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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
British Drive To Within
 Two Miles Of Gothic Line

Home, Aug. British Eighth Army troops in the Adriatic sector advanced on a broad front to within two miles or less of the Gothic line today and were expect ed haomentariiy to begin their long awaited assault upon the heavy cons crete and steel Notifications built by the Germans to defend north- ern Italy.
 lswiss dispatches reported today that Marshal Albert Kesselring had put tens of thousands of workers, mainly war prisoners. to hastily c0n- strueting 6 new "Alpine wall" prep aratoEy to a withdrawal into the Alps.
 CT'he line, protecting the mountain districts of Bavaria. Tyrol and Vorarlberg. was said to be anchored on the east at SaIzberg and on the west at Arlberg in Austria. and to extend southward itno northern Italy at Bolzano and Meranol
 While a British destroyer shelled the Pesaro area, Adrlatic anchor of the Gothic line. British and Polish troops launched a drive which rap- idly took on the proportions of general offensive and pushed the crack first German parachute di- vision from the last ridge in front of the Notifications.
 The Eighth Army troops nov DC. eupy all the high ground overlook looking the GOglla river, which runs parallel to the road on which the line is situated for the first six miles inland from the Adriatic.
 In the Upper Arno Valley far. tiler west. other British troops oc- cupied Bibhiena and made advances lip to three miles through the ihilly country on either side to come within two miles Of one of the lines major forts.
 Allied troops advanced 1000 yards along the east coast beyond preyl- Ously captured Fan0, while Polish troops captured a number Of key points between the AFzilla and Fog lia rivers, including the whole ridge extending from Monte Belilla, five miles southwest of Pesar0, to San Angelo. four miles further soutb1 west, The ridge dominates the long stretch 0g the F0glla river.
 Four miles due vest of San An- gelO, other Eighth Army troops pushing up the main lateFial road reached Monte G0lh0rd0l0 and Monte FabhTi, within 1000 yards Of the F0glia river, Germans had blown up bridges in that sector, in. dleatlng their withdrawal north Of the ElyeE
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
Coerino
 In Disgrace

Stockholm, Aug. so - CUP) VI 4 usually reliable informant today confirmed recent reports that Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering is under surveillance by the Ges- tapo and his freedom of movement has been restricted as an aftermath of the unsuccessful army plot against Adolf Hitler.
 Goering definitely has not been jailed but is believed held under a loose form 'of mouse arrest" this informant said.
 "A blue network broadcast from Stockholm said Goering fell out of favor with Hitler because of his attempt to hush up' the anti-Nazi plot and the Fuehrer himself or dered his arrssD,
 Goering's relatives in sweden said they knew nothing of his reported arrest, but admitted they had had no word from him flor some time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
Jock Whitney Asy Dc Nexl Prisoner

New York. Aug. a0-(UPl-Col, John Hay lJ0ekl Whitney, wealthy scion Of one ef the nations oldest families, wag believed today to be . prisoner Of the Germans.
 His secretary said reports had been received from several sources that Whitney had been captured tD France whlle riding ln . leep with four other officers, There was no continuation from the war depart ment,
 Report of his capture was the first indie ton that he was ln France, He went to Fngland early tp let3 to head the public relations office Of the Eighth Q. .. Air Force and was subsequently, transferred to Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

Only scattered and disor- ganized Maxi rear guards barred the path of the Amer ican armOr in their sweep for the RhineIand, and Officidl reports indicated the YankA were moving at a speed that could carry them Co the Bel gian border within a day or two.
 ' We are now witnessing the preliminary phase of the Allied advance on Germany in which the enemy forces are being methodically dis sected and forced into iso- lated corridors, even as we press onward" United Press war correspondent Henry T. Gorrell said in reporting the sensational sweep of the American armies through the Aisne and Marne valleys.
 American riflemen poured swiftly through the breaches created by their plunging tank spearheads, while swarms of Allied war planes ranged before them to bomb and strafe the retreating enemy.
 Simultaneously, British. American and Canadian forces linked their bridgeheads across the Seine above Paris into a solid 50-mile front and swung forward 25 miles beyond the Seine to drive an armored wedge between Rouen and Beauvais.
 The Allies, smashing directly at Amiens and the heart of the bases fro mwhich German robot bombs have been showering down on Lon- don, captured Neufmarch, 25 miles east of Rouen and IS miles west of Beauvais.
 There was no confirmation of the Berlin report that Rouen had been evacuated, and Allied headquarters said latest adyiees from the front told a bitter fighting on the ap- breaches to that fortress town.
 March Speeded
 The fall Of Rouen was expected to speed the Allied march on Le Hayre. 45 miles to the west. and Dieppe. 37 miles to the northwest.
 Another Allied column captured Longchamps, 20 miles north of the Seine and 47 miles from Amiens, so- called capital Of the robot coast British forces were believed spear, heading the drive toward the robot platforms, spurred by the knowledgs that the sooner they capture them the sooner the rain of death on their families in southern England will cease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
FIERCE FIGHT RACES ACROSS
 DROME RIVER

Rome, August 90. - (UP) A fierce battle ragged at the confluence of the Rhone and Drome rivers today as Amer ican troops Slashed at strag- gling remnants of the Ger man 18th Army and swung a salient across the Drome in an attempt to cut off enemy forces trying to flee north across the river on pontoons.
 The Germans were pinched into a triangle formed by the two rivers, 100 miles up the RhOne valley, and the Amer jeans driving northward from newly-captured Montelimar.
 Headquarters described the fight ing in the vicinity of Loriol, near the Apex of the triangle. as particular ly severe" and both sides were rec ported suffering considerable casual ties
 As one American force hammered the Germans frontally at Loriol, four miles east of the Rhone and mile and a half below the Drome, another force drove eastward to Crane, four miles from Loriol, cross cd the Drone and captured Alex 0if tnB north shore.
 The flanking movement threaten ed to cut off the desperate enemy troops, which had staggered to the Drome after breaking out of a trap below Montelimar. I4 miles south of Loriol.
 The Germans were losing heavily in the desperate fighting as they att tempted to flee northward along the Rhone. Tn two days. the Americans captured 800 loaded motor trucks and two batteries of ss-mm guns on the front around Montelimar.
 While there was no disclosure of German troop losses in the battles on the Rhone. an Allied communi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
TANKS CAPTURE RE|MS, LA0N GERMANS ABANDON CITADEL OF R0UEN
American Armies Sweep Sensationally
 Through River Wales Toward Rhineland

Supreme Headquarters, AEF, August 90. = (UPD = Two American tank armies, racing almost unchaenged over the last miles of the invasion roads to Germany and Belgium stOrmed into LaOn and the Cathedral City O eims today while Berlin admitted that its troops had abandoned the Medieval town of ROuen guarding the robot bomb coast of northern France.
 Powerful armOred spearheadS of the American ist and 3rd Armies punctured the ASne river line at at least two points and reported flaming out the rolling farmlands beyond Reims IaOn and ChalOns-Sur Marne
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

Stockholm, Aug. s0.-(uPl-The syenska paghladet's Zurich eorFe- spondent said today that German Marshal GuentheF yon Kluge died of . heart attack in Adolf Hltlcr's headquarters after being summoned to a conference with the fuehrer
 Reports that Von Kluge committed suicide after Q nervous breakdown were incorrect. the correspondent said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
Ask Spain To Dust Franco
lBy UnlteA PFessl

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 The Moscow radio appealed 70 the spanish people today to onst Gen, PEaHeis60 Franco and break with the AaEis in order to ''galn 8 place for Spain among the demo. cratic and tEeedom.loylng nations os the world"
 The broadcast, reported by kcG, charged that Franco was 8 "wllling host for all Faseists trying to es- cape the peoples justice and already the Spanish government has glyen refuge tO French Paseisls from AZ glers and several 0estap0 agents and VleAy traitors from France"
 oIt Is nov time to break or With Germany, the broadcast warned, nand t0 decide whether one pres fers to i0ln the fate of Germany or save hlnBsalf from ruin, Franco and the Falange hays proved uley are inea0able Of following . policy lns denendtn Of the HltleFltes."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
REDS SLASH WAY TOWARD
 BULGAR LINE
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London. Aug. 30-tUPl-The German DNB Agency reported toe day that ''str0ng Soviet forces" had penetrated the PlOesti area tn southern Romania.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Contract Let for
81 Wo Hundred
More Trailer Sites
Space for 500 units
soon to be available
for war project

Two hundred government own
ed house trailers will soon move
into this section, to be located
just north of the federal housing
unit. Contract for the facilities
was let yesterday by the local
housing authority to Strand &
Son, who had the original con-
struction contract as well as the
contract for the 800 trailer adj
dition let last week. Present con-
tract will provide for 500 trailers
and an additional unit of 700 has
been authorized and the plans for
it were completed this week.
The successful bidders, of the
four firms who bid on the pres
ent job, got the contract for $780,
ITS. High bidder was Alton v.
Phillips of Pasco, who bid $92, 900
for the job.
The contract calls for utility
units for each Is trailers, storage
bins, walks, water, sewer and
lights for each trailer plot, 25X
so feet in size. Also included in
the bid were a community house
and a 100000 gallon ground
storage tank for domestic water
supply.
The housing units, recently COM
pleted, now are about half oc-
cupied by residents, certified by
the DUPONT organization.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Tells Experiences
As War Prisoner

The terrible experiences OF a
jap prisoner of war were re-
counted by Dwight Hill at the
regular meeting of the local XII
wants club Tuesday noon. Mr..
Hill is operator Of the Hill Trailer
camp six miles west of town at the
Richland Y. He was an employee
of a worldwide steamship COM
pany stationed in China at the
outbreak of the war and became
a prisoner of the japs at the time
Of the capture of Hong Kong.
He was on the first boatload of
exchange prisoners, landing in
this country broken in health
which he has now fully regained.
He said that while in China he
suffered from stomach ulcers,
but after year or so of starvation
in the jap prison camp the doc
tors at Rochester found he had
fully recovered from his ailment.
Mr.. Hill told of the unspeakable
cruelties suffered by the victims
of the victorious japs and of how
he was numerically beaten and
with the thousands of others,
forced to live on starvation
diet for many months. He has
been ordered to return to his job
within the next 80 days, this time,
being sent to Calcutta for the
company
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Thunder Storm
Worst IN Years

One of the worst storms this
district has seen in years struck
Sunday evening, with more than
half an inch of rain falling within
a few minutes. Hail did consider
able damage to certain small
crops, and trees and property.
A bolt of lightning struck a
house on First Avenue east, setting
fire to the roof and kitchen. It
was quickly under control, how
ever. The wind blew the loading
platform at the Standard Oil plant
completely over the top of a ware
house, while empty five-gallon
cans nearby were not even over
turned. A few trees were up
rooted and large branches ripped
off others in many sections of the
city. The lightning cut off the
power in Kennewick for more
than an hour while repairs were
being made.
The thunder and lightning were
unusual for this section, although
reminding many of the newcomers
of the storms experienced in their
home sections in the middle West.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Last Chance for
AAA Signup

May 31st is the final closing
date for the War Food and AAA
Signup' for 1914. Mr.. Neel, men,
Der of the AAA Committee, states
that it is absolutely necessary for
anyone wishing to qualify for pay
ments for any of the AAA con-
servation practices to have his
farm plan filed in the AAA office
by the above mentioned date.
This is especially necessary to
anyone wishing to avail them
selves of the reorganization of
farm irrigation systems payment.
In other words, the assistance
given for the installation of per-
manent pipline or tile.
For further information on this,
you may contact the AAA office.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Ceiling on Mint
Oil Tipped to
S7 10 Producers

According to information re-
ceived by H. N. Hampton, chair
man of the AAA Committee, the
minimum requirement of pepper
mint oil for the United States has
been estimated at 100000 pounds
of oil. This is about the same
amount that was produced in 1912
on 42,095 acres. However, since
the yield in 1912 was above aver
age, it is estimated that about
$4,000 acres should be grown in
1914, to meet minimum require
ments and at the same time TO
provide some protection against a
low yield.
In accordance with growers re-
quests and as an incentive to in
crease production in 1914, the
ceiling price of natural oil Of pep
permint has been increased from
$3.50 to $500 a pound for sales
by producers.
Menthol was formerly imported
from Japan and China and was,
therefore, not a claimant on Ann
erican peppermint production. The
war, however, has changed this
source Of supply and the Menthol
industry is dependent upon United
States production for its supply
of raw material.
There is some peppermint pro-
duction in BRAZIL, the exact ma.
ture. of which is not known. It
is anticipated that some Menthol
will be imported from Brazil.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
River View to
Graduate
Class Of Ten
Baccalaureate services
to be held Sunday eve
ming at Finley church

A class of ten will graduate
from the River Rev high school
next week. Alice Marie Ash has
been selected as valedictorian and
Edna Whitney as salutatorian.
Exercises will be held at the
high school auditorium at eight
o'clock on the evening of May
Is. The theme of the addresses
will be "World Peace" The class
motto is: "Honor Lies at Labor's
Gate" The class has selected
blue and gold as its colors and the
yellow rose as its flower.
The program as outlined will
start with the professional, played
by Mrs. Emily Laudell and the in
vocation will be- delivered by the
Rev. Clark Smith. The salutatory
address will be delivered by Miss
Edna Whitney, while Mr.. Glen
Watson has been selected by the
class as the speaker of the evening.
Following a vocal duet by Mrs.
Naomi Mills and Lynn Mills, Mr..
Francis Bennett, selected by the
faculty, will deliver an address,
amer which Mrs. Gertrude Ger
Der and Mrs. Glenna Larkin will
sing a duet. Then the valedictory
by Miss Ash, following which
Supt. Benson will present the
class and Chairman VIM. Mills
will present them with the diplo-
mas.
Other members of the class are:
Francis Bennett, Alice Kuh, Glen
Watson, Delbert Kuh, Wilma Bak-
ker, Elmer Schneider, Gordon
Hughes and Ray LaRue.
Baccalaureate service will be
l1eia this Suncay evening At the.
Finley church with the Rev. Clark
Smith delivering the sermon on
the topic "The Great Essential.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Chris Erickson Passes
Technical Courses

Chris Neil Erickson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. I. Erickson, Kenne-
wick, recently graduated from the
aviation machinist's mate school
at the Naval Air Technical Train
ing Center in Norman, Oklahoma,
is was announced by the Thirteen
tn Naval District.
He is a graduate of the Wash
tucna high school. Upon being
graduated from the aviation ma
chinist's mate school he was rated
u Seaman first class, and will now
be transferred to a naval unit
afloat or to. another shore station
for further instruction and work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Memberships for
Concert Series
Available oday
Sale limited to number
of seats available;
Oversell at Richland

KenneWick and Pasco member
ships for Artists Concert Series
were made available today (Thurs-
day. following the organization
banquet held in the Pasco Luth-
eran Church Wednesday evening.
At this meeting, Mrs. Slower,
of the. Community
Concert Association instructed as
sociation members in the operation
of the plan, and detailed plans
were made for the quick member.
ship drive now under way.
Of particular interest to the as
sociation members was in infor-
nation that the local budget will
be adequate to bring some of the
very best talent available. Rich
land has its own association, with
the drive completed, and such a
long waiting list that a second
series is now being promoted for
the same season. With the first
series subscribed in Richland, re-
ciprocity with the Kennewick-
Pasco group has been planned so
that there may be a limited ex-
change of attendance.
Mrs. S. S. McHenry is general
manager of the Kennewick group
and announced that she would
have a representative at the
Courier-Reporter office each day
of the campaign to issue member
ships and to check results from
solicitors.
Local citizens desiring member
ships who have not been con-
tacted, or are not contacted within
the next few days, may obtain
memberships by calling either at
the newspaper office or at Neu-
mans store, where Edwin Neu-
man, president of the association,
has made memberships available.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Place Found for
Paper Salvage

Finally a place to put waste
paper in the salvage drive has
been found. The Boy Scouts are
going to erect a shelter for collec-
ticn and baling just east of the
city hall, permission having been
obtained from the city council
Tuesday night. Citizens are asked
to take their papers, tied in bum
dies, there as soon as the shelter
has been set up. sc -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
Council Turns
thumbs Down on
Carnival for 4ih
Also ask county to
deny permission; hire
full time fire chief

Kennewick's usual Fourth OF
July celebration this year will
60 by. the board, apparently, with.
out even a carnival to make
whoopee on or with. Application
for permission to run for ten days
around the Fourth was denied
by the city council Tuesday eve
ming, when representatives of the
local American Legion post made
application for the permission.
Recalling the experiences of last
year when the carnival was here
councilmen almost unanimously
voted to deny permission for the
same outfit to return this year
Last year the carnival was per-
mitted to set up with the express
stipulation that no games be per-
mitted that a legitimate business
house on the main street was moi
permitted to operate. This provi-
sion was continuously violated, &C.
cording to Councilman Oliver, who
made the stipulation last year.
A motion was made and passed
that permission be denied the
carnival to operate and that res.
olution be forwarded to the county
commissioners that the carnival
be denied the privilege of oper-
ating in this end of the county
Councilmen Scott and Beste OBJ
jected to this part of the motion
and voted against it. Councilman
A. w. Campbell acted as mayor
during the vacation of Mayor A. c.
Anon.
The council hired Carol Prat;
as full time fire chief. He has
been on the payroll as part time
chief, at salary of ten dollars a
month. His new job will also
carry with it the responsibilities of
inspector of various kinds-build-
ing, sewer, wiring, etc. The coun-
Gil also voted to make a charge
for building permits in the future.
Up to the present a building per-
nit has been issued without cost
to applicants.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18


Please TO advise FWA has ap-
proved application Kennewick
School District No. ~ for fed
eral assistance new elementary
school building of sixteen rooms
plus necessary auxiliary depart
ment. Total estimated cost Sl75,-
600 with grant by FWA $4,000
and state S35.000. Have advised
Supt. Black also. who will re-
ceive official notice through us
ual channels from FWA. Hal
Holmes. M. c.
This telegram means that the
final go ahead order for Kenne-
wick's new grade school building
has been authorized and the
money made available. Remains
yet only the final approval Of the
revised plans and detail specified.
tions by the Oakland office, which
Mr.. Black expects to have within
the next three or four days. Type
of available materials will also
have to be given final determine.
ton by the WPB.
Immediately upon receipt Of the
War Boardd reply the advertising
for bids will be started and work
could be under day in three or
by the time school opens in the
four weeks. If materials are avail
able the building could be com
pleted and ready for occupancy
fall, Mr.. Black stated.
While it required great deal
Of local spade work to secure the
approval of the various federal
departments, nevertheless Supt.
priation to the work done in
Black gives much credit for Sc
curing the approval and appro-
Holmes, who has spent a great
deal of time and effort on the job.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
First Strawberries
Appear on Markets

Local strawberries came on the
market the first of the week.
The first commercial shipments
were made on the 15th-the same
day that the first ones were
shipped out last year. The crop
here will be way short of normal,
for there is but a very limited
acreage in production.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
SALuTAToRtAN

Pat Sonnenburg, who is saluta-
torian of the class of "a, enrolled
in the Kennewick schools in 1895.
During the past three years of
high school she has been in the
following activities: Annual staff,
president of Honor Society, senior
two all-hi plays, senior class play,
year; secretary-treasurer of class
the past three years; Pep Club;
band, student council, and was
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18
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SUGAR RATIONING

From the present time until
July 2s. only 10 pounds Of
sugar will b allowed per per-
son for canning. Beginning Aug.
z and until Oct. 81; the other 10
pounds allotted may be applied
for. This is a new ruling recently
announced by OPA.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-18

A long and much needed serv-
ice was inaugurated last week
when the Serve-Ur-Self laundry
opened at 335 Avenue c by Mrs.
Beulah Bunch. All laundry facili-
ties are available there and women
who are unable to secure such may
now use the new service.