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VU&XUtkliidML . Ik&aa. Cxssoa, ilaabes., lily 12, 1S43 j; j Thoroughness Decides Battle Radio Control of Planes, Tanks, Even Infantry Noted by Lochner i (Editor' noti: In ts following story, written for tb special nw service of Th AnoemUd Jres d Tk Omim Statesman, Louis P. LocJtncr. famous war correspondent, fivi his sxpianstfoa of wliy Germany wan abla to conquer Franca ao rapid1?. Tkia la on of series of stories ha lm writing on his xperirare ad obaerralons with tha German army.) By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN (Correspondence or The Associated Press)- The Ques tion I have been asked pxont fre quently since returning from four trips to the xone ot operations In the west is: . ; s "How do yotf explain Germany's military success?" thoughall of these trips were undertaken since the start of the great offensive Hay 10, Invariably I must point out that 1 am no mil itary expert. My views simply are those of an observing layman. Yet it seems to me certain facts I t are obvious to anyone who, like iwi myself, could move freely among frrmm. en to the very front lines, see what the retreating arr mles left behind and how they left it, and talk to prisoners ot war. In a nutshell, it can be stated that perhaps no nation ever was prepared more completely, mora scientifically and with greater at tention to detail than was Ger many. Strategy also played a lead ing role. Higher Explosives Beyond that Germany had the dreaded Btukaa (dive-bombers), weapons for which the allied pow ers apparently had no match, it also seems German shells and bombs were filled with' explosives more effective than anything the world had seen. I shall try to deYelop more con cretely various Ideas gathered during my visits to the front: Take, for,, Instance, Germany's system of communications. Vari ous officers agreed in telling me that, during the gigantic tank fights, every nazi tank was con nected with the surrounding ones and with the alrforce above by wireless. This meant that the stukas' de scent to the scene of a tank bat tle could be timed in such a way that the bombs fell at the critical oraent and onto the allied tank moat dangerous to the German force. During artillery duels, such as that which preceded the fall of Dunkerque, I noticed German scouHng planes directed the nazi artillery fire by wireless. The French, on the other hand, seemed content to fire anti-aircraft guns at the German planes. Communications also were maintained between the stukas and the lightning-like "blue dev ils." Infantry on motorcycles which emitted a special smoke making them practically invisible, and I understand, though" I did not happen to see It myself, that even the infantry on foot had soldiers with earphones and radio equipment communicating as they marched along. Reinforcement Plan Works The German army stressed not only technical communication, but attached equal importance to con nections with the rear. One of the strongest impressions I took with me from each trip was the smooth functioning of the reinforcement system. Each unit's route of march and distance to be covered was stated precisely. On many occasions sol diers told me they had not slept for several days. "We know that If we donl ar- ve at such-and-such a place, our comrades will be left In the lurch hile those following us will have their plans upset' they said. "So there's only one thing to do- get where we have been ordered to go." Among the more Important or ganizations insuring the - safe movement of reserves were the so called "OT" men battalions of road and - bridge-building experts who, in peace times, work under Inspector General Fritz Todt on Hitler's automobile super-high ways. , Whenever we followed the ad vancing army, we were sure to find ' OT men ahead of us re pairing bridges, filling up holes on airfields, clearing roads ot ob stacles. Equally ever-present were Ger- man ambulances, ready to take care ot the wounded immediately. Another organization much in evi dence was the nazi Welfare league, with soup kitchens, huge tack ot bread and other edibles for civllia populations.1' An impressive thing to me was not only the fact that the general staff. In preparing for . this war, had thought of the most minute detail, but that all organisations. whether military or civilian, dove tailed their activities so effec tively. W & II II II iMw z in i) i wmmi . They're Paying tor Their Army Training Clad ii dungarees, anything but form-fitting, the first batch of businessmen to arrive at PlatUburg, N. Y, for army training is shown (top) marching off to their tents. They are some of seven hundred civilians who paid 146.50 for a thirty-day training course under army conditions. Bottom, "recruits axe served oy Winthrop Rockefeller, oil scion, who "won" a kitchen police detaiL News from Summer Camps By ERIC FITZSIMONS SILVER FALLS Y CAMP, July 11 Excitement prevailed at the Rear creek cabins Monday night after campflre when Murray Wade stumbled upon a rat In the wash room. The rat proved to be a hardy Individual, however, be- canse in spite of a severe beat ing by Murray, be managea to make good his escape. Murray rot his revenge on the rodent clan later, though, when he dis covered ai rat's nest on top of the shower closet, and with the aid ot Phil Jans and "Deacon Fitzsimons succeeded in knocking it down and burning it up. irir Annriften la beine teased .bout his tear of the Googenhel- mer boys, and though Jack firm ly declares that he is not, tne fact remains that one of the boys In hi cabin woke un this morn ing end wis startled to find Jack in bed with him. TTnit hikes seem to be the popular thing, with practically all the camp (units going on a trip of several miles. Tne ".Deacon" and Murray Wade, La Verne Jack son and Doug Yeater took a short hike up the Bear creek trail and spent the afternoon picking huckleberries. They returned with enough berries to make a num (Mr nf niml and about Wednesday morning when the pies are ready to eat, there will probably be a number of campers hungrily look in r fhem and wishing that they had accompanied the berry pick ing detail. I Cams Director Fred Smith was recently seen burning a nest of wasps out of the ehowerhouse and little unexpected excitement developed when the fly spray which he was also using was ig nited by the torch, and the wall ot the showerhouse caught fire in one spot. Fred soon proved that mut,, nf thsi aitnatfon. ua n u. i i'v " - - w however, when he yanked off his shirt and put out tne lire oeiore it could gain any headway. A few moke-stained shingles are the only remaining bits of evidence. Jim Cole. the long-awauea leader, finally- surprised everyone in camp by arriving aunng w noon meal. . "Pod' Crary told a thrilling story, entitled The. Mysterious Sweet Potato." at tne eampirre last night, and when he had fin lafcaui E&rl Cooler. Hal Cuffel and several of the other campers Iook wt & hit nla. A aulntet made up f Rnh smith. Tom Medley. Wayne Hauser, Norman Hinges ana boo Schunke entertainea me cmp with a number entitled "Billy the Goat." I Softball seems to he in tne ;ar Beet Tour Is Set for Today ALBANY Starting from the high school building In Jefferson nVtrwk- this morning. Linn Mat,. fr mora ha ara interest ed In. sugar beet production will hare an opportunity ot visiting various farms where the, owners are at present majoring in this product. The tour will be under the supervision of County Agent F. C Mullen. a t tu-esent time there are approximately S 80 acres of sugar beets being grown In the Willam ette valley, with most ot w being either on Linn county farms ,iiUitf, in I.1nn county. - The tour Jwlll include visits to the farms of Aden Chiooer s , George Potts, Jake CUmore, Nel son Gil more, Charles Lansb, and M. C Hems during the forenoon. Following Iunchon a visit will be made to the farm ot Robert Carter In Benton county, the College Ex periment station farm in Linn coonty, the farm of Frank opf near HaxTlsburg, and the Geln Stroma farm! In Lane county. Ketv Steitart Reelected Free Methodist Elder PORTLAND, July ll.-CtfV-The Rev. R. J. fatewart wis reelected district eldet at the Free Metho dist church's! 44th annual seaslon. The Rev. E. Lee of Calapooia was chosen secretary and the Rer. Clayton Green of Springfield, as sistant secretary. f & BDOtlisrht. A new learue will aet under way soon, as most of the campers have been shifted around since last week, and last week's teams are' no longer intact. An icy dunking In the swim ming pool will be the fate of all late comers to flax-raising. This rule was passed by the eampers. after a number of individuals showed np late for breakfast. Two of the leaders have re ceived the Golden Ragger award. which Is the next to the hlgbest award given by the organization. Norman Hinges and Dale Bates were the two honored individuals. The Invitation to Join the Rag- gers Is extended by tne memoeri themselves to any camper .whom they deem worthy of the organi zation. A Ragger must be of good character, an active participant in sports, and ah all-around good soort. The awards in order are tne. green Ragger, brown, red, blue. gold and white. Climaxing the day's activities will be the unit campflre and hamburger feed starting at 8:30. Everyone in camp will enjoy an hour of fun and fellowship at their respective unit lodge and at 9:30 Taps will send them all scurrying off to bed. t Hoover Goe Fishing in Favorite Oregon Spots BENDl Ore.. July H.-fJF-For- mer President Herbert Hoover went about urgent business fishing in the Cascade mountain woods today. He made a South Twin lake cabin his headquarters ana tram pea to tne trout streams and lakes he has tried hall a aoz en times in recent years. : - Drink Pint a Dar i EUGENE. July ll--Each of Eugene's citizens consumes one pint of milk a day, on the aver age, Inspector L. G. Helterline reported today. The total con sumption for the city Is 3600 gallons dally. i I ! - Red Cross Will Close Solicitation On July 20; French Are Lacking Food M ' ! - 'i i Xramnn jrnnrw ttaA fWla "KnnTOT Will If Jl Hnlicltjl- tion for war relief funds on cnairman, annuunceu yesteiruay. . Meyers urgea tnat. coniriDu-v tlons be increased by those have already donated to the relief fund. The county's quota Is still 1600 short, he said. More than '9,000,0 00 refugees who fled German domination and are now lodged in French-controlled territory are facing a terrify ing food shortage for themselves such as the American Red Cross Says Champion Golfer Joe Pluqk, Whose playing at Bzsi was the unk: "Since I've stuck to RAINIER For my 19th Hole CHEER, My scores have amazingly shrank! -,-" NX J I (ATMEf BEEWTH3 COMpANT SAH FKAKCISCO Zy J : 221 DaTi' Distributor - - mmmmmmmmmmm -:::'.; -' ' '--'' i- ., .-'!.:."''..".' '.' ' . ' .- . i. " (. j-'-. .;;1- "' t " J ' - -' ; ' ;.r ' ... . Early Buying of Tickets Advised Sale Will Start in Valley Towns on Monday; View ! Said Excellent Early purchase of Centennial pageant tickets was urged yester day by Irl S. McSherry. general manager of the Centennial. Mc Sherry pointed out tnat not oniy ara choice seats available now but also that! the Centennial management anticipates a rush, the last few days before the show. Tickets, now on sale at Cooke's and Nearf ham ''.book stores and at Centennial headquarters, will be put on sale in towns from Eu gene to Portland Monday. Re ports from surrounding towns In dicate that outside attendance will be extremely large. Doris Smith, pageant director, has said that seating at the Fair grounds, is the best for any pag eant she had directed and that all spectators will have an excel lent view. i Lawrence Morley is In charge of ticket sales. Willkie iii Favor Of Finishing Dam PORTLAND, Ore., July ll-(P) -Wendell L. Willkie, republican presidential nominee, favors com pletion ot Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams, Walter L. Tooxe, chairman of Oregon GOP dele gates, said today. The republican candidate also wants to see rural electrification extended and the widest use ot power possible, Tooxe. added. "The only difference he pro posed waa to put men In control who know the! ntlllty business rather j than politicians,' Tooxe contlnned. Ha said the Question had been "put directly np to WSU- kle." ! . I July 20, Milton I. Meyers, drive can supply them, according to word received by Meyers from Richard lAllen, Red Cross repre sentative stationed in southern France.: . Meyers declared that the Red Cross was making certain that none of the -food supplies it is sending to Europe would fall into German hands ana not he nsea for relief of war refugees. f . Will File Suit Against Pullman Separation of Manufacltrre and Operation of Cars Ig Aim WASHINGTON, July The J n s 1 1 c department an nounced tonight that it would file In Philadelphia district court to morrow a civil action against the Pullman companies . and 31 indi viduals, including outstanding fi nancial leaders, in an effort to divorce control of sleeping car manufacture from operation of the equipment. Among those whom the depart ment said would be named are J. Pierpont Morgan,' Richard K. Mellon, Sewell Avery, Alfred P. Sloan, jr., Harold S. Vanderbilt, George Whitney, C. W. Seabury, H. S. Morgan, all directors of one or more of the companies. The' complaint will charge, the department said in a statement, that the Pullman , companies "have refused to operate modern light-weight railroad equipment purchased by the railroads from any manufacturer other than the Pullman-Standard Car Manufac turing company, and have threat ened to withdraw the existing sleeping car service and opera tions it railroads should buy and operate themselves any cars made by other manufacturers." The statement said further that the complaint would allege that the organization through Its operating monopoly "charges the public artificial and unreasonably high prices for pullman accom modations, and exacts non-competitive and onerous terms from railroads tor the sleeping ear service which It provides. Mclkinney Qan To Have Picnic SILVERTON T h e McKlnney Pioneer .clan will hold its annual reunion Sunday in the Silrerton city park. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Herr. Delores and Gordon plan to leave during the weekend for Streeter, ND, where they will visit his mother. Mrs. Chris Zeeb. They will be gone five weeks. Nebr., and Mrs. Pearl Sterns ot Cambridge, Nebr., arrived at Sil rerton Tuesday to visit their sis ter. Alta Hewitt Lucht. Mrs. Lucht's son, Melrln, who arrived here for the Fourth will leave Monday for Inglewood, Calif., where he Is employed. Marvin Jensen, who has also been va cationing here, will return with him. v,:. I ' -.";,::, . HI ?1 i ' Hi : m - '- f ' i ; I M .-.. ! 11 I .Ml - S I i ' I -1 Ml " '1. America's NeivestHit! Dodge Two-Tone Is nrurfy new. entirsly Uarol from any other -color Scheme yon ever saw I Style sperts call it an achievement color harmony thafs yaar ahead of tLaaet If yoa haven't im this stoning new Dodge, don't wan another dayl Qo see lb DDCIDIIDCEIS-.J. '-ait-13 . ;Dnc3bbanicI- Motto:? iCocarrany Byers-MlHer Motor Co. Churches Will Join On Final Day of , To Speak;Pageant Chorus to Sing Every church fn Salem is malting extensive plans for the final day of the Centennial, .This day will be observed said C A. Kells, chairman of the religious depart ment committee yesterday. In the morning each church is planning a special home coming program There will be aO mass meeting of all churches - at the fairgrounds grandstand that night. The committee hss selected Dr. Bruce Baxter as main speaker. Along with this will be special feat- u r e s Including the- centennial chorus .vhder the direction of Yrjo Koski. Surrounding cities have been contacted r by leaders and hare been asked to participate In the evening service. Along with this evening program will be some spe cial features adapting the pioneer religious setting. The - general i committee In cludes: chairman, C. A. Kells: Rev. Gay Drill, Rev. David Ring land and Don Douris. The speak ers committee consists of Rev. Irvin W. Williams. On the home coming committee are Rev. Dean Polndexter and Rev. Irving A. Fox. . i Kerosene Lamp Ignites Curtain AUMSVILLE The living room window curtains In the home ot Mrs. Anna Downing, an elderly woman living alone, were ignited Tuesday night from a kerosene lamp. Neighbors- saw 1 the blaze which lit up the living; room and rushed to the rescue.! Firemen responded also," and the blaze was soon extinguished causing a small damage. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brsdshaw are the parents of a 7 pound son, John Francis, -born Sunday night at the Salem Deaconess hospital. The Young People's elub. num bering 20 members, held a picnic Sunday at Silver Creek falls. Named Captain of Port of Astoria SEATTLE, July 11. -(-District coast guard headquarters here today received word of the appointment at Washington or Lieut.-Comdr. F. D. Higbee to be captain of the port as Astoria, Ore., in furtherance of plans for closer supervision over all vessels requiring port clearances. Com mander Higbee commands the 'cutter Onondaga, based at As toria. ' XXxIc Luwr IM A :: - " .. ' I fk 4 V r-- -: 1" - s I ,vT-rLJT , v , - ; j ' s-:&.----S'- .: V ,1 ,n i; rnsn.fi hwsm swu'iiri n iw ww fciiMMesssisjsir--ir &mill09fm'mm JZj.,.-,. - J . .,vmeeesswnisss' J -opsms' ----- ,, ' Mfc in mn I Two-Tone -J"':t" ladependencs, Oregon . '.. i , f:t..K :V Todav-s'.B " a in Mass Meeting Centennial; Baxter Sunday, August 4. as a grand finale to the Oen- ... '''; cation not To Affect Users vTater Commission, Woolen , Mills and Paper Mill Have Oldest Righto Adjudication of water rights in the Santlam and the mill stream, supplied from the Santlam, now being carried on by the state en gineer will have little or no effect on rights. enjoyed. since 18SC by the Salem water commission, the Thomas Kay Woolen mills and the Oregon Pulp & Paper company. Teh rights held by the three principal . Salem users of mill stream water were granted by ter ritorial enactment. Walter E. Keyes, attorney representing the users, said yesterday, and are the oldest rights involved. City At torney LswTence N. Brown is working with Keyes. Original litigation began be tween the Porter estate at Aums vllle and the Willamette Valley Irrigation company over water rights in the Santlam and was re ferred to the state engineer, who found It necessary to adjudicate all rights In both streams to set tle the issue. Says NW Lacking In Defense Items PORTLAND. July H.-OPV-Iran Bloch, Bonneville market devel opment director, warned the In stitute of northwest affairs that the northwest's Industries were inadequate for a national emer gency. The region Is dependent upon eastern manufacturers tor every thing but airplanes, he said, and transportation in the ship build ing and munitions Industries is handicapped by the vulnerability ot the Panama canal. Moving to Harrisburg DAYTON Mrs. Silas E. 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Vchv: ' ' Ocaka-CLephcrd Molcr Co CJverlcn, Ciegoa .1 List of Summers Doubled 400 now Enrolled at Two : Pools; Instruction Staff Enlarged v i '..-""' ; i Registration in Salem's seventh annual "Learn to Swim" cam paign .yesterday exactly . doubled Wednesday's, with exceptional in creases reported In beginners' classes at both Leslie and Ollnger pools. i .. . i . Total registration yesterday waa 400, Ollnger reporting 208 and Leslie 194. The girls beginners class at Ollnger jumped from 19 to C7 and the boys' from 37 to . Addition ot a class of 12 girls from the state training school foi girls also swelled Leslie's total. This class will meet twice a week, over an extended period. Increased registration caused1 the addition of Wllmer McDowell," Red Cross water safety instructor, to the Ollnger staff. Added also were volunteer : Instructors in cluding Lois Pittenger at Ollnger and Herbert Raej Robert Mack. Robert Nelmeyer and Bill Close at Silver Falls Is Scene of Picnic CENTRAL HOWELL Mr. and Mrs. John Tweed with, their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook of Portland, spent Sunday at Sil ver Creek falls. Mr. and Mrs.1 Robert Jans, Mrs. Norman Kolln and Norma Mae and Mrs. Eileen Westphal and John were in the party. - .- . . Work on the basement of a new house which Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Aubrey plan to build is progressing. . Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Jam and Carol spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jane. They drove to Silver Creek falls recreation camp to get Lyle, Junior, and a friend who had spent a week there. Body Is Recovered, Clackamas River OREGON CITY, July ll.--A man tentatively identified , as Leroy Martin Patrick, 32, of Port land, was found drowned In the Clackamas river today by swim mers diving frfm a float. Sam Hirtmtn and Glenn Woods, both of Portland, recov ered the body after Hartman saw it lying on the bottom. 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