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k, One evening last week I chanc
ed to hear Helen. Hayes, "Ameri
ca' first actress,", in a short radio
play on Mary Todd f Lincoln,
who was the wile of President
Lincoln.' This brief performance
suggested the possibility ,$f a full
length stage play on Mary Todd
Lincoln, with Helen Hayes in the
title role. Miss Hayes, whose char
acterization of "Victoria Regian"
firmly established her as a great
actress, is now lifting . a rather
mediocre play "Harriet Beecher
Stowe" into artistic and box-office
. success in New York. The story of
Mrs. Lincoln offers material also
of the "swishy, crinkly crinoline
period, much superior to. that of
Mrs. Stowe, and in some respects
better than that of Queen Vic-
toria. - u I '" :";-v- T -:" "
Robert Sherwood did a compe
tent play oh Abraham Lincoln.
But often the greatest figures do
not lend themselves well 1 to im
personation: the reality never
quite measures . up to the ideal
held in the" public mind. Profiles
" of the great are sometimes better,
and many such of Lincoln would
be available in a play using Mrs.
Lincoln as the central figure. , '
And Mary Todd Lincoln could
fiH the dramatic requirements, as
a figure about whom to build a
play. Socially well-born, well-ed
ucated, learning her ; French and
"her manners at Mme. Mentelle's
'school, animated, ambitious, mer
curial inj disposition, subject " to
violent headaches and accompany
- ing "tantrums,' and finally a vie
thn of mental illness, she herself
lias been an enigmatic character
to Lincoln " students. Herndon,
Lincoln's law partner and assid
uous collector of biographical ma
terial on Lincoln, disliked her;
and "his critical record" has been
hard on her reputation, hard not
so much for the recital of fact
perhaps, as for failure to under-
. stand her and her problem and
.the progressive mental ;- impair
ment which finally . made her
draw the curtains of her ; room
and ' of her "carriage" to shut out
the world and its faces.
She followed her two sisters
from Kentucky to Springfield,
then a raw, struggling city of three
or four thousand inhabitants, re
siding with her sister and broth
er-in-law, Ninian W. Edwards, a
business and political leader of the
state.- Her troubled courtship with
Lincoln, whose attentions she pre
ferred to those of debonair Ste-
phen A. Douglas, her marriage and
her home' life .are familiar to all
students of Lincoln. I ,is true she
was a difficult person to live with.
As Carl Sandburg says: "She ter
rorized housemaids, icemen, store
keeper, delivery boys, with her
tongue lashings. And Lincoln
himself was not exempt
But life was not always' easy
and pleasant fcr her. Lincoln was
given to melancholia, often slug
gish in his actions and responses,
away from home on the circuit
for weeks at a time, leaving' her
with four boys to care for. Yet
in spite of her flareups of tem
per and in spite of his own short
comings, ill-mated . in height and
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Turner Dog
Named 'Champ9
Sheepherder
TURNER, June 5 Birdie, sheep
dog owned by Gath Brothers of
Turner, won the state champion
ship in the state field trials held
in conjunction with the Marion
County Fat Lamb' show here Sat
urday. Birdie's beautiful perform
ance earned victory by a narrow
margin ; over ' Nellie, owned Toy
Harold Knuths of Shedd. Pal,
owned by Ahrens Farm s was
third : in the close competition,
followed by dogs owned by Al
bert Savage of Silverton and
Charles Evans of Polk county.
" Championship in the lamb show
went to an animal owned 1 b.t
Ahrens Brothers of Turner, which
won out in keen competition with
an entry of J. J. Thompson of
Salem. The champion lamb in 4H
competition was the property of
Emma Pfennig of Salem.
Ervin L. Peterson who recently
took office as state director 'of
agriculture, made his -first public
appearance since assuming those
duties. He was introduced by .Leo
Spitzbart, state fair director, and
presented with a . cake baked in
the shape of a lamb, by Henry
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Police Find
Convict's Trail
PORTLAND, June S -;P-Pe-lice
said Saturday they had picked
up the trail of George Durham,
. S3, who escaped from the state
penitentiary May 28. .. . , .
; .They investigated a number of
thefts from summer homes in the
' Troutdale and Sandy areas, found
evidence .t that man had been
hiding out in the brush, and
traced stolen , automobile to
Bridal Veil in the Columbia riv
er gorge, where the search is now
centered. .
. Police said Durham is armed
With a shotgun. .
race
3" Lewis Sets June Z J
As deadline for
- Wage Settlement '
:." ; WASHIrf feTONJune 5 -(JP)
Ordering the striking coX min
ers back to work on Monday,
John !lC . . Lewis : Saturday set
June 20 as the deadline for set-,
tlement of ; their wage: contro-versy-t-thus
raising the threat
of another stoppage in coal pro
duction and challenging anew
the war labor .board. ..
; Members of the WLB were re
ported j to be sharply angered by
this refusal to abandon what the
board has termed the United Mine
Workers . tactics of, ''bringing to
the bargaining table the threat of
a strike interrupting production."
The immediate question was,
whether, In view of the .dead-'
line: the beard would agree to
resumption of negotiations
betweea the union and the mine
owners even after coal produc
iloa Is resumed. .
Before the union announced the
June 20 deadline, the board had
refused i to approve renewed ne
gotiations pending the miners' ac
tual return to work, 's :
Both sides declared their readi
ness to proceed with bargaining
and met Saturday morning. But
Ezra Van Horn, chairman of the
Appalachian coal conference, an
nounced he had solicited informa
tion from the' board on procedure
and was advised that the board
would not recognize the negotia
tions 'until coal production re
sumed. ; ' ;
. Charles O'Neill, spokesman
for . tbe north en mine owners,
called this " very grave mis
take." Edward.' R. Burke spokes
man for the sooihens operators,
said his great felt the iaek-to-work
order of 13 MW leadership
should permit negotiations to
go forward.
Lewis declared the miners re
gard the board's attitude as "mis
chievous and malicious and. com
plete justification of our previous
appraisal of the board's actions."
' : In explanation of its stand, the
board, issued - a statement saying
the instructions not to resume ne
gotiations until the mine workers
"are actually back" on their jobs
"reflects the established policy of
the board, known to the parties,
that negotiations in a case within
the jurisdiction of the board may
not be continued during a work
stoppage.' - r
The disclosure that the TJMW
leadership's order for renewed
coal ; production Monday hi
compliance with President
: Roosevelt's demand was only
a strategic retreat and not an
unconditional surrender cane
when Lewis made public the
following telegram dispatched
to all local unions:
"The national policy commit
tee, by unanimous vote, has auth
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Kaiser Launches
Escort Carrier
VANCOUVER, June 5 -WJ-The
aircraft escort carrier Guadal
canal , was launched ' Saturday by
Henry i J. . Kaiser's .... Vancouver
shipyard. It , was christened by
Mrs. Alvin Malstrom, of Honolulu,
wife of a navy captain now serv
ing as a naval attache for air in
London. She was attended by her
daughters, Joan and (Anne, and
another daughter, Diane, served
as flower girL
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Correspondent Finds Atiu
A Good Spot f or Reducing
CORIES LAKE, Attu, May 27
(Delayed)-iT)-There is one small
satisfaction to life on Attu, 17
days after arrival. Although thor
oughly ; sick of mountain views
and the water underfoot, every
one : here has to admit the ex
perience baa been quite good for
bulging waistlines.
It la net possible to operate
any normal duties here without
walking five to tea miles daily,
even if only to climb from your
bed on the ridge to the kitchen
In Om valley, and back up the
590-foot slope to your ridge bed
and lookout again. ;
; After a few days even news
correspondents develop a rhythm
to ? climbing and find their feet
complain less than they did when
they went up the first hills., two
weeks ago. : -.w
I came back here from the rear
command post yesterday and im
mediately met Capt. Earl Nelson
Succumbs
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MAJ. KERMIT ROOSEVELT
'TeddyVSon
Is Reported
Dead in North
WASHINGTON, -June S-(ff)-Maj.
Kermit Roosevelt, 53, son of
President .Theodore f Roosevelt,
died while on an assignment with
"thearmy forces in Alaska. I -ri.
.: The war department, in an
nouncing his death, said Satur
day that advices . received thus
far, had given no details. Since
the Alaskan command reported
simply that he died Friday it was
presumed here that death was not
due to enemy action. Ordinarily,
the phrase "killed in action is
used in reporting a death in com
bat v ; , ;i;?vV
Officials said Major Roosevelt
had been on duty in Alaska for
several months, but were unable
to say what hi assignment.' was.
Due to' 01 health, Maj. Roose
velt had! been invalided from the
British army in December,' 1940,
after asking and receiving a com
mission in the first month after
Germany's f attack on - Poland.
While with the British, be took
part in the Norwegian campaign
and also served in Egypt. .
Major Roosevelt was the sec
ond of the 26th president's four
sons, and the second to die in
the service of his country. Quen
tin, the youngest, was killed in
the first world war in aerial ac
tion.. All served in France in that
conflict. : , ; , ; : ; -
A banker, engineer' and author,
Kermit Roosevelt lived a life of
high adventure.' Besides fighting
in two major wars, he went with
his father on the latter's famous
hunting expeditions to Africa in
1909 and 1910, and later traveled
over much of the world. Many of
these adventures were recorded in
his books, "The Happy. Hunting
Grounds, "East of the Sun and
West of the Moon, and "Trailing
the Giant Panda." '':,
In New ' York his j widow was
overcome upon ; learning of . her
husband's death! She is the for-
mer
Belle ! Willard, daughter of
Joseph Willard, former ambassa
dor to Spain, IrV- i J ;
Grange Convention
Slated in Eugene ?
EUGENE, June . 5 -Pr- The
Oregon state grange will hold its
annual convention here Monday
through Fridday.
Ralph P.. Laid, Lane i county
grange master, is general chair
man. Scheduled speakers include
Governor Snell and . Dr. Donald
Mv Erb, president ot : the Univer
sity of Oregon.
while investigating a mound of
crumpled paper and overturned
rice buckets and general oddments
covering the floor of what had
been Japanese barracks. ; Captain
Nelson of 4409 Branson - street,
Minneapolis, who i aid' casually
that he now commanded the front
company in that part of the line,
said:, - .-...
"A few snipers are all we have
now." - . '
. Be said he was not the regu-
lar . company commander, and
was Just drafted for that duty
when all the officers of that
outfit became casualties, -f
Nelson said the next hut. pro
vided much better souvenir hunt
ing, and Lt J. K. Geddes, 22, of
378 Alberta street, Altadena,
Calif insisted we go there imme
diately. Lieutenant Geddes, pilot
ing a Lightning fighter, had been
shot down the previous day in a
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Mawson
Argentine
' Castillo Released
- After Resignation;
" ' 2 Aides Imprisoned
BUENOS AIRES, June 5-(ff)
General Arturo Rawsbn formal-
ly become the new president of
Argentina Saturday night, suc
ceeding Ramon Castillo who re
turned ; ta surrender the office
after a- brief -period of ' defiance
aboard a warship.. - -
Rawson's new 10-man govern
mental leadership includes only
two civilians, the others being ar
my and naval 1 leaders who
' MONTEVIDEO, ' June 5-P)-Urnguayan
officials Interested
In mustering a strong. Pan
American front against the axis
expressed surprise and dis
appointment Saturday night at
the personnel of Gen. Arturo
Rawson's' new military regime
In Argentina. -
Because of its almost com
plete military character and the
fact ' that several of the new
ministers are known as extreme
rightists,' these sources said
. their own - earlier hopes that
Argentina finally would be rul
ed by a democratic regixoe had
'been exploded. "'
marched with the general to oust
the Castillo government yesterday.
Although under Castillo .Ar
gentina had remained : - neutral
and was the only South Amer
. lean government maintaining
relations with the axis, there '
-was no official Indication- fan
. mediately of the policies of ibe
:: new; leaders. : -A - z
. The other ministers under Raw-
son include:
Vice president- Rear Admiral
Sabo Sueyro. ' t
' Minister of the interior Rear
Admiral Segundo StornL
Foreign affairs General Di
mingo Martinez.
, Finance Jose Maria Rosa.
Justice Horace Calderon.
Rosa and Calderon are the only
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Snell Names
Peinsonnel of
Personnel of the Oregon Dairy
Products commission created by
an enactment of the 1943 legisla
ture was announced Saturday by
Gov. Earl Snell.
Frank Hettwer of ML Angel
was named member-a t-large;
George Fullenwider of Klamath
Falls the second - district. Louis
Minoggie oft Portland the third
district and G. A. Smith of Med
ford the "fourth district. , ;
" Hettwer will serve a four-year
term, Minoggie and Smith three
years each ; and Holliday ' two
years. ; -
The commission's duties will
include administration of a. fund
derived from a small tax upon
dairy products for the purpose of
promoting the ..... dairy - industry
through , research, education and
advertising. . v
Licpioir Ration
Gut in Half T
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PORTLAND, June 5 -P)-Pint-a-week
liquor rationing was or
dered by the Oregon liquor con
trol commission Saturday night
a 50 .per cent cut from previous
rationing.
, John Walker, supervisor of state
liquor . stores, said the state ; has
only 50,000 cases of assorted -liquors
about a month's supply
on hand.
Food Loss Caused
By Manpower Lack
' PORTLAND, Ore, June
-Thousands of tons - of spinach,
asparagus and peas already have
been lost through federal - fumb
ling manpower and price prob
lems, J. W. Mayo, executive sec
retary i of Nortel Pacific . Canners
Sc Packers, Inc., charged Satur
day! 2 -. . ' - " .
The Gresham area will not have
a full strawberry pack if the
problems ' are not solved within
10 days, he asserted at a confer
ence called by the farm credit administration.
President
Dairy Group
A
Local Sailor
Said Missing
In Attion
. Merrill Gragg Van Cleve, tor
pedoman second class In the
United States navy. Is missing
in action according to word re
ceived by his
'wife, Mrs. Al
ice Van Cleve,
2954 North
Church street,
and his parents,-
Mr. and
Mrs; Joseph
B Van Cleve
of AumsviJle. '
Torpedo man
Van Cleve en-
Mtrrlll V.b Cleve listed b
.: t--. - navy tn , June,
1939, Be last visited Salem and
vicUity last October on his first
furlough in two. and J one-half
years. At that time - It -was re
ported that he had been servt
fair' on a submarine which was ,
at; Manila : at the time of the
first Japanese attack. The sub
marine was creded with hav
ing sunk four Japanese vessels
and damaged three ethers, prior
to last October. ; Jr:-i.
Merrill ". Van - Cleve I was "an
honor graduate . of Aumsville
high school and attended Wil
lamette university before enter
bag the navy. Both in high
school , and hi the; nnlversity he
took part fat many school activi
ties. Ho has Jived in the Aums
ville vicinity and in Salem the
greater part of his life.
Mrs. Van Cleve is the former
Alice Tucker. Merrill has . two
brothers, David and Kenneth
Van Cleve.
Other relatives include hfar
grandmothers, Mrs. Beatrice
Merrill,. 119 RatcUff drive, Sa
lem, and Mrs. M. G. Van Cleve,
Winleck, Wash.
Subsidy Guts
nZdX Prices
About 3 Cents
WASHINGTON, June 5
A reduction in meat prices, aver
aging three cents a pound below
current retail quotations, was or
dered Saturday night by the of
fice of price administration in its
second step toward "rolling back"
the cost of living by means of
subsidies. V
The meat slash will go into
effect In retail stores June 21
for all cuts except cured and
Processed pork, OPA said.
For pork products the reduc
tions become effective July 5. :
OPA's action was taken in the
face of a decision Jby the house
banking committee to forbid pay
ment of subsidies by the commod
ity credit corporation, and a pro
test against them by the Amer
ican Meat Institute. This- organ
ization of packers asked post
ponement of any 'subsidy plan
until , the recently-formed . war
meat board goes into action.
, Price Administrator Prentiss
Brown hae expressed determin
ation to roll back price of but
ter, meat and- coffee by ten per
cent each r through subsidies "
financed, by the reconstruction
finance corporation at a cost
of approximately f 409.999,909
a year. The butter subsidy was
placed la effect this week, bat
"retail butter prices will not re
flect the. five cents per pound '
subsidy until Thursday.
As far as packers are concerned,
the meat subsidy will go into ef
fect Monday, but because of the
time it will take before subsidized
meat flows, through the hands of
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Budget Committee H anded : Formidable
List of 'Unnecessary' City Expenses
, if Salem will get along dur
ing wartime without a building
Inspector, a new first aid ear,
a a y ' appreciable quantity of
new first aid equipment. play
- grounds program greater than .
that of last your and civilian
defense equipment coating- H
.-that proposed by Its volunteer
(workers, the city can manage
-otherwise to "maintain Its stan
dard ef living" within the tax
limitations required - by ; state
law. This. In effect was told the
; eitisens budget commit tee Rat-'
-urday. -.-v.- ;vv.: , -
Details of recommended reduc
tions totaling approximately $23,
C00 from the budget as it was
handed over to a special com
mittee ' two weeks ago were pre
sented to individual members of
the citizens budget organization
yesterday to be acfed upon Mon
day night, ' - .
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Navy'-. Is
Bopdbed -
f Reluctant DragonV "
Battleships Hit in
Day Raid on Spezia
AN ADVANCED ; AMERI
CAN ' BOMBER BASE IN
NORTH AFRICA, June 5
Scores of American Flying For
tresses in "a powerful, rocking
blow at the Italian navy dam
aged three 35,000-ton battleships
the pride of Mussolini's fleet
In a daring daylight raid on Spe
zia Saturday, and also hit a hea
vy cruiser and one merchant ship
m.t a rain of armor-piercing
bombs. - r . K-' a .i ";v :
' The' batUeships were all "of
"the 1949 Llttorlo class, the Ltt
torio itself, the Vittorio Venete,
' and the Roma mounting nine
15-ineh g u n a Tiwelve 6-lncta .
(' guns and 12 anti-aircraft guns.
Great fires were left raging in
oil depots and harbor installations
and the American air fleet re
turned without the loss of a single
ship.
Carrying ' giant, 2,000 -pound
"battleship busters" bombs that
can smash . through armor the
Flying. Fortresses made the long
est operational flight of the North
African campaign for ' the; first
surprise day light assualt on the
Spezia naval base. In the north
west coast of Italy. 8
: They made the long hop with
out escort, dropping many tone
;ef bombs. - ' " "
. : All came - back despite , minor
Italian, fighter opposition and the
heaviest-flak the -Italian fleet
could hurl aloft In a desperate ef
fort to parry this stab at the heart
of the Italian naval defenses.'
The raid -was a painful offen
sive blow at the - hiding Italian
navy, a navy possibly being held
in reserve to fight any allied In
vasion, of Italian soil.
' The Invasion-jittery Italians
had hoped Spesla harbor might
.be a haven safe from the far-'
ranging . Fortresses, but the big
.American planes made the long
. ever-water hop. to explode that
hope.
The last raid on Spezia was by
the RAF . on April 18, when a
destroyer was sunk.
The Litteria class battleships
are approximately 775 feet long,
and each of these fugitive "re
luctant dragons' of the dwind
ling fascist navy has an aft
r catapult carrying three scout
plaaea.
The huge armada of attacking
Fortresses included many of the 1
same planes which, 100-strong,
struck at La Maddalena in " Sar-
dinia April 10, sinking the 10,000
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Rose Fete
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Crowns Queen
PORTLAND, Ore., June 5
The annual Portland .Rose Festi
val opened Saturday night with
coronation of Queen Shirley II
before a crowd of 5000.
The queen,' 17-year-old Shirley
Howard, a- high school- senior,
knighted Fred G; McAlister, Lon
dojv Ontario, International Kiwan
is president, and Cyrus C. Will
more, St Louis, president of the
National Association of Real Es
tate Boards, as members of the
Royal Rosarians.. '
The festival will continue for
five days.
- The special committee's recom
mendations bring the general
fund totals to $299,622.02,- from
the originally proposed $349,268.
19. In regular sessions, the larger
budget committee . had already
approved cuts of dose to $23,000.
Of these general fund totals $254,
612.21 must be raised by taxation
which ia. regulated by the six
percent limitation statute.
Daniel J. Fry, TCWiam rhU
"Hps and George Khoten. who
eemprtse the special eommlttee
In malting their report explain
ed the major reductions, poist-'
, lsg out that la several Instan
ces the money need not come
- from the limited ' general fund
' tax but, as la the ease of some .
fire department expenses could
rightfully be taken from spec
ial funds; or, as ta the case of
water for park Irrigation, could
be paid from a revolving fand.
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US Army
Atteinds
WitM CMuirelkill.
" 4 . '- . ' , ' . .
Prime Minister Galls Secret
, Session of War Cabinet on
Arrival in British Capital
.I. ,',.. -! . By CAYLE TALBOT :
; Associated Press War Editor ,
Invasion of Europe appeared to come appreciably closer Satur
day night with the disclosure that Gen. George Marshall, -chief of
staff of the United States army, has been in North Africa with the
anounced intention of winning thenar "in the quickest and most
economical way, . r , , "
.- America's top military leader flew to Africa from Washington
with Prime Minister Churchill, and for the past week they have,
held conferences with allied army, navy and air commands there
"on details of a plan for striking the most powerful possible blow j
at the axis." The period of long-range planning for the assault on
Lg Hading
Tire Shortage
PORTLAND, Ore, June 8 -(4s)
The tire shortage Js threatening
the mass, transportation and log
ging industries of the Pacific
northwest, the Portland office of
war information said Saturday. : .
The OWI said a survey dis
closed the situation will become
, rapidly worse .in the next four,
months and that - an 7 adequate
supply of ' synthetic, tires can-
'i?u !?T
Tb stocks
have been depleted to the extent
that even now holders of sertifi
cates from their war price and ra
tion boards for new tires are hav
ing difficulty, .in getting . them' In
some sizes. This particularly true
of truck tires." ,
The . OWI V said the . survey
showed: , - . . .i
... There are ae tires In the fac-
tory warehouses of the north-,
west. The .only tires - available
"are in dealers hands.-;
"Receipts of tires from factories
are only a 'drop in the bucket
compared to, demand.
"Logging truck tires are exhaus
ted and many logging ; trucks are
using tires unintended for use on
such trucks. . '
"Stocks of camelback for re
capping are extremely low, .In
adequate for the demand that
will be put on .them In the next
few months; orders are up to 11
weeks behind. ,
''There isa dangerous shortage
of bus tires, a threat to the al
ready overburdened mass trans
portation. Justice Douglas
To Visit Oregon .-
Robert S. Farrel, Jr., secretary
of state, said Saturday Associate
Justice William O. Douglas of the
US supreme court would arrive in
Oregon June 18 on his annual
vacation.', .: ,;..;" '",
Farrell said Douglas, who " has
a summer .home near ; Los tine,
wrote him he would ' go first to
La Grande to visit his wife's rela
tives.? ' He . Is to address ' the ' Oregon
Publishers' convention in Eugene
later1 in the month.
Not all of the special commit
tee's proposals are in the nature
of budget cutting, . although the
suggested increases are for the
most part, minor. However, lt
recommends a general increase of
10 per cent In salaries below $200
a month and of 154 per cent in
those above that sum. Most de
partments had asked at least this,
and on recommendation of the
salaries committee salaries might
have remained almost stationary
If other places to cut the'budget
had not been found.' v -(
Largest s 1 n g 1 e - recommended
paring of" the budget . calls for
transfer of the building Inspec
tor's duties to the office of the
'city engineer, thus canceling from
the budget the entire item for the
r building inspector's office, $5072,
and requiring an addition of $150
for additional telephone and car
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Threatened by
' n:,
Clbiief;
MeeUiin
the axis appeared to have been
concluded. . '.
' The meeting In Tunisia of
Ch archill. Gen. Marshall and
African I war leaders was noted '
here with much Interest and '
gave further stimulus to specu-I
lation about an offensive
from North Africa.)
Italy, where many observers ex- .
pected the Initial blow to fall, had
reached an" advanced stage of Jit
ters, with . the papers predicting
imminent invasion and calling on
the people to stand fast The Lon
don Daily Mail carried a scare
headline: "Zero Hour In the Battle
for Bastion Islands," referring to I
Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria.
Almost boasting of the rising
might of the American army, Gen
eral Marshall said. It had reached
such a stage of development - tha'
Coordinated -offensive could " be '
carried but on a global scole and
that it no longer was necessary to
earmark troops and equipment to
meet emergencies. He said the col
lapse of the axis In Tunisia demon
strated what the allies can do
when they pull out all the stops.'
. 'Among the allied leaders .who
participated In the North African
talks were Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, allied commander in chief;
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, dep
uty commander in chief; Air Chief
Marshal Sir Arthur Teder, allied
air commander In this theatre; Ad
miral Sir Andrew B. . Cunning
ham, allied naval commander in
the Mediterranean; Gen. Sir Ber-.
nard L. Montgomery, field com
mander of the British Eighth ar
my, and -Maj. Gen Walter B.
Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff.
Immediately following his
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Allied Planes ;
Unload Bombs
On Jap Base
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS In
AUSTRALIA, Sunday, June 6 (if3)
-Langgoer on the Kai islands and
Dobo on the Aroes were raided
lightly Friday night by ' allied
medium bombers, today's noon
communique reported, but action
Saturday virtually was at a stand
still because of stormy weather.
' The Laaggoer airdrome and
the village Itself were attacked '
by medium bombers which '
started fires. The two-engined
planes also bombed and strafed "
Dobo, setting fires which eonld
be seen 40 miles away. A coast
al vessel In the vicinity took a
direct hit.: ; '"
The Aroe islands are 500 miles
above Darwin and the Kai Islands
are just west of the Aroes.
In the same general area, the
airdrome at Laha on Amboina is
land was bombed in a night raid.
The adverse weather limited
activity in the sector northeast
of Australia, where big ' allied'
bombers have been heavily at-
tacking . Wewak and Lae, New
Guinea, eo reconnaissance. '
Tire Inspector :
Meeting Slated
f All authorized tire inspectors -in
the Salem, Woodburn, Silver
ton and Stayton 'rationing dist
ricts are beins notified to attend
sn Important meeting Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock in the Salem
chamber of commerce rooms, at
which. J, H IIedric, in charge of
mileage rationing for the OPA in
this area, will explain a new tire
conservation program eoca to be
instituted, it was announced C-i-urday,
,.