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dawn and tHroughout -the fine,
'hot day the fighting was -of the
fiercest nothing unexpected in
this defense zone, where the for
tifications are so strong and
where the layout of harbors, ba
sins, locks and channels as com
plicated as anywhere on the norm
em French coast. '
Wednesday night's commun
ique Uld stress oa the "vital
experience gained In employ
ment of substantial Bombers of
Irnnni In in sjuunlL. and In the
transportation and use f heavy
equipment daring combined op
erations. Tnat meant piuuy uwi uu
full-scale rehearsal for the sec
ond front
Some sources called it "inva
sion in miniature.'
From beginning to end of the
attack the British, through the
medium of the radio, told the
French that this operation was
not the second front, that, the day
of liberation was not yet at hand
Wednesday night's British com-
muique, therefore. Jeered at the
Germans for pretending they had
foiled a real attempt at sustain
ed invasion. ;.V
By mid-afternoon the first ex
ultant invaders to be reembarked
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land.. They had completely de
stroyed a six-gun short battery
and ammunition dump on the
right flank of the operational sec
tor, thus accomplishing their ob
jective. In . the center the main force,
having landed its tanks, fought
throughout the day, apparently
encharged with making the deep
est and most destructive penetra
tion possible.
On the allied left one Canadian
landing party, iiuiouu icuwai
m their first attempt to get
shore, reformed and then car
ried the pebbly beach by assault.
Canadian troops, fresh from
extensive, attack maneuvers.
made op the balk af the force
which the royal nary escorted
across the channel In the hoars
before dawn. ' '
With them, however, were
. American troops from a crack de
tachment of "gangers," British
service troops") V - - ' . t;
No parachutists were used.
The American Rangers, selected
from a Cood of volunteers, take
their name from Rogert Rogers'
famed for their courage and en
durance in upper New York state,
Montreal and the Detroit area
during the Seven Years' war.
Today's Rangers were tough
ened for w e e k s in the United
Kinedom under the- tutelage of
British commando officers-toughened
by such processes as half
-r day speed marches of 38 miles
and ascents of wooded. 4000-foot
' mountains.
They are the first US army
ground forces to go into action in
Europe since the first . great war
All day long hundreds of watch
ers lined the British cliffs along
the channel in the -vicinity of
' Newhaven and' other ports as
endless relays of fighters, shuttled
cross the water in the bright
sunlight : ";
- Gunfire, and explosions eould
be beard plainly on the Earfish
side. Newhaven Is only SI mUes
from Dieppe trip' of feerto
tire hoars for the popular ehan
el steamers which carried holl4
day throngs to (he French shore
resort before the, war.
Some fiehter sauadrons made
half a dozen trips Wednesday,
fuel and rearm. The scenes at air
dromes recalled ,the 1940 battle of
Britain, 1 when ground crews
worked so last it was only a lew
minutes before the planes were
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dbck in acuon again.
Several squadrons of fighters
escorted the flying fortresses to
Abbeville and brought them back
without loss of one -of the air
giants. On Monday the fortresses
bombed Rouen's railway yards and
the reason was plain Wednesday
Rouen is barely 40 miles from
j Dieppe.
. The use of tanks to destroy long
range shore batteries, ammuni
tion dumps and feel out the Ger
many army defenses of which
- nazl propagandists have made so
many boasts indicated the allies
were holding a full-scale, dress re
hearsal of the tactics which
eventually will be used on the real
second front
- While losses In this type of
operation are expected .to be
heavy, the information and ex
perience gained are counted upon
to outweigh the casualties. . '
By virtue of its scope the at
tack marked an Important for
ward step in the United Nations
offensive policy in western Eu-
i ropet and Britons -rejoiced that
this raid had at length progressed
beyond .? operations in the dark.
Radio, both British and German..
, played a big part In the day's hos
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Fearful lest the French expose
. ' 45iMtilva ta mass renrisals as
they did by aiding the British
commandos who raided St Na
xaire on March 27, the British.
' Broadcasting- company told the'
French this was "no invasion"
them to stay clear
f the fighting. ,
Every two hours the BBC an
nounced that the French would be
notified formally when the second
front actually was opened. Re
peatedly it mentioned the pres?
ence of the fighting French com
mandos in the attacking force.
Berlin's 'big Deutschlandsender
station meanwhile was broadcast
ing continuous code aignals, pre
sumably, tor the use of the de
fending forces. ..
- Ail the landings -planned by a
combined staff of British and
United States military advisers
were accomplished ' in the early
morning. - -i .
. German broadcasts Implied that
the town of Dieppe itself was
penetrated, at least for a time.
Dieppe, normally about 25,000
population, stands . at the mouth
of the river Arques in a valley
bordered by high white cliffs.
It has one of the deepest and
safest harbors on the channel,
normally handling heavy freight
er traffic. 1
The main town is on the west
the fishing suburb of Le Pollet,
lying east of river and harbor..'
Dieppe dates back at least to
the 12th century. It has a bloody
history of bombardment storm
and occupation. The Germans oc
cupied it for some months in 1871.
Since the German army over
ran It daring the battle of
France is the spring of 1940,
the Dieppe area has been stud
ded with long-range channel
guns and smaller artillery, and
Is reported to have defense in
depth which Include mine
fields and hidden forts.
, These may extend for 25 miles
inland.
For the Canadians who bore
the brunt of Wednesday's assault
it was, at long last the first real
action against the German enemy.
They were under the command
of Maj. Gen. J. H. Roberts, one of
Canada's divisional commanders
overseas.
American officers who served
as planners and advisers for the
well-prepared operation were
drawn from army, navy, marine
and air force commands, and were
headed by Brig. Gen. L. K. Trus
cott, jr., USA.
Draft Glass
IB Shifted
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to 1-A.
The order is effective Thurs
day, said an announcement by se
lective service headquarters, but
the reclassifying of men in this
group will begin September 1, to
be completed by New Year's day.
When members of this group are
reclassified, they will be sent to
induction centers as local boards
fill their quotas, ' and : the army
will decide after their induction
whether to- assign them to full
or limited duties.
In the reclassification process
the men will be reexamined by
the local draft board physicians
to determine whether there are
any physical - deficiencies which
would prevent them from per
forming any military service. If
such defects are discovered, the
registrants will be placed in
class 4-F.
While physical deficiencies
were the only basis for assign
ing men to elass 1-B in the
original classification, the local
boards were warned that their
status may have changed since
that time, and possible defer
ment for dependency, family re
lationship or occupation should
bo considered in each ease.
The - change also will have a
limited effect on some conscien
tious objectors. Those previously
1-B-0, fit for, limited service
in non-combatant units, or
4-E-LS, fit for limited service in
civilian work camps, now will be
classified 1-A-O 'if fit for non
combatant service, or 4-E if fit
for induction into work camps. If
physically disqualified for either
type of service they will be
classified 4-F.
ers Made
No Violation
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-(JP)-A fed
eral grand jury's investigation- of
the publication of allegedly confi
dential naval information by. the
Chicago Tribune, the New York
Daily News and the Washington
Times Herald' ended Wednesday
with a decision that no violation
of the law had been disclosed.
William D. Mitchell, special as
sistant to the attorney general
who directed the inquiry, stated
the jury had "considered the case
fully and its conclusion that no
violation of the law was dis
closed settles the matter."
FDR-Farley
Fight Fierce
NEW YORK, Auft 1M)-The
struggle between the opposing
choices of President Roosevelt and
his former political " lieutenant,
James ; A. Farley, for ' the New
York ' democratic " gubernatorial
nomination developed into a "war
of nerves' Wednesday night on
the-eve of a final showdown.
' A last ditch fight on the floor
of the party's state s convention,
which held a brief and outwardly
peaceful opening session in Brook
lyn Wednesday, was virtually as
sured as spokesmen for both sides.
clung to their predictions of vic
tory and discounted all talk of
compromise.
Pap
Dimout Begins
Along Pacific
Motorists Limited on
Coast ; Floodlights ;
Most Affected
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and already thousands of lights
have gone out in preparation for
full compliance.
Billboards, marquees, adver
tising searchlights, brightly
llxhted signs and windows, and
most lights not shielded from :
the sea nd air are banned
through the area.
Larger ' cities affected " include
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Sacra
mento San Francisco, Los Ange
les 'and San Diego. A -i
Householders must prevent any
light from reflecting upward, and
shades must be drawn on all win
dows visible from the sea.
Motorists are limited to lights
of less than 250 beam candlepower
(parking; lights normally would
meet requirements) when driving
in view of the ocean, and in some
instances must limit speed to 20
miles an hour . from sunset to
dawn.
Store windows with lights of
"normal intensity" are not af
fected ' unless they can be seen
from the sea. Flashlights, lan
terns and night bonfires, too, are
barred in the ocean-view sec
tors. Traffic signs throughout
the dimont area and street lights
on the immediate coast must be
shielded. '
Even great industrial plants
operating around the clock are in
structed to shield illumination "to
as great an extent as practicable.'
The army's dimout order said
the plan was essential "to prevent
such illumination from . aiding
operations of the enemy." It noted
that land installations and vessels
in coastal waters already have
been attacked," and it is expected
that such attacks will continue."
PORTLAND, A n g. 1 f - ()
Law enforcement officers meet
ins here Wednesday decided
that -Oregon dimout violators
would be prosecuted in Port
land police court and in coastal
counties' Justice and district
courts. Carl C. Donaugh, dis
trict federal attorney, said
however that more flagrant vio
lators would land ia federal
court 1
Possibility that turkey raisers
may later be included in the "in
dustrial plants'" regulation was
suggested Wednesday night at de
fense headquarters here, but un
til that time, they were ordered
to abide by the regulations. Their
lights, poultrymen explained, were
largely for protection of flocks.
Meantime, members of the. civil
patrol expected to move out en
masse tonight to check on lights
in their own areas, with the Mar
ion county snenlls onice pre
pared to answer the-patrol's calls
in following up its findings.
Germans Say
Allies Ousted
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cial German comment on the in
vasion : catastrophe of the allied
expedition corps on the European
continent" . . j
The first wave of British, Amer
ican, Canadian and De Gaulle
troops was transferred at sea from
transport ships to 300 or 400 land
ing barges, DNB said. (This num
ber appeared to be excessive since
some of the newer type allied
barges carry 100 soldiers each, and
London dispatches have not indi
cated that such a strong allied
force was employed.)
German coastal artillery and
airplanes went into action "ac
cording to plan" when the allies
first attacked, the agency said.
Numerous British landing boats
were reported sank in these first
broadsides and several trans
ports were said to have turned
back : to sea without landing
their troops.
Artillery barrages also were laid
down on the . beaches where the
allied troops and tanks landed, the
agency said, then a nazi counter
attack accomplished "the- final
mopping up" operations.
The Berlin radio broadcast
Paris dispatch Wednesday night
that after the "complete liquida
tion of the British landing at
tempfT Dieppe's life returned to
normal, with all shops reopening
by S pjn. "and the inhabitants
going shopping as if nothing had
happened."
"The attitude of the French
population," the announcer said,
"shpwed the fullest confidence in
German defenses and considered
the British action as a mere nuis
ance." -
Children Found
After Two.Hours
-f Two children, 8 and 11 years
old, were located Just before, mid
night Wednesday by city police
after they had been reported miss
ing two hours earlier.
- The two, children of Mrs. Louis
Costello, 56? North 15th, left home
Wednesday morning 1 to go bean
picking above Turner. At 9:43
p.m. they had not reached home,
and their mother called the city
police. -::':'--:.'o"-
; i The ; fren'Vwere '. located by
city police, in downtown . Salem
and reported they had been - at
tending a theatre.
Kaiser Sets ,
Record; Asks
More Women
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s traction work. The experiment
worked fine, s last week of
ficials of the three yards in and
stear Portland sent a plea UX7S
employment offices throughout
the country: "Please send as
young, strong, an trained singlet
women. We need them to help
us win the war."
There's a definite-, connection
between Susie and the new rec
ord. -
"Out labor force would have
been inadequate these past months
without the use of women," Al
bert Bauer, assistant general man
ager of the Oregon Shipbuilding
Corp,, told newspaper correspon
dents who visited the yards there
Wednesday in the course of the
National Association of Manufac
turers tour of war industries.
"!We are using 300 women in
actual construction, cruelly as
welders " end electricians," said
Bauer, "and we want to multiply
that, number as ' fast as we can
get and train more girls."
Douglas Sharp
Is Decorated
Nine Army Fliers Who
Wouldn't Quit Fight
In Burma Honored
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the river below, the plane began
a bombing run under attack by
four Japanese planes, but an in
tervening cloud prevented drop
ping the bombs. Taking the plane
down below the clouds. Sharp
found himself over the Rangoon
docks.
Disregarding attacking enemy
planes and heavy anti-aircraft
fire, the bomber made two runs,
unloading its bombs on the larger
of two freighters which formed
its target and then headed north
into the clouds for the trip home.
"As we proceeded home, taking
advantage of the broken clouds,"
Sharp reported, "fighter attacks
became heavier. The top turret
was put out of action by the
enemy fighters when the gunner
received a wound in the head and
the gun sight was broken. Almost
immediately thereafter number
three engine went out complete
ly."
From then oa it was a val
, iant but losing fight Oil pouring-
from the, disabled engine
covering' the sighting glass of
the bottom con and put it oat of
' tacking Japanese planes, at least
four of which were shot down,
bat a ballet from one of them
disabled the tafl run. Sharp
headed down into - low-flying
eloods to try to throw off the
parsait bat as the bomber
dropped. Private Teehan, the
side gunner, was killed, anoth
er engine was knocked oat and
the right rodder control was
severed.
In the clouds the crippled bomb
er eluded the enemy fighters, but
now it took fire, with smoke
pouring out of the nose, at times
so thick that Sharp could not see
his instrument panel, and he sig
naled the crew to bail out The
two wounded gunners had receiv
ed first aid, and as the plane, un
able to keep sufficient altitude to
clear the hills west of Rangoon,
headed north up the Irrawaddy
valley, one by one the members
of the crew took to their para
chutes.
With only Sharp and Wunder
lien, both, wounded, remaining,
the bomber was crash-landed in
a rice paddy alongside, a river,
with no further injury to the two
officers. They destroyed the bomb
sight with rifle shots, and after
resting in a nearby village, made
their way through India on foot
by boat and by railway, reaching
Calcutta July 2.
Hollywood Homes
Are Remodeled
SWEGLE Homes on Holly
wood Drive that are being remod
eled and repaired are the A. A.
Harms and P. Blessing homes.
' Gladys Dalke spent three days
of the v week-end attending the
young people's conference of the
Mennonite church in the Turner
gospel tabernacle.
Mr. an dMrs. Elmer Lake, A.
Delma and Joan enjoyed a day's
vacation at the coast on Wednes
day. Umatilla Grows
PENDLETON, Aug. 18-()
The county rationing board, basing
its estimate on sugar registration,
computed Umatilla county's pop
ulation Wednesday at 37,254 tr
11,275 more than the 1940 cen-
sus.
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Bombers, Fly
Over Islands
Mosf of Canberra's "
Crew Saved; Fight ' .
Reports Scarce-
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made- Hudson bombers also af
t a ek est a Japanese-occupied
town in Dutch Timer far to the
northwest of Australia. The re
salts . of this attack , also were
not observed, the cemmunloue
said. .' ;.-;., . .-:;,rr v
The Canberra wag serving under
US-V Ice Admiral Robert Lee
Ghormley. when she .went down
off the Solomons, and General
MacArthura ' communique in an
nouncing the loss said "the tradi
tions of Australia know no greater
glory than this, dead ship."
The US already had announced
the sinking of one cruiser, - the
damaging of two others, and the
damaging of two destroyers and
one transport in the Solomon ac
tion. ... . V .-U
The Canberra, completed in
1928, "mounted eight-inch guns,
and was one of Australia's largest
cruisers. ' - -
The allies, with their initial ad
vantages in the Solomons, now
must stop any concerted Japanese
counterattack by sea. Presumably
land fighting in the Florida, Tu
lagi, and Guadalcanal island zone
still was going on.
Dand, sea and air forces were
slugging energetically, but de
tails were undisclosed by military
headquarters here, or by Wash
ington. The absence of official re
ports, and of anything approach
tog a blow-by-blow account did
not suggest to observers, how
ever, that the battle was over.
On the contrary, an tanressioa
grew that dislodging the enemy
from positions fortified for
weeks may be a long and tedi
ous task.
One of the liveliest subjects of
speculation concerned the Japan
ese fleet nd what it has been up
to since It retreated after a clash
with American war vessels the
night of August 8-9. Naval author
ities were silent and communi
ques have mentioned no enemy
convoys or war vessels moving ill
or approaching the battle area. "
BRISBANE, Australia, Thurs
day, Aug. 20 JPy- Brisbane, cap
ital city of Queensland and the
largest city of the northeastern
coast of Australia, underwent an
air raid alarm Thursday. The
streets were filled with shoppers
who at first thought the alarm
was only in practice, but they
soon learned it was in earnest
K ' Air raid wardens donned their
tin hats and directed the people
ta shelters and cautioned them
against standing in the streets or
at doorways. .
Defense Off icer
Takes Vacation
When County Defense Coordi
nator Bryan H. Conley, who is
daytimes employed by the state
industrial accident commission,
leaves this weekend for a fort
night's vacation, his executive as
sistant Floyd McCarroll, assisted
by Jake Fuhrer, will replace him
temporarily.
Conley, appointed in July, 1841,
when the civilian defense organ
ization was started here, has been
at the defense office or elsewhere
in the county in the interests of
civilian defense almost every
week night since that date
Shortly after the United States'
entry Jnto the war his off ice
granted him some time free from
work during office hours to work
on the defense; organization job.
Witt. Mrs. Conley and their
daughter ' he plans to vacation at
the beach and in the mountains.
Fort Lewis Finds
New Milk Source
TACOMA, Aug. 18 (JPr" New
sources of milk for Fort Lewis
soldiers have been found in south
west Washington, army officials
said-Wednesday. They said the
recent halt in delivery of - milk
from Oregon had' not caused a
serious condition. Previously half
the fort's supply came from Ore
gon, but that source was cut off
when Oregon military camps
opened recently.
Postmasters Okeh
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1
These Oregon postmasters were
confirmed by the senate Wednes
day: Clifford O. Dougherty, Clo
dale; Tracy Savery, Dallas; Henry
Aim, Silverton; Grace E. Neibert
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described as of "enormous, size"
big that a fishing boat
believed it was a merchantman
unta it dived.
Radio reports reaching here.
supposedly from British Guiana,
told ; of one submarine, attacked
and another sighted by royal force
planes Tuesday In the West Indies.
In the face of the renewed and
concentrated attacks, Brazil
called all ships into the nearest
POrtS. ' '
The government recalled -.; all
furloughed soldiers: and prepared
naval forces for counterblows on
the submarines, but there was no
indication of an immediate decla
ration of war.
40-8 Inducts
New Officers
Marion county 'voiture 153, 40
et 8 society, American Legion, in-
stallated officers at its meeting
Wednesday night in Legion hall.
A large turnout of the membership
was reported. :
Dr. Laban Steeves, past grand
chef de gare, acted as installing
officer for the following:
R. D. "Woody" Woodrow. chef
de gare;. Ira O. Pilcher, chef de
train; Don McBain, correspondent;
Rex KimmelL conducteur; T. J.
Brabec, guard de la porte; Jake
Fuhrer, commisseur voyageur; R.
A. "Dick" Meyer, amonier; E. H.
Kennedy, lamp is te; Dr. J. O. Van
Winkle, medecin- locale; Harry
Humphrey, Waldo Mills and Ralph
Campbell, cheminota locale..
Argentina Urged
BUENOS AIRES, Aug, 19 -)
Socialist Deputy Nicolas Repefto
told the foreign affairs, committee
of the chamber Wednesday .that
sinkings of Brazilian ships should
move Argentina to "reconsider its
attitude toward war which now
has come to our gates." "
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