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Of Senseless Dying"-Island Offers '
Americans Vast Possibilities in Pacific
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VOL. L NO. 74 OF ROSEBURG
Port of Caen Falls to British
Tank Battle
Impends in
Flats Beyond
Shaef Says Germans j '
Dealt Hard Blow, but .
Not Major Defeat ' ' V
LONOON, July 10 (AP)
The British Press said to
night that the Russians had
advanced to a point within
60 miles of east Prussia.
By WES GALLAGHER ,
SUPREME HEADGUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 10 (AP) The
British second army struck a
hard blow eastward on a three
mile front at the German' left
flank three miles south of newly
occupied Caen today, capturing
Etervllle and advancing to within
less than a mile of the river Orne.
Field dispatches described the
attack as a typical flanking jab
by Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery. -
It was made while the bulk of
the main German forces were en
gaged by British sweeping
through the ruins of Caen toward
the suburb of Fauborg De Vau
cellos, where the Germans were
making a stand.
Caen Taken
The .new attack, flung with a
thunderous artillery barrage at
5 a. m.( came Just 15 hours after
British and Canadian-vforces had
taken Caen, 120 miles from Par
is, and" opened the way to a fa
vorable flat battleground on the
plain of Caen south of the port
to Falice.
On the western end of the line
American forces matched the
British offensive with a drive
that made progress in all sectors
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
BIG news comes from France
today.
Caen finally falls to the hard
lighting British and Canadians,
khus opening to us another port In
Fiance. Ports are our great need
right now.
We have large numbers of men
and vast piles of supplies : in
England. We need to get them
into action. Beachheads are too
slow and uncertain.
AS the British take Caen, our
Americans move southward on
the other side of the Cherbourg
peninsula, taking La Haye in bit
ter fighting and thus hacking out
more elbow room in which to get
at the Germans.
IN the Pacific, we wipe out Jap
opposition on Saipan, which is
large enough and flat enough for
a B-29 base. With a base for our
big fortresses on Saipan, we can
move back and forth from there
Jo China, bombing Japan both
Igoing and coming. At Saipan,
we'll have gasoline that doesn't
have to be flown over the Hima
layas into China.
THE Russians are in Wilno, less
than a hundred miles froui
East Prussia. The German's have
n't yet been able to stop or even
hold the Russian drive on the
east front.
If they don't get it stopped pret
ty spon, they'll be in bad trouble.
THE Wg Super-Fortresses that
borrtbed Japan' a second time
the other day all got back safe.
They came from China,- and! hit
Jap Installations on' the way.
Other than that the targets 'were
hit, we. haven't been told of 'the
results 'of their raid.' - -
A"N the day that began' the
UEIGllTH yer 'of their war . of
survival! the Chinese, break- the
Hengyang siege (on one side)
and d-ive the Japs back 25 miles
to the northeast The .blow, was
(Continued on page. 2)
REVIEW
Used Car Ceilings,
Including Individuals,
Go Into Effect Today
. WASHINGTON, July 10 (AP)
Used ' . passenger automobiles
come under price control today
with all makes and models of
,used automobiles covered by ceil
ing prices. Sales by individuals as
well as dealers are affected.
The office of price administra
tion said that the used car busi
ness, with an annual sales volume
of nearly two billion dollars, was
until today the largest Industry
that had not been subject to cell
ing prices.
Requiring both the seller and
the buyer to sign a certificate of
transfer, the new order was de
signed, OPA said, to protect the
individual buyer from being over
charged and to guard dealers
from unfair competition.
Safety Training
Program to Start
In Douglas County
Five series of safety training
classes for foremen and key-men
of industrial plants are being in
augurated in Douglas county this
veek by the accident prevention
iivision of the state industrial ac
ddent commission.
During the past six months the
Iivision has held 51 series of sim
lar classes, with 661 employees in
attendance, representing, 77 dif
ferent firms having a total of
over 13,000 employees.
Each series consists of five two
lour lessons which are held week
'y for five consecutive weeks. The
objective of the course is the re
duction of industrial accidents in
the state which are taking a
ieavy toll in lives, injured work
ers, slowing up production and
affecting the economic life of
the state.
Reports of accidents are a part
of class work and an analysis of
accident reports made to deter
mine the factors which may have
contributed to the accident Elim.
(nation of hazards before an acci
dent occurs is stressed as an im
portant part of safety work. In
dustrial films are shown during
the course of lessons and every
class enrollee participates in the
panel discussions held weekly.
Three erouDS of safptv training
schools are now being conducted
by the division, . the enlarged
scope of activities in line with the
recommendations nf r:nvomnr
Earl Snell.
The Douglas county schedule
is: Mondays, Myrtle Creek, Tues
days. Drain: WpHnocrfnvc pAM.
burg; Thursdays, Canyonville and
rrmays, ouinerun.
Russia Tightens Divorce Procedure and
Provides Bonuses for Larger Families
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, July' 10. (AP)
The supreme soviet has Issued a
sweeping decree to strengthen
family life by making divorces
more difficult to obtain and by
granting increased financial aid
for large, famlles.
Causing a sensation throughout
Russia, the decree made divorces
is hard or haided to obtain in
the soviet union than in some
parts of the- United States,- and
provided for payment ranging up
to a lump sum of 5.000 rubles, or
about $950, at birth of an 11th
child, plus a monthly payment
of 300 rubles, or $57.
Mothers Honored.
The decree, already In effect,
created new honors for mothers -the
highest "mother heroine" for
women "rearing 10 or more chil
dren; -revised family taxes' to en-,
courage, more .children,, tighten,
laws agains,t.abortlqnlsts. liberal-,
ized aid for pregnancy and order
ed increased production of baby
clothes. ' ,'
(Britain's proposed Beveridge
than for social security calls for
a lump sumypayixent,:jpft!fourj
pounds (Siei.for.maternuvvBid an
additional paimentVp3S tlilllffes
($7.20) weekly. foV ,13 weekS:?The
payment is made for each child,
regardless of-the number of-previous-children.)
i ' Ji-
r (The- Beveridge plan was pub
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1944.
New Pacific
Era Foreseen
By Wallace
Oregon and Washington
To Benefit by China and
Russia Post-War Trade
SEATTLE, Wash., July 10
(AP) A post-war "era of the Pa
cific" marked by vast interna
tional airlines and communica
tions systems through areas now
thinly populated was forecast by
Vice President Henry A. Wallace
in a nationwide broadcast yester
day on his return from China and
Siberian Russia.
The vice president was in Se
attle only briefly to make his ad
dress, then continued eastward
to Washington, D. C, where he
said he would report to Presi
dent Roosevelt Tuesday.
Asserting that "trade with Rus
sia and China will help keep the
factories of America busy in (he
days that lie ahead," Wallace said
he was "convinced that a main
area of development after this
war will be in the new
world of the north Pacific and
eastern Asia."
Vast Resources
"The new frontier extends
from Minneapolis via the coast
states and Alaska through Siber
ia and China all the way to cen
tral Asia. Here are vast resources
ot minerals and manpower to be
developed by .democratic peace
ful 'methods the methods not of
exploitation, but on the contrary
the' mdre profitable method of
creating higher living standards
for hundreds of millions of peo
ple." . .
During his seven weeks travels,
Wallace said he. saw virtually no
'likelihood of . postwar interne
cine strife in China, nor any
chance of conflict between the
Chinese and Russia. - ' -"Personally
: I am convinced
that China and the USSR will
take the necessary steps to en
sure continuing peace and to pro
mote the cultural and commer
cial, exchanges among the nations
of the Pacifio to the benefit of
all."
Great Future Seen
The Pacific northwest states
(Continued on page 6)
Minor Hurts Result
From Automobile Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Trua'x. Rose-
burg, suffered minor injuries late
Sunday in an aulomibile accident
on the Roseburg-Glide road. Both
were treated at Mercy hospital
for cuts and bruises but were dis
charged today.
lished nearly two years ago, but
has not been adopted.)
State aid begins with a grant
of 400 rubles $76 at the nominal
exchange rate of 19 cents In U. S.
currency for a ruble at birth
of a third child. A fourth child
brings a $247 payment and $15.20
per month, with lump sums and
monthly aid increasing to a maxi
mum for the 11th child and each
thereafter. Monthly payments
continue until the children are
five years old.
Easy Divorce Ended.
In the past, If both and husband
and wife wanted a divorce, they
could obtain one within a few
minutes upon application at a reg
istration office.
Under the new1 decree both par
ties' must-file a petition in: court
and appear personally-before a
peoples' Teburt, which .wlll.-.he'ar
all .the evidence arid 'attempt a
reconciliation.., If this is believed
Impossible, the petition, can be
carried to a higher court
And if the higher court decides
to grant a .divorce, then the peti
tion U. returned with signatures
.to; the .ffaistration office, Where
.the,'if;t!r tdV tfce petitioner rriay
:.r4ng,&,cW.'5()0, td 2.000 .ruble
T$95 to $38Q,V:.,How long ;such .8
procedure'- will, take was not indi
cated; but It would appear that
considerable time would be-needed.
'.
Grapevine Says FDR,
To Let Wallace Stand
Or Fall on Own Record
(By the Associated Press.)
The word spread in democratic
circles today that President
Roosevelt apparently has decid
ed to let Henry A. Wallace stand
or fall on his c; n record and to
leave entirely to the democratic
national convention the choice of
a 1944 vice-presidential nominee.
That report, on which ' most
partyIeaders are proceeding,
came as Wallace headed to Wash
ington to report to Mr. Roose
velt Tuesday and to reappraise
the political scene after several
weeks, in China and Russia.
Doubts as to a fourth term nomi
nation for the . President are no
longer expressed;
Word seeping from inner party
councils indicated that if the con
vention consults the chief execu
tive as to his wishes, he will ex
press a preference for Wallace.
He may let- the preference be
known anyway.
But he is represented as not
prepared to dictate a choice to the
convention, which starts July 19
In Chicaga. And if the convention
discards Wallace, it would be the
party taking the action rather
than for him.
DeGaulle Pleased
By Conversations
With President
'-' V
WAsmwrvTYW Ti.i.t tnli im
Genera Charles De Gaulle, re
porting his conversations with
President Roosevplt had AttnlnpH
the "principal object" of creating
a Deiter understanding, announ
ced today he would move his cap
ital from Algiers to liberated
French territory as soon as pos
sible. : ... ;
"I had verv broad and frnnk
I conversations , with1 President
Roosevelt," De Gaulle told a press
conierence, adding that he was
taking away with him "the best
possible Impression from my stay
in the capital of the United
States."
The French leader said he ex
Plained to the President "no wpll
as I could, how France, gradually
emerging irom ner temporary
misfortune, intends to participate
with her allies, at her rightful
place, first in the war and then
in the life of the world at peace."
De Gaulle said President Roose
velt spoke to him of American
responsibilities for the war and
for the peace "with a breadth of
view, a knowledge of the prob
lems, and an idealism which par
ticularly impressed me."
The general discussed his meet
ing with Mr. Roosevelt and other
American officials Just before tak
ing a plane for New Ynrir o
spoke in French after an initial
oood morning, ladles and gen
tlemen" in English.
First he read a statement ex
pressing his satisfaction with the
talks with the President, Secre
tary of State Hull and other offi
cials. Then he answered questions
freely.
His statement and remarks
made several points: .
1. He said that France has no
ambitions to annex territories
either In Europe or in colonial
areas but "for reasons of interna
tional security and In the Interest
of French security certain prac
tical measures may be necessary
with respect to territories where
the flaff of the Frpnrh nrmv mflv
well have to fly." He agreed
mat ne reierrea to French occu
pation of the Rhineland and said
It might have to cover many
years. ' ; - , - .
2. For the 'proper civil admin
istration ;-bf' (French territories
lis needed among the ' United
piates, Britain and the French
national committee. De Gaulle
hess and understanding achieved
iy ine:tresiaen: ana himself may
yeement. .s i
inera! pnects'. tn era
"A -J -4....1V.1a'I
ro install the services of the"'gov-
pewi coital Is a very complicated
fhattet and speeds much prepare-
won." ( i ' i 1 i ( -i i
VOL. XXXIII NO.
and Canadians
Full of Wilno
To Russians
Believed Near
Nazis Fighting From
, House to House in
, Streets of Doomed City
LONDON, July 10 (APlf The
red army, fighting less than 100
miles from East Prussia and on
both sides of Wilno, has cut the
rail line between Daugavpils
(Dvinsk) and Kaunas, the pre
war capital of Lithuania, a Ger
man broadcast said today.
Fighting for the second day in
the streets of Wilno, the former
Polish-ruled city which the Rus
sians transferred to Lithuania in
1940, the Russians appeared to
have that ancient center of Baltic
civilization on the verge of ca
pitulation, Moscow dispatches
said.
The German broadcast said the
nazi defenders had "barricaded
themselves in the center of the
city. House after house was de
fended the most stubbornly and
the Soviets are paying with the
highest sanguinary losses for ev
ery meter of ground gained in
the shattered town."'
The Berlin commentator, Wal
ter Plato, said the Russians had
reached the Kaunas-Daugavpils
road in the neighborhood of
Otena where fierce fighting
raged.
Tills was Inside Lithuanian bor
ders as they existed before the
country was made a soviet re
public and some former Polish
territory annexed. It apparently
was about 80 or 85 miles from
the German frontier of East Prus
sia. German underground Informa
tion received here said the Ger
mans already had declared East
Prussia 'Vyrear area of opera
tions" and were planning a swift
withdrawal from the Pskov-Narva
sector of Estonia in the north-
(Contlnued on page 6)
Five Lose Lives in .
Coquille Drownings
COQUILLE, July 10. (AP)
Five Coquille residents drowned
In the' capsizing of two boats In
the Coos bay area over the week
end. Earl Green, 34, his wife, Elva,
28, and daughter, Ann, 6, lost
their lives in attempting to Ewlm
ashore in Croft lake.
The Coquille river claimed
Chester and Russell Summers 32
and 36, brothers. Two other oc
cupants of the boat, Clydo Wil
liamson and his son, Roger, swam
to safety.
All bodies were recovered.
More Than 50,000 Children Already
Moved From London to Escape Robots
Bv JAMES F. KING
LONDON. July 10 (AP)
The evacuation of women and
children from London and-various
cities in southern England
continued In orderly fashion to
day as the German flying bomb
offensive went Into its 2Gth day.
More than 50,000 children alone
already have been moved out of
the immediate danger zone with
only one minor hitch In arrange
ments, and that was quickly solv
ed. The hitch developed when
some residents In raid-free York
nnnnnrpH rpluftant to take evac
uees Into their homes, but the
mavor signed a compulsory order
and within a few hours 1,600
k..mkul nmnn nnrl phllrlrpn
wno-jiad dralned in that city
were safely billeted.... ,.
Scenes Touching -A
i r.fc. i n (T aMnn tnnlf .nlnfo fit
the Central station in Leicester as
spveral hundred cheerful chil
drn fill evacuees pulled in Just
oB-a hMnltal train nrrlvprl with
a load of wounded from Norman-
fiy-'-i i I - 4- -.: '
"The-youngstera iand so(diers
clieertdii'ach, other pnd the. troops
snowereq me cnijuien wyi unw
ofates .afld-pspkiea., ,.i
Jt .wait noisy night as the
fthrmaha tnnlf-nHvantAirp of nvpr-
cast skies of Dover strait to sneak
85 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Willis Mahoney Says
FDR "Won't Let Us
Down" Will Run
WASHINGTON, July iO--(AP)
Willis Mahoney, democratic
nominee for U. S. senator in Ore
gon, emerged from a conference
with President Roosevelt today
predicting that the chief execu
tive would "sweep the country."
"Did you tell him that?" a re
porter asked, "and what was his
reaction?".
"He nodded and smiled," Ma
honey said.
The Oregonlan explained how
ever, that he had not discussed
the democratic convention with
the nrpsident. He said he was at
the White House primarily todls
cusi his own race for the-senate.
"I did not discuss a fourth
term," he said, "but there is no
question In my mind but what
the president will accept the caK
that will be made at the Chicago
convention as a public duty. I
don't believe he will let the peo
ple clown."
Mahoney said lie believes the
sen'iment for n fourth term In
Oregon Is stronger than was the
Roosevelt sentiment in 1940 be
cause "of the foresight of Presi
dent Roosevelt In harnessing the
Columbia river and because of
the Grand Coulee and Bonneville,
dams which brought us cheap
power and made It possible for
the Pacific nj-ihwest to come of
age" from an industrial stand
ooint. ,, ...
Board Named to Handle
Oregon Wage Problems .
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PORTLAND, July" 10. CAP)
Oregon agricultural wage prob
lems will be handled by a new
seven man board set up by the
war food administration.
' The group will fix ceilings on
farm labor upon the request of
the majority of growers within, a
community. - '
The board is headed by Carl
Izett, assistant Portland district
WFA official. Other, members
are Erwln L. Peterson, state
labor commissioner; Vcrn F. Live
say, state farm security admin
istration director; Dr. N. I. Niel
son, bureau of agriculture eco
nomics statistician; E. L. Potter,
head of agricultural economics at
Oregon state college; and John
Shepherd, vice chairman of - the
state AAA committee.
Pomona Grange Will
Hold Meeting Saturday '
Douglas County Pomona
grange will meet Saturday, July
15, at 8 o'clock at the RIversdale
grange hall. Grange ladles are
requested to bring sandwiches.
Coffee will be furnished by the
grange. Fourth degree work will
be conducted. All members are re
quested to be present .
their robot planes through the
defense wall. An official an
nouncement acknowledged dam
age and casualties in both Lon
don and the southern counties.
Before darkness set in, however
fighter pilots were credited with
shooting down a considerable
number, of buss bombs Into the
sea. i
Cricket Matches Held
Despite the blind bombing at
tacks, cricket matches at Lord's,
the grevhound racing tracks' and
other outdoor sporting events
drew large crowds over the week
end. At White, City track, soot
tprs were mounted atop a 108-foot
floortllpht tower and alerts were
sounded over a loudspeaker sys
tem, it'
however, Mt effects of the tobof
awuilts. ,-13' of ith'em closing Sat
urday nlcht; Most of the remain
der nlay to meager audiences.
' The government, meanwhile,
finened the first of eight . deep
h"ltprs pqulpppd- with comfort
able: bunks to" accommodate. 8.000.
vrsons each.; The shelters,. -100
(pet .underPTOund.ihave l$rge can
teens serving iio drinks .; and
snndwlchesc radios, hot -and 'cold'
running water end large play
grounds for children. Admission
Is by ticket.
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS. Pearl Harbor,. July
10 (AP) Vast new possibilities
of soa and air smashes toward
Japan and the Philippines surged
into view today with the conquest
of Saipan and Noem'fooi1 islands
in the western Pacific.
Onrushing American forces
wrested Saipan Saturday from a
terrified Japanese garrison trap
ped on the island's northern tip.
It fell 24 hours after allied forces
under Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Members Bond
Club to Hear
Leslie Scott
State" Treasurer Will
Address 135 Persons Whs
Subscribed $85,000
A total of 135 persons have
qualified for membership in the
Roseburg chamber of commerce
$500 club, it was announced to
day by Harold J. Hickerson, sec
retary. Members of the-club will
be guests of J. A. Harding, owner
manager of the Umpqua hotel at
a banquet at the hotel at 6:30
o'clock tonight '
Maturity . value of bonds pur
chased by club members stands at
$85,000.
Leslie M. Scott, state treasurer,
is to be the principal speaker to
night. E. C. Sammons, chairman
of-, the state war finance commit
tee, originally scheduled to speak
at tonight's meeting, was unable
to attend, and arranged with Mr.
Scott to be present. '
st - The state treasurer recently
Invested $4,888,440 of state funds
in War bonds, purchasing early
maturities to provide cash with
which to carry on such postwar
activities as benefits to returned
service men and industrial work
ers no longer engaged In war
plant work.- Douglas county was
credited with $107,000 of the
state's total investment in war
bonds.' ' "
-. Congressman Harris Ellsworth,
'alsd wllj be one of the banquet
speakers. . ,
Program arrangements are in
charge of Marshall Pengra, man
ager of Radio Station . KRNR,,
who will serve as master of cer
emonies.
. Members of the $500. club not
previously reported Include H. B.
Roadman, Morgan Lawson, Geo.
Smith,- Mrs. L. E. Thompson,
Percy R. Alkln, Miss Eva Miller,
Mrs. R. .H. C-Woods, Joseph L.
Wilson, Robert Lewis Fies, Per
cy Croft, Mabel Wilson, Mrs.
Pauline Kissinger, Alfred Boyer,
(Continued on page 6)
Waste Paper
Salvage Drive
Yields 50 Tons
The Roseburg summer recrea
tion program will be credited
with more than $700 as a result
of the two-day waste paper sal
vage campaign conducted In Rose
burg Friday and Saturday under
the sponsorship of the Eagles
ilodge, Elmer Hampton, chairman,
announced today.
The response to appeals for
cooperation were so great, Hamp
ton said, that it was necessary to
secure help for the collection. The
county court authorized use of a
county truck and assigned pris
oners from the county Jail to aid
In loading trucks and cars.
Efforts were being made today
to secure an additional three tons
of paper to complete loading of
two freight cars making a total
of approximately 50 tons, Hamp
ton said. Truck collections were
being made this afternoon to fin.
Ish- the drive. Scores of persons
are cooperating by piling bundles
of waste paper at the Victory
Center.
The committee especially ap
preciates the thoroughness with
which bundles of newspapers and
magazines were tied, the chair
man stated, as this cooperation
greatly facilitated the task of col
lecting the paper.
Trucks were furnished by The
Dougla-! Flour Mills, Dunham's
Transfer, Roseburg Lumber com
pany and the county court. Col
lectors Included Boy Scouts, mem
ber -of .the ' Rosebui'B '- Lumber
company, mill crew;' members of
the Eagles lodge; and a group of
prisoners from ;the cfiunty Jail.
It, Is the announced plan of the
lodge to utilize about one-half of
the 'oroceeda for. ruirchsiin. nf a
Ptlbllc address system, "which Is
tn he used In thp rperpatlnn nm.
grjfrrf, as Veil' as-for,'all iiubHc
tfainerinE'Wnerc- trie eaulbment
ma oe' needed. The balance will
go into the recreation fund to be
used for permanent equipment.
completely tcok over Noemfoor "
near New Guinea's northwest '
end.
..Associated Press War Corre
pondent Rembert James, repre
senting the combined allied press,
came through with the first de- 1
tails of the savage bitter-end '
straggle the trapped Japanese of-
fered on Saipan. ,
Civilians Surrender
"Organized Japanese resistance
ended just before dusk yesterday
(Saturday)," he wrote. "Civilians ,
were surrendering by the hun- ;
drcds. :
"In 25 days of battle American
forces had battered the first great
hole in Japan's Inner defense ar- v
mor and carried the war more
than 1,000 miles westward. . .
"From Saipan American plan
es can fly across Japan's sea and
air route? . southward from the
empire and even Japanese home
islands will be in reach of long
range planes." - '
James said : probably ; 95 per
cent of the Japanese garrison, es
timated at more than 20,000 when
the invasion began July 14, had :'
been destroyed. ,
"The finale yesterday was an .
ugly spectacle of senseless dy
ing," he continued.
Japs Desperate
Enemy troops, weakened to a
point of exhaustion by two days
of futile counterattack, were
pushed steadily backward. . "The ,
desperation and panic behind the
enemy lines helped to crumble
Japanese defenses.
'American airmen flying over
the trapped foe saw signs of be
wilderment and terror among the
troops and civilians there.
At. one place scores of Japanese
swam out into the sea as the bat- ' ,
tie drew nearer.- There was
nowhere to swim to and they had
to swim back or drown."
The strategic value of Saipan '
was Immense.
"Saipan offers the best posslbll- ,
lties for airfield development of;
any of the islands captured from
the Japanese In the central Paci
fic campaign," said Vice Adm.
John H. Hoover, commander of
the central Pacific forward area. " ,:
"Its- main airstrip is far the ;
best that we have taken and the
island's size offers additional ad
vantages of wide dispersal." ; .,
Base Possible
Superfortresses could operate '
from . Saipan with . devastating'
power against Tokyo 1450 miles'
north or the Philippines, 1,500 -mile
swest. The island also has
great potentialities as , a naval
supply point and submarine stag
ing base. It is less than 150 miles ,
north of Guam, first U. S. terri
tory taken by Japan after the .
outbreak of war.
Noemfoor's three airfields, 800 '
miles southeast of Mindanao, . .
were captured within five days
last week. Noemfoor and - the
nearby Schouten- islands, where
the Americans hold four air
dromes on Blak and Owi, sur
mount New Guinea's huge Geel
vlnk bay, with its possibilities foe
elaborate naval development.
These nests of airdromes in
Geelvink bay and on Saipan also
may make for cross-bombing of
Guam and of the by-passed Caro
lines. .
Organized resistance of Saipan ,
collapsed rather suddenly, Adm.,
Chester W. Nimitz announced,
following a day of suicidal counter-attacks
that penetrated . the
American lines in some places as
much as 2,000 yards but cost the .
enemy 1,500 dead. .
At least 11,500 Japanese prob
ably thousands more were kill
ed, and more than 7,000 enemy
civilians were Imprisoned. Amer
ican casualties to June 28 were
1,474' dead and 8,278 wounded.
Barn Lost by Fire Is
To Be Replaced Soon
E. S. (Ted), Booth Is preparing
to start construction In the near
future of a new dairy, barn to re
place the structure destroyed by
fire late last week at his Rivers
dale farm. The fire destroyed a
considerable quantity of feed,
farm equipment and toolsj but all
animals were saved. Response of
volunteer fire fighters saved sur
rounding buildings. The toss is
partially covered by Insurance.
Mr. Booth reports he will rebuild
as soon as materials can be ob
tained. LevlfyPactlJant
lLr. rUiztntteia
Y city toiler, now and then,
For the tall uncut hath persist
nr yen
That makes his work a tortuous
bott; v i.
So for ' on whs!s- week wt
heat your "thanks"
'You'll havo a rost from our
daily rants,
And happily welcome our "Au
rovoir." . s