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4-SAN MATEO JPBIE8 FK1DAY. JULY 21, 1944 New Premier Duo of Japan Hold Parley By Fres Japan's two senior army and iiavy leaders, designated by Emperor Hirohito to form a new government, were reported making sproe progress today in replacing the fallen regime of Gen. Hideko Tojo. A spokesman for Gen. Kuniaki Koiso, who, with Adin.

ilitsnmasa Yonai, was charged to organize a new Japanese cabinet, said he ex- "pects Koiso will be able to submit it list of names of ministers to Emperor Hirohito by Saturday morning (Japan time), Tokyo radio announced. The broadcast, heard by United Press in San Francisco, quoted Lieut, Yaheita Saito, speaking for Koiso's headquarters. The official Dome! news agency, quoting a statement issued at "cabinet information headquarters" in loicyo, sain mac uen. Koiso and Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai held a conference that progressed "very smoothly and earnestly." Koiso is governor-general of Ko- and Yonai is a former premier a member of the supreme war council.

Each is 64 years old. The Domei dispatch, transmitted by wireless io the East Asia press and recorded by FCC monitors, said the statement was issued by Saito. Visit Emperor conference was held, Dome! gy! iriwMwl the imperial palace and afterward BitTjtitlOIi wltiT utuel" Japanese officials, including Tojo. While the designation of two men by the" emperor to form a new government at first indicated the it appeared that Koiso was taking the lead in the activities. According to Domei, Koiso visited Tojo at the premier's official residence and also went to the army general staff headquarters to talk with Gen.

Yoshijiro Umezu, who replaced Tojo as army chief of staff in of the governmental crisis. other persona with whom o-conferredf-Domer Marquis Koichi lord keeper of the privy seal and apparent liaison man between the emperor and Koiso and Yonai; Adm. Nao- kuni Nomura, ifho replaced Adm. Shigetaro Shimada as navy minister before Tojo's cabinet and Biid Snimnia, wiio remSinea as na- vsl chief of staff. Yonai also conferred with Nomura at official residence of the navy minister yesterday, Domei added.

Meantime, it appeared that the selection of two men to form a cabinet was taken to end suspicions either at home or abroad of any nmermces concerning THC conquet of the war Japanese army and navy. News Behind News (Continued from Page 1) win in an open floor battle against "the champ." In such an encounter they would be defeated ingloriously. He would gain prestige and they would lose whatever they now possessed. But thSy could--and did--make it painfully clear that they have no use for the whole New Deal family, including President and Mrs. Roosevelt and the political orphan they in 1940.

Preferring a 1944 defeat to the ST lace-ftopkins-Ickes faction, they try to depict the historic Democratic party as hopelessly divided, a mugwump body and ragtag-bobtail mob held together only by liberal dispensation of federal funds and the grant of special favors to politically Irreiipimsible guerrillas. In that Mtefory they include vice presidential friends Sidney HilU man, Arawder, HarryBridges, Philip Murray, Joe other left-wingers. Curran sr.d Will Form New Jap Cabinet HlroMto bM I'nmmlirinnfti tamer Premier Admiral Tonal (left) and OeiMral Hnmakl Koto (right), both known to be friendly toward TJ. before Peart Harbor, to form new Japanese Cabinet in wiceewian to thtt of General Hideki Toio. MORE ABOUT-Yankee Troops Land on Guam CnnKnnnl volved was described as comparable 4.U presumably three divisions or 45,000 men.

No official estimates of the size of the Japanese garrison was avail- enemy had made an attempt to improve his defenses in the past few months. Guam, southernmost and largest (A the islands, fell to the Japanese after only minor resistance December 11, 1941, four days after Pearl Harbor. The Japanese claimed to have captured 300 South End Rugged MORE ABOUT-Red Pincers Menace Lwow (CnntinnrH from It Vistula and Germany beyond. On'Baltsc On the Baltic front. Gen.

Ivan D. Chemiakovsky's third army of White Russia was fighting for the junctions controlling the roads to East Prussia-- sad-- erteBdhss-its west of the Niemen River in lower Lithuania. (Nazi broadcasts yesterday reported fighting at Augustow, eight miles irom the border of East Prussia. The Moscow dispatch did not specify the mileage involved in the approach to German soil.) Pressure Strong The battle of Lwow dominated the news from the long front, with miles wide at the northern end and miles the southern end. The southern two-thirds, of the island are rugged, with hills rising to 1000 feet, while the northern third compriser a dry plateau 300 to 600 feet high.

-cf-ths-islsnd has many sheer cliffs, and it was believed the landings probably were made at the southern end, which is more suitable for amphibious operations. The mountainous terrain of Guam, however, will afford the Japanese internal defensive opportunities similar to those enjoyed by the enemy on Saipan. vjUin 3 ins and site of the former American naval station, dies between a reef and mile-wide peninsula jutting out from the west side of the island. Two Killed in Hayward Accident HAYWARD, July (JG) Herbert W. Hall, 24, Camp Shoemaker, and his companion, Mrs.

Lucene De Noon, 26, San Francisco, were killed today when the car in which they were riding skidded 400 feet and crashed into a telephone pole. Lt. (JG) Jack Hoffman, 24, also from Camp Shoemaker, suffered serious head and internal injuries in the accident. He was treated at Oak Knoll hos- pltaL TTi'a pfurmanimi JE'eaa- or Cochran, 24, Oakland, suffered cuts and bruises. phase even as the Russians stormed its 'gates, indicating that the overwhelming pressure was expected to throw out the German garrison in short order.

Soviet confidence in quick victory at reflected in the disclosure that Russian civilian service personneU-party secretaries, ieachers, doctors, druggists, architects and bank clerks-- were moving in with the Red army to install a new administration Immediately. Lay Asphalt Roads One mobile printshop already was publishing the first editions of T.WQW Tit- raine." Engineers were laying asphalt roads to Lwow to speed up the advance. The drive against Lwow was supported by a new Red army offensive to the north in the Kowel area, forming the southern arm of a pincers -against Brest Litovsk. ADVERTISING TIP CAMERON, Mo. (U.R--The Cameron News-Observer, daily newspaper here, added its contribution to the collection of the "Sign-of- the Times" stories recently when it printed the following: "A worthwhile tip: When advertising for help -wanted, be sure and say 'Please'." Summer Sunshine GLASSES 49c to $12.50 Ton lotions Burn creams Burn lotions SAN MATEO 200 Dial 9-1921 BURLINGAME 1201 Dial 4-1705 ANNOUNCING OPENING of Ultra-Modcrn Ofticwat ThM Am) UMi tmi 1STTWPS) WE WTHHFw; FURNITURE HUGS MIRRORS DRAMS Third H01C ABOUT-Rommel Fears Norman Trap Continued frost Page 1) in Evrecy, southwest of Caen, and the village of Bougy a mile and a half to the northwest.

St. Andre- Sur-Orne was captured, clearing the bank of the river four miles due I south of Caen, and to the west a drive more than four miles below Tilly-Sur-Senlles overran the village of Monts. American forces closing in on Periers, central base of the German defenses on the First army front, captured Seves, 2 miles north of Periers; Rajds, on the Carentan- Periers highway four miles to the north; and Les Mesnil Eury, eight miles southeast of- Periers on the St. Ix highway. Front reports said the Nazi command was trying to rash armor TO Nornmndy from northern.

France and Belgium. In that connection, the royal air force last night carried out a concentrated bombardment of the big rail hub at Cour- trai, Belgium. Three main lines from Germany through Belgium ami inta Frnce uaiA-thi'oueh Couz- trai, which serves as a feeder junction for all northwestern France. Allies Score Gains As Rommel pulled back his armor from the plains southeast of Caen to avoid the threat from strengthened British positions on either side, the Germans depended mainly on their anti-tank and other fortifications to stem the British push, and only short-lived clashes of armor wen reported in feeler thrusts. The allied armies scored gains or pinched off German pockets in 13 sectors, most of them line-straightening aperarioni- 90-miie fighting front Heavy Rains United Press War Correspondent Ronald Clark said sheets of rain on the battlefront and the heaviest downpour since D-day continued today.

"The country is covered by a curtain of gray rain, and the roads are bordered by running streams," he reported. The new advances carried British troops five miles due.south of Caen along both banks of the Orne, and at most places they were less than a mile apart on either side of river. The heaviest fighting wa sat ana around Troam. The British and Canadian troops drove in a'gainst Bures, a mile and a half north of Troarn, while pressing their fight for the rail towns seven miles east of Caen, Guns is Woods The Germans had dug in a number of heavy guns the woods above Troarn and were laying down a heavy fire anti-tank guns. A front dispatch said street fighting continued indecisively In Bourguebus, five miles southeast of Caen, which one soldier de- OEE ABOUT- 4 Local Men Lost in Action Continued from Page 1) orps October and prior to that time had been employed by he Wehern Pipe and Steel company.

Private Deven was reported Survivors LETH'S WIN BON AWARD Leth's beauty salon today was announced the weekly winner of the chamber of commerce trophy for showing the highest percentage of increase in the sale of war bonds and stamps. Want to buy or trade? Uss the Times Want Ads Everybody sees then! missing since May 29 on the Anzio Wrs, Elizabeth Leavitt Sigourney; eachhead highway. He is an only on of Mrs. Katharine Deven tas made his home with Mr. and Mrs.

M. K. McMillan at 541 Aimer Burlingame, for many years. irs. Deven is at present a guest it the McMillan home.

The 21-year-old infantryman has teen overseas for the past two years. His last letters, received regularly three or four times a week, continued to reassure his 'amily. In one of them he spoke of 'a lot of firing overhead, but we've got good dugouts and there are no casualties." Deven, who contracted malaria shortly upon his arrival in Italy, was sent to Africa to convalesce and returned to action several months ago. Around the Caen arc the British were encountering streamlined German combat teams consisting of picked infantry, a few guns and a few tanks massing such strongholds as fortified villages and groups of farm buildings. PENNZOIL MOTOR on, at Qibsoi's Tin 350 St.

ft 323 So. Ellawortk San Mateo LAUNDRY HELP WANTED FULL OR PART TIME STERLJM OEUQISILMMMY 215 Highland ATMM OFFICIAL at receivea id weeks' baste training at Camp Rogers, Texas, where he received the sharpshooters' medal, and was immediately lent overseas in 1942, Mvate Deven has not been'home since that time. A graduate of San Mateo high vhool, he was employed by the Jivingston Bros, department store md the Fibreboard company in Jan Francisco prior to going into he service. Dunn was announced mising since July 8 over France in a telegram Wl Rites Tomorrow For Attorney Funeral services for Wilson H. Sigourney, 77, well-known retired San Francisco attorney, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.

m. from the chapel of N. Gray and company in San Francisco. He died at hospital yesterday from injuries received in a fall Wednesday. include his widow, two daughters and a son, Mrs.

E. Breidenbach of Hillsborough, Mrs. Thomas C. Hall and Elliott W. Sigourney of San Bruno.

A native of Nevada City, California, he was admitted to the bar in 1896. His home was at 5 Seventh avenue, San Francisco. Vbllmann Due in Court Next Tuesday A. L. (Red) Vollmann of San Carlos and Nels Nelsen.

indicted by the Alameda county grand jury July 11 following its investigation into alleged irregularities in California farm production contracts, will be arraigned in superior court there next Tuesday. The indictment charged that Vollmann, a former council executive, was given $5000 by Nelsen, a construction official, in exchange for contract favors. Mother of Four Film Executives Dies NEW YORK. July Anna Moskowite, SO, rooiherl of four movie executives, died at her home yesterday. Surviving are Charles C.

Moskowitz, vice president of Loew's, Harry Mogkowitz, bead ol Lcew'fc construction Josep3 Moskowitx, New York studio representative of 20th Century- Fox Film corporation, and Martin also of 20th Century- Fox. Us is tue uii of Mr. "and Mrs. James J. Dunn of 257 East Bellevne avenue, and the brother of Mrs.

Phyllis Gard, secretary of the San Hateo city building and engineer- Miss iarbara Dunn, ployed at the Woolworth store. The family is well known in San Mateo where Richard was born. His last letter received by his wife was dated July 6. In it he wrote of meeting Justin "Fitzy" Fitzgerald 24, son of Justin H. Fitzgerald, assistant building inspector, and with whom he had gone to school.

Both are San Mateo High school Corporal Fitzgerald is attached to the same army air corps base in England from which Dunn operated. Dunn has been in England, it is believed, since June 1 and was fco take part in a few sorties over Europe before his plane was shot iO'SfB--Fitzgersld has bceH overseas for the past five months and is a member of a ground crew. Before he enlisted in the infantry in 1942, Dunn was associated with Armour's company in San Francisco for several years. On February he transferred to the air corps, and received his commission one year later when he was sew; overseas. Port Chicago Defense Council Thanks 5.

M. In response to a letter written by Theo. M. Lilienthal, director of the San Mateo county war council, expressing sympathy to the people of Contra Costa county in the recent Port Chicago tragedy, John A. Miller, area coordinator of the Contra Costa county defense council, today wrote: "jFiesae: iSTMue we ways been'able to distinguish the people who have a heart and a sincerity in purpose against those who have not such qualifications, and we always knew that the people of San Mateo county had both the high qualifications of sincerity and understanding." Save Gas nn M.

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