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To Have
Opp
Wallace Backed
By AFL; Snell
Commended
. w Political activities f oreshad-
cwing ... the . November general
election pushed . their way
through the war news Saturday
to bring attention to new de
' velopments in the Marion coun
ty, first congressional district
and state fields.
The: principal Marion county
' news was that this senatorial dis
trict's popular senior. member in
the upper house of the legislature,
, Douglas McKay, is to have no op
position from the democratic par-
ty. - vA:;.;
In the congressional field
there came the announcement
that for the first time la many
years an active district com
mittee Is to be orranixed to
.- carry the torch for Rep. James
W. Mott, who has to return to
his duties la Washington, DC,
. today, leaving his campaigning
toothers. i
" Attention also was focused on
":the governorship by announce-
ment of the executive board of
the Oregon state federation, of
',- labor commending both nominees,
s. . Republican Earl Snell and Demo-
:: erat i Lew - Wallace, but recom-
mending the latter to union locals.
y The executive committee of the
, Marion county democratic cen
tral committee has decided not to
nominate a candidate in opposi
tion to Sen. McKay,, republican,
-Chairman Carl T.'Pop disclosed
Saturday. No reason for the de
cision was given, but it was to be
assumed, the committee felt both
'that Sen. McKay was the best
man for the position and that,
anyway, he would ( be virtually
impossible to defeat. ' "
The democrats have a nomi
nee for the other senatorshlp
from this county, but he hap
pens also to bo the republican
selection, Kep. Allan G. Car
, son, by virtue of votes written
. la on their ballot at the May
.. primary. Now a captain in the
' army air corps. Carson, like
- Justice of the Peace Joseph B.
;, Felton of Salem, also a two
party nominee, who expects
mob to be In the armed serv
ice, may keep his name .on the
ballot, according to an opinion
riven by Attorney General L
n Tan Winkle last week.
The . house of Representatives
democratic slate in Marion' coun
ty, which carried but lone candi
date on the primary ballot, was
filled by : write-ins, leaving no
vacancies to be attended to by
countr committee at this
fu. ic. ... '.
t A visit to Salem Friday , by
Carl Moser,; executive secretary
for the state republican central
committee,-was followed Satur-
day" by announcement, . from
County Chairman C A. "ClifT
Lewis, that organization of a first
congressional . district ', campaign
committee would be effected ' at
meeting at the Marion hotel
- iext Triday.' : Niel Allen, state
chairman, and Moser are to be
present and invitations are. going
out to Gov. Charles A. Sprague,
' Secretary of State Snell, t: i Rep.
" Robert S. Farrell, Jr, nomine? for
' Enell's present position, and oth
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School .Year Plans
By TRAVIS CROSS 1
V Vacation days those of ,"proe
'perity for the older boys and
' girls and those of continued play
)Xor the younger ones will come
. to an end one week hence when
Salem public schools open the
first full war year since 1917-18.
i Mon day, September 21, has
,ten definitely set as the official
" opening; "We know no other date,"
. said-Frank. B. Bennett, public
- schools superintendent J
; Students who will enter school
- late because of seasonal employ
; ment should register Monday
forenoon, September 21, They
should also confer with their prin-c-v
il and be sure that all arrange
rnts are made for their year of
work, thus preventing later diffi
culties in the schedules and con-'
Cicts In courses, according to a
. tulletin from the office of the su
; yerintendent.;.... ;-,f.. -vV 'Vr
. system is "anticipating an
' l.::r::.:s li e!:r:ttary ai Jua-
Solon Dies
FRANK M. FRANCISCOVICH
Francisco vich
Career Closed
Yeteran Legislator
Headed Senate ;
Veteran of War
PORTLAND, Sept 12-)
Frank M. Franciscovich of As
toria, member of the Oregon state
senate and its president In 1937,
died here Saturday,' failing to ral
ly after a major operation of sev
era! day ago. J
The ; 45-year-old legislator was
a native of Astoria and a grad
uate of Notre Dame -university.
He entered law practice here aft
er the first world war In which
he served In the navy.
For eight years he was deputy
district attorney for Clatsop coun
ty and was Warren ton city attor
ney from 192s until his death." '
rcHi4eilative term started-with
election to the senate. In 3929 as
a republican, and continued to his
death.. ; v-.iv-.
Survivors include the widow,
two sons and a daughter.
Water Users
st
Number of Salem water users
billed during August, 1942, ex
ceeded by 13 per cent those of the
same month last year, but con'
sumers used less water, statistics
presented to the city water com
mission this weekend reveal.
Total of cubic feet billed dropped
by almost 1.000,000 and revenue
was down almost $1000. Average
consumption of water per custo
mer dropped from 3003 to 2741
but. the city's large industrial wa
ter user, the paper mill, not, in
cluded in, that average, used 1,-
000,000 more cubic feet last month
than during August, 1941.
Total of : customers billed last
month was' 8208, compared - with
8100 a year ago; cubic feet billed
was 30,431,070. compared with
31,204.870 in August, 1941. Rev
enue billed toUled $24,887.05
while August, 1P41, . bills totaled
$25,822.0$. Average consumption
per account Mropped from 3003
year ago to 2741 cubic " feet in
August, 1941. A decrease' from
483S to 4393 cubic feet used by the
average purchaser .. of - water ' for
Irrigation purposes is included 1?
that average. Accounts billed av
eraged $24 this year as : com
pared with S3.ll in August a year
ago. v-
lor high school enrollment eve?
last year. . In the latter -grades
.of senior hlgh however, -there
.h expected a slight drop ,dne to
employment and residence
"changes; .. I '
The Indicated enrollment for
this year is closely compared to
that of 1941 when 4830 students
registered. In 1940," 4987 enrolled
for the first day's activity
Headlining the pre-school "pre
paredness" the entire public school
faculty will gather Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock in the sen
ior -hlh school auditorium for fi
nal Instructions," A buildings'-f ac
uity conference 'is also scheduled
for Sat'irday A secondary; prin
cipals and physical education
"b e a 1 th conference,w concerning
primarily physical exam inations
throughout the; system, will be
held this Monday.' r; 1
" Twov positions, that of Henry
OttOyicVnce teacher, and Lloyd
SwsnsoH, . rstchaEicsl drawlsg
tSnsclsr, -ttli ti'tszlst liib
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Augti
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Russi ifi Fall
On ldthwesL
All Other Sectors
Reds Say 10,000
Nazis Die; Fight
Near Leningrad
MOSCOW, Sunday Sept. 13
-iP-The Russians have fallen
back from one point southwest
of Stalingrad before the massed
blows of German tanks and
motorized troops but elsewhere
the soviet legions are holding
their own in bitter-end fight
ing which has cost the Germans
at least 10,000 men killed before
the city in the last few days. - '
Another 5000 German soldiers
have been killed or wounded in
sharp fighting on the Volkhov
front southeast , of Leningrad,
where the Germans were report
ed hurled back.
The Russians revealed the first
dent since Friday in their posi
tions before Stalingrad in the fol
lowing stark phrases in the mid
night communique;
"Southwest of Stalingrad tense
fighting took place with enemy
tanks and mechanized troops. Sov
iet, forces evacuated one inhabited
locality." .-v
As the greatest and undoubt
edly the bloodiest battle of this
war went Into its 19th day, the,
Russians announced 'they had
once more stopped! the Germans'
on the eritlcal area west of the
city, where the Germans advan
ced tn frontal assaults last week ,
until their . war machine was
halted Friday.
'Wave uron wave of German
soldiers the 'Russians said again
the Invaders were numerically
superior to the defenders dashed
against the Russian defenses in
continuous attacks without gain
ing ground, the communique re
vealed. ' '
The communique declared:
"German fascist troops are con
tinuously attacking our positions.
"Soviet troops are repulsing at
tacks launched by the numerical
ly superior enemy forces.
Southwest of Stalingrad,' it was
officially reported, 6,000 Germans
have been "wiped out" in the last
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Four Charged
With Dimout
Violations .
- Salem's new so-called "dimouf
ordinance got its first workout
Saturdaynight when four' Salem
merchants were cited to appear
Monday - morning in - muncipal
court to. answer charges of vio
lation of US army dimout orders
here.
The new,: ordinance,' " which
places on the city's statute books
as laws all army, navy and other
federal orders related to the war
effort, was passed at last Tues
day nighf s council meeting. It
provides maximum penalties of
$500 fine andor six months in the
city Jafl. X v,.
' Cited to appear Monday mor
ning at 10 o'clock are H. J. Schoen,
1(5. Court street, proprietors :
Will's music store, 432 State street.
Brown's jewelry, 184 North Liber
ty street, and Pomeroy and Keene,
379 state street.
LaiS : Mere
school, remain unfilled. Each
Position has been fUIed at least
onee i but .calls to the armed
forces and war wcrk have Inter
fered. .
The bulletin released Saturday
from the office, of the school su
perintendent read in part: -
rAH pupils who are new to- Sa
lem are urged to contact the prin
cipal r the school in -which they
will enroll, -before 'the- opening
day of school This . is- especially
important this year when there
has been considerable moving to
and. from the city, and it will
avoid a rush on the iopecing day
of ' school, and also . will .' enable
pupils to be more- adequately
cared for in their scheduling prob
lems;" Potk county students ex
pecting ; to register in the ninth
grade will register at the Leslie
school. All elementary pupils new
to Salem, or to any grade school
building in Salem, are urged to
contact the principals la i their
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Back
Hold
Voluntary Gas
Saving Asked
Oyer Country
Unneeded Mileage Is
Waste of Rubber
Says Henderson
WASHINGTON, Sept. li.-iSV
Price Administrator Leon Hender
son Saturday night asked motor
ists in unrationed areas to place
themselves voluntarily under the
same gasoline and mileage ration
ing now in force in the 17 eastern
states. , .
Declaring that it would be sev
eral weeks before coupon ration
books could be printed to carry
out the nationwide gas rationing
recommended by the Baruch rub
ber committee, Henderson c a u
honed that "today and every day
that passes until the cut is made
we Americans are wasting one
billion tire miles In unnecessary
driving." '
His. request followed other in
dications from OPA that the na
tional rationing plan, when placed
in effect; would put the rest of the
country on an equal footing' with
the east as to the amount of gaso
line allowed motorists.
' Easterners receive a basic ra
tion of approximately four 'gal
lons, weekly, with supplemental
allowances for motoring deemed
essential. The committee headed
iyBernard M. Baruch' w hich
Investigated the rubber situation
recommended that motorists be
curtailed to a general average
of 5090 miles a year, i
To further the tire conserve
tion program, President Roosevelt
made public Saturday a - chart
showing that a " 30-mile speed
would make tires last twice as
long as. those driven 50 miles an
hour. The Baruch committee rec
ommended a speed limit of 35
miles an hour. : '
The president is expected to an
nounce appointment of a rubber
administrator Monday and put in
to effect then the other steps rec
ommended by the Baruch commit
tee but formal imposition of gas
oline rationing will necessarily be
delayed until the machinery can
be set up. .
"I dont think we have to wait
to make a really good start, Hen
derson declared In a statement.
"We can begin to make a big dent
in that pile of wasted rubber if
we take this matter into our own
hands- for the time being."
"I am, therefore," asking that
every driver in the unrationed
areas- Immediately - put himself
voluntarily on the same mileage
basis as his fellow Americans in
the 17 rationed eastern states.
- In those States, seven out of
every tea driven have an A
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Posttnaster N
Selection U
Delayed : v ;
Selectlbn .ol the .three high can
didates for' the Salem postmaster'
ship, is not. to be made until after
November IS, Carl T. Pope, chair
man of the Marion county demo
cratic central committee, was no
tified Saturday by. the , federal
civil semce commission. -
. PTess of . other business, was
given by the commission as the
reason for the delay. ' : V:v
The postal ' department'a tap
pointing officer makes the choice
among the .three men receiving
the commission's best " ratings
based on qualifications. ,
Eight - men andf. nev woman
have applied for the - tositkn,
which Posteaster - HT IL Craw
ford is desitious-of relinquishing
after more than - two x terms
service." . . 1 '
- Pope said he also had been d-
vlsed ' that - Ivan jrSnulh, Scotia
Mills ' poetmaster, had ' asked to
be relieved." Uo recoErtmenuation
of a successor has yet been made,
Pope added,
Friday V 7eather
Friday's max.,Uirp. tl, min.
42. River Saturday -11 ft By
army request weather', fare
casta are withheld ar l tr--cr-
S3 America
JO-CARROLL DENNISON
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, Sept 12
"Miss Texas.' 12-year-old Jo
Carroll Dennison of Tyler, cap
tured the 1942 "Miss America'
crown In Atlantic City's an
nual bathing faeanty contest
Saturday night. The Texas girl.
with . dark brown hair ai
greenish-brown eyes, succeeds
blonde Rosemary La Planche of
Los Angeles as mythlng bathing
beauty queen of the United
States. Second' place went to
Miss Chicago Bette Brank, IS,
and third pUee to Miss Michi
gan, Patricia Uline Jlill. 2L of
Detroit; fourtbT to 'Ml&s "Tfew
Jersey, Madeline Elisabeth Lay-
ton. IS, of Mayweed, and fifth
to Miss California,; Lucille Lam
bert, 20, of Hollywood.
United Chest
Drive Readied
$65,000 Campaign
To Benefit 18 v
Agencies
The Salem United War Chest
drive will open officially October
and members of the executive
campaign committee . have plans
for. the campaign in a stage of fi
nal formulation, according to
Jesse J. Card, campaign chair
man. The drive will close Octo
ber 15. - i . - -
The drive will benefit 18 agen
cies those that formerly - com
prised - the . Salem Community
Chest, a g e n c i e s working for
American fighting men abroad
and In this country, agencies as
sisting the allies In their time of
terrific stress and a miscellaneous
group. This plan, if la pointed out
by campaign committee members,
will save money for contributors
by protecting them from repeated
appeals and will save time" for
business men, in that they .will be
asked to work In only" one drive
during the year. ' Contributors will
be assured that their money ..Is
used efficiently by carefully In
vestigated' agendea and a coordi
nated program of social welfare
for the community win be guar
anteed by promoting cooperation
and eliminating duplication.- -
The goal for this years cam
naln Is IM.CC0. Nine repre-
U-Boat Blasts
At Barbados ; ,
: BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept
12-WVAn axis submarine entered
Carlisle- bay Saturday and fired
five torpedo at vessels in the bay.
In the first attack of the war on
this British West Indies Island.
Shore batteries replied, but the
submarine remained in the bay
from 4:45 until 5:18 p. mu, '-firing
torpe2os t five minute intervals.
A statement issued -.ty the in
mormaticn officer jrid there, were
no casualties. - No mention was
raade of 'damage. " -: - . ' -
Hundreds of persons rushed to
the waterfront and watched the
engagement Great columns of wa
ter rose from the sea as the ter
pedos exploded. -.
The - official - statement - said
ecrr?ncy services worked
Kohoda
Japs
Enemy Tng
To Dislodge
Isle Forces
15 of 79 Bombers,
5 Zeros Destroyed
In Solomon, Fight
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-P)
Paying a high price in planes
and pilots, the Japanese are
still trying ',, unsuccessfully, to
dislodge' the American' forces
in the Solomons, the navy re
ported Saturday night, and los
ing better than one put. of every
five bombers they send over.
The Japanese sent two waves of
26 bombers and one of 27 against
the Guadalcanal installations on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Of these 79 bombers, 15 were de
stroyed, along with - five of the
Zero fighters supposed to protect
them, bringing to 143 the number
of aircraft the Japanese have lost
In the Solomons fighting.
Of the latest bag of 20, Ameri
can fighter planes accounted for
at least 16; whether the Other four
also were downed by planes or by
anti-aircraft fire was" not sped
tied. And if the Americans suf
fered any ' losses In these aerial
combats, they, were not reported.
, The Japanese number losses
of about 26 per cent on these
raids compared with an average
loss ofaboufr five pesveeat suff
fered by the British In their big
bomber raids en Germany ; and
the vastly lower losses of Ameri-:
can Flying Fortresses. Only two
of the Fortresses have been lost
since the big raids began in mid- -
August. rvvVvv-,4V ' ;
.While these futile air attacks
were made by. day, Japanese de
stroyers prowled off shore by night
shelling the United States positions
but no damage has resulted," the
communique said. -
On their own account, American!
dive bombers made another attack
Friday on enemy installations on
Gizo island, in the western part
of the New Georgia group of the
Solomons, sinking a small . ship
and blasting buildings. The Amer
icans had made a previous attack
there Sepl 6, . .
The communique also reported
that the Japanese were supplying
their troops still fighting in the
interior of . Guadalcanal,. using
small boats which can sneak ashore
undetected at night, but that the
marines, supported by dive bomb
ers and fighters, "continued to
seek out and engage" these units.
After Chase, ; ;
fir' - ' '
ssl .drvua-ta - vnrtw '
K 23-year-old man who had led
police a chase through two mid
Valley' counties and when appre
hended had "confessed" a murder,
a car theft and a Jewelry store
burglary, Was booked tar the Mar
ion county jail Saturday night on
a charge of being drunk on a pub
lie highway.- v
- Registered at the jail as Wallace
F. . Floberg. : the man, operating
under the name of Fred Charles
Hanson, had told a man in New-
berg he was fleeing the law in a
stolen ear. When Capt Walter
Lansing of the state police caught
up with him at the E. B. Smith
residence near St Paul, the same
story had - been told- This time,
according to the police officer, the
fugitive flashed a diamond engage
ment and wedding ring set, r
plaining . he , had broken Into a
Portland.. Jewelry store, window
Friday night and that this .was the
loot. -. .
En route to Salem, a colorful
bit was added to the "confession.
Hansen' had murdered - Floberg,
shot-hint.-twice ta the tack on
road near Taccma because he was
cutting in on his romance. ' .
At t-e ccunxy jail, Ilanson-Tld-
berg later declared his dual iden
tity. Lansing Said the car had been
reported stolen Ja August in Ta
coma, that ho such Jewelry stre
burglary as had been described
was on his records and by
Uonday he heped to havi
tlrsi'bt cf iLi itcry.
Secfior
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LomMdny
82 Today
GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING
WASHINGTON, Sepa. VHJf)
The natlon'a military leaders
" turned from war duties Satnr-
, - day night to honor Gen, John
'3. Pershing on the eve of his
- birthday. The commander ; ...of
. the 'American ; Expeditionary
Force in the first world war
. " will be S2 Sunday. Gen.' George
43. . Marshall, chief of : staff.
wrote Pershinr "the example of
; your ' greatness shines like
ft light to guide ' ns " through
troubled v days -f; head From
V W,-Southwest f racine- -head
quarters Gen. Douglas MacAr-
' thur cabled "devoted greetings.1
British Gain
In Madagascar
Vichy Troops Out; .
3Iedia tion Asked
For India
By The Associated Press -
The whole' warring world seem
ed to have paused momentarily I
Saturday, to watch the '' death
struggles of the : Behemoths . in
Russia. The battlefields of Egypt,
China, r the Solomons - and New
Guinea all were relatively calm
and unchanged. ' j t . . r:
. The British advanced 130 miles
to within 70 miles of Tananarvia,
feapital of the big French island
of Madagascar in the western In
dian ocean, to erase an axis
threat to the vital allied supply
lines to : Egypt, , " Russia, v . India,
China. and Australia. Only slight
resistance t was - encountered a
few shots, some destroy eoV bridges
and barricades, , the British said.
But the French said they . were
Inflicting '. heavy v Josses on - "the
enemy", and were still resisting;
lierre -Laval, the creature of?
Hitler, ha troops and ? police
manned machine guns at stra-i
tegte plaeea thronghont Vichy
tn what waa ealledUa manenver
against possible disorders aim
ed asalnst the governmemt. y;
- Britain's big - black bombers
stayed home overnight bet' -the
screams of the German propagan
da machine ttested to the bomb
wreckage on the German home
front The last attack was on the
Rhine city of Duesseldorf and the
Berlin radio spoke of the steel
center, as fthis once beautiful
Indian proposals that President
Roosevelt . be invited to mediate
the troublesome Indian problem
found . echo in 'Britain, now that
the way to direct negotiation ap-
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Germans Moving
Rdihvrays East :r.J
CSu), Switzerland, Sept 12(,V)
uennans are teanng - up. some
railway lines la occupied Trance
and are usirg the- tnateri;.l3 to
extend and repair railway facili
ties xx tha cc:t it .was t
--4 In
press : . Clrpatches i' received.
here
Saturday. . - . .. ; . ' .
-.The newspaper VoDtsrecht said
the Germans had bought or arbi
trarily requisitioned 4CC0 mUes cf
French railways and - that the
Ecccndary lines were tcir.j - r;-
1 jifet vv .
. i
Planes
Buna Blasted.
Strafed by
3 Flights
One of Hardest Allied
Blows Delivered ;
Ack-Ack Halted! ,
: By MURLIN SPENCER . . ;
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S .
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Sunday, Sept .13-(;P)-Alliedl
heavy and medium bombers, es- -
corted by fighters, struck" oner
of the heaviest blows yet de
livered in the Pacific Saturday
when they blasted the Japanese) '
invasion base. Buna, in eastern
New Guinea with 26 j tons' 1 of
bomba and more than 28.000
rounds , of cannon and i machine)
gun fire, a communique said Sun
day. :;, .j . y .
In four bombing attacks, foV.
lowed by seven strafing j runs, th
allied airmen destroyed at least
17 Japanese planes on the ground,
in dispersal bays and on the run
way of an airdrome from which
the enemy had been operating hi
the drive against Port Moresby. '
All anti-aircraft positions in the -area
were silenced, the' communis 1
que said.,'- , . ; . -:.B-,v. -T .
- Meanwhile, there was littla
action in the Owen f. Stanley.
mountains -where the Japanese -
have advanced - to Utile more
than 46 miles -from. Port Slores- '
by. the .big allied base, ,r v
"Owen Stanley action' was link
ited to patrol activity,"' the com
munique .said.' "' -'-'.t-i' 1 '! ..
However, one jungle V fighting
allied unit ambushed an enemy -
patrol in that rough terrain and
inflicted 20 casualties with only
minor losses to the allies. ,
The attack on Buna was a con
tinuation of a.- series . aimed .at
smashing the supporting base for .
troops . operating - In the 1 Owen
Stanley range. It was from here
that- the Japanese pushed west- :
ward to Kokoda, the jump oft
place for last week's drive. ;
Saturday's " attacks started' at .
dawn with a Flying Fortress raid
and was followed by flights of
m e d I u m bombers and attack
planes in a combined, attraction.
? Th attack planes after drop
ping their bombs strafed ; the air
drome at low level in conjunction
with : fighters. ' -'';vj - ' ,
Heavy casualties were mfllct
ed on Japanese ,groand. forces,
the eanmanlqe said, and fires
which eovld be seen 31 miles
away were started In fuel -dumps
and Installations. -No
Japanese fighters attempted .
to .Intercept the allied attackers.
Only one allied plane was miss
ing' after the acticy. . t : r
Off the island of New Ireland,
an allied offensive reconnaissance)
unit " strafed iV Japanese mine
laying ' vessel ' south tof TCavleng,
but the -results could not be ob
served."" ' f - - -
342 Jap Ships
uon
By The AiMciatedL Pren
Allied sea and air forces, ham
mering at Japanese, naval ; and
mercharst shipping In the far cast"
have blasted at least 342. enemy
vessels to the bottom since, Pearl
Harbor,-an Associated Press re
view of official reports disclosed
Saturday, '"v . ., - v'
I At least 22 ships-12 naval and;
10 cargo Vessels were destroyed
in United Nations offensives last
month, announcements revealed,
while six more Japan e's e craft
were, reported sunkr during fthe
two-week period , ending Septesa-"
ber 12. "j "." ; t .
In less than five mcnlhi, 23 enV
emy warships ani trampdrti were ..
shelled to the bottom in allied op
erations embracing the Australia
war zone alone, including an alr
craft carrier,' three cruisers and
12 tranrrcrt or carso ships were
indued la C.a Australian report
LreanwhUe, US submarines re
cently added five, more! enemy
ships to the graveyard cf Japant
ese vcsscln at the bottcni-tof ths
western Pacific, boosting their
successes In cpe rations thus far t?
tt Izzzi C3 crtft tu:.!r, 17 prctl'7
r-ritvtU 17 d.:::l : ;-
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