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v IT SEEMS TO ME that congress
may have hatched a few chickens
of its own the kind that come
home to roost.' In denying the use
of public funds to pay subsidies
permitting the "roll-back' of retail
prices on foodstuffs, it is opening
"the gate to further inflation. It
. is clear that congress doesn't want
the farmers to suffer, doesn't want
a "roll-back" which would reduce
the price the farmer -get" for his
produce.' It is equally clear that
congress will not attempt a "roll
back" on wages, in spite of its
anti-strike bills. Labor has al
T ready served notice that it will
seek to bust through the wage
roof if retail prices remain high.
Add all this up, and it is appar
ent that we can expect further ad
vances in wages and in prices.
That . was the opinion in Wall
street where stocks took a spurt
Monday.
' Subsidies were a belated and
undesirable method of combatting
inflation, an attempt to aceom-
, plish indirectly what the govern-
1 xnent was unwilling to do directly.
The administration, and this goes
for congress too, was quite willing
to let wages and prices rise ini
tially; and have never been will
ing to do more" than try to apply
brakes. . The result is" a mal-ad-
justed wage-price structure which
promises .to get worse before ; it
gets better. The classes which are
profiting least by the? war are
"frozen in their wqge and salary
incomes, and .that includes some
millions of people the country
. over.
" There are many who. throw
their hats in air because of the re
buke to the ' president, who is
quite unpopular with the- price-
boosters. They forget that the ac
tion of congress fails to solve the
riddle of how to maintain and if
possible increase production, and
how to hold down prices to avoid
inflation'. OPA's subsidy plan, dis
tasteful as it was, did represent an
attempt at solution, about the only
, one possible under ' the : factors of
. the problem. It is plain to see that
processors, packers, canners, etc.
cannot continue to! pay high
prices authorized T by government
or demanded in the market
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- Wood -Ration
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'Not Exactly Ration,
Sayg Officer, but
' Priorities Needed '
SEATTLE, June 28.-;P)-Fire-wood
in Oregon, Washington and
- the 10 counties of north Idaho will
' go on an "allocated" basis at mid
night Monday night, James C.
Scully, office of price administra
tkn regional fuel rationing repre
sentative, announced here Mon
day.
The area, producer of apprexi
- mately half the firewood eat In
the United States, will be the
only i section in the V country
where the allocation plan will
be la effect, he said.
' The new order, the OPA , of
ficial said, covers forest cordwood,
sawdust, presto-logs, mill edgings,
shavings and hogged fuel. .
. The plan, he stressed, is not ra
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Appropriation .
Bill Readies
WASHINGTON, June 28 JP)
: The senate completed ! congres
sional action Monday on a bill
providing $226,000,000 for. the
state, justice and commerce de
partments during the fiscal year
starting July 1.. . ??t:? "f S
. ' The measure includes $29,400,
000 ; for the training of , civilian
pilots for the army . by the com
merce , department's ? civil - aero
n a u t i c s administration." Under
terms -of the -bill, the pilots, will
be called into active duty not
later than September 1, 1943.
Cherry Family High
In Service Roster
Among families in the Salem
vicinity which, have contributed
outstandingly to . the n a 1 1 o n's
fighting manpower should be list
ed the family of Mr. and Mrs.
IL A. Cherry of route f, box
82 AA, Salem. .?? ??.:. ?.?:.?:-,
Pvt. Clarence M. Cherry, now a
pre-avia tion cadet in the army air
force technical training com
mand's basic training . center at
Kearns, Utah, is the fourth son
of Mr. and Mrs. Cherry to enter
the- armed services. Upon com
pletion of his basic training which
includes the operation of small
arms and machine guns. Cadet
Cherry will be sent to one of the
many colleges operated under su
pervision of the army air corps,
for special training before' enter
ing an aviation cadet training cen
ter. ' .. ' .' ' -. ? '
Charles, eldest son of Mr. and
I :-s. Cherry, is in anTElred in
: -try battalion at Camp jCocke,
" f. The other' two ?cns' Rcbert
: Ilarcld Marvin, j both are in
7 Colnea but, though ttcy
LaIie
Germans Hint Ruhr
Objective of
Night Raid
LONDON, Tuesday, June 29
i&y-RAF bombers returned to
the attack on Germany Monday
night, the British announced to
day, after US flying fortresses
had blasted the U-boat pens at
St, Nazaire and an enemy air
drome at Beaumont-Le-Roger
in daylight yesterday.
It was the RAF's tenth suc
cessive night, foray over the con
tinent and its eighth raid on Ger
many in that time. As usual, .the
preliminary announcement did not
disclose the specific targets.
The I German-controlled Paris
radio, however, reported that Bri
tish raiders were over western
Germany , during the night, indi
cating that the battered Ruhr
might have been the objective
again. The broadcast, recorded by
the Associated Press, said the at
tack "seems to have been on a
smaller scale than usual." "
The daylight attacks on two
targets ; described as "import
ant by the US army's Europ
ean . theater : hearquartere fal
lowed a forenoon blew at axis
shipping by : light bombers of
the RAF, which sank two Ger
man vessels, forced a third to
be beached and inflicted serious
damage on three others.
: Making their first assault of the
war on Beaumont-Le-Roger, 30
miles southwest of Rouen, the
four-engined heavyweights of the
8th US air force set huge fires on
an airfield used by enemy fighter
planes. It was the ninth American
raid on the submarine lair at St
Nazaire.
The US communique, issued this
morning well after midnight, said
six bombers failed to return for
the double-barreled attack, the
third blow - at', targets, within -Hitler's
continental fortress by Amer
ican fliers in f out days..;. '- J
? Returning airmen said tha
weather was fine for bombing
and the headquarters communi
que declared the resells were
goad at both targets, ?
The bulletin, which described
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Police Press
Search for
Rape-Slayer
: While state police continued the
search for the" slayer of 17-year-old
Ruth Hildebrand, funeral serv
ices were held for her Sunday in
Dallas. Friends packed the Men
nonite Brethren church when Rev.
J. J. Toews read the service. In
terment was in the Toss cemetery.
'Meanwhile, a number of people
in the Dallas, Independence and
Monmouth area have come for
ward with information which they
thought vital to the' state police,
Lt R4 G. Howard disclosed. Some
of the clues undoubtedly are mis
taken and more knowledge of the
movements of the girl on June 7
is needed, but police are following
up prospects : with the hope soon
of having a complete picture of
the whereabouts of the victim dur
ing' that day.
Sultan Returns
: NEW YORK, June 28 ()Sidi
Mohammed, the sultan of Morocco,
has, returned to his palace at Fes
in a flying fortress after a three
day visit with the United , States
fifth army,' the Dakar radio said
Monday night in : abroadcast re
corded by the federal communi
cations commission, ?? ?
have been there six months, they
have not managed to get together
and compare notes, for Marvin is
in the infantry and Robert Is at
tached to the ground force of a
bomber squadron. ' Mrs. . Cherry
reports that the-boys, write often
but have been unable to tell much
about their experiences as censor
ship of i letters from that active
zone of fighting is extremely
strict.
Friends of the Cherry family
recently called The Statesman's
attention to the fact that the
fourth son was. soon to enter act
ive service, and the information
presented herewith was provided
in response to an inquiry. The
Statesman is endeavoring to sup
ply its readers with all available
news of service men from this
community. Cooperation of serv
ice men's families and friends is
greatl appreciated.
Follow the service men through
The-Elatesman's column devoted
to their activities,
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JZD YEAH
Nazi Spy "
Seized :
By FBI
, Agent Admits Work -,
For Enemy Net
Of Espionage
NEW YORK, June 28 P
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz, 57,
whose arrest was termed a "les
son for the American public"
by special FBI Agent E. E. Con
ray, pleaded guilty Monday
before a US commissioner to FBI
charges he had ' gathered ' impor
tant war information for the nazi
intelligence system while serving
as an air raid warden.? I
Lehmitz,' a naturalized US citi
zen - who Conroy said had been
trained as a spy in Germany,
pleaded guilty before US ; Commissioner-
Martin C. Epstein in
Brooklyn and : was held in $50,
000 bail for grand jury action. He
cannot be sentenced by a US
commissioner and will be prose
cuted under the wartime espio
nage act which provides a sen
tence of death or 30 .years in pri
son for conviction.
In disclosing details of Leh
' mltx's activities, Conroy ; said
that the : Germaa native who
had served as aa air raid ward
en in Tompkmsvllle, States Is
land, "was known to have f re-?
aented bars, and restaaranta
where members of the armed
farces and defease workers
gathered."
C o n r o y described Lehinitz's
activities as follows;
. Using Invisible ink to pen hid
den messages between the lines
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Giraud Gets
Official Okeh
Roosevelt Accept .'
Eisenhower's ; - . f ?
Solution
WASHINGTON, June 28.-C55)
President Roosevelt set the tamp
of his personal approval Monday
on General Dwight D. Eisenhow
er's handling of the problems
stemming out of French . wrang
ling in North Africa by permitting
an announcement that he had in
vited General, Henri Giraud to
visit Washington when his military
responsibilities permit.
In effect, also, the president's
action tended promptly to con
firm the authoritative sammari
satloa of American and allied
policy toward French factions
hi Africa entlined In Associated
Press dispatches from Washing
ton Sanday ' and Monday. The
invitation to General Giraud ap
pears a definite new American;
rebaff for General Charles De
Gaalle, Giraad's aggressive rival
for French military " spremcy
la the African aperatLoas
- theatre. ' ': "? 11; !)? 'Q
The invitation was transmitted
and Giraud's acceptance received
through military, - not diplomatic
channels, a month ago. No date
for the Giraud visit to Washing
ton has been announced. ' c
. It is indicated, however, that
the French leader will not leave
his post 'while allied invasion op
erations based on French ' Africa
are pending or f in progress. - His
presence and cooperation under
General Eisenhower in carrying
out plans for aggressive military
action against the axis in conti
nental Europe or its island out
posts is deemed essential to suc
cess by the allied commander and
the I Anglo-American ? high com
mand here and in London.
That was revealed when Gea
ersl .Elseahawer Informed the
French committee for national
liberation ; at Abrlersi that he
eenld not permit It to interfere
with General Glraad's absolato
command of French army, navy
and air force la North and West
Africa, or tolerate attempt to
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Nazis Sink
Two Vessels
LISBON, June 28 -V Two
ships were sunk Monday after
noon by nazi dive-bombers at
tacking a British convoy off Cape
Sagres at the southwestern tip of
Portugal, it was reported Mon
day night The convoy was said to
be moving south.
The location of the reported
attack is along the route from
Britain to North Africa.
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Tclasa
Quits Post
CHESTER C. DAVIS
FDR Accepts ?
Resignation .
'" - " - - . -
After Three .Months
Work, Davis Sayoj
Plan Impractical
WASHINGTON, ? June ; 28-JP)-Chester
C. Davis, the man Presi
dent Roosevelt drafted three
months ago to solve the food prob
lem, stepped out Monday, telling
the president flatly that the pro
gram to combat Inflation, won't
work in its present form. .
Appointed to succeed Davi as
war food administrator was Judge
Maryin Jones, former house mem
ber with an agricultural back
ground.? Jones was chairman of
the recent international food 'con
ference t Hat Springs, Va.
The resignation ef Davis,'
whJeh etnw4 wckf f tsrba
lent debate ln.,corTess ad out
beat the subsidy "sjrstaB, iwar'
mad pablic in an exchange of
pointed letters Between himand
President Roosevelt.
In a letter dated June 16, Davis
said that while he had responsi
bility - over-' food, other persons
were exercising authority "not on
ly over broad food policy, but day-to-day
actions." He also expressed
belief that the president's pro
gram to use subsidies to hold down
food costs, to consumers won't be
effective unless it is accompanied,
as in England, "by current tax
and savings programs that drain
off excess buying power, and by
ti ght ' control and management of
the food supply.
Therefore Davis . asked to be
relieved as soon as be . had
launched the 144 food produc
tion program and a broad feed
edaeattoaal program, which he
estimated weald be nnder way
-before the middle of July."
. The president. In a letter de
fending the subsidy program, said
"It would be unfair to you to in
sist that you remain in your po
sition when you feel that, all things
considered, you cannot whole
heartedly support a program to
hold down the cost of living." He
also said he did .not think Davis
should finally determine the 1944
food program, since his successor
"would - then be called I upon to
administer a. program which he
had no part in derainiing. '
- Thus, in effect, Davis served no
tice that he was resigning soon,
and the president told him to quit
now.
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Chrysler Strike Halted;
Coal Wa Ikout Is Waning
As New Director Named
DETROIT, June iS.-iSVPro-duction
of guns and parts for
tanks, planes and army trucks at
the Highland Park plant of Chrys
ler corporation, halted by a walk
out Monday morning was resumed
on a curtailed basis late Monday
when some second shift workers
reported as usuaL
- Approximately 2201 , workers
left their posts ea the earlier
shift, according to a company
spokesman. Who charred the
walkoat apparently was aa or
ganised movement. DTe said that
aboat 4t per cent of the second
shift workers reported this af
ternoon. Officials of local 490, Automo
bile Workers (CIO), asserted the
walkout was in protest against the
disciplining of a shop chief stew
ard laid off for six days. The com
pany spokesman said the steward
had countermanded orders of the
management, while union, repre
sentatives said the steward had
left his bench only to handle a
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Oragosu Tuesday Morclag, Tuna 10, 1S43
New Jap
Drive? .
Seen. .-.
Fresh ' Attempt to .- "
Take West Hupeh
Is Expected
CHUNGKING, June 28 -(JP)
The possibility of a fresh Jap
anese drive in western Hupeh,
gateway , to Chungking, was re
ported by Chinese military au
thorities Monday on the basis
of intelligence information. .. -iThe
three important Japanese
bases of Nanking, Hauchow and
Sinyang were believed to be the
focal points of the new drive, with
troops; moving out in : strength.
There was also a transfer of ene
my forces in Central China
around Hankow, Chinese spies re
ported to headquarters.
Military aathoritlea said taese
movements - "Indicate another
drive in western Hapeh might 4
be In the effiag." It was in this
general region. that the Chinese
scored their greatest victory of
the six-year war.
? Chinese forces' are prepared for
any eventuality, the authorities
declared. They explained the fre
quency of small-scale fighting be
tween : Tungting lake and the
Yangtze river by pointing out that
the ? numerous rivulets which
criss-cross the district makes ma
jor action by the attacking Chinese
forces difficult
, It is for. this reason, they said,
that ' Shishow, Hwajung .and Ow-
cbihkow, three enemy strongholds
which they need to clean up the
district, are still in Japanese hands.
A high command commnni
aae " annoaneed Monday that
Chines forces have burled back.
JapaBese troops against their '
cc .liiont northeast - af nng
ehw" between : that enemy J
occupied 1 capital ChckJaJiC
previace" and Shanghai,? lit
miles to the'aortheast and
klUed or wonnded aboat 4tt of
ta enemy.
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Seriate Okehs
Compromise
On FSA Plans
WASHINGTON, June
The senate approved late Monday
a conference rommitteo compro
mise on the farm security admin
istration program but sent back to
the conferees for the third time
the $875,000,000 farm bill to iron
out differences with the houw in
soil, conservation payments and
crop insurance.
The senate voted 49 to. 10 to in
sist amendment providing .for con
tinuation of wheat and cotton crop
insurance and ; (59 to two against
housed restrictions - on the use of
$400,000,000 for soil conservation
payments. ? -I
The compromise -in the, FSA,
still . subject . to house approval,
came on the senate conferees' ac-
ceptance of the " house .action In
limiting to $20,000,000 the FSA's
administrative funds for the rural
rehabilitation - loan program and
to $60,000,000 its borrowing au
thority to make new rehabilita
tion Joans. ' '
complaint by a union member. -
PITTSBURGH, Jane ttiJP)
The big coal strike appeared to
- be waning very slowly Monday
night with more Workers troop
ing back to the pits daring the
day bat ether thousands of "no
contract, no work" adherents
still holding eat, particalarly In
the vast Pennsylvania mining
' region. . - ?--:-'V "
The number of estimated Idle
fluctuated around 158,000 and the
bulk of these, some 110,000 men,
were ; employes' of Pennsylvania
mines. . Last week about half of
the nation's 521.CC0 miners
worked. .
' Ignoring votes to return which
had been taken by many United
Mine Workers locals in ' the Ap
palachian states Sunday, about
58,000 anthracite miners remained
idle in the eastern part of Pennsyl
vania. ' ' :' . '
Almost, as many continued
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'Shuttle Off to Italy
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The RAP'S revolutionary new plan af "shattle bombing" back and
forth from Britain to Africa which has just been demonstrated
would be aided greatly if Italy fhoold be knocked eat of the
war and. her northern plains nsed as a soathern tennines, as shewn
by distances on the map above. Solid carves represent bomber dis-
. tanees from London; broken curves from the Italian city of Milan.
.The Milan base also would place German-occupied territory within
caster bombing ranre Associated Press War Map. ' y
Experts To Probe
Salem Wage Scale
"Grass root7' investigation of variances in wage scales for
comparable work in various industrial centers of Oregon, Wash
ington and Alaska will be launched today with the arrival in Sa
lem of Dr. Philip H. Overmeyer, a wage expert of the northwest
regional labor board. In announ
cing the investigation Dr. George
Bernard Noble, chairman of the
board, , indicated ' that Dr. Over
meyer's survey here would be the
first of the series. - - 1
- Dr. Overmeyer will make his
headquarters at the Marlon,
'hotel and will spend today and
. Wednesday collecting Informs-.
tion fro m WUIametto ; valley
f employers and anion represea
tatlves an wages paid to work- .
. ers la retail , lumber yards and!
-sawmill operations, to auto
motive trades mechanic, retail
clerks aad such clerical workers
as bookkeepers and stenograph
ers. ??i :?:?.; .??' -?,j 4:s;'.,?:i,:
-; .The regional war labor board,
composed entirely of northwest
men," Chairman Noble explained,
"must pass upon any '. pay in
creases or decreases before an
employer can put them into effect.
Preventing labor piracy the hir
ing away of help from one con
cern by another employer who
Is willing to pay more money
and stabilizing wages as part of
the fight to prevent inflation, are
the principal reasons congress and
the president have ordered the
war labor board to do this job."
The 12-man regional war labor
board, the announcement points
out, - was created some - three
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Ray burn Says
Recess Not
Slap at FDR
. WASHINGTON, June 28 P)
Speaker Sam Ray burn declared
emphatically Monday that the
procedure under; which congress
expects to recess for two months
this summer is not a slap at Pre
sident Roosevelt.
Under the recess plan, congress
would " retain the right to recon
vene during the recess, without
a call from the president,
Kaybarn explained at a preas
conference that ander the rose
latton by which the recess win
be taken, aa aatomatle retarn
data ef September 13 baa been
set, with provisions for calling
congress back into session be
fore then If neeeasary. ?
The speaker of the house and
the vice president, he explained,
may terminate the recess at any
time by notifying the members
and, would take such action upon
request of the democratic and re
publican leaders of both the sen
ate and the house. The president,
he emphasized, always has the
power to call congress Into ses
sion and the resolution does not
undertake to restrict that au
thority. Spaulding Firm
To Pa Off Debt
PORTLAND, June 28.-iT)-The
Spaulding Pulp & Paper company
of Newberg, Ore., will pay off its
bonded debt as cf June 30, Secre
tary O. IL Allison said in a notice
to holders cf A and B bonds Mon
day. - .
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Local Harvest
- Salem Showing High ?
In Picking Valley "
Cherry Crop .
. By RALPH C. CURTIS f
'Salem made an excellent show
ing on Sunday in helping to get
the cherry harvest under way on
a large scale but with the regularly-employed
"persons w ho
helped out that day .unavailable
on Monday,; the shortage of pick
ers began to be acute. Unless there
is a better turnout today the situa
tion will become serious, leaders
in the mobilization of volunteers
declared. 1 '? -" ":.?
: On Monday for the first tune,
' housewives who enrolled some
weeks ace for part-time harvest
and food-processing work were
being called by telephone and
Informed ef the Immediate need
for additional' workers. ?
Even on Sunday, some of the
cherry growers' trucks which re
ported at the employment service
office at 7 a. m. went back with
out full loads of pickers, but in
some cases groups of pickers who
provided their own transportation
made up for this shortage." How
ever on Monday morning several
of the -trucks were not supplied
with crews and it was learned
later than some of the orchards
where cherries were ripe, had ex
tremely few pickers. ?? ?
- Eleven platoons - of young
people were la - the orchards
Monday aad two mere were be-
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Jap Bombers
Raid Darwin;
Two Downed
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Tuesday, June 29.
-(-Eighteen Japanese pi a n e s
raided Darwin, Australia, Monday,
the high command reported today,
but only slight damage was caused
and two of the raiders were shot
down. : , ?' - ?'?::?-
It was.-the 56th raid of the war
on Darwin. , ' "
Nine bombers escorted by an
equal number of Zeros took part
In the attack which came at
midday. No casualties were re
ported. - -.y. - ?
Two fighters and two bombers
probably were destroyed in addi
tion to the two . definitely ' shot
down, the communique said. One
of our planes was missing.
Oa the allied offensive" side,
heavy reconnaissance units
bombed the airdrome at Cape
Gloucester, New Britain, and a
four-engined : bomber on nixht
reconnaissance bombed the dis
persal bays at Ha pop airdrome
at Ilabanl. , . ,?! - .
. other neavy bombers made a
niht raid on La ha airdrome,
Amobina island, and on the build
Lag area on nearby Boeroe island.
lb West
50 Divisions Croudi
Behind Atlantic, , ;
7all, Is Report v
'. By EL C. DANIEL
LONDON, June 28-(flP-v7ith
the tattoo of ; allied . bomb
thumping out invasion . threats -for
the axis trom the coast of
France to Greece, an unofficial
source with underground con
tacts with the continent report
ed Monday without confIrrha
tion that Germany had ordered
50 divisions from the Russian ,
front to the west.
The source would not ' permit
the use of his name.
- Authoritative Russian : quarters
have indicated that any step forc
ing the withdrawal of as many as
50 nazi divisions from the east
would be a tremendous aid to the
Soviets.?.- '. f ?.-' . .
Tor many days Germaa rein-'
forcemeats have been reported '
streaming eat of the relch to
stiffen the enter walls of the '
axis'-' continental defenses, but
today's andergronnd report was
the first suggestion of the pall
ing back of major n a m b e r s
from the east. ' ( 1 ,
The report did not claim that
tha transfer , was completed or
even that it had been entirely be
gun. ?;..;.'
Prime Minister Churchill told
commons on June 8 there were
190 German and 28 satellite divi
sions on the Russian front and re- -liable
quarters apart from ; the
underground source e s 1 1 mated
the number now bad dropped to
180 German and 18 to 20 satellite
divisions. ' . .
The alleged new distribution
planned for the SO divisions waa
said to be: 10 for the strategic re- ,
serve to be held for use wherever
needed; 15 ' for western France,
four for southern France, and .
nine for northern France. Twelve
were, listed for the Balkans, part
ly replacing Italians, sent home.'
Until such transfers, could be '
completed, , informed r sources es
timated German' strength now to
be, about 180 divisions In-Bufctia,-40
in France and the low coun
tries, 10 to. 20 in the Balkans, five
to 10 in Italy, eight to 10 in Nor?
way and Denmark, and 40 in re
serve, or a total ef 200. Maximum
figures for Italy and the Balkans
probably have not yet been
reached, it was added.
Nazis Predict
Invasion Soon
By the Associated Press "
The Germans reached . Into
their propaganda bag Monday
and set a new date Saturday,
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18,000 Allied
Casualties ?
Mo ved by Air
; NEW YORK, June 28HP)-Re-velation
that 18,000 sick . and
wounded men - had been evacu
ated from the African war theatre
by airplanes of the US army waa
made Monday night by Brigadier
General David N. W. -Grant, air
surgeon of the army air forces.
? General Grant, In a speech
prepared for the advertising fe- .
deration ef America, said that
"some days we moved as many
as 0S patients that's three
times aa many patients aa aa
be carried by a hospital train -
aa any one trip." ?
Not all the 18,000 men were
Americans, he said. Many were
British and French.
The use of aerial evacuation,
will be greatly increased in the fu
ture, said General Grant. "Aside
from medical efficiency brought
about by removal from the zones
of operation to' a surrounding of
relative peace and quiet, it is quite
obvious that an Important psy
chological element is involved.
"For a wounded man -to know
he is 'soon to be in a safe, friendly
area, clean, and comfortable with
all the skill and equipment of mo
dern medicine at his side, his will
to recovery is much greater. For
troops to know -that a means is at
hand for their car it they are in
jured increases their morale."
Contract Awarded 1
PORTLAND, June 28-r)-The
US maritime commission has
awarded a contract for 207 more
liberty ship engines at a total cost
of $21,000,000 to the Iron Fire
man Manufacturing company.
President T. IL Banfield announ
ced Monday.' - .
. Diinout
Tues. eunset 9:05
V7cd. . sunrise' 5 :23
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