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Tli OSZGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 21, 1912
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, 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
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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. . ,
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Postmaster's
Office Sought
Democrat Committee
Stays Endorsement;
List Closes Today
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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
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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."
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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
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.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 .
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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
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Pins gad Feature
ALSO DONALD DUCK.
CARTOON AND NEWS
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Cdtalina Flying
Bflttle of Aleutian Mh
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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
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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
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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
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