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PAGE TWO Tli OSZGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 21, 1912 X , By KIRKE L. SIMPSON v j'' Wtd World War Analyst for Tho Statesman . Heartening reports from both Egypt and Russia mark the war newt as the second month of summer opens. In Egypt, the rebuilt British eighth army has more than held its own in "the opening phases of a new clash with the Rommel juggernaut. It not only shows strong evidence of defen sive strength across the narrows of the desert corridor protecting Alexandria; but is inching its way Into position for attack. Rommel's situation Is growinr Increasingly perilous.- British forays in the renter and south ward to the rim of the Quattara depression are a constant threat of encirclement British-American air power and British light naval craft are stepping- op the attack on Rommel's coastal sup ply lines far In the rear of the fighting front. I ,, As London authorities picture the nazi-Russian front, it seems clear Marshal Timoshenko has bout completed his withdrawal In the Don-Donets basin. Russian troops have not only held the Voronezh anchor on the upper Don, thus menacing much of the nazi battle design, but also made good a retreat behind the Don below that point to halt the east ward surge of the foe. It Is only southward, toward Rostov and the lower Don, that the Russian re treat to new holding positions continues. The official German accounts virtually confirm that picture. They say the "pursuit" has been resumed south and east after a two or three day interruption not previously admitted by the nazls. Heavy rains and bad roads in the Don-Donets basin had caused the delay, Berlin said. The weather does not appear to have similarly bogged down Tim oahenko's withdrawal behind hard-fighting rear guards. The authorized commentator in Lon don indicates he has virtually completed the massing of his main army on a line north of the lower Don anchored at Rostov in the west and running east along that river probably to the Don-Donets confluence, thence up the Donets nd the Kelitva watershed to Ras popinsk on the upper or northern side of the Don bend. That would represent a relative ly straight defense front from Ros tov on the north bank of the lower 'Don to Raspopinlk on the south bank, of the upper Don between 250 and 300 miles long. On the lower Don it would be bolstered . by Marshlands, leaving its north em flank below Raspopinsk as its weakest sector so far as terrain " foes. ." "' The advantage of that position or Its equivalent for defense purposes would bo more than the shortened front It repre sented. It would eadeaver to hold at least a portion of the eastern side of the Don bend . which comes within 50 miles of " the Volga at one point -and keep open a communications corridor orth to the Moscow' area served by railroads and highways, - The indicated Timoshenko de fense line also suggests, however, feat Russian leadership is con vinced the German attack is spending tits force even in the , south due to losses and transporta tion difficulties. The German ad mission that summer rains had . dogged Hitler's war machine for two days or more at so vital a stage of the effort to crash through to the lower Volga at Stalingrad sufficiently demonstrates . the in creasing nail communications problem, Women Begin Army School (Continued From Page I) know they must learn their les sons well and fast. - Just how fast was Indicated by the announcement that 5500 WAACS will be handling Im portant Jobs ta the field by January L About 3000 will be assigned to 19 army posts. Di rector Hobby said, and another 2500 will go to the east coast aircraft warning service. It was disclosed that 1300 WAAC officers will be trained here. Previously' the figure had been set at 900, Obituary , Lauderback ' Sarah Kathryn Lauderback, route six, Salem, at the. age of 83 years, July 20. Survived by three - sons, John H. and James G. of Sa lem; Ellis S. of Independence, and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Clark of Aurora, and Mrs. Ed Dunigan of Salem; t. six grandchildren, James, Dean and Gerald Lauder back, Lucile and Donald Dunigan, all of, Salem; one sister, Mrs. Georgia Hanford, Missouri; several nieces and nephews including Miss ' Kathryn Kelley, Portland and Dr. -Frank C Renfrew of Canby. Announcements-later by Clough-Bar-jick company. . , r Postmaster's Office Sought Democrat Committee Stays Endorsement; List Closes Today (Continued From Page 1) the basis of education, 20 per cent, and business experience, qualifi cations and suitability, 80 per cent Interest in the postmastership Is particularly great this year because the appointment under a law that went Into effect shortly after Mr. Crawford was reappointed for a second term Is declared to be permanent. Mr. Crawford said Monday that he was willing to continue as postmaster if the department con sidered it desirable because of war conditions. "I'd be glad to remain if the de partment considered it advisable. although my desire has for some time been to retire," he explained. I have not filed an application for reappointment,' US to Build RAF Planes lOOO-a-Month Schedule Revealed in Jane's New Year Book (Continued from Page 1) chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors. He added the ideal of "stand ardized Anglo-American military airplanes embodying the best i thought of the two nations" was in sight 'add the battle between the allies and the axis for superior combat ceiling for their warplanes was progressing favorably. New allied fighters have "great er firepower, better armor, higher speed and higher service ceiling," the expert asserted. Military secrecy kept details of many of the newest allied fighters and bombers out of the year book. Reviewing the war in the air, the new volume reveals that until January 1, 1042, the RAF had shot down 8574 axis planes with a loss of 3692 of its own, and that the British fighter command, aux iliary anti-aircraft and balloon defenses had accounted for 1394 axis aircraft over Britain it 1941 British planes lost over Britain In 1941 numbered 559. The next step in the battle for altitude was seen in descriptions -of leading fighter types. Germany's potent Focke-Wulf 190 was credited with a speed of 370 miles per hour at 19.000 feet and with a ceiling of 40,000 feet, the highest of any fighter listed by the manual. Britain's Spitfire V, faster than the original Spitfire's 387. miles per hour, is now armed with two 20 millimeter cannon and four machineguns. Its ceiling was not disclosed. . The Thunderbolt (Republic -47B) fighter, pride of the US army air corps, is "heavily ar mored, has bullet proof fuel tanks and carries powerful armament of large and small calibre machine guns," the year book said. Specifications of Russia's famed Stormovik, used for ground attack and anti-tank attack, are absent, but Jane s says the plane is armed with two cannon and two ma chineguns. The Soviet's 1-18 fight er, credited with a speed of 360 miles per hour, makes its first appearance in the year book. Japanese military and naval aircraft described in the book are all old well-known types. Of the Mitsubishi' Zero fighter Jane's says "no publishable details are available." West Salem Ration Board Hires Qerk WEST SALEM, July 20 The Polk county " rationing board, of which W. B. Gerth is chairman, has employed Mrs. Hellen Ben son as clerk. She will be at the city hall every day to take care of rationing sugar, tires and any other commodities which arc or may be rationed-by the govern ment v.;'-; 26 Japs Raid Port GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, A u s t r a 1 1 a, Tuesday, July 21. -(-Twenty six heavy Japanese bombers escorted by 15. fighters caused light damage in a raid on the allied airdrome of Port Moresby in southern New Guinea Tuesday, the allied head quarters communique said Tues day. . -. . . Shipbuilders like Air Plan Kaiser Move Backed; Commercial Lines To Carry Army PORTLAND, July 2(HJP)A Pa cific coast and gulf coast ship builder, with support from the air craft industry, joined forces Mon day night behind a proposal to convert American shipbuilding power to construction of giant air freighters to win the battle of the Atlantic Henry J. Kaiser, miracle-man of the emergency shipbuilding pro gram, started the movement here Monday with a proposal that nine shipyards switch to building huge flying boats like the Glenn L, Mar tin company's "Mars. In 10 months time, he estimated, the nine plants could be turning out these gigantic air carriers at a 5000-a-year rate. Monday Kaiser enlisted ; the aid of A. J. Hlggins, head of the Hlggins Shipbuilding corp., whose $65,t00,00f yard at New Orleans was ordered closed by the US maritime commission Saturday because of the steel shortage. The yard would not have gone Into full-scale produc tion until 1943. (In New Orleans, Higgins pre dicted his plant would be reopened for construction of 70-ton flying boats. (Higgins said he had conferrjdi by telephone with Kaiser and they had agreed on conversion of ship yards on the west coast and the eulf coast. He said they would lay the question before the marl time commission and President Roosevelt) Meanwhile, Martin, president of the Mars-Building company said in Baltimore: "If the government wishes us to follow the suggestion of Mr. Kaiser and license the shipbuild ing companies to help manufacture the Mars type of air vessel we shall be glad to do so and to ex tend our full cooperation ... The type is ready immediately to be placed in production either as war vessels or cargo ships and wc are awaiting the government's deci sion." Kaiser, whose west coast yards have set the national pace for pro duction of Liberty freighters, said immediate conversion of yards to plane production was the answer to the steel shortage. WASHINGTON, July 20- The army Monday gave the na tion's commercial airlines a vastly Increased task of carry ing mea and materials all ever the world. t Brig. Gen. Harold L. . George, commanding the air transport command, disclosed the army would rely on the commercial air lines to operate greatly increased numbers of transport planes carry ing personnel, material and mail throughout both .hemispheres Army fliers will continue to per form the functions they do now, the new program representing - an addition to existing services by military and commercial, transport lines.. Pearl Bartlett Dies Here at 80; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Pearl Marie Bartlett, who dfed Monday at the age of 80 years, was the mother of Willard S. Bartlett, assistant district man ager, field division, Federal Land bank of Spokane, of 1985 Fir street, Salem. She had lived in Oregon since 1910, first at Grants Pass and later at Oak Grove, where she was active In grange programs. She was born Pearl Marie Bur roughs in Versailles, Ind. Mrs. Bartlett was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Salem and of the church woman's club. In the midwest she did li brary work and wrote for news papers. She is survived by two other sons, Dr. E. L. Dunn of Chicago and Dr. Arthur V. Dunn of Sacra mento, Calif.; a step-son. Prof. Paul B. Bartlett, of Lewiston, Me.; three sisters, six grandchil dren, including Ronald and Loren Bartlett of Salem, and two great grandchildren. Services will be held at Clough-Barrick chapel at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Spy Defense Opens Today WASHINGTON, July 20.-i) The prosecution rested its case against the eight alleged German saboteurs Monday and the mili tary commission trying them for their lives reported the accused would open their defense Tuesday. Commission communiques said Monday's session was primarily devoted to "arguments on various motions." The fact the defense will open Tuesday indicated that if counsel for the eight men had entered mo tions for dismissal of the charges they had been denied, House Outlaws Fees WASHINGTON, July 20.-!P) The house passed Monday a bill outlawing commission fees on government contracts after Chair man Vinson (D-Ga) of the naval committee declared that agents, obtaining war contracts for manu facturer clients, re "fleecing the American taxpayers." Secretary e- n i VSv t i- 7 j l J Steve Anderson, Salem, elected executive secretary of the Young Republican federation of Oregon here Sunday Ken ell-Ellis photo. Young GOP Fill Office Vacancies Several office vacancies caused by members going to war were filled and Steve Anderson, 1942 graduate of Willamette university college of law, named executive secretary at the meeting of .the executive committee of the Young Republican federation of Oregon here Sunday. Anderson, active in the Mar ion county chapter and chairman of the federation's political par ticipation committee, said Salem would be made campaign head quarters for the organization. He is to serve at $200 a month until November, general election time. Dorothy Cornelius of Salem and Walter Norblad of Astoria were elected to vacancies on the executive committee, and Al Sul monetti, Portland, to the federa tion's national committeemanship succeeding Talbot Bennett, Sa lem, who resigned. Ed Nye was named publicity chairman. Young republicans were urged by W. C. SchuppeL state com mittee finance chairman, to feel that they were "quite capable and able to take over political offices. "The faster you young repub licans replace the older element the better," Schupppel declared. Sulmonetti, other speaker of the day,' said the party's "contri bution to the war effort is in keeping j the two-party system alive," because to run down terms oft one Among resolutions adopted by the committee was one supporting the referendum to raise the daily pay of legislators in session. Tire Wearing Two SILVERTON, July 20 Two prominent Silverton farmers were charged Monday with wearing out their tires too rapidly during a friendly tug of war on the city streets here Sunday night. The men, Herman Kuenzi and Walter Harri. imiwl nt maana i the contest between a farm tnirlr and a tractor, appeared before Justice of . the Peace Alf Nelson Monday and were given 24 hours to enter a plea. Bail was first set for $1000 each, .but they were later released on their own rec ognizance. They were charged under a 1931 law making it, unlawful to commit any "indecent , or immoral act not otherwise punishable." Rydman Rites To Be Tuesday .WOODBURN Funeral services for Charles Augustus Rydeman, 84, who died Saturday in a Salem hospital will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Ringo chapel. Rev. Oluf Asper of the Lutheran church will be in charge and bur ial win be at Belle Passl cemetery. Mr. Rydeman had lived for the last 30 years of his life at 867 Cupid Court, Woodburn. He was a carpenter by trade and was born in Stockholm, Sweden, No vember 22, 1857, and came to the Unjjed States 60 years ago. He wasv a member of the Lutheran church. Mr. Rydeman is survived by a daughter, Serena Hayes of Wood burn; a son, Axel Rydeman, Ti gard, and four grandchildren. Mr. Rydeman had been 111 for three months. London Fireman Describes Work . How the populace of London reacted during the 1939-40 so- called 'phoney' warfare, their changed attitude toward civilian defense organization and the work of those-civilian groups after the first bombs had fallen on the English city were graphically de scribed at Salem high school audi torium Monday night by E. A. Baker, division officer of the London fire department. : Films of the burning of London and of rair raid wardens in action were shown by Baker, to what county civilian defense officials referred to. a a "disappointingly small turnout" ',.'. -democracy begins fflTl a Hia X.OTlft when people think faX wt. 4 -i -party r goveromentrtV W tWi i. Charged Nazi Infantry Cut in North Enemy Position Along Steppes Menaced by Russian Stand (Continued from Page 1) .1. tn tov,-paralleling on the west the southward push of - the main forces, i German radio . broadcasts said a third ' attack was being made-ori. Rostov from the west, but this was not confirmed by the Russians." '. :f '. Osr the other hand the whole German position on the steppes approaching the Caucasus was potentially menaced by sustain ed Kuotlsn counter-assault be fore Voronexh, the city on the upper Don to which German Marshal Ton .Bock has vainly attempted to anchor the north era end of his long line. The- Russians announced they had fought their way back to the west bank of the Don at several crossings and were trying to de stroy remaining German bridge heads and trap big German forces between the river and Voronezh city.- To prevent this, the Ger mans were reported building fort ifications feverishly. Voronezh it self lies in a narrow "V" between the Don and Voronezh rivers. If the Russians can hold on the Rostov-Stalingrad line and bring up enough force for a counter-of fensive at Voronezh, nearly 300 miles to the north, they might trap all the German armies in the Don and Donets basins by early au tumn, when the real rains come There is evidence the Russian stand at Voronezh already has shifted the force of the German offensive southward to the course of the lower Don 'rather than eastward along the upper curve of the river directly toward Stal ingrad. The Moscow radio said Mon day night soviet bombers start ed SS fires m a heavy raid on the East Prussian city of Koe nlssburg Saturday night. All the Russian planes returned safely to their bases, the report added. The German high command ac knowledged the raid in Its com munique Sunday but did not spec ify the place. It called the attack "ineffective nuisance raids" on several places. Salem Woman Returns From beehive of activity in defense pre parations in daylight hours, though blacked out every, night, Mrs. Justin H. Patrick, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Redden of Salem, said Monday on her return from Panama City. She has spent over a year in Panama with her hus band, an army major in the se curity command or rescue work. Mrs. Patrick, who came to the states on the last boat load of army and navy families, declared she was not anxious to leave Panama, because living conditions were pleasant.' A large variety of food for service families could be obtained at no higher prices than in this country. The ship on which; Mrs. Patrick made the trip, convoyed by war ships, picked up a number of sur vivors of sunk vessels, including those from the ship on which she had made the southbound journey, Her convoy, she said, had no sub marine scares. Red Cross units which met the passengers at an east coast port were highly praised for the com forts they accorded, especially to children while their parents wen' through customs. " Panama is the, year around like midsummer, though net' too warm to be uncomfortable, averred Mrs. Patrick. She reported little trouble with mosquitoes and said win dows in most houses are screen in stead of glass.. Although she will remain in Salem for the duration, Mrs. Pat rick plans to return to "beautiful' Panama to live later.- Coming with her from Panama were her chil dren, Jerry 6, and Mary 4. They are at the home of her mother and. brother and sister, Richard and Ethel Redden, 1025 Shipping street - H . m M. L. Annenberg Dies at Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn, July 20. -iff)-M. L. Annenberg, 65, who rose from immigrant peddler! son to ruler of a multi-million dollar racing publications dynasty and the Philadelphia Inquirer, died Monday night at the. Mayo clinic ' ; -r Today Thronrh - Wednesday TP T Pins gad Feature ALSO DONALD DUCK. CARTOON AND NEWS rre rw Cdtalina Flying Bflttle of Aleutian Mh (Continued From Page 1) lew enough to strafe the cum bersome flying hayracks and left them Tsunung.---- One Catalina- came away bear ing more than 100 bullet holes and' shrapnel cuts. Another, attacked by six Japs, got away but was so badly shot up it sank while land ing. - The Japs showed signs of dis couragement and their ships began to get under way. A Cat delivered its load on the moving ships and flew on out to Attu, the last island of the inter-continental stepping stones. Attu. formerly inhabited by one Aleut Indian fox farmer, had sud denly become populous. Many landing boats were drawn up on the beach and tents were- pitched on the Tundra shore. 1 By night the bombers noted evi dence the Japs planned a perman ent occupation. Attu showed signs of construction work and shore-based Nakajima 97 fighters rose from huska to meet tne American craft. The harbor -was empty of ships that night but next day they '.came back, appearing in Increasing numbers throughout the daylight hours. By nisht Klska's harbor held five heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, ten destroyers, twe submarines, nine carge and transport vessels, and a dosen Kawanlshl flying boats, sea plane and landbased observa tion and fighter aircraft haunt ed the murky sky. Other ships were sighted arriving from the south. The fog closed in tight and stayed most of the day and bomb ers had to drop their loads through mist. When the mist roll ed back two Catalinas dropped down to a1 thousand feet and dumped a pair of heavy bombs each on a destroyer and light cruiser. All were punishing near misses. Both Catalinas were hit by anti aircraft fragments and one now, disarmed was chased by a flying boat but got away. The Fortress bombers, working over tne harbor, discovered still more evidence of a permanent establishment when ack ack fire from the ships got support from gun emplacements on the hills. At Attu the Catalinas chased a Jap landing party through the brush, bombing their encamp ment and machine-gunning per sonnel. At Kiska they blew up the radio station already erected on the beach. A Japanese e raiser plane flew east far enough to survey Atka bay that day. He was driven off but the commander decided to evacuate the weather observers and civilians there before they shared the fate of weathermen on Kiska. Now and then a 500-pounder dropped on Kiska would connect with a ship despite the most mis erable bombing conditions in the history of military aviation. Another Liberator was lost dur mg the day, but the remainder made direct hits on two cruisers and a destroyer and left them burning. The Catalinas worked around the clock, flying through the dusk of daytime and the weird half light of the short night One trip provided a mighty explosion and many large fires among the Jap ships. Next day a landing party on Kiska was burning oil brusn on the island's southeast cape, ap parently intending to make permanent landing field. The Japs were taking heavy punish ment but showed no - signs of quitting. A torpedo carrying Catalina varied its routine by attacking i heavy cruiser standing up to Kis ka from the south. He came In low, made a long clean run de spite the blast of metal coming at him and launched his "tin fish. The torpedo went into the water ; and the peppered plane zoomed out as the cruiser turned to avoid attack. The ship didn'i make It for suddenly a wall of water skyrocketed along her side and she lurched suddenly in her course. It was a clean hit Whether she sank , is a matter for historians to record. The plane didn't wait to see. 1 The . first bombing flights June 17 found something new in the way of trouble. Nobody had seen the Jap carriers for several days but new carrier Zeros were working ever the island. It seemed to Indicate the carriers ' close proximity but no contact was made dar ing the day. ; While American bombers kept up their round trip destruction the Japs made a few tentative stabs : eastward, observation planes scouting among, the Islands as far Continuous front 1 1. M. Last Times Today "MEOIIA" With Jeaa Arthur sad William Heldea PLUS W. C FIELDS in "Never Give s Sucker An Even Break" ; And Comedy - Times: Arizona: lS - 5:0 -1:45 Sueken 3:30 - 7:0S-lt:4t Boats Pace as umnax, just east oi uuicu Harbor. Several attacks on Kiska were driven off by Zeros but others got through. Army bombers re ported two direct hits on a heavy cruiser which resulted in an ex plosion followed . by a soaring mushroom ' of black smoke and yellow flames. , - The fight goes on through the gloom of night and the practically dentical gloom of day. No battle ever fought witnessed conditions so viciously unfriendly; to. both sides. ' V-:l'. '.:-;.A Thus' proceeds the war of the mists. When it ends the Jap dream of conquest may well end with it US Bojnbers Strike Japs Two Enemy Air Bases Attacked1 in China Troops Hold Firm (Continued from Page 1) widespread and well organized guerrilla campaigns were under way to disrupt Japanese com munications and break the in vaders grip on the rail line through the two provinces. The Chinese high command said its troops were mopping up remnants of the Japanese driven from Hengfeng and Iyang where the Chinese won back a 15-mile section of the rail line in KiangsL Chinese troops reoccupying ter ritory in this region and around the recaptured Chekiang province ports of Wenchow and Juian said the Japanese had plundered towns of materials of all sorts, left in habitants without- food, and ship ped all able-bodied men away to work camps. Fighting con tinned around Slnyanr, Japanese . base In southern Honan, province. Japa nese reinforcements moving up from the soatbe&at wen report ed caught In a Chinese pincers and beaten back with heavy losses. Chinese dispatches said, defense forces repulsed a Japanese at tack on Mingkiang, on the Peip-ing-Hankow rail line 25 miles north of Sinyang. 2nd Assault Charge Filed Here Monday Second charge of assault with intent to kill .filed within, two weeks in Salem justice court sent Charles Edgar Adams of Houston, Tex., to the county Jail Monday, his baa set at $2000. Adams is alleged to have stabbed Ernest W. Smith, bar tender in a downtown Salem beer parlor Saturday night. At Salem General hospital, . Smith's condi tion was reported as "still crit ical and largely unchanged from early Sunday morning." . Meanwhile, in another part, of the county j ail Lucas Galvei, Fili pino, awaits justice court hearing on a similar charge for allegedly shooting less than two. weeks ago at his Labish home another Fili pino truck garden employe, Am brose Hufana. Still unable to ap pear at the hearing, Hufana is re ported in fair condition in a Salem hospital. ': ' Oregon Not I For Planes S WASHINGTON,- July The old Battleship Oregon, which raced around Cape Horn from the Pacific to Join the fleet off Cuba and led a victorious attack on Spanish ships seeking to escape from Santiago harbor during the Spanish-American war, is un suitable for conversion into an air craft carrier, the navy department Monday informed Senator Mc Nary (R-Ore). . The navy said tte Oregon, anchored at Portland, is too old and too short for such Conversion. TEN GENTLE MEN FROM WEST POINT " ' ' " and "MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE 22c Plus Tax Saow Time -W. Point: 1M 45, im, 1:1S SiMrMl rm m :ss. t-m, fS jaMSHK ( TODAY I -LOUISIANA PURCHASE" and -CANAL ZONE- Bra Office ! GAS I Tax Anytime j TODAY 1 British Hold Off Attacks US and RAF Bombers Hit Axis Supplies) . Prisoners lany (Continued 'from Page 1) Sir Claude Auchinleck to give the Germans and Italians no chance to reinforce, regroup and rest for an other heavy thrust on Alexandria, 75 miles east of the desert fight ing rone. v v-. . "Our troops- maintained their positions On all sectors," British headquarters., said of the land fighting. J : ' While sharp infantry armored enaremaU - ebbed and flowed on the torrid brown sands, the RAF made a grand scale attack eat Rommel's mam forward airfield In the El Daba area 25 miles behind the Ger man lines. The British said It was the largest operation of Its kind yet undertaken. A third of the sdrcraft stand ing on the crowded landing field was damaged or destroyed, dis patches said. Four huge Junkers 52 transport planes and a dive bomber were shot down as they tried to land. Dust storms restricted most air fighting over the front but six tanks were hit directly by bombs on the southern end of the 45-mile desert line near the Qattara salt v marshes. Fires were started. ChurcMll in Second Front Conference NEW YORK, July 20-(ff)-The New York Herald Tribune said Monday night in a copyrighted story from London that Prime Minister Churchill was reported A 1 . . . I "... . . to nave luen pan omciauy ior the first time Monday in Anglo- American discussions of 'a second front in Europe. "Churchill is said to have con ferred oyer the weekend witl American officials vitally con cerned with the second front ques tion," the paper said. "But today was said to be the first time he had sat in on the general meetings now in progress among high-ranking American and British military leaders and other officials of the two coun tries. 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