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Ihm 03EG03 STATESMAN, Salens. Oregon, Thoradar Morning, August 13. 131
Fire Destroys
Housing Units
War Dormitories at
liremerton uurn, .
Also 90 Tirca
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. saved in th- face r a brisk
wind ud a weak water svpply.
Farm security administration
authorities, under. whom the
dormitory project was operated,
said the loss would be at least
$50,000. The units were called
"duration dormitories, bum
lightly in expectation of razing
them after the war emergency.
Fire Chief Yett said a small fire
broke out in one of the unfinished
units and was quickly extinguish
ed. Fifteen minutes later the sec
ond blaze broke out and soon was
out of control. The high leaping
flames were fed by tar which was
on the grounds for roofing. It
contributed to a smoke blanket
that covered much of the city.
The destroyed trailer tires,
aaany sf them virtually new,
tan aUml In the hwnlMlt mt
the James Boe residence, which
burned. They had been taken
from trailers which are ased as
family Uvtnr units the pro
ject None of the trailers
burned, bat two eld automobiles
were consumed, About 60 trail
er tires were carried to safety.
Virtually all of the personal be
longings of the occupants of the
old dormitory that burned were
saved by volunteers. After the
fire was checked,! scores of Brem
erton residents offered sleeping
quarters to the 207 men who lost
their, homes.
The capacity of the razed dorm-
There were no reported injuries
in the fire.
Weather Good
For Oregon
Harvests
PORTLAND, Aug. 12.-P)-Weather
conditions favored crop
harvests throughout Oregon for
the week ended Tuesday, the wea
ther bureau disclosed Wednesday.
Some damage by hail was re
ported in some wheat areas, with
rain and high wind contributing.
The grain harvest is nearly fin
ished! in some earlier areas, and
corn is thriving, albeit somewhat
later than' usual.
Edward L. Wells, meterologist,
Teported general conditions as fol
lows: Bartlett pear picking will begin
this week or next. Early peaches
and apples are being marketed in
quantity. Prune prospects im
proved and some early varieties
will be picked this week in Uma
tilla county. t
Southern counties will start
picking early hops this week. Su
gar beets are thriving. Flax pull
ing continues. Pea canning is fin
ished and bean canning is pro
gressing. The second cutting of alfalfa
and clover is well advanced. Wild
hay is being cut. Pasturage is
scarce in some eastern counties
because of drouth and range fires,
but elsewhere is- better than us
ual. Soldier on
Trial, England
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND,
Aug. 12-yp)-Pvt Travis P. Ham
mond, on trial before a United
States army court martial on a
charge of assaulting a 16-year-old
English shipgirl in an air raid
shelter, testified Wednesday that
the girl consented to his advances.
When he took the stand, Ham
mond said that after parting with
the girl he went to a dance and
before returning to camp had' a
fight with another US soldier
whom he accused of calling him
names. ..
In the fight,, he said, he re
ceived a blow on the left side of
his face which left a mark..
The trial adjourned Wednesday
before the prosecution finished
questioning Hammond.
Sold the Shirt
Off His Back
EUGENE, Aug. l-P)-Ray Mc
Innis is the kind of guy wholl
give the shirt right off his back
or anyway, sell it.
At a victory bond rally Tues
day night the secretary of the local
Building Laborers' union sold it
for a $500 war bond purchase.
Sales during the two-day rally
totaled $ 9 0,0 0 0 in bonds and
stamps, Dick Williams, chairman,,
said today. V
Chest Group to Meet .'
At noon - on , Friday the V War
Chest executive committee will
meet at the Marion hotel. Jesse J.
Card is chairman of the commit
tee, --v --':'"'.-
Iloiicc lo Salem Hop Pickers
We will haul pickers from Salem' to pur Lake brook hop
yard by school bus Those wishing to pick please reg
ister at once.. Registered pickets will be notified where
to meet the bus. Picking will .begin August 24th.
T. A. UVESLEY & COMPANY
1107 First National Bank Building , ,
' -,:.' Telephcnii 9133 ..
Wat
S pear-carry Inr natires do t war dance Mraewher la the Solomon islands, where United States forces
have landed in an offensive action to drive out the Japanese. (Associated Press Telemat),
Atlantic Ship
Fight Widens
British Admit Carrier
Loss; Nazis Claim
Convoy Attack
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sore loss, since convoys in the
Mediterranean have to depend on
carrier-based planes once they are
out of reach otshore-based fight
ers. The extension of axis offen
sive operations Into the South
Atlantic was noted by naval
sources as a further step in the
hot battle of supply.
That ocean is the chief route
from America to India and Egypt
as well as an important line to
Russia via Iran and for British
meat and wheat shipments from
South America.
These naval sources cited Rio
de Janeiro dispatches and axis
claims as indications that surface
and submarine raids already were
in progress. Rio reports said two
or three ships had been attacked
by a surface raider since Satur
day, SOS messages giving the lo
cation 1000 miles off Brazil. Also
noted were German claims to
have sunk more than 45,000-tons
of shipping bound for Egypt off
the American and West African
coasts recently.
Mainz Raided
Second Night
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tion described Wednesday night
how the bursts of hundreds of
tons of bombs flickered" across
the target like "lights of a pin
table" and started more fires
than they could count
The air ministry news service's
report of the stories related by
these specially chosen observers
said the bombs, including more
than 50,900 incendiaries, blasted
and enflamed the city, an import
ant center, and river port which
handles most of the grain traffic
in the Rhine-Mainz area.
An RAF commentator said the
raiding force was made up of
"between 250 and 400 bombers.'
Hundreds of high explosive bombs
and thousands of incendiaries left
a 15,000-foot pillar of smoke over
the city as a testimonial of havoc
The observation, crews hovered
over the city for 48 minutes while
plane after plane roared in,
dumped its bombs and 'streaked
for home.
xneir task was to obtain a co
ordinated picture of the attack.
Copper Labor
Probe Begun
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12
A broad attack by five top war
agencies on the manpower short'
age in the copper mining industry
was disclosed Wednesday- night.
shortly after the national war
labor board announced it would
consider wage and union shop
demands of copper, lead and zinc
workers on an industry-wide
basis.
A WPB official, who declined
to permit use of his name, said
a five-agency committee was de
liberating a .sweeping but tenta
tive plan to bring fresh labor Into
the copper mines and prevent
present workers from deserting
their jobs in favor of ' shipyards
and war plants, where they can
get higher pay.
Mighap Hurts Etzel
Pete Etzel of Liberty was in the
Deaconess hospital W e d n e sday
night as a result of an accident
with a grain separator. He was
suffering from a broken jaw and
a badly lacerated face, according
to hospital attendants.
Dance In Solomon
V;
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Late Sports
COAST LEAGUE
PORTLAND, Aug. 12-P-Sec-ond
night game (nine innings):
Los Angeles 010 110 010 4 11 2
Portland 001 100 1 6 14 3
German, Mallery (7), Oobernic
(8) Davis (8) and Campbell; Or
rell, Fitzke and Leovich.
SEATTLE, Aug. 12.-(VSec-ond
game (7 innings):
San Francisco 000 000 00 2 0
Seattle 000 100 1 5 0
Gibson and Sprinz; Fischer and
Kearse.
GOSHEN, NY. An. IZ.-4JP)-BI11
Strang-, the Brooklyn stor
age and tracking man who has
spent a small fortune seeklns a
Hambletonlan winner, reached
his objective Thursday when
The Ambassador led 10 other
three-year old trotters home in
the rich "busty whip derby" at
Good Tune Park;
AP Writer
Missing in
Aerial Trip
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Aug. 12 -(iP)- Vern Haugland,
34, Assoc i a t e d
Press staff man J
Since jyjo, was
reported missing
. nn . ?T
Wednesday just
as he was about
t o realize his
ambition to seel.
action on a Pa
cific front.
He thus be
came the second
Associated Press;
correspondent to
Vera naacUnd
be listed as miss- -
ing in the Pacific war. D. Witt
Hancock, 33, has not been report
ed since March 3 when he was
attempting to escape from the
Japanese advance in Java;
Haugland was listed as missing
five days after a plane in which
he was flying from Townsville,
Australia, to the New Guinea
front disappeared in a storm,
By a coin toss, Haugland won
from an Australian reporter the
opportunity to board the lead
plane of a formation making the
trip.
The Australian reporter board
ed the second plane in the for
mation. The group ran into a
storm and the first and second
planes were not accounted for
when the storm was passed. Later
the' second plane reached a New
Guinea base but nothing has been
heard from the first
Haugland had been in Towns
ville several days awaiting trans
portation. Before his trip north
ward, he had put in four months'
work in the Melbourne bureau.
during which he reported the ar
rival of the first United States
troops, the dash of General Doug
las MacArthur from the Philip
pines and the organization of the
southwest Pacific allied command.
Albacore Tuna
Given Ceiling
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. ll(J?)
The spectacular climb in the price
of Albacore tuna was halted
abruptly Wednesday by the office
of price administrator, which
damped on a ceiling of $398
ton. '
This ceiling is $17 a ton lower
than the prevailing price paid to
fishermen.' Packers were advised
also that a ceiling selling price of
$16 a case will be imposed on
canned tuna.
Postal Sales Drop
In Salem in July
. The July postal sales were $30,
857.83, Henry R. Crawford, post
master, announced Wednesday,
This was a drop from $36,106.83
for July 1841, explained in part
by the fact that drivers licenses
were mailed out last year in June
and July, Crawford believes.
Held in County Jail
Elaine Ethel Gurtigcs of Latish
was held in the county jail early
today charged with being drunk
on the highway. She was arrest
ed by state . police on the Port
Islands
Bombers Hit
Enemy Ships
Marines on Three of
Vital Solomon
Island Croup
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"bitter fighting," a fact suggest-,
ing that the Japanese had rallied
powerful ,air and surface units
to the defense of their beleaguered
troops.
Those troops apparently were
already In a Strang- defensive
position. The navy said there
was substantial evidence that
the Japs "had well nnder way"
the development of a base in
the Tulagi area presumably at
Talarf harbor, which Is a fine
natnral naval base.
The navy's report on the cam
paign in the Solomons was given
m communique 104 on the sixth
day of the fighting. The ' com
munique made no claim of de
cisive success as yet and clearly
eft open the possibility that many
days of hard fighting are ahead
before the avowed American pur
pose of driving the Japs out of
the vital Tulagi area can be at
tained. The disclosure of evidencehat
the Japanese had well under way
the development of a base in the
Tulagi area recalled to naval men
the fact that Tulagi offers one of
the finest naval base sites in the
southwestern Pacific and a major
installation there would haYe
constituted a direct threat to Aus-
traliaand islands, guarding -;Uie
United' States - Australian supply
line.
This was brought out by
A dm. Ernest J. King, commas-
der-in-ehief of the US fleet, In
a statement earlier this week in
which he said that the enemy
"have been in process of, con
solidating their . positions'! u
the Solomons with , the purpose
of using them "as a base of of
fensive operations against oar
positions which cover the line
of communications to Australia
and New Zealand."
The navy gave no information
as to the sequence of landings on
the three islands or whether they
were carried out . simultaneously.
Previously disclosures on land-
ing operations had been given out
here only in King's statement
which said merely that "planned i
landings" had been accomplished.
Indian Youth
Admitted, Bar
PORTLAND, Aug. 12.-JP)-
George E. La Vatta, 23-year-old
Indian of the Shoshone tribe, was
admitted to the Oregon state bar
Wednesday.
La Vatta, a graduate of Will-
amette- university in the class of
1942, is" the first Indian attorney
admitted, to practice in the state
in years. The oath was admin-,
istered by Municipal Judge J. J.
Quillin.
George La Vatta is the son of
George P. La Vatta of Portland,
field agent for the Indian service.
A member of Sigma Tau fra
ternity at Willamette, he has received-orders
to report August 31
at Notre Dame university. South
Bend, Ind, for training in the
naval officer reserve. He has done
some private flying at the Salem
airport and
may go into naval
aviation.
Building Workers
Families Aid Crop
MEDFORD, Aug. 12-(ff)-Rogue
river valley fruit growers and
packers reported Wednesday that
the harvest labor outlook was
brighter. ,
Families of newly arrived con
struction workers at Camp White
are applying for work in packing
houses and orchards.
Enforcement Slated 5 -
PORTLAND, Aug. 12
Richard G. Montgomery, 1 state
OPA director, disclosed Wednes
day that maximum price regula
tions will be enforced shortly in
Oregon. He and several aides have
been called to San Francisco' for
Violence Less
In India City
Party Declares Small
Group Presses Riots;
US Keeps Hands Off
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year-old Omaha radio an
nouncer, won - the - democrstie
participation in internal troubles
there, the state department said
Wednesday night : v -i'rj
. The presence of. A m e 1 1 e a n
forces in India, the- department
revealed, is" primarily"" t5 aid
China. '
In the event of disturbances
where they are stationed they
are authorized to resort to de
fensive measures only, "should
their 'own personal safety or
that of other American eitisens
' The announcement pointed out
that the policy of the United
States government in this emer
gency already had ; been made
part of the orders issued to Amer
ican forces who have been In
India for some time.
(Full details of American mili
tary dispositions in India have
not been disclosed. It has been
revealed, however, that they con
sist mainly of aerial personnel
and ground crews. The ferrying
command has been engaged m
piloting planes and materials to
China via India. In addition.
American planes using India as a
base nave raided - such enemy
bases as Rangoon, Burma.)
Canadian Ship
Captures Sub
32 Germans on Board
U-Boat Appear Glad
To Be Prisoners
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they'd had much to eat for a day
or so, for they were hungry as
wolves. They seemed very sur
prised that we had butter and
canned milk. They'd pass the but
ter around and look at it as if
they'd never seen anything like it
before."
The Canadians had no trouble
with their prisoners, the seaman
declared.
"We were waiting for them to
start cutting- up rough. said
Crotty, "but most of them
seemed darn glad to be aboard.
Most of them were youngsters.
One kid came over the side
pointing- to himself and Baying-,
"Me clad, me clad.
Some of the Mothers . wouldn't
m & 4 anything to do
with us at first,' but there' Was one
vhn had hem in Canada. He
must QaVe told his mates they
were lucky to be with Canadians,
because they warmed up a little
later."
Pelley Given
15-Year Term
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. ll.-(JP)
William Dudley Pelley, spruce lit
tle goateed founder of the Silver
Shirts of America, only shook his
head in federal court Wednesday
when asked if he had anything to
I say in his own behalf and then
drew a 15-year prison sentence on
charges of criminal sedition.
"I don't know how long the war
will last," Judge Robert C Balt
zell said in pronouncing the pen
alty, "but the sentence should be
such that we will be assured that
no further harm will be done for
fee duration."
x Pelley's secretary and co-defendant.
Miss Agnes Marian Hen
derson, sobbed out a promise to
disassociate herself -from the Pel
ley activities and received a two
year suspended sentence. Law
rence A. Brown, associated with
Tb11w in TtrnklaevillA Tnf mitv-
,:ch5n f ' ",.
Inc waa sentcnced to years:
imprisonment and the firm itself
was fined. $3000.
Five RCAF Pilots
Die in Collision .
: WINNIPEG, Aug. 12-(P)-Five
of six RCAF crewmen aboard
two twin-motored Anson training
planes were injured fatally late
Wednesday when their craft col
lided nd crashed one mile north
east of the Armstrong, On t, air-
port
A search for the sixth man was
under way at the scene of the
crash. The names of the airmen
who died were not disclosed im
mediately.
. The planes, being ferried from
Winnipeg to Ottawa, had refuel
ed at Armstrong, 390 miles east
of here. The collision apparently
occurred just after they left that
airport . .
Continuous From 1 F, M.
Last Times Today
"Swing u Scldi:r";
With Ken Murray and
Frances Laagford "
-PLUS
Ronald Reagan
f'v-iii'tf
-NINE LIVES ARE
r NOT ENOUGH"
' With Joan Perry .
News and Novelt y
On the Inside
In Washington
By JOHN M. HIGHT6WER
Wide World War' Analyst for Tbm 8tatmac-'
- The chances for a successful conquest of the Tulagi area
Af the Solomon islands appear better than ever, despite probable
heavy American losses, but even
J ...... . . . . .
tion at this time snouid give rise
the progress of the war.
Four great issues which bear
directly upon the final outcome
of the conflict are .now being de
cided on the battlefields of south
ern Russia, and from-there the
news is grave. -
-A -victory In the Solomons
would go a , long. way toward
(1) Securing the approaches !
Australia and its supply ' lines
from the United States. (2) Fnr
nfehinr ene starting point for
the future general offensive m
the Pacific and (3) Shewing
the effectiveness of American
preparations to make that of-,
tensive. " '
At best, these are limited ob
jectives despite the relatively
great .cost in men, ships and
planes necessary 1 to accomplish
them. But the enemy's objectives
and the allied stakes in the battle
of the Caucasus are far-reaching
and. at worst, may decide the
ability of the Russians to keep the
main strength of Adolf Hitler's
armies engaged until the crushing
weht of British and - American
power can be thrown into decisive
action against them.
A Russian defeat in the Cau
casus probably would mean that
a large part of the red forces
would withdraw north and east of
the Volga river, where their posi
tion would be almost entirely de
fensive, for the time being at
least The Germans, having gained
a huge. wealth of natural re
sources, would, need comparative
ly small 'forces to hold the Rus
sians behind the Volga, and the
bulk of their strength could be
turned in some other direction.
If the Caucasus and all that it
stands for in United Nations in
terest is yet to be saved or even
partially saved, it would seem
that the Russians or their British
and American allies must produce
quickly resistance so effective as
to fall little short of a military
miracle.
Mishap Fatal
To Reiling
Of Silverton
ALBANY, Aug. 12 Joe Reiling,
33, died Wednesday forenoon as
the result of an accidental cut
received while boning a fore quar
ter of beef at the D. E. Nebergall
Meat company, where he was em
ployed as butcher. He was holding
the knife toward him and it
slipped, cutting a deep gash in the
groin, ile died from loss of blood
while on the way to the hospital,
according to E. C. Fisher, county
coroner.
Reiling had been employed at
the Nebergall plant for 18 months.
He is survived by his widow and
two sons, Kenneth, 3&, and Larry,
three months.
SILVERTON, Aug. 12 Joe
Reiling, who died Wednesday as
the result of an -accident in Al
bany, is the son of Mr and Mrs.
Gregory Reiling of Silverton. His
wife is the former Naoma Zwieck
er of Salem.
Besides his widow and two sons,
and his. parents, four sisters and
three- brothers survive. The sis
ters -are Kathryn Tuttle, Salome,
Ariz, S e 1 m a Reiling, US navy
nurse at Pearl Harbor, TH, Ger
aldine Reiling, Silverton JEulalie
Reiling, St Vincent's nurses, train
ing school, Portland.
The brothers are Ed, Tom and
Gregory, jr, all of Silverton.
Funeral services will be held
Friday.
Eleanor Answers
'Front' Queries
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-VP-While
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was
answering at . a Hunter college
forum Wednesday, several persons
submitted queries asking why
there was a delay in opening a
second ' front "
At first the president's wife re
plied only that she was not a mil
itary expert but when the ques
tioning persisted she said emphat
ically: . .
"All right How much do you
know about distances? About the
ships available to transport sup
plies? About the ammunition, the
guns and the supplies necessary
for such a second front? Do you
want a second front to begin be
fore you are sure about all these
plans? Do you want a Dunkerque
of American soldiers?,
Last Times Tonight
? GREAT STARS IN A
4 STAR TRIUMPH!
Charles BOYER
Olivia deHAVUXAND
Paillette GODD ARD
PLUS
:
a complete victory in that sec-
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u no wave oi gpuuuau avuut
Clark Gable
Takes Oath
. ' .
Very Happy About
Enlisting, Wants
To Be Gunner "
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12.-P)
A nervous Clark Gable put aside
the wealth and fame' of " Holly
wood Wednesday to enlist in the
army as a buck private. :
What may be the last public
appearance for some time of the
idol - of ; thousands of feminine
movie fans was an auspicious af
fair. It took place high in the
Federal building, with half a
floor roped off and guarded to
insure privacy.
It was an Intent ' Gable who
listened as Col. Malcolm P. An-
druss, in charge of recruiting for
southern California, read the
army oath.
The screen stars hand was
shaking noticeably as he raised
it to say "I do."
"I hope you will serve with
honor to yourself and your coun
try," Colonel Andruss said when
it was over. "I welcome you into
the United States aixnjr."' '
"Thank you, sir," Gable replied.
with a wide smile and a hand
shake.
The screen star, 41 and wid
owed with the death of Carole
Lombard in an airplane accident
several months ago as she con
cluded a bond-selling tour, was
to leave Wednesday night for
Miami, Fla., and three months'
basic training, after whicfi he
hopes to enroll in officers school.
"I am very happy about it all,"
he said, as photographers snapped
him from every, angle and news
reel cameras ground away.
"I have made application to be
a gunner and I'm going to do my
very best There's nothing else to
say."
He was inducted alone, but no
sooner had he finished than
Colonel Andruss read the oath to
the star's cameraman and close
friend, Andrew J. Mclntyre. They
hope to see service together.
- Gable, a consistent" top movie
money earner for more than a
decade, has for months been ru
mored planning to join the army
air force. u'
Lack of Cooks
f Nonexistent9
Arthur Peters, representative of
the Salem culinary , alliance, took
issue Wednesday with the state
ment of local restaurant men that
a shortage of cooks and .waitress
es existed here.
The union spokesman asserted
nearly 100 applications for spare
time work Were received by his
organization Wednesday. Many
women, he added, are now work
ing in canneries rather than res
taurants because the packers pay
higher wages.- j;
The Salem Restaurant associa
tion -with the assistance of the Sa
lem - chamber of commerce, is
working out plans to invite inter
ested women to register for rush
hour work.
Bogus Checks on
Salem Bank Pass
PENDLETON, Aug. 12-)-Bo-gus
checks totaling 1900, drawn
on a Salem bank, were passed here
last week. Police Chief Charles
Lemons said Wednesday.
The checks were cashed by Pen
dleton . merchants for three - men
representing themselves as of
ficials of a contracting firm.
Lemons said similar losses had
been - reported at Portland and
Boise, and were believed the work
of the same men.
Jackie Cooper
Benita Granville
"SyncspaHSii"
AND
Gene An try
-CALL OF
THE CANYON
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' Errol Flynn
i ' Olivia dellavttland
! "Santa Fe TraiT
- - .AND
James Stewart
Rosalind Basse II
-No Time
for Comedy
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Box Office
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Opes
6:45
FishVictoi:
In New York
' Isolationism Charge
Fails to Defeat;
Taylor Leada, Idaho
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nomination for the senate seat
held by George W. Norrls, in
dependeat It was a seven-man
field Including Kep. Harry B.
Coffee, whose opponents called
!( hk pre-war attitaae , obstruc
tionist Kenneth Wherry, mid
west director of the republicans,
won Jus party's nomination.
N orris has not said he will ran
assln bat friends expect him
, to enter the rsee as an inde
pendent I. v
In Ohio, all Incumbent con-
gressmen were renominated ex
cept Sweeney. They Included two
republicans. Reps. Charles H. Els
ton and John M. Vorys, whose pre
war policies, their opponents said,
impaired the war effort
John McSweeney, former house
member, was . nominated by the
Ohio democrats to oppose Repub
lican Gov. John W. Bricker's third
term efftnrt v
Glen Taylor, radio enter
tainer of Pocatelta, Idaho, led a
field ef five for the democratic
senatorial nomination, and his
nearest opponent acknowledged
defeat Sen. John Thomas, re
publican, who had been called
a pre-war Isolationist by his op
position, won renomination in a
walkaway. Rep. -Compton L
White, democrat, who was a tar
set of similar criticism was re
nominated also.
In Arkansas, former Rep. John
McClellan piled up a big lead
over State Atty. Gen. Jack Holt
for the democratic nomination for
senator, and Holt conceded defeat
his first in 14 years.
Germany May
Have Reached
1942 Goals
ISTANBUL, Aug. lO-(Delayed)
(JP)-The possibility Germany may
already have attained most of her
1942 objectives in Russia and may
be ready to halt her offensive on
the eastern front and -consolidate
her positions for the winter was
indicated Monday by a neutral of
ficial who, demanding anonymity,
claimed, direct fGerroan. informa
tion. propaganda "inspector" i visiting
Turkey on official business, this
neutral official said Germany
plans. tcv erect an eastern wall"
before the." winter , -and retire be
hind it with a peace proposal. The
nazi functionary quoted operates
under Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, nazi
party chief of foreign propaganda
and a reichsniinister in charge of
occupied Russia.
The new German east wall, it
was said, would run across the
northern C a u casus mountains,
which the Germans have just .
about reached in their drive down
the Caucasus, and along the Vol
ga river from Astrakhan through
the regions of Stalinerad and
Voronezh and thence roughly
along the present front to the
Leningrad area.
The German was quoted furth
er as saying "We know we can
not defeat America, .although it
was not clear why. this remark
was made.
'However the German was
said to have -added, "we hope by
using our submarine weapon in
conjunction with Japanese plans
to keep America so disorganized
as to give her the impression she
cannot win the war."
YM Board to Convene
Salem YMCA board of direct
ors will, meet today noon; at the
YMCA building. Paul B. Wal
lace, president of the board, will
be Jn charge. ' "
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