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the war isn't. Don't wait for the
6th drive. Steady, continuous
buying of bonds means less on the
national quota when the next call
comes.
VOL. L NO. 99 OF ROSEBURG
North Roseburg Spur Creates
Traffic Barrier for Lumber
Firm, Owner Tells Council
Permit to Build Crossing Over Tracks Requested by
Kenneth Ford; S. P. Co. Asks Right to Build Third Spur;
Bus Line Told to Repair Street, Quit Double Pdrking
Alleged failures qf the Defense Plants corporation to fulfill
agreements made In connection with the construction of the
'spur track leading to the Young's Bay Lumber mill, were listed
before the Roseburg city council last night in a lengthy argument
following application by Kenneth Ford, owner-manager of the
Roseburg Lumber company, for authority to build a crossing
over the tracks. The council also discussed a proposed fran
chise for a third spur track in North Roseburg to serve the Inter
state Tractor and Machinery company and vacation of an alley
way at the site where the company is now constructing its new
headquarters.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Jl FTER the sensational develop
ments that have tripped on
each other's heels for days, there
is a lull in the NEWS as this is
written.
We may be quite sure the lull
is in the news only. The fighting
goes on hard and bloody and
unremitting. There will be no lull
in the fighting until the Germans
and the Japs are beaten.
The war has reached that
stage.
OUR Americans have taken
Brest and are "nearly" to
Nantes and St. Nazalre. Most of
the Breton peninsula is ours al
ready. What kind of fight the Ger
mans will put up for the penln
. sula's other ports remains to be
9- seen. "
AT the Caen end of the battle
line in France, something im
portant seems in the making.
The Germans arc said to be in
retreat from the whole Odon
Drne valley, where they have
done their hardest and bitterest
fighting since D-day. Much con
fusion is reported. A Canadian
officer says the Germans are
dashing back and forth in "moves
of desperation."
The dispatches intimate that
they may be preparing to fall
clear back to the Seine whose
bridges are reported to have been
destroyed by our planes.
WATCH all the moves in this
general area. If the allies
should cross the Seine and swing
to the north, the robot coast
would be threatened with en
circlement. There can be no
(Continued on page 6)
Florence-Pisa
Battles in Lull
ROME, Aug. 8 (AP) The
Germans clune tightly to a foot
hold in the hills south of the Ar
no river in the great bend east of
Florence today.
In the two great cities bisected
bv the Arno-Florenco and Pisa
the positions of the contending
forces remained virtually un
changed, the allies holding the re
gions south of the stream and the
Germans still in control of the
north banks.
Stormy weather, much with
rain, curtailed action along most
ol the front.
Thp allied command announced
that both sides suffered heavy
casualties Sur.dav when the Ger
mans counter-attacked In force
and recaptured Mote Grlllo, nine
miles north of Arezzo, from an
Indian division.
An official source declared that
air photographs taken at low lev
el disprove completely German
contention that allied guns have
shelled Florence. Meanwhile Ger
man shells continued to fall In the
southern sections of the city but
civilians were going calmly about
their pursuits.
Liquor Sale Order for
Sailors Is Not Applied
PORTLAND, Aug. 8. (API
Sailors must wait until after 5
p. m. to make purchases at Ore
gon liquor stores despite lifting
of restrictions bv 13th naval dis
trict headquarters in Seattle.
The Oregon liquor control com
mission will decide Monday
whether to change Its regulation
barring sales to navy personnel
before that hour. AHminUtrntnr
1 Rav Conwav announced
The army still prohibits sale of
liquor to soldiers before 5 p. m.
REVIEW
A resolution was adopted set
ting Sept. 11 as the last date for
filing nominations for city offi
cers; approval was given Im
provement work done by the Sa
lem Sand and Gravel company;
the city attorney was instructed
to serve notice on the Pacific
Greyhound lines that repairs
must bo made to Washington
street between Main and Jack
son streets or further use of the
block for loading and unloading
purposes will be denied; D. W.
Thomason was appointed a spe
cial police officer; an ordinance
was adopted setting salaries for
city officers, resignation of Jess
Hicks as electrical inspector was
accepted, and routine business
transacted.
Log Hauling Impaired
Kenneth Ford, appearing by
his attorney, Paul Geddes, asked
that the city open East Third Ave.
between East Third street and
East Fourth street, to provide ac
cess to his stockpile. Prior to the
construction of the railroad spur,
it was stated, his logging trucks
were able to operate over the
street, but a deep cut was neces
sitated In building the railroad.
The matter had been before the
council previously and informa
tion was given that an agree
ment had been made between the
Young's Bay Lumber company
and Mr. Ford that the cut would
be widened sufficiently to permit
logging trucks to enter the
street, and. that the railroad
tracks would be surfaced to per-
(Continued on page 6)
Eight Officers in
Hitler Death Plot
Are "Punished"'
LONDON, Aug. 8 (AP)
Field Marshal Erwin von
Witzleben and seven other
German army officers were
hanged today, Berlin an-
nounced, after a trial In
which they confessed plot
ting to kill Hitler and surren
der Germany to the allies.
LONDON, AugTi (AP) Ber
lin announced today a people's
court had meted out "Just punish
ment to field Marsnai t-rwin
von Witzleben and seven other
expelled army officers tried on
charges of complicity in the July
20 plot against Adolf Hitler's
line.
In nazi Germany, "just punish
ment" usually means death.
An official account of yester
day's trial, broadcast by DNB,
disclosed the alleged plot against
Hitler had been hatching since
last summer. Col. Count Claus
van Stauffonberg, named by Ber
lin as the actual assassin, was de
clared to have brought explosives
Into Hitler's presence twice be
fore July 20 but to have refrain
pa from letting them go because
Henrich Himmler, gestapo chief,
was not with Hitler "he was to
be finished at the same time."
Three former generals and four
lesser officers were tried with
von Witzleben. who was quoted
as testlfvine that he and Col. Gen.
I Ludwig Beck were to have head
ed the military under tne coup.
Beck, former chief of the Ger
.man general staff, committed
suicide, Berlin said, after frustra
tion of the conspiracy. Berlin an
nounced earlier the death of sev
en other accused officers four
by execution July 20 and three
more by suicide.
Mai. Gen. Stieff, one of those
or. trial, told the Himmler-ruled
people's court, Berlin said, that
he knew the details of still anoth
er abandoned plot to kill Hitler.
This called for the placing of time
bombs in the packs of three pri
vate soldiers without their
knowledge and setting the bombs
to explode when they appeared
before the fuehrer for a demon
stration of new equipment.
Polio Cases Increase.
PORTLAND, Aug. 8. (API
Portland's health office has re
corded 28 cases of infantile pa
ralysis and five deaths so far this
year compared with two cases
and no deaths In the same period
last vear. Thirteen new cases
were reported in the past week.
ROSEBURS,
Suicide Follows Wife's
Death in False Report
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.
(AP) Several months ago
Mrs. Mildred McReynolds re
ceived notice that her husband,
John K. McReynolds, had been
killed in a merchant marine
torpedoing. Mrs. McReynolds
fell dead after reading the tele
gram. McReynolds returned home
shortly afterward.
Yesterday his body was
found in his gas-filled automo
bile. A note beside the body
said: "My new address will be
with Millie."
Dr. Nicholas Will
MovetoLakeview
Dr. George I. Nicholas, Roseburg
veterinarian, announced today
that he has purchased property,
including a general merchandise
si ore, at Lakevlew, and plans to
move to that city in the near fu
ture. A new veterinarian is to
locate at Roseburg. Dr. Nicholas
states, and he will remain until
his successor, so far not known
to him arrives and takes over the
work of state inspection.
Dr. Nicholas, who has been a
resident of Roseburg for the past
17 years, is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and
came to Douglas county from Ne
vada. In his new location, he will
serve as veterinarian on two
large stock ranches, in addition
to operating the store.
His two step-sons, Mack and
William Pyle ,are In military ser
vice and plan upon their return
to take up residence at Lakeview,
where they will be associated
wilh Dr. Nicholas in the store
and in stock raising, according
to present plans.
Says Rationing Ousting
Oregon's Lamb Business
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8
(AP1-A northwest sheepman, A.
R. Bohoskey, says he is shipping
2,000 lambs from Prineville. Ore.,
to the east because he can't find
a Pacific coast market. ...
"The OPA's refusal of a 30-day
suspension of lamb rationing has
filled packers' coolers in all ma
jor Pacific northwest markets,"
Bohoskey asserted.
"The OPA has upset the year
around marketing plans which
sheepmen have been years build
ing up . . . people are going out
of the Iamb feeding and sheep
business In droves."
Grade C Milk Banned
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 8. (AP)
The Salem city council voted last
night to prohibit the sale of
grade C milk in the city.
Capt. Robert Bqnebrake Battles Through
15 German Planes, Downs 1 Antagonist
AN EIGHTH AAF FIGHTER
STATION, England. Flying in
the number two position behind
his flight leader, Captain Robert
R. Bonebrake, formerly of Rose
burg, Oregon, recently fought a
formation of about 15 German
fighters through a series of clouds
near Exreux, Franc?, and de
stroyed one of the nar' planes
with his P.47 Thunderbolt.
He got his Jerry despite the
lain lit; wds i uniting; au iuw un
gas that he had to stop and re
fuel at the landing strip right
near the allied beachhead in Nor
mandy. The 27-year old fighter pilot
was on a bomber-escort mission
with his crack Thunderbolt group
headed bv Colonel Frederic C.
Grav, Abilene, Texas, when his
flight made an attack on a large
number of Jerries.
Battle Narrated
"Our flight was attacked in
turn," Captain Bonebrake reveal
ed, "so we broke away, and I
became separated from my lead
er and entered a cloud at around
1.500 feet. I reversed mv turn
while in the cloud and came out
on the same heading and about
400 yards to the rear of the ene
my planes."
The captain picked out a Focke-
Wulf 190 on the extreme right
and began to move ud fast on his
target. He opened fire at long
range from right behind the Hun.
and the German pilot headed for
cloud cover but not in time to
prevent Bonebrake's bullets from
hitting all over his wings.
"I continued after him with
full power," Captain Bonebrake
continued, "and drew slightly
closer. As he entered the next
cloud, I saw my strikes high on
his fuselage, then I had to break
to my left when three other
Focke-Wulf's started to position
themselves above etid directly
behind me."
"As I dropped below the cloud
I saw an aircraft burning on the
ground without a doubt my tar
get so I pulled my stick to give
me everything I could,. and head
ed out. After a short while I
the bouglAs:county daily
OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1 944.
Jap Premier
Warns Nation
Peril Faced
(By the Associated Press)
With New Guinea lost and a
third Marianas island, Guam,
about to fall, Japan's 100 millions
were on notice today that their
empire confronts "national diffi
culties of unprecedented serious
ness, and that Japanese counter
moves "on a grand and bold scale
are expectantly awaited."
Premier Koiso, said a Tokyo
bi-oadcast, told his people the
Americans "have encroached up
on the Marianas in an attempt
to obtain a quick decision in the
war and, by present appearances,
as if to strike at our homeland in
a single blow."
In one of the rare Japanese
references to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's southwest Pacific do
main, Koiso added: "In the New
Guinea area, too, they have made
gradual advances and have re
vealed their plan to threaten our
lines of communication with the
southern region." He called on
the people to arm.
Hengyang Capture Claimed
Another Tokyo broadcast de
clared Japanese forces had com
pletely occupied Hengyang, Chi
nese rail city which has been un
der bloody siepe for six weeks.
There was no allied confirmation
and Chungking reported that only
yesterday U. S. and Chinese
planes dropped supplies to the
defenders within the city.
U. S. marines and army troops
squeezed several thousand doom
ed Japanese into the northern tip
of Guam, ready for the, kill which
will totally reclaim the island
(Continued on page 6)
Col. McNair, Son of Slain
General, Killed on Guam
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 (AP)
The War department has an
nounced, the death on Guam of
Col. Douglas McNair, 37-yoar-old
son of the late Lt. Gen. Lesley J.
McNair, whose death in Norman
dy by a prematurely released
bomb from an American plane
was disclosed July 27.
No details of the younger Mc
Nair's death were made public
Surviving him are his widow,
Mrs. Freda McNair, their infant
daughter, Bonny Clare, of Santa
Barbara, Calif., and his mother,
Mrs. Lesley J. McNair, of Wash
ington. Fruit Prices In Clouds
LONDON, Aug. 8. (API
Londoners had pineapples today
for the August bank holiday at
a cost of from $16 to $21 each.
Watermelons were $7 apiece,
grapes about $5 a pound and
peaches 80 cents to $1.50 each.
Captain Robert
dropped down on a landing Btrlp
on the beachhead and refueled,
then I came on home o. k."
Captain Bonebrake recently
started his combat career over
here in England, and has now
completed eight missions to Ger
many and the occupied countries
of Europe.
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Elected as President of
International Lions Assn.
':-. V -; - ..' - y
Oi A. Skcen, above, of Salt
Lake City, Utah, is the new
president of the International
Association of Lions Clubs, fol
lowing election at the national
convention In Chicago. He was
formerly first vice president.
Artificial Legs Cause
False Report in Crash
. When Robert G. Parker, North
Sacramento, Calif., was rushed to
the hospital Monday, following a
collision between his motorcycle
and a car driven oy Edwin B.
Nlckleson, Lookingglass Rt., Rose
burg, his twisted legs led to a
report on the police docket that
he had suffered fractures of both
legs.
Examination at the hospital,
however, revealed Parker to he
the wearer of two artificial limbs.
both legs having been lost be
low the knees in an earlier acci
dent. It was reported by his phy
sician today that his condition is
not critical, although he suffered
severe bruises as a result of the
lmpaat. -r;.; -. . .
Soldier-Civilian Fight
Causes Traffic Jam
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 8.
(AP) A spectacular fist fight be
tween a soldier and a civilian, at
the top of a 100-foot bank on the
Evergreen highway near here at
tracted hundreds of spectators
whose cars lined the highway for
over 400 feet, state police said
today.
The battle ended late ysterday
when Stephen Gramling, Vancou
ver, tumbled down the cliff. He
was taken to a Vancouver hos
pital. Carl Benson, the soldier,
who is employed as a guard at
Terminal 4, Portland, was not
held, police said.
Bonebrake
He attended St. Mary's unlver
sitv In San Antonio before enter
In? the army air forces In May,
1940.
Captain Bonebrake's wife, Mrs.
Betsy Ray Bonebrake, resides In
Taylor, Tpxbs. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Bonebrake, live
near Roseburg, Oregon.
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Reds Add Nazi
Oil Center to
Their Prizes
MOSCOW. Aug. 8 (AP) A
new eruption of red army attacks
which captured more than 60
communities beyond the enemy s
broken Vistula river defenses
threatened to strangle German
communications between Kra
kow and Warsaw in the heart of
Poland.
Striking out afresh yesterday
from the Vistula bridgehead,
Marshal Konev's first Ukraine
army reached points 30 miles
west ot the river, Soviet field dis-
parcnes saia.
Thrusting beyond newly-occu-pled
Szvdlow. the Russians di
rectly menaced Klelce, astride
hiehwav and rail arteries 25
miles to the northwest. The di
rection of the drive raised the
possibility the red army troops
might outflank Krakow on the
north.
Last reports placed soviet
spearheads within 37 miles of
Krakow, last big nazi bastion be
fore German Silesia, now 75 to
mu mues away.
o center Caotured
Moscow's guns sounded last
night for twin victories the fall
of the oil center of Boryslaw In
the Carpathians, and the capture
of Sambor, communications hub
wnose tan gave tne Kussians a
grip on five routes leading into
nearby Czecnoslovakla.
(Information available In Lon
don indicated that through cap
ture of Boryslaw the Russians
had regained some 2,000 Galaclan
oil wells which had been feeding
the nazi war machine. The Ger
mans thus were left only the
Ploestl fields In Romania, which
have been repeatedly bombed by
allied airmen.)
Far to the north three power
ful Soviet armies began a pincers
movement on German east Prus
sia along a 200-mile front. One of
these Gen. Bagramian's First
Baltic army bent back sagging
German ( defenses In Lithuania
in twin drives toward Memel and
Tilsit, key East Prussian cities.
Population Dlaalna In
(A Vichy broadcast today said
all factories in East Prussia had
closed and that "the whole popu
lation was digging trenches
against the approaching danger
(Continued on page 6)
Federal Probe Of
Tram Strike Set
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 8.
(AP)Phlladelnhia looked to the
FBI agents and a federal grand
jury touay tor possime sensa
tional disclosures in a paralyzing
six-dav transit strike that de
veloped with flashing sudden
ness and without apparent organ
ized leadership, Inspiring a un
ion's charges of "company col
lusion" and "sinister enemy ac
tivity." "The workers were . . . pushed
out on a checker board as pawns
in a sinister game," said the CIO
transport workers union.
The strike, a protest against
the upgrading of eight negroes to
drivers' jobs under a fair em
ployment practice committee di
rective, began early last Tuesday
without apparent warning and
yesterday after the army seized
the lines by order of president
Roosevelt. Armed troops contin
ued to ride every moving bus,
trolley, subwav and subway-elevated
train today.
Meanwhile the four strike lead
ers, dismissed when they appear
ed for work yesterday, are free
on $2,500 bonds pending a hear
ing August 14 on charges of vio
lating the Smith-Connally war
time anti-strike act.
Widow Gets Millionth
Social Security Check
CLEVELAND Aup. 8 ( AP)
Recipient of the one-millionth
monthly social securilv insur
ance benefi now In force, Mrs.
Mary Rex Thompson. 33, Cleve
land war worker's widow and
mother of two children, todav
received checks totaling $58.49.
the first of a series of pavmcnts
that could exceed an estimated
$15,000.
Records show that John R.
Thompson, husband and father,
paid $145 In social security taxes
over a period of 7 1-2 years prior
to his death June 19( and his
employers paid an equal sum on
hi account.
The widow will receive a
check for $25.07 monthly and one
for $16.71 for each child.
Shanghai Raided by U. S.
Bomber, Japanese Report
NKW YORK, Aup. 8 (AP) A
slnnle American B-24 bomber
raided Shanghai today, the Japa
nese Dome! agency reported In
nn English-language wireless
transmission.
The transmission said that
"only very slight damage had
I been caused."
110 OP THE EVENING! NEWS
Ex-Congressman, Poet,
Pension Crusader Dies
John S. MoGroarty
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (AP)
John Steven McGroarty, 81,
colorful poet who romanticized
the history of California with his
writings and included in his
career two terms as a represen
tative in congress, died last night.
McGroarty, a native of Luzerne
county, Pennsylvania, came to
California when he was about 40.
He became one of the state's
principal historians and In 1933
was elected California poet lau
reate by the legislature.
As a democrat and champion
of old age pensions, he was elect
ed to congress in 1934 and served
two terms.
The writer's wife died In 1940.
Reported Attack
On Himmler and
Goering Doubted
ON THE BRITISH FRONT TN
FRANCE, Aug. 8 (AP) A new
ly captured German Intelligence
officer asserted toddy' that Holn
rlch Himmler, German gestapo
and SS chief, has been assassinat
ed that that Relchsmarshal Her
man Goering was wounded in a
new outbreak against the nazi
hierarchy. .
(There was no confirmation of
this report. The officer's report
was based on second-hand Infor.
matlon and therefore is subject
to reservation. In this connection,
the British radio said today a
uermun ueuienani tanen prison
er In France related he had given
a "pep talk" to his troops and
"for want of other good news"
had told them that Himmler was
dead).
Nine other captives, all Aus-
trlans, declared they could cor-
rooorato tne assertion of the In
telligence officer.
"The best news came Sunday
when we heard that Himmler
had been killed and that Goering
was wounded in the attack on
Himmler," one Austrian said.
Chevrolet Plant Beset
By Renewal of Strike
DETROIT, Aug. . 8. (AP) A
sirike at five plants of General
Motors Chevrolet gear and axle
division was renewed todav after
a one-day work resumption when
alt 3,500 employes ort the day
shift stayed away from their jobs
In protest to the discharge of
seven men.
The original strike, which In
volved all 7,000 employes of the
five plants, was precipitated by
the layoffs in a dispute over pro
duction rates.
Union officials said the seven
discharged men included all the
originally penalized group and
that the company declared It was
taking its action because of the
men's "participation and leader
ship In the strike."
Killer of Daughter to
Battle Murder Charge
OREC-ON CITY. Ore., Aug. 8.
i API circuit .Indue Earl C. Lat
Buret tp tomorrow will set a date
'or the tri-1 of Wlnfield L. Hen
derson. 47. Sherwood district
farmer Indicted on a first de
pree murder chnrge In the fatal
shooting of his 17-year-old daugh
ter. Arranged before Judge Latour-
ptte yesterday, Hendei-son said
he planned to employ a Portland
attorney.
A second Indictment, charging
Henderson with assault with a
daneerous weapon, was read. It
accuses the ex-school teacher of
shooting at his wife at a neigh
bor's home where she had gone
after a family quarrel a dav pre
ceding the slaying of her daugh
ter, Donna, on July Z4.
Llahtnlnq K. O.'t Hrder.
LAKEVIEW, Ore.. Aug. 8.
(API Struck by lightning, Jerry
Ahern. sheen herder, lav un
conscious for 12 hours In the
Honey creek district before he
was revived by a forest service
employee who had arrived to
fight 13 small fires set by tne
electrical storm.
i
Canadians
Smash Nazis
Below Caen
Americans Battle Into
St. Malo Fort, Assault
U-Boaf Base of Lorient
(By the Associated Press)
Allied troops have struck with- ,
in a little more than 100 miles
of Paris, it was disclosed at Gen.
Eisenhower's headquarters lato
today, as the Americans, British
and Canadians widened their op
erations in three provinces of! .
west France.
Headquarters did not dlscloso
the nearest point of the allied
advance toward the French capi-.
tal. The Canadians, in a power
ful new offensive exploiting al.
lied aerial might, blasted four
miles deep Into the northern an
chor of German defenses guard
ing the Paris basin formed by
the Seine and Loire rivers.
American spearheads entered
Le Mans, communications hub in
Maine province, where thev could
fan out towards Paris, 110 miles
to the northeast, or toward the
military center of Orleans, key
to Paris from the south. A drive
toward Orleans would indicate an
encircling operation to tako
Paris. . i
Air Force Blasts Path
The Canadian First army broke
the enemy's first main defense
line below Caen after 1,000 RAP
bombers dropped around 6,700
tons of explosives on enemy posi
tions. About 1,000 U. S. bombers
struck a second blow today In the
same area and ranged widely
over France attacking air fields
vital for the defense of Paris.
In Brittany, Americans were
reported on the outskirts of Brest
and attacking heavily the U-boat
base of Lorient, on the Bay o
Biscay. Remnants of four Ger
man tank divisions which at
tempted to split American forces
In Brittany and Normandy main
tained bitter resistance but thn
German counter-attack in the
Mortaln area had been by-passed
by the U. a drive on Paris.
St. Malo Penetrated.
The German radio acknowledg
ed that American forces had
broken Into the fortress port ot .
St. Malo on the north coast ot
the Breton peninsula.
The big push came on the 2Gth ;
anniversary of the British-French
offensive east of Amiens in the '
first World war that eventually
broke the Hindenburg line.
Apparently the allied threat tn
Paris, communications control
center for France, was -precipitating
a German withdrawal from '
southwestern France.' A Spanish. ,
French border dispatch said the
Atlantic wall for more than 100 ,
miles from the Spanish frontier
through Bordeaux has been vlr-
(Continued ort page 6)
Shuttle Bombers Blast
Airfields in Romania
ROME, Aug. 8. (AP) Ameri
can shuttle bombers from Britain
attacked two Romanian airfields
northeast of Plosti today and
then landed on Italian bases.
The objectives were at Buzau
and Zllistea, 40 miles above the
great enemy oil fields. Few in
terceptors were encountered. One
enemy plane was destroyed.
U. S. eighth air force bombers
attacked a German synthetic oil
refinery yesterday at Tresblnla,
about 20 miles west df the an
cient Polish capital of Krakow.
Crews reported fires and exi
plosions In the target area.
Cpl. Ambrose Huffman
Missing in Italy Action '
Corporal Ambrose Huffman.
23, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. .
Huffman of Brockway, has been
reported missing In action In
Italy since July 10. Corporal
i-iuiiman belonged to tne si in
fantry. He graduated from Look
ingglass high school In 1939.
Mr. and Mrs. Huffman have
two other sons in the service.
They are Francis, who Is In the
army and recently returned to
the states from the Aleutians,
and Murrel, radioman third class
In the navy.
Record Price of $1,000
Paid for Yearling Ram
ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 8. (AP)
O. E. Midesell, county agricul
tural agent, says the $1,000 paid
by A. W. Bagley to Gath Broth
ers of Turner for a Hampshire
yearling rnm at the annual Wll
iametle valley ram sale Saturday .
is a state record.
The average price paid was
$59.20 compared to $46.66 year ago
Midesell reported. Thirty-two
rams were unsold out of 108 of
fered and growers blamed a de
moralized lamb market, he added.
By L. F. Riirotla
The ilowness of tht allies In
reaching Paris must be ex
asperating to the Impatient
General (?) DeGaulle after al
lowing them to capture France
for him. He still hovers far In
the rear lest his elongated
physique be mistaken for a du
plicate of the Eiffel tower and
shot at.
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