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Tht orjMO:i SIATCnMAir. Colta. Oregon. Tiurjdir.I'crriij. iT " I--3 FAGS TWO Yank Troops Take Bpccliheacls Near. Japs' Munda Air Base; Sea Victory Toll Expanded (Continued under fire. All were either sunk was beached. - , v Enemy Escape Foiled "Later during rescue of survivors from the light cruiser He lena (the American warship lost) sank two of three enemy ships : - At the other end of the 780-mile battle are where American "and Australians hold positions near Salamaua, new Guinea, al- . lied planes dropped" more than 100 tons of bombs on Japanese : positions near Mubo. , , . ; 1 1 The communique announcement that the Japanese definite elf lost nine ships in the Kula gulf battle, which occurred the night of July 5 and in the predawn of July 6, increased the extent of ithe American triumph.' , " ' ! ' '.' t ' Tuesday's communique had ! probably were sunk and four damaged as against the loss on our j Side of a cruiser, eince aiscioseq u oe roe un neiena. f' (The progress of the American offensive in the Solomons i was admitted Wednesday in a t. In a broadcast to Italy "Their broadcast, recorded in New York" by OWL said. "Let us admit : with complete frankness the surprising .stubbornness of the ene my: important-Hill Captured , - : . In additipntq reporting the aerial bombardment at Mubo !which is 12 miles below Salamaua, . the communique also an nounced the capture by Australians of an important hill there. The Japanese continued to send more planes against Rendova . island, seized fa the central Solomons June 10 within artillery shelling distance of Munda. In the latest raid, they lost 12 bomb ers and fighters, the conimunique said, i : , Japanese losses in this sector alone now approximate 180. . ! The Munda air base, on which the Americans now have in creased their pressure with the new landings, was first devel ;oped by the Japanese last December but they have been unable ' to make much out of it because of repeated poundings it has been given 'from' the air.;v- - ' .'-'- -.' '!.- In American hands, it would provide an airdrome within ' fighter plane range of the big Japanese air and shipping fortress of Rabaul, New Britain. I ,:; The peril to Munda figured in the Kula gulf naval battle. American warships had gone into the narrow body of water in order to pound Munda's main source of supply at Bairoko An chorage, 12 miles above it. Munda previously had been cut off - from any possible aid from South New Georgia by American land : ings at Vim harbor-and seizure below the Island of Vangunu. JS ip Airdrome Bombed W ; Three hundred miles, above, Australia! in the Tanimbar is lands, two-engined allied raiders bombed and strafed the enemy airdrome on the island of. Selaru, attacked nearby villages oc cupied by the Japanese, started a fire in a fuel dump and silenced : , ah anti-aircraft position. ; . In an amplification of the raid of enemy planes on Darwin,' reported in yesterday's communique, it was announced that 10 , . bombers and two fighters were destroyed out of a force of 58 raiders and three bombers and a fighter were damaged. It previously had been reported that seven defending spit- fires were lost but that three pilots were saved and three others ! were observed bailing out. The fighting and -air action in the area of Salamaua, north eastern New Guinea, was the most extensive reported since Amer leans landed at Nassau bay , on the coast below Salamaua on June 30. : I : ; Ohioan Honored Staler Jaaaes G. Carl ef Celambes, Ohio, is pletarea reeelvlas: the British versaeat's distin guished service medal f rem Air . Chief Marshal Sir SImIU Do- laa (right), lfajse Ciui e a , history-making; air raU - ef the United States fighter greea ea lalaa Saaday whtm IS enemy . aircraft were staet . dwa. UN Asks Heart Balm : Y: . - ; 2Uss Lucy Adams (above), tl-year-eld Sanday scbeel teacher aaaa wuu aaaias si asm asastw - pssier, csv. cieerge ururxa. ss, for $13,C:S heart balm. S h e charged that ' the i evangelist ' ' brcke ti news te her that the ; weiiisr was af f ea the day ef - tie cereneay. He is paster ef lit i;crCiWst Cespel Taber- csc!s la Hzezzm Cliy, tZm As sociate J rrta Teiatst. l 1 ' I from Page 1) f B or afire within IS minutes, one , our destroyers intercepted and attempting to escape from the gulf reported that six enemy ships left-handed way by Tokyo radio efforts are simply desperate," the -1 Fire Razes Bend Park BEND, Ore, July Fire swept Bend's recreation center and ball park late Wednesday, 'destroy ing the new unit of the grandstand and thousands of dollars In equip ment used in the annual mirror pond water pageant. . ' City and pageant officials said they were; unable to estimate the loss immediately. Only the old unit of the ball park grandstand was left standing. Nazi Planes Over Anglia LONDON, July 7 The air ministry and the ministry of home security Issued ' this joint com munique Wednesday night: This evening two enemy fight ers made a brief appearance over an east Anglian coastal district and one was destroyed. Only slight damage - was done by machine gun fire and no one was injured. " Eugene Fire Visible Here EUGENE, Ore, July A grass fire flared Wednesday night on the property of the Mogan Lumber company near here but the blaze was controlled without damage to company buildings or lumber stocks. The fire was visible for many miles. Salem residents reported seeing the glow a distance of about 60 miles airline. Gierry Pickers SliU Needed Though cherry harvest activity expressed in tonnage was dropping off Wednesday, pickers for several new orcnaras were sought and the need for pickers was enhanced by the transfer of some who had been engaging In this harvest to berry picking. Walter Snyder of the em. ergency farm labor service re- portea. Persons desiring to pick cherries are advised to comrmmi- M with ' k. TTrJ .wuawu ouivca cm ployment office.' ONtheHOMEFROHT By I5AESL CH7TD3 No plea from a telephone com pany to leave lines unglutted by long distance calls could have kept one anxious mother in Bea trice, Neb, from calling Sheriff A. C Burk in Salem early this week. s - A; daughter, who had been vis iting in the home of 'a sister in Salem, had : failed to arrive : on July 4, although she had planned to be home by the Fourth," and when Sunday rolled around with still no girl arriving on the train. the lady called. ! v ' So, the sheriff mounted bis trusty Olds and drove out to the address given him. . The answer? You've guessed It. Daughter had tried, unsuccess fully to get a ticket home. Andy's ire rose. Why didn't she write. Ah, she had," but tire letter, too, had been delayed!. ' ; T , t-V-H . ; V -V; War regulations interfere with even the most simple eating hab its. ..; ,.; ' v , There is a Salem lady who lflc wheat hist plain ':u ntreated wheat well-cleaned ; and " cooked as her morning cereal. - That is, she used to like It V:V"Z t Uncle has paid out good money for posters to urge us to eat more- cereals, but the Salem lady , cant get 'em to eat" -" f When she asked the man at the store for wheat, : he asked her "why for" she wanted it When told, he expressed - his regrets: "Sorry, ma'am, we cant sell it to you unless -you promise tit's to be used to feed chicken or hogs." Oh, weli, maybe someday she can have chicken or bacon for breakfast. .! '"x:jX. 1-;s Liquor Supply Problem D (Continued from Page 1) D Ifs a plat a week la Wash tagtea state, Ntrth Ctnllst, Montana. Virginia and Oregon, bat observers In Oregon and Washington report that the beys there are getting mora by hav ing their wives and even their secretaries register for per-' mlts. - In Kentuckr. famed for its bourbon and mint juleps, the state almholic be vera ee control board has placed the limit at "a case a week," but some retailers are al lowing only a pint a week. Retailers in other states are re stricting customers to a bottle at a time. Taft Urges Looser Clheck On Radios WASHINGTON, July 1 (ff- A new congressional definition of the authority of the federal com munications commission over broadcasting was demanded Wed nesday by Senator Taft (R-Ohio) who charged that an administra tion "passion for government con trol" threatens the freedom of both press and radio. f Ha , cited the government's anti-treat salt against the As sociated Press as aa Illustration of what he called "reckless dis regard for freedom of the press" and asserted that It has been only "the Ingrained Insistence of our people that has prevented any great progress towards ac tual suppression ef the freedom of newspapers and magaslnes." He called radio "the : blood .brother of the newspaper as aa instrument of free speech" and said the broadcasters bad been brought under closer control than congress had Intended. Retail Store Rise WASHINGTON, July 7-P) Sales increased 23 per cent in 532 independent retail stores ; in Ore gon during May, 1943, over May, 1942, . the ; bureau of ' census re ported Wednesday. The stores did not include department stores. Sales were up 26 per cent for the first five months of the year. . Salem independent retailers re ported sales up about 3 per cent In May over the same month last year. Cities under 10,000 showed increases of 14 to 23 per. cent t Henry Luce At Lostine - PENDLETON, July 7 Su preme Court Justice William O. Douglas was host Wednesday , at his summer home near Los tine to Henry Luce, editor of Time-Life magazines, who arrived here by plane. Luce planned to continue his trip east tonight. . -.. , -. RAF Sweens X' LONDON. July 7 MtfV- An air ministry communique Wednesday rilghtrci: '--tVVny--3 C During the day Mustanzs. Ty phoons and Spitfires carried out offensive patrols and sweeps over northern ' France and : the low countries. Two of our aircraft are missing. 3O,CC0 Ncas Dead in 3-Day Battle Toll tl (Continued from Page 1) f- B army, and hot the Germans, had launched an offensive. Berlin broadcasts heard here last night made it clear that the Germans now were admitting their troops were engaged in an other major offensive. - 1 Hitler eeald . not afford to wait antn summer was ever wltheat any , action ea the part of the German army," said the . The German aim in starting the huge drive ; last Monday was the quick encirclement and annihila tion of Russian forces holding the Kursk salient above Belgorod, the statement added, but it said that plan has been frustrated by the red army. "It is clear that the Germans hoped to crush the soviet defen ses and. achieve' big operational successes in the first days .of the offensive," said the announcer in commenting on Germany's silence at the outset of the drive. ; Two special bomber forces and a special fighter force were trans f erred from western Europe to the eastern! front. between 1 June 9 and 29 to aid in the push, it was said. " Axis plane strength - else where on the Russian front also was stripped to make possible the great concentration between Bel gorod and Orel, the Moscow ra dio said. Fifteen tank dirisloas. eav motorised dlrlslon, and 14 la fan try divisions are being m the offensive, tt added. The German advance was made in great battle fury during which lines and trenches and even entire villages changed hands time and again. --IV . c The Russians said their troops were counterattacking late last night and "Are now fighting to restore the position." The Russians said that else where along the fiery front the Germans were stopped cold. The Joss of the "few villages" was acknowledged in the. soviet midnight communique recorded here, bjr the Soviet Monitor. Ear lier a c special ' communique had told of the; Germans' rushing up vast reserves and listed huge new nasi tak and plane losses which stagger the imagination. During Wednesday alone, the Russians- said, the Germans lost 520 tanks and 229 planes, making a three-day total of 1,68 1 tanks and 649 planes. The number of Germans killed, which the Rus sians are not attempting to total, is more than 13,000 listed in scat tered sectors. ' Wednesday's nazl tank toll in eluded -40 crack 60-ton "Tiger" tanks, the! Germans latest land battleships. Guns Firing Off Coast SEATTLE, July 7 -WV Mari ners were t warned by the coast guard Wednesday to avoid areas along the Washington and Oregon coasts, the straits of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty inlet because of gunfire. Firing will continue daily up to and including Monday in an area from Desdemona Sands light to the seaward end of both jetties and 5000 ! yards seaward from Peter Iredale to North Head. There- will be gunfire tomorrow from 1 to 6 pjn. from the Oregon coast seaward from shore between latitude 44 degrees north and 44 degrees 18; minutes north. Ruby Keeler Has Daughter HOLLYWOOD, "July7-tiP)-Na val Lieutenant John Lowe, some where in the Pacific, will be vi-- tally interested to know that Mrs. Lowe, the ' former Ruby Keeler, gave birth to a daughter Tuesday, Her ; physician, Dr. Donald G. Tollefson, reported Wednesday the former actress and, her child were doing fine and said he hoped that a cable he sent to Lieutenant Lowe reaches him. " . - This is Mrs. Lowe's first child. She was formerly married to Jazz Singer Al Jolson. , . White Sox Hurler Out ": CHICAGO, July 7.-(-Man-ager Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox announced Wednes day he had suspended Pitcher Ed gar "Lefty" Smith indefinitely for being out of condition., . Smith was known last year as "Hard Luck" Edgar "because of the numerous games he lost, on one run or. close decisions. This year he has won four and lost six games. '' Poliomyelitis Near Epidemic AUSTIN, Tex, July 7.H-Dr. George Cox, Texas state health officer, said Wednesday that pol iomyelitis (i n f a ntile paralysis) was ; assuming epidemic propor tions In some sections of She state. Department" figures showed S3 new cases of poliomyelitis report ed this week compared with 39 a week ago. Dr. Cox said, .. , Statistician Says Farmers Getting Less for Goods Than Same Period in 1918 SEATTLE, July l-ypy-lL' C R. Stewart, senior, federal agricul tural , statistician here, Wednesday presented figures showing that farmers are getting less for. grain, hay, milk, eggs and butter now than they did at the same stage of shows higher prices, however, on potatoes, apples, lambs; beet cat tle and chickens. . '(Simultaneously, he presented figures showing that (considering prices tney nave 10 pay; xarmers in mid-June received twice as much as -they did in mid-June, 1940. ' whOe industrial workers' pay advanced 241 per cent dur ing approximately, the same per iod.) "Sosae confusion : apparently exists la the minds of ear farm ; era, cansasaers and : lad atrial workers ngsrdlng aa aetaal eosaparisea of - average' prices received by Washmgtoa farm ers daring World war 1 1 and World war XL" said the gevera- ment press release. "Prices received 18 "months af ter the declaration of war in each period appear 'to give the . com parison which (except for season al trends) permit equal war-boom Influences. . . . As an added ex planation of the mid-June, 1943; farm prices of potatoes and apples. which appear almost double the October, 1918, price; Stocks in June were very short and could not : Jbe replenished until - new (1949) production was available. Tor potatoes, a similar situa tion-occurred In June, 1920, when Washington farmers sold storage potatoes at $4.22 per bushel. And in mid-June, 1919, growers receiv ed an average of $1 per box for all apples sold. , The comparative farm prices: Oct. Ml 1M3 WhMt. Wi - : - - , mi SUrley. ta. . UN rsta s, -Ife. ke. 1JM Hnl ewft. 144 .14 14 1SSS 1S.M Uakt, rwt. Bnf uttU. cwt. . SJS Lnh tssM hay, C SSSQ WhlMl ssUk, cwt. SJS Ura caieksM, Ik. X1S IJi am M SJS Trnrm kUr. Ik. . " jm A&pl, (Tini Ik. Ul British Jab At Crete Isle O (Continued from Page l) C ltt-m&e length aad a garrlsoa which probably Bombers at least 19 sUvtalons. The Island has been constantly reinf reed since the Germans captared tt la 1941 aad new anlts probably have been sent there In recent weeks. Although three-fifths of the Island's soldiers are Italians, there is a Gersaaa officer ta" Rhodes is less heavily defend ed,' but reports say much defense work has been done recently on the island which nestles "close to neutral Turkey's shores. GeUoGiraud In Capital ; For War Talk. WASHINGTON, Julf General Henri Honor ; Giraud came to Washington Wednesday for military talks as the French committee of national liberation. headed I by Giraud and - General Charles De Gaulle, acted to re lieve Admiral Georges Robert from his command in the French West Indies. ; I From Algiers the committee mvested Heart Etleane Hopae net, now in! Wasblagtoa, with extraordinary powers te negoti ate with Robert for the retara of MarUalqae aad Gaadeloape to "the anifled empire,- meaning- their alignment in the fight against the axis. It also appointed Brigadier General Henri Jacoby to ' super sede Robert as commanding offi cer in ! French Guinea and the Antilles,' which Include Martin ique and -Guadeloupe. - It's a Boy r For Ross's HOLLYWOOD, July 7-tfVAct- ress Shirley Ross gave birth to a son Wednesday.. Wife of Ken Dolan, actors agent, she said: "The baby weigh ed 7 pounds right on the nose and we've named him Ross Gaunt Dolan." The 'Dolans have another son. John Kenneth, 2. . Bike Thefts Up : ! Portland bicycle thefts nave gone up sharply this year, report ed Detective Ted Hlrsch, who blamed the increase on workers who need transportation, imu-tfA'.'rii '1 - nix Kite! Last Times Tonight rutarworS , Tictac L.alaie Jska Sattaa Cm!i la!i I News - Girt: 1,- s . World war L The same compilation aampGivenv Divorce Nod v By Referee ; WHITE PLAINS, NY, July iJPy Former Boxing,, Champion Jack Dempsey - won Wednesday night a : referee's decision in .his marital i battle with - the former Hannah Williams, one-time sing ing star of Broadway musical com- edys. . : ' Official Referee J. Addlsea Toong of the , state : saprana eeart awarded Desansey, new Ilea tenant commander ta the eeast gaard, a decree of alveree, nUnr that "The charge of the . defendant's Infidelity alleged in : the amended temp Is hit as e-j earring November 22, 1912, at Lea Aageles, Calif, was awevea beyond deabt.-. .:- - , :r,-J He -referred to Dempsey alle gation that his wife had been In timate with Benny WoodalL train er of prize fighters, in a west coast burigalow;'-r;;;:pU;' V- ' As far as It went, me 70-word decision - was - a sweeping victory for Dempsey. Young dismissed Mrs. Dempsey's counter claim 'for a separation. v Sea Victory ,! Decisive Report Sayo SOUTH PACIFIC HEAD QUARTERS, Thursday, July- (P) The Japanese naval forces decisively defeated in the battle of Kula gulf, in the central Solo mons, were compelled to fight by a- numericalry superior group of American warships which sur prised and trapped them there, it was disclosed Wednesday. v-. The triumph was so one-sided that, outside of the loss of a sin gle American light cruiser (Iden4 tified by the navy at Washington and from headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur as the USS Helena), not another warshhip on our side even sustained damage; this source reported. A large percentage of the -lost cruiser's personnel was known to have been saved j and possibly some of the others reached shore. Oregon Tops 7 Bond Sales PORTLAND, Ore, July 7 -UP) Oregon led the nation In per cap ita purchases of war bonds - for April and May with an average of $28.28, E. C Sammons, state war finance committee chairman, said Wednesday. : J r-; He said treasury . department figures placed Oregon second for the past two years with a per cap ita average of $129.2L Connecti cut was first with $132.68, he said, and Washington third with $120.27. ' Eleanor Dooding' RENO. Nev, July 7-)-Dore Wood, owner of the Tumbling DW dude ranch, revealed tonight Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has arrived at the ranch for a week's vacation and visit with personal friends. America's Favorite v.; : Jfig Show Ozly IIssr Circus To Visit Salem This Tear. 2GaIatBays " l Taea, 14 ; JULY m JULY Presenting A Meltltade Of ' Brand New Featares . GREAT 3 RING acd wild a::i:.: al TMS ff f lr Tf"fttff r5T tav Of MeLS Am) AmALS Tors cs rstFORMr cusHUfrs e tccrs cr wt.zvzr.zzxT wocrrs mt Ui Ma mmi tt-i t.. . -J iri ureas Lcdis Sczccl . , TWICE O Zmmdmr.VL DAILY- Oeera Oaea at amt T P. 22. iiH , jt 1 iic:orbi!ie Plates Are Approved.; WASHINGTON, July 7 -IPh The war production, board relaxed Wednesday its order against the production; of 'motor vehicle li cense plates to permit states to manufacture: one -1944 plate for each vehicle, instead of the cus tomary two. The order permits states te ase metal on hand, or sheet and .. strip steel not heavier, than 22 gauge and listed as idle or ex cess inventory with - the steel - recovery corporation. . Specific aatherisatloa mast be ebtaiaed fresa WPB to purchase the steeL To conserve steeL1 WPB in March: 1942. Issued an order oer- mitting only, the manufacture of small date tabs and replacements for lost or damaged plates, and at that time intended to continue the plan for the duration of the war.' f - ' 51 ' . - Many states have recently re ported, 7" however, that license plates are becoming illegible, and must be- replaced WPB said re plating of y old - plates would in volve a loss of time and waste of materials out of proportion to the saving of metal. "The. hew license plates-will be limited to' me maximum size of the 1942 plates issued by the var ious states. Subsidy Plan Tienp Break Is Expected A (Continued from Page 1) A hoars In two sessions today and broke up until tomorrow, morn ing with Senate Majority Leader Berkley of Kentucky reporting "no progress ,i -- "-'rSesne other eonferoea en the sabsldy j Issae, however, were optimistic.. There were predictions. Inspired by the appropriations compromises that the legislative calendar might be cleared In tlaae to per mit the sasnmer recess to begta Friday. ; ! . ' ' ' f . , Outside subsidies, the most di rect ; disagreement was on the question of requiring senate con firmation! of all employes of a score of I war agencies who are paid more than $4,500 a year. Conferees reported no common ground on' that matter. Farm Gas : Slated WASHINGTON. Jidr 1 UPi Senator ! Capper (R-as) said j Wednesday he had been advised by Ralph - K. Davies, deputy pe troleum administrator, that a pri-1 oritr system . will be announced. I noasibly Thursday, to assure farm. ers sufficient supplies of gasoline for their tractors.. . NOW SHOWPIQ Blasting It's Way Onto the Screen i . . an Adventure times more : Thrilling Than, , 'Wake . Island". .,..;'...;,o b-,.o-,v-.- A Story Written in ' ' ; Gunfire and Gcdlcmtryr . , ' i; . of 13 Heroea'r - ; : FighHnqr to Jho : end in a "lap Infested Hellr' - TODAY and FEIDAY A The Greats s f Air Spectacle Ever Made with the RATI ' Ride the " skies with the valiant men of the 'RAF and 1,000 planes loaded with destruc tion! The deafening roar of the takeoff ! ever the chan nel . . . target, sight ed - . heavy ack ack spraying sudden, deathl 0NE' OF OUR f AIRCRAFT IS MSSING" --'.I Coactora'- It's a EUler Thriller! '. lioyd Nolan . Marjorie Weaver "JwUT CIT COAC.AY i 'aVvl.4af 1U I ' Joan Davis - Dick .. I V Foran - Mills Bros. j V Tla'a Mr Gvrf u DolIcnycLl .CIn.53 fo Slayer;: ij V; T. (Continued fron r.--? 1) f District Attorney Bruce Epauld Ing f Dallas is lssuin a formal application to the circuit court at Washington county for custody of the prisoner. He will be brought to Dallas within a few days to i ti . " ."('" Informed of the confession of Layton, Klsyar F. B. Dowersex f Monmeath refused to com ment except to say that Lay too had been aa efriclent ; official In many ways bat was not re . talaed when he asked for higher r wages. ; . . - :. - - I, Layton has been married twice but apparently is unmarried now, Lt Howard stated. He had been picked up In Salem about ten years ago charged with molesting women, according to Howard. When he was arrested' on the WasningvOu nnu ooerating a car with license plates which failed to agree with the make and age of the vehicle which he was driving Engine serial numbers had been altered also, Howard said, but the car didnt figure in his connection with the HOdebrand murder. j .: Erie-Flood' Drives Many From AKRON. fiL July 7 -VP- Sev eral hundred northern Ohio fami lies were evacuated from their homes and war production was curtailed Wednesday as floods in several areas took at least one life and caused wtaespreaa asm- age. V-i ,-: - i ' " ; . An estimated 27909 war work ers here , were made idle when two plant powerhouses -were put out of action by high waters. ' Goodyear Aircraft Corp. offi cials said 20.000 employes were unable to work because of water la the powerhouse' and plants, and that production would not be re sumed until Thursday morning. Another 7000 , workers were idle at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. for several hours, although partial production was resumed at 10 pjn. .:. X a ,j T TODAY 1 1 IA9IICSTDI ' VHrstM aerf- Vaanel aV 1 m ' r S r , trsTiair.'E FATR2 KmJ CIUJQ iV DOT ThE tlTTI C T -. t - snjfrn rf Aetlea ' . lacked mt O the Threngh Saturday . WUh "CRIME SJIASIIEU, - cwd awy f aaiini j.si TsIIey ef XtzJL'JLzz ZZeum ' SccaaS HU J Franeea , ', J ' Ingferd:; ; " OBT. r AIQS - -COWBOT 1H MANHATTAN . , m i0u