Speaking of Forgotten Persons, How About Primary Election Candidates? Paramount Interest in the Nazi Blitzkrieg Threatens an Oregon "Sits-Kneg" Friday,
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 83
r Highest temperature yesterdny 09
Lowest temperature luat night 42 '
Precipitation for 24 hours 0
Prccip. slncu first of month...... 1.10
rM:li. rroiii Soiit. 1, 19X9 31. in
Kxti'HH slnro Sept. 1, 1939 . 1.00
Partly Cloudy.
DECISIVE
That'a the great battle which
opened today between the Ger- 1
mans and the allien. The winner
will In all probability be the ultl
main winner of the war. Follow
NEWSHIiVlEW wire reports.
fH DOUGLAS county daily
VOL. XLV NO. 31 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW , C2
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1940.
VOL. XXVIII NO. 239 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Douglas, Coos
t Funds Rise In
' Law s Change
1 Wagon Land Grant Revenue to
' ' Be Trebled July I, Attorney
Cordon Advised; Payment
Made to Coos County.
Attorney Cuy Cordon, legnl ad
visor for the Oregon land grant,
counties, was informed today from
Washington. I). 4.hat,a certifi
cate for payment, or $5, "702. 10 to
( oos county has hoen made for
tho nant fiscal yenr. and that, lie
HnniiR July 1. 1940. the new regu
lations, greatly increasing tho re
turns to Coos and Douglas couu
tle. w'll become effective.
Previous to this year Coos and
Douglas counties, in which the
Coos Hay Wagon road grant lands
are located, have received only 25
er cent of tho income from tho
rrant lands. The counties were ad
vanced money in lion of taxation,
under the provisions of the Cham
herlin-l'Vrrfs net., with the agree
ment that money m advanced
should be paid hack to the federal
govorimont from tho receipts.
While Mr. Cordon was in Wadi
ineton last year on behalf of the
rrant land counties, he succeeded
in S""uri"fr a chanee In this law to
provide that the counties shall re
ceive from (he revenue the full tax
value of the lands. If, however,
(he income fails to enual the tax
value, tho counties then shall ho
p-'fd 75 per cent of the Income,
ibis regulation Incomes effective
for iio ensuing fiscal year, start
ing Julv 1.
More Money Obtained
Under the n"v arrangement,
Cooi county, which has hen re
ceiving from $:.()('. to Sfi.U-lfl H'l
miiilly. will to niiid about $15,000.
Due to the rapid rate of timber
cutting. rooR county's debt for
monev advanced under the old act,
has boon retired. The rate of cut
tine, however, hns slowed down
during rnrieU years, due to the re
moval nf choice timber, so it is
doubtful. Air. Cordon slates, that
tiie nmniv u-'M reco've t-e full ix
v--ln- b"t. will receive 75 nor cent
of Ihe hrnifl instead of 25 per
ce"t fs before.
Douglas couuiy, which has only .1
CnnMnnpfl nn naee fi
By Fit A.N K JENKINS
"pilli rehearsals are over. The
curtain has gone up. The per
formance Is ON. The so-called
'screwy" war is at an end.
It's the real thing from here on.
IT'S 1911 over again with a new
weapon (a numerically superior
air force) in the hands of the Ger
mans. (iermany Is driving again for the
channel ports and In seeking again
to turn the allied line on the left.
As in 1014, It will all depend on
whether the Belgians (and this
time the Dutch) enn hold up the
(icrmun advance long enough to
enable the always slower moving
British nnd French to bring up
their full force.
To forestall this, the blitzkrieg
(depending on airplanes and fast
moving motorized land forces) wai
invented.
HPO Czechoslovakia, Poland, Fin
land, Denmark and Norway,
Holland, Belgium nnd Luxembourg
have now been added little peo
ple all, peace-loving, harming no
one, asking only ta be left alone.
Because they stand In the path of
world empire, they must lie trampl
ed into the mud, their people
slaughtered, their centuries-old civ
ilizations destroyed.
It is HORRIBLE.
The impulse to scream denuncia
tion of such an outrage Is almost
irresistible.
I In T h e '"f
;! 1; Day's ,
' vpot"D better save your breath.
fi What has happened has ban
' pened. It has happened often be
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Shirley Temple
To Quit Films
t At Age of 1 1
HOLLYWOOD, May 13. (AP)
Shirley Temple with her first
million, and more, In the bank Is
"ertlrlng" at tho ripe old age of
11.
The curly-haired child sensation,
who ruled the nation's box offices
from 1935 through 1938, will severe
connections with 20th Century-Fox
studio when her 24th and latest
film, "Yo.ung People," Is released,
it was finished last week. An
nouncement that her seven-year
stay at the- studio would end was
made by her mother, Mrs. (ieorge
Temple, and 2uth'H president, Jo
seph M. Schonolt.
Both agreed the parting win
amicable. Mrs. Temple said she
was concerned because stories "to
""it the new gi-owing-up phuse in
Shirley's life" had not been found.
She added that she felt her daugh
ter was entitled to "those normal,
natural benefits that many be de
rived from mingling and competing
with a large number of other chil
dren." '
Her picture earnings, plus sel
ected commercial . Ueuosv have
never been made public but n stu
dio spokesman estimated recently
.that her rilms had returned $20,.
(lun.OOO to 20th.
Mrs. Temple explained "I don't
want Shirley ever to say to me:
'Mother, why couldn't I have gone
to school just like any other girl?' "
League Raps Outgo
Over Budget Limit
A resolution expressing opposi
tion to expenditures by county of
leers of amounts in excess of the
hiuiintft esiablished Tor their in
dividual offices, was paused Satur
day at A meeting of .Qua directors
of tho Douglas County Taxpayers'
league. The action was taken fol
lowing a discussion of the county
audit, which reported that whilo
the county as a whole for tho year
1939 had not been exceeded, some
officers had expended more limn
had been provided for their depart
ments. The tax league directors
hold in their resolution that, offic
ers should be held "personally re
sponsible for any umount expended
in excess of the amount budgeted
for their respective office."
It was decided that an opinion
meeting should be held during the
month of Juno. Claude Buchanan
of Corvallis, president of tho state
federation of Inx leagues, is to be
Invited as the principal speaker.
Invitations will also bo extended
to all service clubs, granges atnl
411 club members to attend,
Tho meeting devoted consider
able time to a discussion of laud
classifications, hut no final action
was taken.
Roosevelt to Ask More
Funds for U. 5. Defense
WASHINGTON. Mav 13. (AP)
President Roosevelt , plans to
send to congress this week n re
commendation for more money for
national defense.
Stephen lOarly. presidential sec
retary, said tho president at tills
time had no specific amount In
mind, but would decide on some
sum as n result of conferences with
his advisers jin defense. One such
conference, with war and treasury
department officials, was schedul
ed today.
Already pending before congress
are requests for upwards of $2,000.
000.000 for defense requirements
in the year starling July 1. There
has been conjecture that Mr. Roo3?
volt, in view of needs emphasized
by the war aboard, might request
another $500,000,000.
Collision of Trains
Sends 35 to Hospitals
NKW YORK. May 13. (AP) A
too swift approach to a station
where a preceding section was
pulliwr out was the tentative ex
planation today by the Krie Rail
road officials for a. collision at
Port .Tervls. N. Y.. In which 250
were hurt, 3." seriously enough for
hospitalization.
The accident early yesterday in
volved two of five excursion trains
carrying International Business
Machine employes from 1he com
pany's Kndirott. N. Y., factory for
n two-da v outing at Hie New York's
world's fair.
Man Shot to Death in
Quarrel; Wife Sought
T A CO MA, May 13. (AP)
Oeoree Iizette. about 54. a house
painter, was phot to death today
at hi MrKinley Hill home a the
result of -a "domestic quarrel,' De
teetlrn Captain Osborne reported.
Police prowler cars are cruising
in 1 ar oma s east side district in an
attemnt to locate Mri. Laaetto, 52
who fled after tho shooting, the
detective captain reported.
Seven Die In
Oregon's Toll
Of Tragedies
Thrte Drown on Fishing Trip,
4th Falls From Bridge, Boy
Loses Life Rescuing Pal;
Plunges of Autos Kill 2.
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 13.
(AP) Death exacted n heavy toll
on Oregon's roads and rivers over
tho week end. .
Fivo wore known dead nnd two
others wore believed drowned al
though their bodies bad not been
recovorod.
In Oregon's worst fishing acci
dent of the now season, Dave Wood
fin, Ray Murden nnd Jack Ray, all
of Burns, are thought to have per
ished although Ray's was the only
body recovered. II was found ly
ing across a ha'If-swampod row
boat on Unity Dam lake.
Sheriff C. W. Frazter said ho be
lieved that after tho craft over
turned, either Woodfin or Murdon
roscued Ray and brought him back
to tho boat, then drowned trying
to rescue the other man. At Baker,
where Ray's body was taken, medi
cal examiners said he apparently
had died sometime Saturday of ex
haustion and exposure.
Officers dragged the lako until
nightfall yesterday and resumed
this morning with grappling hooks.
Old fences in the new reservoir
made dragging difficult.' Several
men's articles wiire founrl washed
ashore.
All three men were employed by
tho Bennett Motor company of
Burns. Ray, 40. was shop foreman
and an ex-service man. Woodfin
also was an ex-soldier. Ray was
recovering from a broken leg suf
fered several weeks ago In a ga
rago accident.
Rescues Pal Then Dies.
Kleven-year-old Virgil Vogo of
Willamette saved his playmate
Jimmy Hitler, 12, late Sunday but
lost his own life. The Ritter boy
slipped into the Willamette river
near Oregon City from a log boom,
Virgil pulled him to tho boom and
'lifted him to surety, then lost his
balance and fell Into the river. Ills
body was not recovered.
Kverett Corhln, 40, Brownsville,
fell inln tho Willamette river Sat
urday Irom tho Van Bureu street
bridge in Corvallis and drowned.
He was at work repairing tho span.
Karl L. Wisecnrver, 21, Klam
ath Falls, lost his life in the 30-
foot plunge of his automobile from
a bridge approach to the bank of
the Klamath river early Sunday.
Floyd Springer, a companion who
escaped serious injury, said ho be
lieved Wlsecarvor fell asleep ut
the wheel.
Dale Pollow. 18, died as an au
tomobile plunged over a bank on
the Cornelius pass road near hero
Saturday.
Sportsmen fo Hear
Federation Head
W. J. Smith president of the
Oregon Wildlife federation, will be
in Knscburg Thursday, May 1G, to
explain to Doimlas county sports
men the plan advanced by the fed
eration for reorganization of the
state game commission nnd n
change In law enforcement, it was
announced todav. The meeting
will be sponsored by the Roseburg
Rod nnd Gun club, and Harris Klls
worth, president, is urging repre
sentatives of other sport men's
clubs throughout the county to be
present. The meeting will he held
it the civic room of the I'mpqun
hotel, starting at R n. m.
Tho Oronon Wildlife federation
Is snnnsnrlng an Initiative measure
which it contends would take the
state game commission out of po
litical control. Tho measure also
would take game law enforcement
out of the hands of the state po
lice and would restore the game
warden method of control.
Mr. Smith also will explnin a
projwsed compromise between com
mercial and sports fishermen. He
has been engaged for considerable
time in attempting to prepare an
agreement, to be written into law,
to shorten dates for cornercial net
ting and making certain restric
tions on not sizes nnd gear.
A complete explanation of theo
proposals will bo Riven bv Mr.
Smith nnd all sportsmen of thp
county and nil other persons In
terested In wildlife conservation
are Invited by the Roseburg Hod
and uun club to be present.
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Upper picture shows bridges
over the Maas river, near Rot
terdam, Holland, where some of
the bloodiest fighting between
the nazl legions and -Dutch de
fenders is occurring. Reports to
day are that the Dutch recap
tured the vitally Important city
of Rotterdam, which the nazis
apparently planned to use as a
base for a direct attack on Eng
land. Picture at the right describes
the; general situation In the low
. lands at the outset of the Ger
man Invasion. ',''' ;
Oregon Prisoner
Admits 2 Killings
'PORTLAND, May 13. (AP)
Wheeler County Sheriff Kelsay
and Mullnomah County Deputy
Sheriff Cbrlslofforson left, today
for Fossil, Ore., with Claude T).
('line, 43. whom they said had con
fessed two Spanish gulch mining
district killings.
Kelsay brought nine to Portland
from Seattle Saturday night after
bis arrest there. In Seattle Clluo
confessed shooting George Chetty,
35, Xenia. Ohio, man who camo
west to join him in a mining ven
ture, the sheriff said.
On the train to Portland Kolsav
a n d Cbrlslofforson questioned
Clino for five hours on a second
killing and when they arrived hero
Kelsay announced the prisoner had
also confessed the slaying last An
trust of Kugeno Rosenstlel, 29,
Portland, another prospector.
A first degree murder warrant
was Issued In Wheeler county Sat
urday. The prisoner promised the
officers that he would lead them
to the spot he burled Rosenstlcl's
body. It was not far, ho told Kel
nv. from where Chetty's body
lying in a shallow, sand grave
whs discovered last Friday.
Kelsay reported that Clino took
Cheltv's travelers' checks after the
shooting last week nnd cashed
them In several northwest points.
It was through them that he was
traced and arrested In Seattle.
Three CCC Eirollees
Killed in Truck Upset
PI.UMMFR. Idaho, May 13
(AP) A civilian conservation
corps board of Inquiry was to In
spect n battered truck and the
highway 13 miles east of here to
day, probing for the cause of an
accident which took tho lives of
three young Idahoans yesterday
and Injured 10 others, only one of
tlu-m critically. .
Charles A. Mny, 22, or Boise;
William A. Carter. 20. Plaorvllle.
and Ralph Oswald. 21. Kooskia.
died when ihe truck In which they
were returning to Camp Chatcolet
with 23 other Idaho CCC enrollePB
left the road on a curve and over
turned. Child Dies When Bite of
Playful Pup Cuts Juglar
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 13.
( AIM Nipped by a playful pup.
Robert Kiideno Makley. 3, Vancouv
er bled to deat h of a severed
jugular vein last nleht while visit
ing relatives with his pnrpnts. Mr.
and Mrs. (luv !-:. Makley, at White
Salmon, Wash.
The dog's sharp tooth mad so
slieht n surface wound that Its fa
tnl nature was not discovered un
til ton late, for the child bled in
ternally. It was reported. He was
nifhoil to a hospital but died en
route.
Rival Armies Struggle for Mastery
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Clelond Weaver, Native
of Myrtle Creek, Dies
Cleland Weaver, 71, a well
known resident of Myrtlo Creek,
died nt his home Saturday. Funeral
services were held nt Myrtlo Creek
Sunday, Rov. J. P. Bray officiat
ing, nnd Interment took place In
the Myrtlo Creek cemetery under
arrangements conducted by the
Roseburg Undertaking company.
Mr, Weaver was a life-long resi
dent of Myrtle Creek, where he !
was born September 2. 1K5. He
was the lust of a faintly of 13 chil
dren. He was a brother of the
late Edwin Weaver, former county
commissioner.
Surviving are his wife. Anna Dy
sert Weaver, and a son, Alvin
Weaver, both of Myrtle Creek.
Mr. Weaver was a member of
the Odd Fellows lodge.
Agreement Ends Strike
at Woodenware Plant
TACOMA. May 13. (AP) The
two-tnonthotd strike of 2 10 em
ployes at the Northwestern Wood
enware company plant hero was
nettled today and nil employes will
return to work tomorrow. Joseph
L. Diven. com pan v manager, and
Karl Hartley, business agent for
the Lumber and Sawmill Workers'
union (AFL). announced.
Hartley said the company met
the strikers' demand for a t5 cent
an hour minimum wage "all along
the line." The new scale rcpre-fl'-nts
a 1 cent an hour Increase.
The plant employes many skilled
men nbove tho minimum pay class
It icntion.
Similar strikes at other cooper
age plants owned by the north
western company Int Seattle. Port
land and Toledo, Ore., are still uti
settled, Hartley said.
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Japan Assured On
Status of Indies
TOKYO, May 13. (AP) Brit
ain nnd Holland both assured Ja
pan today they had no Intention
of filtering tho status quo In The
Netherlands' rich Indies posses
sions. British Ambassador Crnlgle in'
formed Foreign Minister Arltn that
Britain did not Intend to Interfere
with tho present situation In tho
Dutch Fast Indies since she believ
ed the Dutch forces there were suf
ficient to maintain tho Integrity of
the islands.
Concern had been' expressed In
many Japanese quarters lest the
British and French landings of
forces In the Dutch West Indies
might be followed by similar allied
action In the Knst Indies. Japan
lias officially notified interested
powers of her insistence that tho
Kuropean war shall bring no change
in the Knst Indies' status,
Holland also reassured Japan.
"Jack" Kidder Designated
as West Point Cadet
James D. (Jnck) Kidder, ot
Rnselnirg. hai been dettlgnated
from Oregon at Inrcn as a cadet
at West Point military nrndemy.
according to word received today
from Washington. D. C. Kidder, u
son or Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kid
der of Manila, p. former resi
dents of Hnsfbiirg, and n nephew
of Mr. nnd Mrs. James Sawyers
of this city, his been attending
prnpnratory school nnd taking
other advanced work In prepara
tion for West Point for the past
yenr. Ho will enter the academy
July 1. He passed enlrance ex
aminations tn March.
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Allies Facing Nazi Legions
On Combat Front Extending
From Holland Into France
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Stubborn Dutch Regain Control of Rotterdam, Nazis
Capture Fort in Liege Zone But Meet Strong
Belgian Resistance Elsewhere; German Ships
Sunk in Effort to Help Narvik Garrison.
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By the Associated Press :
The German blitzkrieg push to the west tonight appeared to
bo cheeked, French military spokesmen declared.
Advancod allied motorized and air forces, supporting tho
Belgian and Dutch armies, were said to have slowed up the nazi
steamroller advance through southern Holland and Belgium.
The great "battle of the west," the spokesmen added, has
started in its preliminary stages.
They explained this meant the advanced allied motorized
forces and allied aviation were supporting the Belgian and
southern Dutch armies and had slowed up the nazi blitzkrieg
swoop. They were giving battle pending the early arrival of the
main allied forces which were said to be nearing the line "ahead
of schedule.
Italy Strengthens
Line Facing France
ROM R, May 13. -(AP) In .the
midst of a rising nntl-ullled cam
paign, Ital' busily reinforced
her "Ltttorto" line of fortified po
sitions along the western Alpine
frontier facing Franco today and,
according to Italian sources, call
ed out nil'Itional roservists to re
inforce her army of 1,250,000
men. . . .
There wore two 'major expres
sions of anti-all led sentiment, one
a sorloB of student demonstrations
innr urongnt out tmt 1 Bomiura ami
police to protect the British and
French embassies, the other con
tinued propaganda ngulust Brit
ish-French control over shipping1
in the medltorranonn. .
Troops and police prevented tho
student demonstrations from
reaching the two embassies. ' Stu
dents who had marched through
tho streets with nn Kalian flag
dispersed after spectators said
they had heard them shouting for
war. -
in addition, Catholic sources
announced that English tnd Scot
tish seminaries for student priests
unro being closed and that tho Bel
gian seminary hud boon cIohoiI.
New Pension Bill
Passed by House
WARIIINOTON, Mny 1.1. (AP)
l.c'Klnlullon lo pension Uib do
imnilfliil wIcIowh, children nnd pa
rpiita nf every deoeaHotl woi-M wnr
VHtorun, regarillcim of llio cause of
Ills death, wan paused today by the
limine nnd sent lo tho noiiato.
Hnnraieiitallvo itankln (D.-MIbb),
BiioiiBor of tho liicaBiirn. and oth.
ors contended It would take care
or tho deiiendenlH of many voter
aim whoso deattia reunited Jndtrcct
ly from their v.ar service, whllo op
ponentx maintained It would re-
dlico tho filiidH nvallnhlo for tho
willows and orphans of mon killed
in action and for disabled veteruns
who, Ihey held, woro more deflerv
Ing of assistance,
i Aiming tho latter wns nop. Mill
er (It., Conn.), n legless world war
aviator, who declared from his
wheelchair tho hill wns "lllndvls.
ed, ill considered and extremely Ill
timed because wo aro not now ade
quately providing for tho widows
of men who died In action.
Deforo passing tho bill tho houso
shouted down nn amendment by
nop. tosieini (ii.. ouir.i which
would havo ellmlnnled tho pen
sions to palenls. Coslello contend
ed ilns would set a new precelent
In veterans' legislation.
Thu bill was passed on a slam).
Ing vote which Speaker Ilankhend
announced wns 217 to 31.
Missing Art Student
Found Dead on Beach
POUT GAMlll.K, Wash.. Mny 13.
(API The bodv nf MIbs Martha
Ann llnmmnns. 20, former art stu
dent of Seattle and Snohomish,
Wash., was found on n Hood canal
beach about a mile and n bnlf from
here today. She disappeared from
a hotel here April 5 while visiting
her falher, Thomas Ilaminons, lum
ber mill employee. Tho cause of
death was hot Immediately deter
mined. llellevlng her kidnaped, her fa
ther olfered ft reward, nnd a const
wide senrch ensued.
The irli-l hml been worried be-
cnuse of her failure ns an nrtlst!
nnd bad withdrawn from a Seattle
art school about a month before
ehe disappeared.
The body was ordered token to
Port Orchard, county seat, for a
prohnble Inquest.
rtenorts from both sides In the
fast-developing conflict listed a to
tal Iosb of 1,100 plnnoB since tho
Oernian Invasion startod Mny 10.
The Oorninns said they hnd do
Blroyeil 700 allied planes; tho allies
reported 400 German, aircraft put
out of action.-" .V- . '
Hutch- troops fought stubbornly
behind their flooded defense lines -.
below the Zulder Zee, while Del
Blan. Ilrltlsh nnd French forces :
bnttlod side by Bide against Bhnrp
now nttneks by Herman motoilKod
Invndeis n Belgium.
Tho Dutch high command an
nounced onomy parnchuto trnoprt
virtually were cleared out or uot-
tnt-flatn. whoro thov still hold Wtlttl-
haven airport but woro unable to
use It hecnusn 'of heavy Dutch nr
tlllory nrm Elsewhere thoy worn
reported wlpetl out or ,:"i oiiiloi-nil
harmless."
Bolqlnn Fort Fall
Adolf Hitler's hoadnuiirters on
the weRtem fron reported tho cap
ture of the great Llnge fortros.i
citadel In Belgium on tho fourth
dny of the war. It was here that
Kaiser Wllholm's army was halted
a week by a heroic Flelglan dofonso
In 1!H4. Tho Germans also report
ed tho capturo of 1S.000 Dutch
troops by one German army. t
Tho French high command said
the only fort so far seized by the
Germans In the Liege zone was
Kben Emnol.
Nail Rhine Wall Broken ' :
French artillery and nlllod air
bombs this afternoon shattered
part or tho Istoln railroad tunnel
under Germany's "Gibraltar of tho
niilno." a report from Tfasel, Swit
zerland, Bnld.
This destruction closed to mili
tary trarric a section of the vltnl
army railroad Incorporated In tho
weal wnll fortifications.
The now raid and shelling of tho
southern side of tho bridge of Is
loin rock, which the Gorman rail
rond pierces In a double track tun
nel, severed Oermnny's direct con
nection with Unsel.
Nazi Transports 8unk
Fnr to the north, In tho nlmost
forgotten Norweglnn campaign, n,
Germnn attempt to land troopa to
help tho besieged nnzl garrison nt
Narvik was reported n failure.
Several German transports were
sunk, according to the Norwegian
telegraph agency.
Nazi officials In Horlln predict
ed n "gigantic battle today," anil
the high command onnouncod Ger
many wouli shoot 10 allied prison
era for every nnzl parachute sol
dier killed In violation ot interna
tional law.
In Hern. Switzerland, neutral
military attaches speculated that
Germany's new secret weapon
which purportedly ennhled nazl
forces to capture the llelglan fort
Then ICmael was a strange "norve
gas" capable of penetrating regular
gas masks.
Armored Cars Clash
The prni-ress of Gorman col
umns toward Tongres and HnBsolt
from Maastricht has been greatly
bumpered by allied nerlnl opera
tions. The column bending toward
Tongres wns stopped by a mass as
sault by French armored cars last
(Continued nn cage 6)
Lone Girl Constitutes
"Class" of Graduates
JUNTURA, Ore., May 13.
(AP) Junturn high school grad
uation exercises next Friday
wouldn't amount to much with
out Mary Kllen Joyce.
She is valedictorian, class his
torian, clnss ret and clnsa
prophet. She selected the class
colors and picked out the class
flower. In addition, she holds
all class offices because she's
the only senior.
But that won't halt tho exer
cises. Martin P. Gnlagher, On
tario attorney, will deliver the
commencement address with all
the trimmings.