m
SIMM nnnT)
rfo)
IMS
lay's Sews
i Hv FRANK JENKINS
THK American Flint army's
clrivo Into Iho Slurried linn
dofaimi's north of Aachen In still
the hot spot ol Iho wnr nowit,
A. ll....i.l,.lt lu-l hnfrifn nnnn
Mtyt It mis broken through tho
VlJnol nriAvi iiiudi ui wum
..I'HMciillnMa nn.l fmiiftit Id
wy four miles forward from tho
Jump-off point.
' (In thin kind of fighting, four
jnilOi 18 a prciiy noon guiiw
vtf . .
I'I'K the reference to tho
if rut li,nw prilll.' ' hn
Siegfried (wostwnll) Una isn
Just oii solid wiill. The Hinder
TlA I.. ,i.,fIMIWJ, I.. Hi.tilli.
which menus Unit when ono lino
In broken nnothur (probably not
SO ilionuj ill vncuuiiiiTii.'u.
l Am w,w IflffMlMn Itlln Inn
luccwfiilly passed until we davit
BROKEN CLEAR THROUGH
mII . II. ....a iiniiMttilUM ,l,f,initt.N.
l UI.'MU puvvvn.T. ............. ...
(Wo hud already dented tho lino
HOIIU I OI ftllCUUIl UllU Will liuu-
ably try to Join these bulges und
aurrounci ino cuy.i
irriHE British todny uro roor
.i i.. I... n. H M I n U 11
CU I" wv ,,. - - -
...... i. ii. iiwi Nllmeuon
'corridor for heavy blow smith
Ot Arnnem. mo '"
here hnvo been heavily bombed,
which 1 apt to bo a prelude to
ft ground attncR.
hnODAY'S most dramatic nowi
.9 .. I liv flnn.
IS IHO llllii""v-...-... - -
rral Bor (Tadous Komorowski)
that roles in wnrmiw
ceased nil resistance some ol
At ..........n.lAi-litfr nnrl somo
fighting their wuy across the
Vistula to Join tho Russians.
yrjirruiw is onm iu ......v.. --
completely destroyed as was
Stalingrad. . , ,
rpO us outsiders, who know
X ...I i.nt iiiiIa nrA told
by Iho Insiders, there seems to
po a groin tu'Hi iiiiiv wwt ii i
Hie eye in connection wwi nw
Polish patriot uprising in nm
Wc can't help feeling that the
v. i.n..ni fnuoiii nit hnrd
JUiri"n iiiiY.i ......... . , . ,
. tl..... ...fl,t linvrt follllht . tO
xollovo them. Since no no
doubts lor even a inoinvm
lighting prowess of tho Russian
armies, Iho thought naturally
occurs to us that there may be
political reasons back of what
Ml Happened. . ,. t
muie nr.iw.rni rtnr who led tho
i Warsaw uprising takes his
orders from tho Polish govern-
mnt.ln.nxll in London. A
price has been placed on his
fiend by both tho Germans and
the soviet-supported Polish na
tional liberation committee
whole headquarters aro In Moa-
w . ii.:
' Moscow has no use for ln
rollsh govcrnmonwtvexiie in
London. Instead, it Is backing
41.. TJ..II.U ri.tlnn Innllnnnl lib
eration committee) that holds
forth In itussin.
w mi- lna vnniin
explanation of what has hap
pened In Wnrsaw Is that the
Polos there Hisvuiicu iuu
SOON, and so It was Impossible
to rescue them from tho fato
thcy had brought upon them
iclvea by acting prematurely.
f-' '
I a s Aun ainriii.iitrd hern vestcr-
day, political considerations
Become mixca wun miuuuy sun-
.U.ulnna ...lira untir thf-lr
Jnovltnblo ond and Iho victors
begm to look lorwnra 10 mo
bost-war future and tho national
advantages to bo gained in tho
settlement.
' It: Is hurd to escape at least
the pusplclon that theso political
..Hl..rnllna nint hnun hnnn
KUIIBIML'.o.iuiia I....J
back of what has happened to the
VOiCB who luugiu nuuii i"
Warsaw,
J Ifor our own goon, wo nmci
leans nuiKt remember that Eur
ope la being KK-uiviutu nuo
NEW spheres of Influence. To
thlnk olhcrwlse, wo would have
to disregard EVERY lesson ot
history. ,
! Thl process Is n pnrt of tho
political wnrfnro that mnrches
tide by sklo with tho military
warfare,
f-
"ALLIED troops aro reported to
ty havo landed toduy on Crcto.
The Germans aro nppurontly get
ting out of Greece and tho
Aegean islands (of which Crete
is one) as rapidly as possible.
It Is fnlrly well accepted that
in tha RE-DIVISION of Europe,
Greece will bo Included in the
BrlOsh sphcro of hifluonco,
E Hit Pacific Is still quiet except
for our day in Bnd day out
itrucllnn of Jap ships and
Manes. It Is announced today in
tan Francisco that our highest
5avy officers, Including Admlrnl
King1 from Washington and
Hlitntm from Pearl Harbor havo
lust concluded a conference on
lap war strategy with Navy Scc-
eiary rorrcsuu. inuv nuu"
nean inni mo iun is buuui w
nokon. .
Chungking says tho Jans aro
lartlnu an Invasion of Fukion
iwiillnnn tWnnnrM nrlnplwil
WUriHtl! IIMULIIUH
Ilty.) Fukion province is . Just
lacK Ot me uap lsiaua uj. rui-
iosa, '
' '. !'
(NT -the home political front,
flnvnrnnp Wnrrcn savs In
Ihtcago:
'The Now Deal giving tnem
li the credit for bolng liberal
ino omsot nas gone io piutun
- IUa ...nni.riil i.nfl.linM clmv
irn vnv wuiivii.ii.ui iiiii.-iiih'u oi.i.rf .
(Continued on Pago Seven) ,
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tntarlain soma of tha mora youthful of 1500 intornesi at a Cr
man InUrnmtnt camp it Vlttal In tha Vosgas mountains of Franca.
Tho lntarnats, oltlitni of the United States and othar Allied
Nations, were freed by French troops of Lieut. Cen. Patton's
third army. (AP Wlrephoto)
China's Fukien Province
Invaded by Japs in Move
To Forestall U. S. Landing
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING. Oct. 3 (!') A
Tokyo communique announced
today an Invasion of Fukien
province on China's cast coast
an ncuon regarded hero as a log.
leal enemy move in plans to
counior any American landing
nn thn rnnat.
Tho handful s of missionaries
and other foreigners living in
Fooehow aro believed already
to have been evacuated, but un-
TO EARLY START
The spud harvest in the
Klnmath basin is progressing
well and got off to an early start
with potatoes being dug for
storage already. Tho shipments
through September were the
henvlcst on record for that
month, but restrictions on the
uao of refrigeration cars, which
was effective October 3, may
havo some effect oh shipments.
At present somo growers arc
shipping In box cars, but there
Is considerable concern duo to
high temperatures In tho Sacra
mento valley ns cars are some
times delayed there for several
days before rcnchlng their desti
nation.
At present there aro 875
Mexican nnllonals along with
800 German prisoners of war
and 1300 migrant lnborcrs cm-
Cloyed In the harvest m tne
nsln area. Five county schools
havo been closed Including Mer
rill. Bonanza, Malln. Henley and
Chlloquin. Tho closing of these
schools provides several hun
dred boys nnd girls for the
harvest as well as a lnrgo num
ber of employees of the schools
such as tenchers, Janitors, bus
drivers, etc,
In addition to this thcro arc
Iho permanent farm laborers
and people going out of towns
to help In tho harvest, although
the number is not known.
Tho last group of Mexican
nationals, numbering 140 are
duo to arrive In Klnmnth coun-
tv October 10. This is tho f nn
shipment of Mexicans that will
be supplied for this nrca.
95-Year Low in
Butter Reported
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 3 (PI
Per capltn butter supplies aro at
a na-yenr low mark nere.
The war food administration
unlet tho 12 pounds per person an.
mini supply Is tho lowest since
tain wncn per capita consump
tion was 13.0 pounds,
MAIL
Klamath Is lagging behind In tha community fund and war
chest campaigns, and there it reason to believe hundreds of
people have not been contacted by solicitors,
These folks are asked today to mall in their contributions
Immediately io the campaign headquarters, 323 Main street.
Make them generous, bating them If possible on a day's pay.
This campaign will benefit the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Camp Fire Girls and Salvation Army locally, various worthy
state agencies, the USO, Seamen's Relief, and relief funds for
tho suffering people of friendly countries.
Please . do not delay longer. Make your check out and mall
It to Campaign Headquarters, 323 Main street.
In The ShaHia-CiiHcudfi Wonderland
less they obtain air passago to a
point farther inland, they may
havo difficulty In getting to Free
China. Tho only existing over
land route requires travel In
eastern Kwangsl province
through a nnrrowing gap of less
man uu mucs, wnicn me japan,
esc aro socklnc to close to e.itob-
.LUli a line between Hongkong
and iviuncnuria.
Fooehow once did a thriving
trade with tho famous New Eng
land ten clippers and, until the
war with Japan was one of the
most important Lnlna coast
ports.
The Japanese, who havo occu-
filcd tho city in the past, expect
o retake it without much diffi
culty. Private reports reaching
Chungking said there were
signs the Japanese were prepar
ing for a drive on Slam from
bases in Honan and Shansl prov
inces. Some observers suggest
ed that Jnpancsc plans in China
might call for an eventual drive
on Chungking from tho north
and south.
FDR Signs Bill
For Reconversion
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3 (PI
President Roosevelt today sign
ed with considerable reluc
tance" legislation setting up re
conversion machinery designed
by congress to help guide the
nation's business nnd manpower
from war to peace.
Two measures were signed in
to low by Mr. Roosevelt. One
set un a surplus property admin
istration to dispose of an esti
mated $100,000,000,000 worth of
surplus war goods: the other cre
ated a mobilization and recon
version agency to replace the of
fice of war mobilization headed
by James F, Byrnes.
Engine Workers
Bnd Strike
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 3 OT)
Almost nil of the midnight shift
of workers at tho navy's Pratt
and Whitney aircraft engine
plant returned to duty last night,
ending a 24-hour work stoppage.
Thomas A. Lyndon, executive
committeeman for the Interna
tional Associntion of Machinists,
AFL. announced shortly before
midnight tho union membership
had accepted a recommendation
of its cxecutlvo committee that
the workers return to work, ns
ordered by tho regional war la
bor board.
The union nnd demanded that
four foremen nnd n group leader
bo discharged and that n dis
charged employe be reinstated.
IT IN
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1944
IPolOS
JAP VESSELS
SUNK: YANKS
Bombers Attack Air
Fields on Island
Groups
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
NEW GUINEA, Oct. 3 P) Nine
more small Japanese freighters
were sunk or damaged by allied
planes combing the bomb-swept
pathway to the Philippines,
headquarters announced today.
Aerial warfare dominated . the
Pacific campaign, as it has before
in temporary Uills preceding new
allied moves.
Patrol planes sank two small
freighters near Manado, north
ern Celebes, damaged four off
Znmboanga, southern Philip
pines, nnd two more near the
Japanese naval base on Amboina
island. Bombers attacked air
fields in the Moluccas and Cele
bes with 134 tons of explosives,
and hit tho Ambolna-Ccram area
with 88 tons.
Government Formed
Ground resistance in the south
ern Palaus, the northern end of
the allied surge toward tne pml
ippincs, was limited to "a few
fnnatical enemy troops," battling
from caves with small arms,
Adm. Chester W. NimiU report
cd yesterday at Pearl Harbor. He
announced formation of a mili
tary government on Angaur,
southernmost- of the invaded Is
lands. Nimitz announced that 55 Jap
anese have been killed for every
ono taken prisoner on Palau
10,151 on Pclellu and Angaur
and 187 taken prisoner.
Field Attacked
Marino pilots broke through
intense anti-aircraft fire to at
tack the Japanese airfield on
Babelthnup, largest in the Palau
chain.
Liberators of the 7th army air
force struck at often-bombed Iwo
Jimn, in the Volcano islands, and
tangled with eight "aggressive"
Nipponese Interceptors. One Lib
erator was shot down and several
others were damaged.
The Japanese also showed in
creased but still ineffective aer
ial aggression in the Southwest
Pacific. Five planes rose to in
tercept an escorted heavy bomb
er raid on airfields clustered
around Kendari, southern Cele
bes. Three were shot down and
a fourth probably was destroyed.
A lone Nipponese bomber,
caught aloft nearby, also was
downed.
- Several enemy planes at
tempted to raid shipping off
American held Morotai Island.
They were driven off and at least
ono was downed by ack-ack,
Copt. Lynn Moore
Missing, Report
Capl. Lynn L. Moore, former
Klnmnth Falls attorney and now
serving with tho U. S. army In-
ranlry somewnere in France, is
reported missing in action by the
wnr department.
Moore's wife, the former Doro
thy Arant of Forest Grove, is
making her home with Capt.
Moore's father, C. P. Moore,
cashier of the Toledo, Ore., bank.
The officer came to Klamath
Falls about six years ngo, prac
ticed law In the IOOF buildine
prior to entering the service two
years ago. He was a member
of reserve officers at the time
war was declared. Moore is a
gradunlo of tho University of
Idaho whero he received his de
gree in law.
Friends here said Moore went
Into Normandy in the D-Dav in-
vaslon.- Dntc thnt ho was report
ed missing was not given by the
war department In the Tuesday
announcement. Mr, and Mrs.
Moore lived at 3rd and Pine dur
ing their residence hero.
Gfmore Detached
To Astoria
Lt. O. G.'GIlmoro, operations
officer at the Klamath naval air
stnlion since it stnrted, Tuesday
had been detached to take the
same position at the Astoria
nnvnl air station.
Lt. Gllmores successor here
is Lt. Commnnder Nels L, A.
Borger, who has been assigned
to tne Klamath station after
overseas service.
MOPUPPALAU
SlTSBlfa'
Allied Forces Land
On Northern Crete,
Doom Nazi Garrison
LONDON, Oct. 3 Ph Strong allied force hare landed 'on
the northwest part of Crete, the Morocco radio asserted today.
The brief announcement, headed by the Associated Press,
gave no details
The German garrison at Crete, however, appeared in a hope
less position in view of the allied occupation earlier of Kythera,
which is between Crete and the mainland of. Greece.
The Germans hare been reported to be withdrawing their
force from the islands ringing the southern tip of Greece, but
there have been no indications that they had evacuated Crete a
CHUNGKING. Oct. 3 (P)
Prime Minister Churchill's use
of the term "lavish" to describe
American help . for China drew
an editorial protest in the Chi
nese press today.
.': Ta Kung Pao, China's most in
fluential, newspaper, said the
world should realize that Britain
and America were not entirely
free from responsibility, at least
morally, . lor (jmna s military
weakness, and that American
lend-lease help to China amount
ed only to one or two per cent
01 tne total given the allies,
v Help Limited
For four Ypiftr' h"f"r" Pearl
Harbor, China fought single
handed,' receiving' only "rather
limited" help from Russia, Amer
ica and' Britain,, the newspaper
said. - Meanwhile she suffered
great. hardship through Britain's
closure of : the Burma road and
"Japanese air. bombings with
American - made bombs and
Amerlcari-supplled gasoline."
After Pearl Harbor, when
America and Britain became her
allies,. China was entitled legiti
mately to ask assistance from
them, the Diiblication continued.
adding that in the battle for Bur
ma, China sacrificed some 50,000
or 60,000 of her best troops, sus
taining a loss mucn greater than
that of Britain.
It added that the "Hitler first"
strategy of the war left China to
(Continued on Page Seven)
NCP AC Charged
With Communism
.WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (P)
Referring to the National
Citizens' Political Action com
mittee as' "the most active"
communist front organization in
the - United , States, J. B. Mat
thews told a Dies sub-committee
today that 82 of the NC
PAC's ! 141 members had pre
viously, cooperated with organi
zations denounced by the attor
ney general as "subversive or
communist."
"Here, if ever,' is a commun
ist front organization," said
Matthews, Dies committee re
search director, after testifying
that the NCPAC was the suc
cessor of the CIO Political Ac
tion committee he stated that
"on the basis of past perform
ance," it could be expected
that the individuals he listed
would "follow the communist
line."
Advance on
American Infantry captured Monghldoro, l6 miles south of
Bologna, as Gormani threw troop Into a counterattack on the
Bologna-Rimlnt highway. Solid line Is approximate battlefront,
with the Yank capture of Monghldoro extending the bulge near
the center of the map. f
Octobtr 3, 1944
Max. (Oct. i) :...:;;..'.77 Mln.
Prtcipltttion last 24 hours
Strm yr to date
Normal - .-..-.....03 -Last ysar
Foracastt Wsrmtr.
symbol of one of tne nazis
greatest triumphs in the days
when Hitler was on the march.
Allied headquarters in Rome
recently announced that Crete
had been blockaded by allied"
naval lorces and reported con
tinuing air attacks on nazi in
stallations on the island.
Commandos Land -
A dispatch last night from
Associated Press- Correspondent
Stephen Berber in the Mediter
ranean said British commandos
landed unopposed on the island
of Kythera the night of Septem
ber 15. A week before a garri
son of 150 Germans had fled
after destroying a wireless sta
tion they maintain there.
- British and Canadian naval
units carried . the . commandos
to the tiny island from Italy.
Located 120 miles south of
Athens and six miles from the
southernmost tip of the Pelo
ponnesus, it was the- first Greek
territory liberated by- the Brit
ish, .; .
. Welcomed -'-v-
They were given a - joyful
welcome- by the island's ' 9000
inhabitants. . .
Boldly and ' unmolested ' In
waters where - many "of. her
sister warships fought a losing
battle with the German air
force more than three years
ago, the British1 cruiser. Black
Prince shelled the Maleme air
drome on , Crete' last Saturday
night. i
The shelling was intended to
knock out the field from which
big Junkers-52 transports have
been evacuating nazi personnel.
Despite bad weather, Balkan
air force planes attacked, nazi
troop concentrations, gun posi
tions and shipping in the port of
Zara on the Dalmatian coast.
Allied headquarters remained
silent, however, on the activity
of allied forces in the Adriatic,
Albania and other Balkan
areas.
Landtord Sues
OP A Officiais ;
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (tP)
A landlord who was accused by
the office of price administra
tion with rent overcharges--one
of 25 cents today filed
a $2000 damage suit against
five OPA officials, including
National - Director ' Chester
Bowles. (
Victor Malley, in his answer
and cross complaint to an OPA
suit against him last month in
which he was accused of over
charging one tenant 25 cents
and two. others $2.25, seeks
damages for humiliation, annoy
ance and. loss of time.
He said the first two alleged
overcharges were due to an
employe's error and that the
last was not an overcharge..
Italy Front
Adriatic
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Number 10278
CITY NEARLY
DESTROYED
T
Fate of General Bor,
Polish Leader,
Unknown
By ALEX H. SINGLETON
LONDON, Oct. 3 OT Polish
patriots gave up their 63-day
battle to wrest battered and be
sieged Warsaw from the Ger
mans last night, and an escaped
Polish officer told Moscow
newspapers' that thousands of
insurgents had crossed the Vis
tula to Russian lines, defying
surrender orders.'
"Warsaw -fs as greatly des
troyed as Stalingrad," the of
ficer, was quoted in Moscow as
saying. "There is no longer any
resistance in any part of War
saw.", Reports Confirmed
Polish army headquarters in
London confirmed earlier Mos
cow, and. Berlin dispatches say
ing that Lt. Gen. Tadeusz (Bor)
Komorowski, new exiled Polish
commander in chief, had given
up the fight
.. The German communique said
Warsaw- tiad' been "almost com
l (Continued on Page Seven).
Bombers Break
Sea Wall, Flood
Nazis on Island
- w..., i Hun
dreds of British heavy bombers
ureacnea - ine seawall guarding
me uuicn island ol Walchercn
With six-ton- hnmhe Inrinv anH
sent the North sea pouring over
uerman installations denying
the allies use of the great Belgian
port of Antwerp, 35 miles farth
er down the Schelde estuary.
The British struck after 1700
American planes attacked war
industries and airfields at the
south Orman
berg, Gaggenau and Giebelstadt.
Smith Defends
"America First"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 '(V)
Gerald L..K. Smith told a house
committee today his America
First party never sought to
'undermine the war effort,"
adding that his own son was
wounded with Merrill's Marau
ders in Burma.
Smith was questioned by
Chairman Anderson (D-N. M.)
of the campaign expenditures
committee about literature his
organization distributed deal
ing with rationing and with his
country's relations with Russia
and Britain.
"We did not oppose the ra
tioning program ns a whole,"
Smith insisted. "We Just didn't
like Harry Hopkins giving
$5000 parties with five kinds
of meat and Secretary Wlckard
hoarding 500 pounds of butter
and 700 pounds of lard in a
freezer on his farm while tell
ing Americans they had to pull
in their belts."
Troops Take Monghidoro
In Drive Held Up by Mud
By' NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, Oct. 3 (P) American
Infantry, captured Monghidoro,
an important road junction 18
miles due south of Bologna, as
the fifth army plowed slowly
northward yesterday through the
Appennines in a drive still handi
capped by deep mud.
The British eighth army's at
tack on the Adriatic sector was
brought to a complete standstill
by the flooded Fiumicino river
behind which the Germans are
strongly entrenched.
1 Nails Counterattack ' .
The Germans counterattacked
Americans on the dominant
heights of Monte Battaglia and
Monte Cappella which command
a road joining the important Bologna-Rimini
highway at Imola,
11 miles away. ..- t
, On the road to Imola itself,
enemy- resistance remained
strong. The farthest Doint of ad-
Vance was Carseggio, roughly a
SECOND U)
BREACH MADE
1
Drive Threatens Towrj
With Encirclement; '
- Ubach Captured
By JAMES M. LONG
LONDON, Oct. 3 fP) Amer.
ican troops broke through tha
Siegfried line above Aachen tor
day, the first army announced,
scoring a second major breach,
in the German wcstwall. A fouri
mile drive, threatening Aachea
with encirclement, carried
through a belt of concrete fort
and put the doughboys almost
astride the main highway run
ning north of that fortress city
of the Siegfried line. Other first
army men broke through tha
wall below Aachen more than
two weeks ago, and pushed east
ward. "We are definitely through
the old Siegfried line and we
have a second major breach," an
officer told AP Correspondent
Don Whitehead at the front.
"There are still fortifications and
anti-tank defenses ahead of us
which the Germans built recent
ly." '
Towns Taken
The German towns of Ubach
and Palenberg were captured,
along with Rimerg castle. Thirty-nine
pillboxes were knocked
out, and from 400 to 500 pris
oners were taken.
, .Simultaneously, in the battle
for Holland, RAF heavy bombers
breached the sea wall guarding
the Dutch island of Walcheren,
sending water over German in-'
stallations. .
Widespread Action
"Most of the front was in ac
tion. American armor was knock
ing the Germans out of Over
loon, southeast of Nijmegen. Far
ther south; U. S. cavalry units
near Havert 20 miles north of
Aachen were forced back;
across the Wurm river last night,
but counterattacked today and
regained lost positions.
The U. S. third army was as- .
saulting a main fortress guard
ing Me.tz. British and Canadian
armies fought against stubborn
German resistance in Holland
and Belgium. ;
. Inside Germany
Ubach, defended by troops 'or
dered to hold or be shot, is nine
miles north of Aachen, and three
(Continued on Page Seven)
Details of Fatal
Hunting Accident
Reported Here
Details of the fatal hunting"
accident which took the life of
James E. Warde, 29, Medford,
were brought back to Klamath;
Falls Monday night from the Fin
ley Corrals country by Sheriff
Lloyd L. Low.
According to Low, four men
in Warde's party were sitting
on a log about two miles south
east of the corrals just off the
Quartz mountain road at about
10:30 a. m. Monday. A hunter
scared a deer into the clearing
ano me lour men reacned lor
their guns. David Warde of
Portland, brother of James, had
a bead on the deer and Just as
he pulled the trigger, James
ran m the line of fire. The bul
let struck Warde in the head
and he fell. . , r
Body of the Medford radioj
technician who is survived by an
wife and two young daughters,-'
was moved to Lakeview by Ows-:
ley Funeral home. Remains will ,
be sent to Medford for burial. ,.
A: second fatal accident in
Oregon was reported from Col-,
ton, near Portland, when Mrs.
Loren Jordan of that place,
mother of nine children, was
killed while deer hunting with
her husband and relatives. Cor
oner Ray Rilance said Mrs. Jor
dan's brother-in-law fired the fa-
tal shot at a movement he took
to be a deer passing by.
mile behind the strongholds on
the two peaks.
In addition to capturing Mong
hldora, toward .Bologna along
highway 65 (the Floience-Bolog-,
na highway), fifth army troops
took Cetlrechia, three miles west
of the highway and, 181 miles
south of Bologna. !
! On the Italian west coast
where the Brazilian expedition
ary force has been slugging
steadily forward, Monte Mona
was captured. ' ,
Gain Bound '
Units moving north in the Scr
chio river valley have gained In
the vicinity of Pian Delia Roccit
and Fornoli. On their immedi
ate right, negro troops of the
American B2nd infantry division
driving up the Pisa-Modena road
reached a point 14 miles north
west of Pistola.
. Heavy rains and heavy traffic
made many bypasses on the fifth,
army front unusable, thus lim
iting advances in a) sectors.
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