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PACE TWO MAGINOT LINE GUNS INTACT SECT! IN (Continued from Page One) first army wa fighting Into the face of artillery fire from the Siegfried line and the mine fields defending approaches to tho forts. Still farther north the British second army broke into Holland at a point 14 miles north of the broken Albert canal de fenses. . Shtll Aachtn The Americans were less than 10 miles from the German fron tier at two points 70 miles apart. They captured Luxembourg, tho capital of the Pocket Duchy bor, dering the Rhineland and Saar land, in one thrust and report edly threw shells into Aachen, . German border city, in the other forward movement. The biggest air fight since the invasion swirled over the Rhine land and interior Germany American air forces smashed at gun emplacements blocking the ground assault and at oil re fineries feeding power into Ger man resistance. Reich Shelled From Nancy and Met Pat ton's sector north through Lux embourg to Limburg, just be low The Netherlands appendix where Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' first army gunners shell ed German soil for the first time, the Americans were run ning Into the outer defenses of the Siegfried line. They were under the fire of German heavy guns along the Moselle. Around Limburg, be yond the captured fortress city of Liege, they were encounter ing the heaviest minefields seen since they cracked through Nor mandy. Near Border Here the Americans were only 85 miles from the border and were reported using their Long Tom rifles against Aache, big troop concentration point just two miles over the line. Aachen stands in the middle of the Siegfried line, with lines of forts running on both its east and west sides. Supreme headquarters did not "I say where the British crossing -into Holland had taken place, but front line dispatches indi cated it was on the road to Eind hove, 50 miles northeast of Ant werp and at a point about 35 miles from the German border. (Con&ued from Page One) ' skirts of Pistols and occupied high - ground dominating the town from the northeast while elements- of the 92nd infantry division -reached the Gothic line defenses' at Zezzera, 6Vi miles northeast; of Lucca. Presumably content to wait until they get back into the northern ' Appennines, where the terrain is ideal for defense. the nazis offered scant opposi tion to me mm army aitnougn some enemy shells fell on pa trols which took Monte Mig- nano.- 13 miles due north of Florence. - Meet Resistance Stiffer resistance was met near' Italy's west coast where the Americana made more crossings of the Serchio river and Vecchiano, five miles north of Pisa, was occupied. The river crossings brought the dough boys into extensive minefields and mortar fire. The enemy air-force- also was active' in that area, dropping a n u m b e r of combs Saturday night. Fierce German resistance held the eighth enemv offen slve against Reimini and the avenue into the tfo valley to a standstill. On the five miles front be- tween Coriano and Gemmano, a short distance inland from the coast; the fighting is still heavy and bitter, with casual' ties on both sides heavy, headquarters statement said. Bulletin SUPREME HEADQUARTERS. ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Sept. 11 (P) Allied troops were officially reported ngnung on uerman son tonignt Klamath Consumes More Water, Report Of Manager Shows Thirty-five million "more' sal- Ions of water were consumed here during August than dur ing the same month last- year, representing a 24 per cent in- . ;crease, according to S. I. Rltch- ey, district manager of the California-Oregon Power company. ! - Pumpage during the month . 'from the Conger avenue station ; reached 179,030,250 gallons wun o,oo,yau put out during tne peaK day,' August 28. uur ; ing August, 1943, 144,204,750 gauons wore . used, and 5,445, 000 gallons was the highest . daily record for that vear. Highest day's pumpage of , tnis August was within a few hundred gallons of the record set on July 13 of this year and '.. about. 1,000,000 gallons -above , the highest clay's out-put of Au gust last year. . If it's a tfrozen" article you " need, advertise for used one in the classified. . Guam Chief Radioman Oeonte R. Tweed (right) is congratulated by Secretary as awarded Legion of Merit for his heroic exploits in evading Japs on American forces liberated island EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) FDR and gosh how it dreads it. Thinks Texas will do likewise. He says Eleanor is ruining the South by giving the niggers up pity notions and the Lord only knows where it will all end. THESE colored ooys and girls who are swarming northward are letting themselves in for a peck of trouble, he thinks, tor down home they're understood and appreciated for what they are while up No'th they're kissed by the politicians around election and kicked in the pants all the rest of the time. ttWE know 'em and take care " of 'em," he says. "Take my house," he adds. "We've got three left Old r.ahe. who's nast 70 but still spry. Aunt Sally, who's well gone m her ro ties ana a young wtutu. Among 'em, they take care of the house and the ya'd. "We don't pay 'em much, but they never want fo' a thing and when they need five dollars we give .it to Jem." , UE isn't so far off at that. Everybody's talking about "security" in these days, and his colored employees come about as near security, under tne system he describes, as anyone can get nearer, probably, than their cousins up in the Yankee war plants. Nazis Evacuate Polish Fortress LONDON, Sept. 11 m The south Poland- fortress town of Korsno, 17 miles from Czecho slovakia, has been evacuated by the Germans,' the Berlin radio annminceri late todav. - Krosno lies in the Carpathian foothills, 83 miles southeast -of the great Polish city of Krakow, key to the war industries of Ger man Silesia. Other troops across the Vistula were reported with, in' 35 miles of Krakow last month and 75 from -Silesia, . , Churchill, FDR Meet in Quebec (Continued from Page One) ; the president shook hands', grin' ned and beaan chatting. . The prime minister had just arrivea ay special uam uuui Halifax, -where he disembarked yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt had come: in from south of the border an hour earlier. From the trains, they motored separately uo a steep roadway and along the ancient bastions where out-or-date guns ovenooK the broad St. Lawrence river. The cars wound through narrow gateways of the ramparts of the citadel. Open Car The president was in an open car with his official host, the Earl of Athlone, governor gener al of Canada. Churchill follow ed in another car with Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King of Canada. The president and prime min- ister had talked animatedly for a few moments at the train. Mr. Roosevelt sat in a big. open car. a Panama hat shading his eyes from a bright morning sun. Chur chill stood beside him, attired in a -blue Trinity House naval uniform, a cap perched at a jaun ty angle on his head and a cigar jutting irom nis moutn. They talked of war and vic tory and of small things. While officials of neither gov ernment would comment on the questions which bring the two leaders, together for the first time since December, it was re ported that: Military Heasons 1. Churchill suggested the con ference for reasons which he de scribed as strictly military. 2. The most immediate mili tary problem after Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower completed his job of smashing nazidom, is the oc cupation of Germany and the prevention of chaos in Euronc. 3. Britain, the United States and Russia must decide whether and how far to extend the -powers of the . European advisory commission now trying to fix tne ground rules for the new Eu rope. Classified Ads Bring Results. Hero Awarded Legion f' "xA i J n a3 REDS DRIVE NAZIS FROM 8ALKANPDSTS (Continued from Page One) along the eastern side had cap tured nearly 60 towns and vil lages yesterday, and forced an other Carpathian pass info Transylvania. Meanwhile, Russian news- Saper dispatches indicated tiiat le protracted lull on the Polish and Baltic sectors of the eastern front is likely to explode at any moment. Tne timing ano direc tion -of the next major thrusts of the red army remained a guarded secret. Ambassador to London Named PARIS. Sent. 11 UP) Gen. Charles do Gaulle's new cabinet at its first meeting today ap proved the nomination of Rene Massiell. former foreign commis sioner, as amDassaoor to London. Gen. Emmanuel D'Astier do la Vlgerie, former interior commis sioner, announced nowever, mat he had declined the appointment as ambassador to Washington. It is believed Do Gaullo will pick someone from the resistance forces for the post to balance the giving of the London ambassa dorship to- a former member ol tne Algiers t rencn national com mittee of liberation. . conn Box Office Opens 6:45 LAST TIMES TODAY 'Forest Rangers' and . Priorities On Parade' STARTS TUESDAY BORIS KARLOFF and JOHN LODER in "DR. MANIAC" COMPANION V FEATURE 'Man With 100 Faces' with TOM WALL and LILLI PALMER LATEST WORLD NEWS HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON of Merit (NKA T(nAoo of the Navy Jamts Forrostal alter ha Ouam for more than two yean until The lload to Uei'iin By mi Associated criu i 1 Russian front: 312 miles (from outside Pulutsk.) 2 Western front: 335 miles (from Vervlrs.) 3 Eastern France: 453 miles (from midway between Besancon and Belfort.) 4 Italian front: 583 miles (from below Rimini.) Mme. Chiang Now In Hospital NEW YORK- Sept. 11 WPi Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, first lady of China, is a patient in the Harkncss pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian medical center, John McCormack, hospital super intendent, said today. She entered the hospital early this morning, but McCormack said he was not at liberty to dis close the nature of her illness. The wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek has been in Brazil recently, undergoing med ical treatment. During her visit to the United States last year, Mme. Ch'ang was a patient at Columbia-Presbyterian hospital for treatment of what was de scribed then of the after-effects of injuries received in China sev eral years before. iMg.'iiiJiaBma Phone 4567 Box Office Opans 1:30-6:45 AT BOTH m ait bi til It tldl NOW lip I ( Si' 'ever? precious moment .V-" i of these when a boy love oaone urr vv - --i anQ it again mmmpimEtffmns M H with Edgar Buchtnin Charley Qrtpnvln Jam DirwtH pf JmX. S VIRGINIA VAN UPP , WfgZTS Produud td Olcectsd la MWINO CUMMINOt LATEST WORLD NEWS SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS I SERVICE DISCUSSED AT MEETING HERE City and chumbor of com merce aviation groups met Joint- what further may bo dono to pro. nioic iMiny aifli, ui .-,uin ,- line service through Klamuth Vnll b iMnlfni. In hi, hi,fnrn tho civil aeronautics board at a heai' Ing In Sun rrancisco in novum ber. A complete brief on the city a need for this service has bean filed with the CAB. It was de cided to mako inquiry as to whether tho city's representa tives may be heard at tho hoar ing, and at least to have official representation there. It was acrecd that the rocent establishment of an airway through Klamath ans, accom panying the extenstvo develop ment on tho Klamath airport and establishment of navigation aids through this region, is proper basis (or an optimistic outlook for airline service. Phil Hitchcock, chairman of the chamber aviation committee, pointed out that Klamath Falls is potentially a producer of a heavy volume of passongor, air express and airmail business, Gus Krause, of tho city avla. tlon commission, suggested that thought should bo glvon now to plans for developing a second air port in the Klamath Falls area, in view of tho probability that the big municipal airport will bo heavily used by commercial transports and lurger pi. Some place where small, private im lMrri will nrob. ably be needed in the big up swing In private aviation activ ity aftor tho war, ho said. The city, he said, has Its hands full with the municipal airport, and the second field should bo sponsored by some other group. It was agreed that the field should be located somewhere close to town. The civil air patrol field at worcicn, u was stated, Is probably too far out to answer the purpose. Rep. Ellsworth Leaves for England WASHINGTON. Scot. 11 (PI Representatives Ellsworth (R- Ore.) and pnunps ih-hihj im parted Saturday nlaht for Eng land to confer unofficially and Informally with British pari la mentarv leaders on joint Ameri can and British problems in the coming pence. i The British ministry of Infor mation made the arrangements for the trip arid for the represen tatives to visit American army camos in England. Ellsworth said he and Phillips hoped to go to France, Classifier Ads Brin Results Box Office Opens 6:45 THEATRES ! ! II liuni.11 r impatient years ' and girl lose furlough and 1 1 on tnotneri : ,,K j nmm WW Oil I n ii t 't U. 5. Subs Sink Nine Enemy Ships WASHINGTON. Sept. 11 (.?) United States submarines have trimmed nine moro ships, three nf thmi fluhlltm craft, from Japan's dwindling liiuniigc, the navy announcoo lonay. Tint new lull v brings tho total of ail types of Jaimncso ships SUHK Dy u. a. nuuninriiies iu 7S2. nf which 61 nro luhtlnii ships and 671 cargo carrion and miscellaneous cruii. - (Continued from Tngo One) nortunt port of Wcnchow, In Cheklang provlnco i'ift miles south of Shanghai. Tho Japan ese already had claimed the Ull of Wenchow, Tho high command alio re ported fresh drive northward from Holhong ponlnsulu In Kwangtung, Japanese troops also were pushing In soven columns west ward toward Paochlng, 63 miles west of Hengyang. Batter Bat Vigorous fighting was report ed continuing In tho suburbs of fallen Llngling alrbase, 78 miles southwest of Hengyang, In Kwangtung province tho Chinose recaptured tho town of Tolshan, 60 miles south of Can ton. Liberatot of tho 14th atrforce also bombed Kurangsu Island In Amoy harbor and Mitchells at tacked Tien Ho and Whitccloud airdromes at Canton. Jap Oarrlson Diet Stllwcll estimated that vir tually the entire garrison of 21)00 Japanese died in tho thrco months sicgo of Sungshan, the fall of which cleaned the Burma road trucks as far as bctoaguarcd Lungltng. Only nine prisoners were taken at SuugKitau U'uic mouiv' tain), a central hulghl on a group of peaks towering over tho mud dy Salwcon river urea In the Burma frontier section, The white rhlnucuiu? ... rica is pinkish gray. Box Office Opens 12:30 Continuous Show Dally Last Times TODAY "Outlaw Roundup'' SECOND BIG HIT Starts Tuesday JANET GAYNOR, and FREDRIC MARCH in "A STAR IS BORN" Companion Feature 'Made for Each Other' ' wlih CAROLE LOMBARD and JIMMY STEWART LATEST ': WORL NEWS I vteSS!& J iii TOjr FRENCH TAKE DIJON 111005 NER JUNCTION (Continued from Pago One) ways to His Germans, but pu.ih the .enemy to within 55 miles of where, tho American forces In northern France woro hint reported, After wiping out thn last snlpors ut Dole, the Americans nisi, sliigud a drive northwest toward Auxonno, thus exerting even greater pressure on Dijon. Enlmy Bombarded Meanwhile tho enemy In the rear southeastern comer of tho Kronch Hlvlora was under bom bardment from allied warship. The nuvy reported thut tho American destroyer Hilary P. Jones and tho French cruiser Duguuy Trouln hud a "satisfac tory" time Sulurdny against German shore Installations ' in the Mentono region, naar tho Italian border, The destroyer blnstrd ma chlno gun nests, while tho French ship' fired nmre than 450 roinulH ol enemy batteries, pillboxes mid troops. Iff A j Br .5a'i " ' Iff -XV LATEST WORLD . NEWS :i.a " : wtiui - 0 .. not Kino Sentenced to Ol LONnnv "II ...A . ""ber of ? S. cr hud been H,'.i om mil ..loners loZttltnr? now Gerinii, nt which woulJ'C the l)rouln,,t suld ,0ul" P i no six convici'ed wm, lussell, Inrmer nnri Wt to Bom?: Count Z? yon ueii.iorr, former ." ' "711-: TrVilt'fftt.. secretary 11 i, lni lorulB,, afhiir, 1 liinu a former dep.,",. .misclinei-, former Hiwi! k ler nf .he Inlenor; & cr, an attorney. J0"' "in Meet PrincipoU p. m- In thcKUlliS He will spml, Tuci,y 1 nt a dlnner-mrellng for of he hlmnnll, cnunly Q of he flSTA lo bo held i , 'r run enfn m a ,. " ' i'- in. 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