirni ui nil liiu uuiui L..lt. nl n.itifnrln tlllll.-, v ui"B" Demo t lea (Dlclymotelkhon) x In Tlirnrp. tho nllfltcrn CX- farla seized and occupied aucr hi ucrmnn conqucn oi mo i.n. I, l ftn mllnc nnrth nf it Aegean, 1110 miles cast of iinnlkn nurl 1:10 miles north- nt of Istanbul, the former irklsh capital on tno uosporus. "Tho ccnerul direction of nrrh l InuflirH thn- - AeUCDIl fxsl" said tho Berlin brondcait lulgarla took place Tuesday, the iv Kussta - uccjorca - war. inu cemy said. tuff Charges irgenwna vviin ;o$cst Moves WASHINGTON. Sent. 7 (ID icretarv of State Hull declared Nay that there Is a fascist pevement in this hemisphere pno innl lis ncnclniiiirtnrs Is in Argentina. I He asserted that Argentina pr Arccnlinn nffiplnln would fave to supply more clarlflca- m oi iiielr attitude toward re living rcfuRce nazis before he ould make any comment on re :ent assurnnroR of Arimntlnc diplomatic offlclnls here that l0 rcuiBO would ho slvon to cs pped German leaders. iMedal Found No Marine found In in Irrlirnllnn dltrh With nn mnrlnn Dl(nhnfl iras 11 QP'hootcr nnd bayonet-expert A. M. Thomas brought the ward in to the Herald and News "jce after he recovered It from atc in tho Enterprise Irriga- If the OUnnr will mrnrlftr nnv Jl the conjectures being made S as to what his hard-earned i was doing In an irrlga w ditch, ho may call for it at Herald and News. fascists Plan ht to Japan clalK5, SoP'- 7 W-The so rtaori n?WsPaPer Avantl quoted du . normcrn xtaiy to- (o'fi ' "J't'cials was preparing Plail. r, JnPHn 'n a gigantic ' Z l! ? naly constructed "for ta8NeW York03eCt f bmb" ncc n j " sala lne P'ane, Irom ?,, t0 convey messages Tokvn llcr nnd Mussolini to an ;&.,now ls under guard at omo near Milan. Frenchmen M'edJii Paris 'hDn' SnPtJ Delayed) (VP) noun tjaulle regime an prencl,S,od todBy that 1496 'S58w?on were kllled and barricZ? Wour"ded at the Paris 'ratln? d.urln tne ba" iot I I k J V. Harry Barton, SO, (above), veteran of two wars, was ar raigned in police court In San Francisco on a charge of mur dtr. Police Lieut, James Qulg ley said Barton walked into a Veterans of Foreign Wars meet ing and shot and fatally wound ed Carey Smith Conners, SO, district VFW commander, as he sat on the rostrum, (Associated Press photo). LONDON Sept. 7 (!') Ger many ordered its eighth grade pupils Into war work and sent thousands of Itcd Cross men nnd women Into armament plants today In far-reaching ex tensions of total mobilization de crees. ' Dr. Joseph Gocbbcls, rclch .plenipotentiary, for. total mobili zation, announced tdso'-thc dis solution of the Prussian finance ministry, the wholesale curtail ment of "the majority of 1500 periodicals still published In Ger many," and the closing of a num ber of univorsitlcs. . Fairs Abolished All traveling shows and shops for fairs wore abolished. The Berlin radio, announcing the decrees, said most German students would "have to give up studying In order to do Important war work and from now on, only wnr wounded will be allowed to begin study at universities." "Pupils from the eighth grade of German public schools are em- (Continued on Page Three) Allies Combine Wiih Tito for All-Out Drive ROME, Sept. 7 W) Allied land, sea and air forces and Marshal Tito's partisan army have started a combined all-out offensive in Yugoslavia, in con Junction with- the Russian of fensive to seal off all German escape routes from the Balkans, allied force ' "headquarters an nounced. tonight. Tho Russians reached the Yugoslav border last night and were within 90 miles of Bel grade. Moscow advices said red trnnns nrobnblv had already ferried the Danube frontier and dropped into the mountain wild posses of Yugoslavia to establish contact with Tito. Invasion Casualties Only Half Expected Figures WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (A5) American army casualties through the first three weeks of tho Normandy Invasion were about one-half of the expected figure. Secretary of War Sum- son said today.- For July ana August, . iney were "siignny less uimi ; hnn nstlmntpd in advance. Sum- son added at a new conference. Before the initial rencn iana Ines on June 6. the army had es timated it would suffer 81,000 total casualties of all kinds, through the remainder of June, the secretary stated, whereas the actual total loses were about 42, nnn nf thnxe. 33.033 were battle casualties, with tho rest made up of accident and illncEs cases. f igures wiuuww sflmenn save neither the esti mate or actual number of casual tics in France for July and Aug ust in his summary today. Tho army casualties ior an theaters since the start ot tne wnr hnsed on reports to next of kin through .August 21, totaled 305,795, an increase of 20,957 since , the casualty report made a week ago. . ' ' Yugoslavia Reached By Soviets; Troops Approach Belgrade By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Sept. 7 Swift Russian troops were reported fighting within 90 miles of Belgrade today and were believed already to have ferried the Danube and reached Yugo slav toil south of the Iron Gate gorge where the mighty river cuts through the Transylvan ian Alps. The red army might be using parachute troops in an effort to establish a junction with Marshal Tito's partisan army scattered through the rugged mountains inside Yugoslavia's northeast frontier. Turnu-Sevorin, on the frontier, was captured yesterday and the Russians pursued the Gormans through the Iron Gate and were reported fighting today for Orsova on the Dan ube, well beyond the gorge and 90 miles due east of the Yugoslav capital. In northorn Poland, a great battle that may liberate Warsaw and carry the war into East Prussio increased in violence with two Russian army groups attacking along a 35-mile : front along the Narew river M UrA uoia - snouiaers nan To Move Commando Center fnto Ration Board Rooms OPA district office in Port-, land has given a cold reception to the effort to locate the Klam ath Commandos' service center In quarters here now occupied by the war price and ration board. McDannell Brown head of the OPA district office wrote that tho quarters would not be yield ed for the oroposed purpose. In a letter to Clarence Humble, head of the military service committee here, he stated that $2000 had been spent In remodeling the of fices for the ration board. He also asserted that all but a small portion of the quarters, near Fifth and Main, are being used by the ration board. Brown's letter came as a re sult of a local effort to get the OPA to move to some other near by location, and turn over the large space it now occupies for an expanded C6mmahdo service center. It was polntedVout here that Klamath business men , In that vicinity had supplied-a sub stantial portion of the money spent in remodeling for OPA. Room Blocked Off A large room in the Fifth and Main street quarters has been Briton Refutes Peace Rumors LONDON, Sept. 7 W) A spokesman for the British gov ernment stated emphatically last night that Germany has made no peace plea as yet to the United Nations. He said the statement was made to dispose of recently recurrent rumors that Germany has been seeking opportunities to open talks with tho allies. The spokesman explained that any German peace emissary can approach the western allies only through Gen. Dwight D. Elsen hower, who will not give the order to cease firing until he obtains an unconditional sur render from the German high command, endorsed by the Ger man general staff. 1 War Bulletin WITH THE U. S. FIRST ARMY IN BELGIUM, Sept. 7 (fl3) Infantry and cavalry of the U. S. first army have lathed out 18 miles northeast of Namur and driven half way to the Bel gian fortress of Liege on the high road to Germany. . now total 59,264, an increase of 1611 from the previous week. This gives a- combined arrny navy casualty total of 365,759.,, ' Army Casualties The army casualties up to August 21, compared with the casualties announced a week ago follow: killed 57,657 and 43,101; wounded 156,933 and ' 142,686; missing 45,967 and 44,643; pris oners 45,218 and 44,408. The navy casualty total of 59, 964, with comparisons for the firevlous week, is made up as fol ows: killed 23,926 and 23,544; wounded 21,894 and " 20,701; missing 9678 and 9652; prisoners 4486, unchanged from previous week. . In his weekly review, S.tlmson said that "we know that the great bulk of the German army in western Europe has been de stroyed or crippled" and that the effective forces left seem insuf ficient for the task of defending Germany. On the other hand, Stimson said, allied forces are growing in strength and in the "momentum of success." He ob served that supply lines must catch up with the speed of the combat units. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1944 '' I blocked off and Is not in use, con trary to Brown's statement.. A Commando center would make use of the entire suite. Other troubles continued to plague the Commandos in their need for a place where they can more adequately serve the serv ice men. ' Myers Refuses George Myers, head of the Red Cross board here, refused to con sider yielding the Red Cross rooms, near Fourth and Main, for Commando use. He said the Red Cross suite serves well the (Continued on Page Six) - By The Attociated . rett Emperor Hirohito warned the Japanese diet today that the war situation was "becoming more intense" and Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso said the empire must concentrate its total power to combat mounting American attacks and possible invasion. Domei news agency broad casts from Tokyo reported these and other developments at the 85th extraordinary session of Japan's lawmakers: . ' The emperor, appearing in military uniform, said Japanese soldiers were fighting bravely, that relations between Japan and the occupied countries wore strengthening and that "the con (Continued On Page Six) - Farm Planning Unit Created WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (P) A special house unit was created today, charged with the respon sibility of planning the nation's agricultural future and putting farmers "on a .businesslike ba sis." Chairman Fulmer (D-S.C.) of the house agricultural commit tee disclosed he had established the group and named Rep. Pace (D-Ga.) as chairman.. Lucille Ball Sues for Divorce LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (IP) Blue-eyed, .red-haired Lucille Ball, 33, of the movies, today filed suit for divorce from Desi Arnaz, Cuban star, who now is in the army; She charged extreme, cruelty, but her complaint did not detail any allegations, ' , . Hollywood was- surprised at the news, since the movie star and her husband have been seen together frequently and as late as Tuesday night they attended a reception together for Catinflas, newly-arrived Mexican star.' Patton Refutes $1000 Bill Story WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (P) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton of the American third army takes exception to one story about him. He appended - the - following note to a recent report on mili tary operations to Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall: "In a clipping which just reached me from home, I saw some correspondent had 'stated that I arrived in Normandy waving a $1000 bill and mak ing bets. I arrived In Normandy incognito. I have never seen a $1000 bill." ard on the close eastern ap proaches of the Polish capital The Narew fortress town of Ostrolenka was toppled yester day and the Russians moved on within 23 miles of the southern border of East Prussia. Army Exterminated Red Star declared that 791, 000 Germans had been killed on the long eastern front in the summer offensive from June 23 through August 31, and said "This means the red army in nine weeks has exterminated a German army greater than that sent against the allies." Other hundreds of thousands have been reported' captured. ' "Until now, the Germans kept their , main forces on the soviet front, shifting their divi sions from occupied European countries and from Germany itself," the army newspaper said. "The, Hitlerite command does not conceal the fact that its main task is to prevent in vasion from the east." Junction Expected "Ah" Imminent large scale junction, of the 'red army "arid TitoV forces'- on Yugoslav soil r-was' CApecld"lu,JipjsK .toe uexr. mans' last overland escape route from the Balkans'. ; A' 50-mlle fringe of foothills at the southwestern base of the Transylvanian Alps was all that separated the red army from the great -plain which embraces Budapest ,and most of Hungary and " includes Hitler's ' most im portant remaining wheat basin, (Continued Oh Page' Six) t Klamath Wilts Under Third Day Of Heat Wave Klamath Falls' was sweltering today, under the third day of temperatures, w h i c h . climbed over 90 degrees. . .. - ' The heat-wave was also af fecting the rest of the state with new. records for the summer be ing made in Portland and other spots in the Willamette valley. Maximum for Wednesday was a hot 94 and at 2:30 this after noon the weather station report ed a reading of 90 degrees With a possibility of the . mercury climbing "still higher. ' - Support of News Exchange Eyed WASHINGTON, Sept.' 7 (ff) A resolution to put congress on record in favor of world-wide freedom of news exchange "to promote better understanding among nations and thus help prevent future wars" was offer ed in the house today by Rep. Fulbright (D-Ark.) The Arkansas member, author of a house declaration on postwar foreign policy told his colleagues he believed it appropriate that congress should "express itself in no uncertain terms, its devo tion to and belief in the principle of freedom of speech and of the press." : ' . No, the War Isn't Over Yet ' Nope, the war with Ger many isn't over. yet. The Herald and News re ceived a number of calls today from persons who wanted to know if Germany had surren dered, or if there had been an armistice or some other such development. The Associated Press wires carried no such news. The day marked an amus ing refutation of the mathe matical trick for showing tho war's end, reported in this paper some weeks ago. Time specified was September 7 at 2 o'clock a figure reached by manipulating various figures relating to the lives of Hitler, Mussolini,, ,R oosevelt and Churchill. . . September 7, 1944 Max. (Sept. 6) 94 Min. .!.....i..30 Precipitation last 24 hours ..,..-.....;.00 Stream year to date .........".'.10.S2 ' Normal 12.63 Last year 17.88 Forecast: Clear.' ' May Aid Winant Hamilton Fish Armstrong (above), editor of "Foreign Af fairs," may be appointed to as sist - Ambassador John G. Wi nant in hit work as American member of the European advis ory commission in London, it was learned at the ttate de partment in Washington. (AP wirephoto). U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-QUARTERS,- Pearl Harbor, Sept. 7 (JP) A heavy attack on the Palau islands, one of the chief eastern defenses of the Philippines, by American task lorce fighter planes was report- ed-by -U.-S.- fleet-headquarters today. The carrier group sent lighter planes in ., force against the islands, v , Admiral Chester" W. Nimitz reported that the fighters j hit Wednesday: Grounded Japanese planes were set afire. Gun posi tions and warehouses . were strafed. -; ' ' ;The raiders reported they started a fire in a fuel dump at Babelthuap, on the northern end of the Palau chain; They' left 17 small craft burning near the islands. Third Raid , '-It -was the third carrier raid on Palau so far this -year.- The first heavy strike was last March. The carriers returned (Continued On Page. Six) - Japs Near Yank Base at Linglihg CHUNGKING', Sept.-"" 7 (Pi Japanese forces thrusting south westward from newly captured Kiyang are only 12 miles from the American air base at" Ling ling, the Chinese high command announced tonight. Lingling lies 28 miles southwest of Kiyang and 68 miles from the enemy held rain center of Hengyang. Japanese infantrymen strik ing down the Hunan-Kwangsi railroad were reported only 25 miles from Tungan, close to the Kwangsi border and 95 miles below Hengyang. This repre sented a 35-mile gain from the position reported last night. frr':w'""-'- ""WjW'''i fef ( HL4! yawn I 2L Bomb Battle of London Over, Assert Britons By The Associated Press tONDON, Sept. 7 (P) Dis closing new details of the robot bombings, the government de clared today the battle of Lon don is over "except possibly for the last few shots." With their wartime blackout due to end 10 days hence, Lon doners received more cheer in the announcement by Lt. Col. Edwin Duncan Sandys that per fected defenses and allied encir clement of the robot bomb coast had virtually ended the menace of the German "vengeance wea pon." Sandys disclosed 2900 allied airmen and450 planes had been lost in the 18-month campaign against the robots, in addition to more than 5000 deaths in Eng land as a result of the bombs that landed. He said that only 2300 of the 8000 bombs launch ed since June 12 had reached their goal whereas the earlier bombs each took a life, on the average. The campaign against them made such progress . that lately three of the robots have been expended by the Germans to kill one person in Britain. . Year's Campalqn Sandys has been in charge of countermeasures. The campaign Number 40256 TROOPS WIN 1W GROUND NEAR GOTHIC Decisive Battle . Northern Itajy; Near: By NOLAND NORQAARD ROME. Sent. 7 (P) Patrols of the American fifth, army en tered the road center of . Frato in northern Italy and won new positions north of the: highway between Prato '. and ; captured. Lucca before' .the; -Germans' Gothic' line allied .headquarters announced today. - ' Prato, industrial city of 60,000 population, is only 10 miles southeast of Pistoia on the west ern sector of the front; ' Slight Gaiqt - ..V Only .slight gains were report ed in the British eighth army's major offensive in the Adriatic sector, where allied- forces. en tered Riccione Marina .-on -the coast . five miles southeast of Rimini and . captured - Besanigo, 2 i miles inland. . . . . . - j . These advances were achieved after bitter fighting by; infantry and tanks against the dogged and well-entrenched nazis. . . - r. - Heavy Fighting ' Fighting was reported heavy along- a 14-mile front from the coast, with the '.eighth -army steadily .- - hammering a tway through German tank and-antitank gun defenses.' .-- 1 : British troop's- 'crossed' .the Ventena river, and'.were .within five miles-tf the -eastern; border! of the. tiny principality 'of San Marino.' A little farther inland British and Indian un"ItV&Dfured 2000-foot Monte .San Giovanni, uujiiuittuiig me upjjtri ycmieija- Conca valley.- - 1 --;; '" '-' Brlik Rattle ''" " ''."'"" . The "Germans put -upj-a 'brisk': fight -there-ind left '50 dead bo the slopes: -."' American troops were advanc-' ihg- toward the western' end of the Gothic line on a broad front.. Patrols were reported operating; just south of Monsummano, : 15 miles east of-Lucca:- The Amer icans were ' within sight of Pistoia- and controlled the high way leading into the city from the south. '-.'i BritishWatch F Battle on Coast London; sept. 7 , fa) while Britain passed another bombless night thousands, of men, women and children kept' a vigil atop the white cliff s of Dover, watch ing at long range, the death throes of the nazi -troops -trap: ped on the French, rocket, bomb coast. '. . .' ." (': The story of the struggle-was told in the clouds of smoke which hung . over -the-French shore and the sound of heavy explosions which .-rolled, back across the -channel- as- the - Ger mans hastily demolished supply dumps, gun emplacements, and flying bomb' installations from which, they once loosed, destruc tion upon Britain. ', , : " " fi. Since last Friday ; the " Ger. mans have sent over only one brief barrage of robots.. , ; against the .robots began -more than a year before; the actual launching of the attacks in June, with allied airmen blasting away at the "rocket coast" across the channel where the Germans lo cated launching platforms. The figures announced "today were the. latest since August 24 when the government disclosed that the Germans had sent about 7250 winged bombs against soutnern England. " Final Figures Held It was unlikely that the final casualties and damage from; the bombardment will be disclosed before parliament ' reconvenes September 20. - i? Some . of the .newsmen at Sandys' press conference brought away '. the -impression that the allied r advance ' along the French- coast' had knocked out the Germans' V-2, reputedly a much heavier -rocket bomb than the V-l launched against jbonaon, Detore it could be used. "I am. a little chary of talking about V-2,"; Sandys said.-; ''We do know quite a lot ahout it In a very few days time I feel that tne press will, be ' Walking: all over these places in France and will know a great deal more than we oo now..' . ...i. iiiii Ona Rri wi iyiiwywr lyuu ,ftyt l 1 Anpthie r : . Lps t f . In Fight t ' '' Br JAMES M LONG 'a LONDON. Sept 7 (P) Amer ican tanks and infantry ' werji fighting the first battles for Get many along the - Moselle river toaay. rney- won one Driag& head .below Metz at. heavy cost andUost another at Pont-a-Mous-son ill .the face of 'violent Ger ; man artillery fire. : i T showdown assault , on 20ft miles of the 'Siegfried line ajfe pearled to be.shaping up.-; .,". : : -it.'. Gen. : George S.. Patton'a third ; army" attacked ;along -4B;' miles from -Luxembourg soUthV to ;Nancy, winning a-wedge la the. mltskirtx nf -Mpix- And rench- ing Nancy. ' ..v. '...' : .' Broaden. Bate'..-'. I" - vTo. the north,- in southeastern; Belgium, LL .Gen., .Courtney H Hodges' first army: was broaden? ing its -assault 'base, to 75 mile and' from- several bridgeheads' across the , Meuse was; probing into. the Ardennes forest which screens one of the ' weaker links in the German "chain of fortifi cations.,.which comprise Adolf Hitler's- great- hope.: . -'. k ". From the south Lt. Gen. Alex ander -M. Patch's seventh , arms from the Mediterranean was rev p o r t e d approaching . Belfortv north of the Swiss border where? a gap opens to the Rhine. ThC early merger -of the ; southern" and western invasions into a sin? gle: front for "a coordinated as? sault on the Siegfried1 line from Switzerland- to- Holland seemed" likely.' - .'.'.-.-. ; .. : ' . v Brought to Bay. ,i&ti -,t- ; lue Hermans at lascrappearec to have been-brought to' bay -in, their outpost defenses along the Mos'elle after "their long; fetrea. from Normandy,--arid front. Tihev dispatches said Patfori's men wor '.'.., '. .:;'-(. '. '' ' i".' p. Tokyo 0scosei Dead' Admiral ? By The AHociated , '.jpie.,:;''fT ? The. 'identity of -the six " Japa nese admirals whose death were - announced'; yesterday'-' by. the' Japanese Dome! news agen cy;., was' disclosed today in . Tokyo. ;broadcast: reported - by the. f e d e r a 1- communication. commission.; '-..- - , ' The broadcast said the YbkoS suka "naval station announce that-the. following' officers ha4 . . died, m action at tne irom :.. : Vice Admiral Matsuii Ishift uiri,. and Rear -Admirals Ryuks Wakatsuki, J o m i -' WakizakaJ Suetada Itogawa and, Fumo. Kg tarriura. " ;'--' : . ; . , Rear - Admiral , Kuranosuke Yanagizawa, had "died from ill ness contracted ' at the . front, J the broadcast added. ,.,-. ."."" FireDesiroyij: Drain Sawmill DRAINS bre'Serit. 7:'(JP) '!.' Fire, starting in- a slash, burner destroyed the Jihv Whipple ; saw-mill- here last 'night ' and "at -It peak threatened a number of -the ipwn s lesiaencesj : an . or wnicp were saved by prompt . action- ot civilians cooperating, witn, lire crews.- - '-5-v;-.. The mill, which; cuts approxi" mately .40,000 board feet per day was- a ' complete Joss, as low' hu midity.made it impossible, to Cpr)- trot the -iiamesr once 'tney got their start, ;. E.-E. j Whipple, who owns" the! mlll'.Vin- -conjunction with his1 son, .estimated the loss at $75,000; . ! i . : ; ::. -n-? Volunteer firemen ' of Drain responded immediately. to ; the call, and .they were soon 'jolneS by meriibers of the "western Xarfe fire patrol, the conscientious-objectors . from EJkton,; and fire crew? from 'Eagle ; creek- and Hard Scrapple. . Three ;lpqalvlog girigr companies . also ' sent ".mint over .to-battle the1 .blaze.' ... ;'.., . . Speed Urged fori Special Gifts - Persons who have' been -contacted by mail for special gifts tq the community fund are urged to send their checks as soon as possible, as the committee wishe to have as many- contributions no 'nnKRlhlf in' before the' main drive starts next Monday.- ' -Now in" the fund is $7490, . In cluding another $1000 check sent in Thursday from Big Lakes Box comDanv. A recent $500 contii- button was from DiGlorgio FruH corporation. '.:,, ; .' . ' i- ;u-; . : Latest donations of llOOl'o overv were from R. R.. Macart- --T nmWaw WntWr, Ua' Funeral home, Pioneer Tobacco, Fred Hellbronner, R L. Smith Lumber, .-'company) and. Hary .Tai,l,nfln V j. , ,i, "i me capital. Wavy casualties reported up iu . J',. .;, ,v;--.