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The El Reno Daily Tribune
Single Copy, Five Cents
(ll.fi) MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Wednesday, July 19, 1944
(iF) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Truman,Douglas
Reported High
Delegates Discussing
Roosevelt’s Choices
For Vice President
CHICAGO STADIUM. July 19—</P>
—President Roosevelt war report-
ed authoritatively to have listed
Senator Harry Truman of Missouri
and Supreme Court Justice William
O Douglas as his second and third
choices for the vice presidential
nomination at the Democratic con-
vention opening today
Word of the president's choices—
he previously had endorsed Vice
President Henry A Wallace as his
No. 1 selection — spread rapidly
among delegates as they filtered In-
to Chicago's huge Stadium for the
convention's first session
lliose In a position to know said
that a communication from the
piesident to National Chairman
Robert E Hannegan led to the ac-
tion of War Mobilization Director
James F Byrnes In directing earl-
ier In the day that his name not be
placed in nomination for second
| place.
Truman's Support Grows
Bvrnes wrote Senator Burnet
Maybank of South Carolina that “In
i deference to the wishes of the pres-
| ident" he was not a candidate. Pre-
viously he had been one of the
I leading contenders for a nomina-
tion which Wallace Is campaigning
for personally.
The president's reported listing of
Truman, who has the support of
the 32-votc Missouri delegation, gave
swift impetus to a drive his friends
to make him the leading contender
against Wallace.
Meantime, the.national committee
announced President Roosevelt will
address the convention by radio
Thursday night—after his certain
renominatton for a fourth term.
He Is not In Washington but under
voluntary wartime censorship it was
not permitted to make public the
place from which he Is to speak un-
less Mr. Roosevelt himself chooses
so to do.
The president's activity served to
put the convention in a different
light than the free and open con-
clave for which Mr Roosevelt had
declared when he said he favored
Wallace but that the decision would
be up to the delegates.
Definite Nod Awaited
Indeed many delegates—pushing
and shoving through the aisles of
this great hall or knotted in hotel
lobbies downtown—awaited only the
president's definite nod to make up
their minds in Ibe vice presidential
race.
While President Roosevelt's re-
nominatlon Is certain, some anti-
fourth term delegates were reported
determined to prevent It from being
made unanimous.
It became known that one of the
four Florida delegates pledged to
support Senator Harry Byrd would
formally nominate the Virginian
for the presidency.
Side of Theatre lc ’own in by Explosion
The entire sice wall of this Port Chicago, Calif., theatre was blown in by the -force of the terrific
explosion that rocked the entire area Tuesday when two ammunition ships exploded in the nearby
harbor The theatre was filled, but only two persons In the audience were Injured. (NEA Telephoto.)
Navy Shipyards
Need Workers
WASHINGTON. July 19 —UP)—
Ralph Bard, undersecretary of the
navy, reported today a shortage of
30,000 workers in navy shipyards
and production plants, "principally
on the Pacific coast ”
He said that the Increase In the
navy’s production program In the
last six months of 1944 will be
approximately 10 percent above
the program for the first half of
the year. In the first six months
of next year, he said, on Increase
of approximately 3 percent In
the building program Is anticipated
An end to the war In Europe,
he said, is not expected to affect
the program.
“Our battle of production," he
^sald, “will end only with the de-
feat of Japan."
Wounded Marine Uses
Cellophane for Cup
OLYMPIA. Wash . July 19—'UJ!)—
Scant heed is paid by the average
person to the cellophane wrapping
on a pack of cigarettes. But to
Private First Class Robert V. Mc-
Namara. 20-year-old marine who
was wounded on Tarawa. It will al-
ways have an especial significance.
McNamara relates that he was
wounded in both legs during the
early hours of the Tarawa assault.
He crawled beneath a damaged Jap-
anese fire truck and lay for hours,
unable to move and maddened by
thirst that was aggravated by the
slow dripping of water from an un-
reachable spigot on the truck.
Remembering, finally, a pack of
cigarettes he carried, McNamara re-
moved the cellophane wrapper, and,
stretching to a point beneath the
spigot, he cupped the cellophane in
his hands to catch the tepid water.
“It was the best drink I ever had
in rcy life," McNamara said.
Traffic Cases
Crowd Courts
Drunken and Reckless
Driving Is Charged
One motorist was assessed a
fine for drunk driving and another !
was fined for reckless driving In |
Canadian county court today, while '
three others were ordered to pay |
fines for reckless driving when
they were arraigned in Justice of
peace court, records at the court-
house disclosed.
Robert Loral Anderson, Enid,
charged wfth driving a motor ve-
hicle while under the Influence
of liquor, was assessed a fine of
$100 and court costs when he plead-
ed guilty at his arraignment be-
fore Judge Roy M. Faubion In
county court. Information filed by
William L. Funk, county attorney,
charged Anderson with driving on
U. S. highway 66 a mile west of
El Reno earlier today while In an
Intoxicated condition. The com-
plaint was signed by W. E. Shackel-
ford, state highway patrolman.
Thomas Burrell Lee, Oklahoma
City, charged with reckless driv-
ing on U. S. highway 66 two miles
east of El Reno on July 18, was
assessed a fine of *10 and costs
when he pleaded guilty at his ap-
pearance .before Judge Faubion.
Complaint against Lee was signed
by Connely Sanders, state high-
way patrolman.
Three defendants pleading guilty
of reckless driving at their ar-
raignments before I. W Alexander
In Justice of peace court were
fined $10 each and ordered to pay
court costs. They were Vollle Phil-
lips of Clinton, charged with reek-
leas driving on U. S. highway 66
west of El Reno early today. R. L
Reaves of Sentinel, charged with
reckless driving on highway 66 five
miles west of El Reno today, and
Bert R Powell, El Reno, charged
with retkle&s driving on highway
66 east of El Reno July 18. Com-
plaints against Reaves and Powell
were signed by Shackelford while
the complaint against Phillips was
signed by Sanders.
Did You Hear
/^HESTER E. WALLACE, serv-
ing In the navy, has beert
promoted to seaman first class
at San Francisco, Calif., where
he Is stationed at the fleet post-
office. His wife and daughter
reside at 420 South Roberts
avenue. He Is the son of Mr
and Mrs. W H. Wallace of near
Okarche.
Allen Davis, son of Mrs. Bert
Hensley, 116 North Macomb
avenue, was accepted for service
In the navy Tuesday and now
Is awaiting further orders here.
Mrs. Hensley has another son,
Wilson Burns, who Is an ap-
prentice seaman at the Far-
ragut. Idaho, navy base.
Forrest W. Blanton, 24. son
of Mr. and Mrs. Truman A.
Blanton of Stinnett, Tex, form-
erly of El Reno, is receiving his
initial indoctrination at the
Great Lakes. 111., naval train-
ing center.
Trial Is Ordered
On Assault Count
After a preliminary hearing was
conducted before Judge Roy M
Faubion in Canadian i „unty court
Tuesday, Sam Bailey, 43-year-old
El Reno negro, was bound to dis-
trict court tor trial on a charge
of assault with a dangerous wea-
pon with Intent to do bodily harm
without intent to kill Bond was
set at *1,500
Bailey allegedly snot another
negro. LeRoy Carter, 34, of 810
West Arapaho street, during an
altercation on the afternoon ot
June 25 In the 500 block of West
Foreman street, where Bailey op-
erates a cafe.
Carter received only a flesh
wound in the upper part of Mj
1-ft arm.
Lee Harvey, chief of pollcj who
convicted the Investigation of the
Shooting, signed the complaint
against Bailey.
Fine Assessed For
Disturbing Peace
Sergeant. Everett O. Wilson, 22. of
Camp Gruber, was fined $11 In
municipal court this morning when
he plearfed guilty to a charge of
disturbing the peace, according to
records of Lee Harvey, chief of po-
lice.
He was arrested about 7 p. m.
Tuesday In the 100 block West Hay-
es street. The complaint, signed by
Lieutenant Harold W Knox,
charged him with disturbing the
peace by threatening his wife.
Volcano Dooms
Area in Mexico
Two Towns Engulfed
By Molten Lava ,
MEXICO CITY, July 19—|/P>—
Millions of tons of molten lava
pom lng along a 25-mlle front from
Parlcutln. Mexico's newborn vol-
cano, have engulfed two towns and
are threatening to wipe out three
others.
Parlcutln, the town from which
the volcano takes its name, and
Parangarlcutiro already are burled.
The lava Is moving 200 yards
a day toward three other towns
which have been partly evacuated.
Residents also are leaving other
village* farther ahead
Highways leading from the doom-
ed region 200 miles west of here
are crammed with caravans ol
Tarascan Indians swarming to
higher ground with such belong-
ings—animals and household ef-
fects—as they could hastily scrape
together.
Earthshaking explosions are heard
at more' or less regular Intervals
from the elevated center of the
sea of lava. At each explosion a
higher wave of melted stone pushes
cut from the volcanco born in
February 1943
Vehicles Damaged
In Collision
Minor damage was caused to one
vehicle In a collision between two
passenger cars about 10 p. m Tues-
day In the 300 block South Bick-
ford avenue. Police Chief Lee Han’
vey reported today. •
Claude D. Parsons. 62, of Moun-
tain Park, driving a 1936 mode!
coupe, was backing out of a garage
on the east side of the street, and
Leslie A. Werger, 23. of 618 South
Miles avenue, was driving by, going
north, In a 1939 model coupe
Parsons backed into the right rear
of the Werger automobile, damag-
ing It an estimated $10, according
to the accident report.
Bombers Pound
Prime Targets
South Germany Feels
Destructive Assaults
LONDON, July 19—<U.R)— More
than 1,200 American heavy bomb-
ers attacked eight war plants, air-
dromes and rail y%rds in south
Germany today, hammering home
; destructive assaults on prime tar-
' gets scattered through a 250-mlle
long swathe of the relch.
The great armada of Flying
Fortresses and Liberators, escorted
by some 750 fighters, smashed at
the German war potential In an
area bounded by Munich, Schweln-
furt, Koblenz and Saarbrucken.
and hit the French border town
of Strasbourg.
Swinging away from the Nor-
mandy battlefront after taking
part In the biggest concentrated
bombardment of all time, the eighth
air force carried the war back t8
the relch in one of Its most wide-
spread attacks on the. Nazi home-
land
Objectives Revealed
The (daylight attack in force
followed one of comparable scope
by the Royal air force, which
sent night raiders against the
continent for assaults all the way
from Berlin to the Normandy
battle zone.
The Berlin radio reported that
American bombers from Italy Joln-
i ed In the daylight offensive, team-
' lng with those from Britain for
a dual attack on Munich. The
enemy report lacked immediate
■ confirmation.
A communique announcing the
eighth air force bombardment, car-
ried out in generally clear wea-
] ther that enabled the American
bombardiers to pin - point their
! targets, listed the following ob-
jective*:
1. A Messerschmitt 109 con.
ponents plant at Kempten, south-
west of Augsburg and about 35
miles northeast of the Swiss bor-
| der.
2. A chemical factory at Hollrelg-
elskreuth, on the outskirts of
Munich, which makes oxygen and
! hydrogen.
3. Ball bearing plants at Sehweln-
furt.
4 Rail yards at Coblenz snd
Saarbrucken. as well as at Stras-
bourg.
5. German air force stations
at Lechfeld, Leiphelm and Lsup-
helm, all In the region of Augs-
burg.
In Huge Formation
Strong forces of Mustang,
i Thunderbolt and Lightning fight-
I ers. also of the eighth air force,
i escorted the Fortresses and Lib-
erators.
The bombers left Britain In one
huge formation and fanned out In
individual task forces at the Ger-
man border, each taking with It
a part of the fighter escort.
The Hollrlegclskreuth chemical
plant at Munich was believed to
be manufacturing chemicals used
In the launching of flying bombs
Jap Defenses On
Guam Shelled
At Close Range
Battleships Move In
To Pick Targets On
Strategic Island
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR.
July 19 —UP)— Battleships using
spotter planes are blowing up
Japanese defenses on Guam at a
can’t-mlss range while southwest
Pacific bombers send to the ocean
bottom the men and supplies need-
ed by other hard-pressed enemy
garrisons.
This outline of late . develop-
ments—piled on those which al-
ready have caused Japan to re-
shuffle top army and navy posts—
was sketched today In reports by
Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz and
General Douglas Mac Arthur.
Enemy Guns Silenced
Nimltz said that battleships bat-
tering Guam Sunday for the sec-
ond straight day moved In closer
to pick their targets and that
enemy anti-aircraft guns firing on
the spotter planes were cllenced by
off-shore destroyers. Cruisers also
Joined In the attack.
MacArthur announced new aerial
blows against Japanese shipping
In the southwest Pacific.
Ships laden with Jap soldiers,
ammunition and fuel are being
spotted by bombers off Halma-
hera Island, Indicative of enemy
concern over outpost defenses for
the Philippines. MacArthur said
today his air patrols left a 3,000-
ton freighter transport afire and
dead in the water In that vicinity
Tuesday.
Japs Offer Explanation
The reshuffle In the heads of
the Japanese army and navy was
explained as a “gigantic step to-
ward strengthening the national
defense structure.” by a government
spokesman today.
The explanation of the changes
wa3 made In a Tokyo broadcast
by E1J1 Amau, head ol the Im-
perial Information board, who said
the new chiefs now “could de-
vote their total eflorts entirely
toward their respective duties.”
Toll Near 350
In Explosions
Reconstruction Starts
At West Coast Port
PORT CHICAGO, Calif., July 19
—)JP)—Reconstruction of the navy's
Port Chicago ammunition depot
began today as the death toll In
the nation's worst wartime ex-
plosion approximated 350.
All available construction work-
ers were urged to report Imme-
diately to the devastated area
where the explosion of two am-
munition ships late Monday night
shattered the munitions base and
the town of 1,500 as well.
The blasts, two seconds apart,
shook 14 counties and their earth-
quake-like effects were felt 80
| miles away.
The cause remained undeter-
mined. Navy and federal bureau
of Investigation agents were on
hand but the devestatlon left
little to investigate.
“There are no close survivors
to give evidence of what happen-
ned.” sold Captain N. H. Goss,
who had Jurisdiction over the
depot.
An exact count of the dead was
difficult because the explosions
were so terrific they killed with-
out leaving a trace of Identifi-
cation. Only four bodies had been
recovered last night.
Truck Tire Shortage
To Be Discussed
TULSA. July 19—rtJ.R)—An esti-
mated 400 persons are expected here
tonight to attend a meeting of offi-
cials of the office of defense trans-
portation to discuss the critical
truck tire shortage.
Representatives are expected from
Texas, Arkansas. Kansas, Missouri
and Oklahoma
First Lady's Attendance
At Convention Is Urged
CONVENTION HEADQUAR-
TERS. July 19 —!U.R>— Democratic
National Committeewoman Mrs. O
H. Cafky of Forgan, Okla., warrfs
other commltteewomen to urge Mrs.
Franklin D Roosevelt to attend the
j party's national convention. ,
Mrs. Cafkv pleaded for an urgent
Invitation to the first lady on
grounds that “the women need the
inspiration of her presence.” She
told commltteewomen at their an-
nual dinner last night that 60 per-
cent of the voters next fall would be
women.
Garbage Haulers
Return to Work
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 19—UP)
—The city's 99 garbage truck drivers
and helpers who quit vesterday re-
turned to work today pending pres-
entation to the city council next
Tuesday ol their petition for a *1-
a-day pay increase.
City Manager C F. Aurand ha<J
planned to declare the Jobs vacant
tomorrow morning If the men re-
mained idle.
Veteran Gives Inside Tips About Inside of Tanks
Even in Cold Weather
They Are Hottest Spot
Sergeant Meyer Returns
From Service in Alaska
Staff Sergeant Mervel J. Meyer
is home on furlough from Alaska
where he has served as chief clerk
In the adjutan( general’s section
of the llth air force the past 26
months. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Meyer, of near Yukon,
while his wife resides in Oklahoma
City. A brother. Staff Sergeant
Dayton K. Meyer. Is serving with
the air forces In Italy.
Sergeant Meyer Is a nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Slier, 521
South Ellison avenue.
PAWHUSKA, July 18—<U.R>—’The
hottest place In the W3r—in any
kind of weather—Is the Inside of
a tank, says Technical Sergeant
Marshall, tank corps veteran who
has been assigned as an Instructor
at Camp Phillips, Kan
"Tanks are hot when they are
running, even In cold weather," he
said. ‘Their three-inch hides get
hot through and tnrough In wea-
ther like we are having now Anri
they stay hot all night and all
day until the weather changes.
“When the engines are running
we get a little fresh air through
ventilator slits and gun ports"
He said the “worst enemy” of
the tank was the Germans' rocket
guns, similar to the U. S. army's
famed bazooka
“And I suppose the Japs have
them, too," he said.
"The bazooka projectlcle maybe
won't come through the three-
inch hide of a heavy tank but
when It strikes, it sticks, snd the
explosion kills the crew by con-
cussion.
"It Is effective around 300 yards
and does Its worst Job at about
that distance.
“Tanks aren't affected much by
such shells as are fired by the
75 mm. guns. The shock knocks
the crew a little silly, but it
doesn't kill the men. It takes the
bazooka or rocket to do that."
He pointed out that If the shells
break a track on a tank, the
crew Is helpless until assistance
arrives from other tanks of the
outfit to protect it.
“If the crew members got out
to repair the track, they would
be picked off by rifle fire,” he
added.
El Reno Women
Helping in War
17-Month Record Set
By Six Commuters
OKLAHOMA CITY. July 19 —
(Special)—What are El Reno wo-
men doing In war production? Plen-
ty, according to a story which came
to light at the Oklahoma City plant
of the Douglas Aircraft company
this week.
Six Patrolmen
Assigned Here
Reckless Driving
Clean-Up Started
Oklahoma highway patrolmen,
long conspicuous by their absence
on the highways of Canadian coun-
ty, have moved back in force
with the Intention of ending much
of the reckless driving common
to this area.
Six El Reno women have com- S1* °"lceir* formln* a !Peclal
trouble-shooting squad moved Into
muted to and from the Douglas
plant for the last 17 months in a
1936 model car that has made it to
the Douglas parking lot on time
every working day but three, when
it was late by only a few minutes
That doesn't account for one week
when a rented 1924 Jalopy, adorned
with sets of cowhorns on the ra-
diator. plnch-hlt for their share-the-
rlde steed, but the carload made It
to the plant O. K. to maintain their
service record.
El Reno late Tuesday and plan
to remain here as long as their
presence Is considered more neces-
sary here than anywhere else in
the state.
Tuesday night they started their
clean-up of Canadian county high-
ways with 11 arrests, 10 of them
for reckless driving and the other
for drunken driving.
Green In Charge
Captain Charlie Green Is head
of the special squad, and patrol-
The stlck-to-ltlveness displayed by men are Connely Sanders. W. E.
these former El Reno housewives Is Shackelford, Joe Lenochann, I. W.
the kind which has made possible Manley and A- N. Davis,
the outstanding production record The men operate as a unit,
achieved by the Oklahoma City being assigned temporarily to what-
Douglas plant, which only last ever localities In the state ap-
month delivered Its 2,000th C-47 parently are most In need of spe-
cargo transport plane and whose j clal attention,
employment representative, W. P.1 The squad was ordered Into
Barnhill, will be In El Reno all day Canadian county because of the
Thursday, July 20, on a search for
more potential El Reno aircraft-
builders. Barnhill will be at the
Canadian county clerk's office to
Interview Job applicants.
Complete Picture Given
heavy traffic here and the large
number of accidents occurring In
this area recently.
Manpower Shortage Felt
Before the war three state high-
way patrolmen were stationed here
Five of the El Reno swlngshlft re*«l"ly. but manpower shortages
who have stuck together these 17 ln stat* f"rce «***"? reducUo1]
months are former housewives. °f staff here„t,° two m'n and
Working ln as many different de- lnal,y to one officer, and when
partments of the big plant, they he en ered tlae navy there was
give something of a complete pic- no_^rep acealen
ture as to how the big C-47s. which Despltfe *e(avy |‘c °yer hlf‘
led the invasion as paratroop car- *’ays of vlclnl(y' ,there 1’8S
Hers are hum i been no hl8hway patrolman sta-
, ,, ,rl .... tioned here permanently since last
Mrs. Leila Vian. the driver, Is % March
leadglrl over several workers in the ‘ " ‘__
cowling department, which assem-
bles the aluminum covers for the
twin engines and Installs the intri-
cate hydraulic control lines. Her
12-year-old son and 10-year-old
daughter keep house and stay up
with their lessons, too. Her hus-
band. a master sergeant ln the
Koch Endorsed
For Legion Head
MIAMI, Fla.. July 19 —OJ.R)—The
Floyd L. Perry post of the Amer-
ican Legion has added Its en-
. . , „ , , , dorsement to that of a number of
army, has been In Italy the last Qther ltJte ^ backing j. B
mon s- Koch, Norman painting contractor,
Mrs. Lennle Grant, whose husband f the Job of d6partment com-
is a lieutenant In the air forces. mander at the state con_
overseas began at Douglas as a ventlon lr Sept 2 through
riveter, but recently transferred to Cept 4
work Installing the cables which
Koch served with the Rainbow
control the planes maneuvers In, dlvlston durlng World War j and
flight
Mrs. Cubbage Doing Bit
made an outstanding record. He
Is a graduate of the University of
Mrs. Cora Cubbage has six grand- Oklahoma and Is prominent ln
children, but puts ln a full shift :clvlc affatrs at Norman as well
each day, and, until recently, seven as work.
days a week, installing parapack _ __
racks ln the flying transports. These in r i k i
racks hold packs of supplies and; D69V6T LOWIlY AQ6F1!
ammunition which are fastened r i l| r Si
under the plane and parachuted to] u6‘S “9Vy LOITUTIISSIOn
paratroopers as they float to the
ground.
BEAVER. July 19—<U.R>—Walter
Schnelle, Beaver county farm agent.
Her husband, Guy Cubbage. as- ha£ reslgned his position to enter
sisted by the husband of Mrs Gla- the u. 3 navy as a u«uten*nt Jun-
(PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 21
Youth Shot Accidentally
By Brother on Furlough
lor grade, the county commissioners
announced today.
Active !r. civic work. Schnelle
served as chairman of the third,
fourth and fifth war bond drives,
the United War Chest and the
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 19—(U.R)! county Red Cross campaigns. He
—A verdict of accidental death was had been county agent here since
returned today by Justice of the 1935.
Peace Otis D. James in the shoot- -—-
lng of Marvin Lavell Williams, 16,
at his farm home near Harrah.
A pistol ln the hand of Private
James L. Williams, 18, a brother of
the victim, was discharged acciden-
Weather
Volume 53, No. 120
Key Bastion Of
Livorno Falls
To Americans
Allied Offensives
Gain Momentum On
Other European Fronts
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
A key bastion on t.he German
southern front—the great seaport
of Livorno ln northern Italy—
fell to the Americans today as
allied offensives gained momentum
on the two other major land
fronts In Europe.
Fifth army troops entered Livor-
no, Italy's third largest port, alter
forcing the Germans out ln a wide
pincers movement.
On the western front, big tank
battles raged south and south-
east of Caen as Marshal Erwin
Rommel threw ln armor ln an
effort to seal off the breaches torn
ln German defenses by the Bri-
tish and Canadians.
Russians Smash Ahead
A front dispatch said allied ar-
mor smashed ahead at least five
miles, reaching Cagny on the road
to Paris, 120 miles to the east.
Russian forces were stoiming the
outer defenses of Brest-Lltovsk.
the gateway to Warsaw, Mos-
cow dispatches said.
Other Red army troops were said
to have crossed the Curzon line
Into Poland proper, 45 miles to
the north. At the southern end
of the active Russian front, the
Red army's new offensive was re-
ported enveloping Lwow.
In France, General Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery, whose forces
cracked Caen defenses yesterday,
estimated that 156,000 Oermans
had been "written off”—killed,
wounded or captured—so far ln
the Normandy campaign. He de-
clared that the allies would “have
no difficulty ln defeating the
Germans ln France.”
Bradley's Troops Advance
Lieutenant General Omar Brad-
j ley’s doughboys who captured St.
' Lo yesterday mopped up the las)
remnants of the enemy ln that
sector and cut the highway to
Perlers, another German citadel
to the west.
Cn the eastern front the Ger-
man position was serious, Ber-
lin radio commentators admitted.
Marshal Konev'a 125-mile-wlde
break-through, that rolled up three-
day gains of 31 miles between
Tarnopol and Kowel. was "aimed
at no less than pocketing the
whole of the German army In the
south," one Berlin broadcast said.
Facilities Destroyed
Virtually all the port facilities
of Livorno, pre-war city of 203.-
000, had been destroyed by the
Oermans to prevent their use by
the allies as a gateway of supplies
and reinforcements.
The city’s many big bridges, the
only contact with the mainland,
also were wrecked by the Nazis
ln an extreme application of the
scorched earth policy.
Livorno fell to Lieutenant Gen-
eral Mark W. Clark's American
forces who had swung around it
ln a wide flanking maneuver and
closed ln from the east while other
units were smashing through for-
midable German fortifications
guarding its southern approaches.
Front dlspaiches preceding the
announcement that Livorno had
fallen said the Germans were
fighting a rear guard covering ac-
tion before It, and were expected
to yield the city at any time to
avoid the threat of entrapment
by the U. S. spearhead probing up
the Arno valley toward Pisa.
Nazis Increase
Robot Bombings
LONDON July 19—(JPh-London
and southern England were targets
cf the greatest 24-hour robot bomb
attack l"«t n'ght and today since
the German weapon first was loosed
June 15
Genera! Dwight D. Elsenhower's
Invasion headquarters interpreted
the attack as an effort to divert the
mighty pace of allied air power
which has been stunning German
troops across the channel with an
unprecedented deluge of bombs.
The number of flying bombs
launched from the Calais coast of
France Increased noticeably with
the start of the British offensive
below Caen and It was apparent
that the German command had de-
cided to strike the civilian popula-
tion of England ln a gamble to pull
away some of the 7.350 planes that
pounded the German war machine
In the relch and France yesterday.
State Forecast
TLStiz sr.zL's:. ■as
In temperature.
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED | Jl Re=o Weather
Mrs. Otto Howard. 1320 South por 24_hour perlod endlpg at 8
Jensen avenue, was Issued a build- a m tod3y. Hlghi 1Q0. low 71;
lng permit today by Miss Ethel at g a m 75
D°well, city clerk, for construction' Etate of"weather: Partly cloudy,
of a $125 addition to her residence.1 nil all: .02 inch.
Finnish Flagship
Sunk by Russians
MOSCOW, July .9 —UP)— The
Red air force announced today
the sinking of the flaeshlp of
the Finnish fleet, i 3,900-ton
al defense ship, with four "
hits In waters near Kltka
The 306-foot ship, the
moinen. was
coast
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