nn- . . . nv LJ VwJLJJJ v. n -- 1 i i"f 17 n r nr J hi o Hi1;1 I 1 v Oi 1-1 r V" nn Li id r r t i I. c-r-n .1 " LJ h - ' " , . 1 i ,v Is; rvi nnn- 3 "nnnTN . " . 1 I f I (7.J.HI I is iktsitjji 's - . ii V7 - r 1 1 l. IT SEEMS TO ME that the state police have done remark able piece of detection in locating the man who adtmits he is; re sponsible - for-; the drowning of ;Miss, Ruth . Hildebrand. The clues !with. which to start work were .few-For days the Identity of the ,girl pulled from ; the waters - of Ithe Willamette was unknown. Lat- . er her clothes and a bus . ticket .were found; her name was learn ed and her movements traced. The step-by-step process of elimina tion and search proceded, and fin ally the suspect confessed the dual crime of -rape and striking the girl so she fell into the river' and .was drowned. : The success of the police officers- makes them rate with Scotland Yard and the de tectives of Conan Doyle's fiction. 1 But what a sorry story this Is: ' man of mature years, 38, power ful in stature, , who had served as a police officer in two towns in Oregon, so debased that he made vit; a- practice of picking up girls .r i women -; and assaulting .them. .This Hildebrand girl was only 17. .And what business, one may ask, did she have ranging around the ' countryside alone, late at night? If the rapist had been a sol- dier, the . whole army - of - soldiers .would be in disrepute. If he had . been a negro his race would have : been blamed and in some sections - a necktie-party would be arrange ed. But here we have a white man of enough intelligence and stand ing to get a police job in at least one community where he - must have been known. "But the white ; I race, as a race,! feels no guilt be- cause of one man's misdeeds. The affair ought to. teach. the lesson 'that rape and murder are not due to race or occupation, but to moral . lapse, ' a common sin of . all hu manity. 1 '- Bomb Load osion Tl 1 amages noatt RED BLUFF,: Calif v July "8.-Jpy-A trailer-load of 1 00-pound j fragmentation bombs exploded with an earth-shaking roar heard 20 miles away Thursday, starting a small forest fire and tearing up ' huge chunks of highway. " .' TThe track drfverari; Dan ' Neal of San Francisco, grabbed ; his fire extinguisher when he vi discovered his trailer en fire, . ' bat he was uaable to halt the 1 fluKt which menaced the li sten lead f explosives. Neal unhitched the trailer and : drove away in the truck, itself loaded with six tons of bombs, and waited for' the explosion. He ' - didn't have to wait long. : : Bomb fragments set a fire in trees bordering the Red Blvff Sasanville highway - and t the Mast itself wrecked a large per ' tioa ef the road 23 miles east ' t Bed Bluff. " Neal blamed - the fire on some , mechanical difficulty in the trail er's brakes or wheels. - The load Seattle.' was en route to First Kaiser Carrier Is Commissioned ; ASTORIA, Ore, July t - The first aircraft escort vessel '.launched by Henry J. Kaiser ship yards was commissioned Thursday and turned over to its captain, ;CmhviS. W. Callaway, and this crew. -The vessel was named the Casablanca.; Capt J. D. Barner, commandant of the Astoria naval station, com missioned the ship on behalf of : Vice : Admiral Frank J. Fletcher, commandant of the - 13th naval district. - Cmdr. Callaway, his officers and men arrived here Wednesday night by special, train from Bremerton. The ship's executive officer is Lt. Cmdr. T. Ashcraft, x . - JL - Rains Bring New Crisis In Local Cherry Harvest By RALPH C CURTIS Recent showers have preciplta l ted ba- pun intendeda new crisis in. the cherry- harvest. . The ! utcome . depends qnk- largely vpon -subsequent weather, but the advent of rain serves to em phasize the need for sustained ef fort : toward completion of the -community's cherry-picking chore, ' : ''" Contrary to any Impressloa ; that may have been gained from ; : reports that the demand for ad- j - illtisnaL new pickers was slack ' eslsg cff. the cherry, harvest as : a whole is not on the wane, Ae- cording to Robert tt. Shlaa ef . : winamette Cherry, Growers, : tie re still are as many cherries ; . cn the trees as have been picked. If there Is tuf further rain In tle near future end if the weather Nasi"; . - , ... a -f - ' - - Foe Infantry Unit Cut Off by Reds And Badly Beaten LONDON, Friday, July 9-(JP) German tanks drove still an other wedge . into Soviet lines in the Belgorod sector below the Kursk-1 Wlge Thursday in his tory's f greatest armored con flict, but Moscow declared ear-; ly today that the Red army stood firm elsewhere and even had recovered some lost ground to the north.-: : ; . -Russian fire smashed 304 more German t tanks and , downed , 6 1 more enemy planes for a four-day toll of 1,843 tanks and 810 planes, je&Ls, Q-.ty - ulidnight - bulletin . corded by the Soviet Monitor.- , - GernuB easoaltles had. passed I the . 35,000 . marav the eemmiui- ; lqae said. Five themsaad enemy : ' treepa fell ' Thursday in a sin-! gle narrow sector, ef the Kursk Orel front where the Germans; hurled 90,000 men against Bed arsay' lines - withevt -achieving a: breakthrMiata, tt said. In the Belgorod sector the Rus sians' said 1 their troops had al lowed the raxis tanks to get through,' cutting off the enemy infantry and. "inflicting devastat ing blows on thenV, while Rus sian anti-tank gunners and tank crews i began whittling down the enemy armor in the wedge. - This statement offered some hope that the German wedge soon would ! be wiped out in this sec tor, where the Germans have ad vanced lour times in as many days. : ' - : - ' ' In' the Kurt k-O r e I sector Kassian eaatexaiiaeka-r.c t p ? tTurn to Page 2 Story E) ?: I RAF Bombers Over Reich Last Night 1 LONDON, Friday, July RAF bombers returned to the as sault on Germany Thursday night after a four-night lull in the al lied aerial offensive against the reich, the British announced to day -jn J 77:77: As asaal, the preliminary an aoaacemeat aid net disclose the specific target of the British raiders. There were indications, however, that the attack was carried eat in some strength, observers on the British soath , east coast reporting that con siderable nwnbers of bombers were I heard I heading, eastward across the channel last night.?; The operation was aided by fa- vorable weather, the skies clear ing last; evening after a day of thunderstorms.. ' I'' It was the RAP'S first assault on Germany since last Saturday night, ! when Cologne, Hamburg and objectives in the Ruhr were subjected to a heavy attack. Sikorski Remains Talien to Britain p MADRID, July 8-P)-A Cifra (Spanish news agency) dispatch from Algeciras said Thursday night that polish destroyers with the body of Gen. Wladyslaw Si korski left Gibraltar for Britain. The Polish premier crashed to his death in a passenger plane taking off from Gibraltar Sunday night does not turn warm again too ab ruptly, these latest showers pro bably ; wilt, have dona- no serious daHU;- and, 'despite- allUW setbacks- eberry- growcrsr hcv-- suf fered, the district's total tonnage for the season may equal lhat cf last year. At no time to date, growers re port, has the supply of pickers been equal to the demand though in making that statement, they point out that they thorough ly appreciate the help given by city-dwelling volunteer' - harvest ers who in many-cases have been motivated primarily by a - desire to help in this harvest- rather than ' monetary gain. All things considered the response has been gratifying nevertheless it hasn't fully met the need. BatM cherries have been . L (Turn to Page 2 Story C). ; iPo- -. ' l " - -.;."- "i'-- munddd. 1651- , - - imimr thisd yeab 18 eress Recess i:.;.; Greet Move to c H' l Gp Home' .' s i ' WASHINGTON, July ; 8 -(ff) With a swift burst of activity. congress -wiped ' its - calendar clean of rnajor? peridinif legis-- iion ; and i recessed " Thursday night until September 1 4 tho first lengthy vacation it has taken since the war's utbreakvi , f r The legislators, in clearing the way to go' home,! swiftly approved $4,302,12034 :7 in appropriation and dropped a half : dozen con troversies including the "quarrel with 'the administration over whether subsidies should be. paid to .froll back retail food prices. At 5:48 pjn. (eastern war time) the senate approved the : reselaUoai te recess and at C:ZZ . avas. the hoase followed ' salt, vetmg amid cheers and whis tles. There were only a' tew scattered "nees." The resolution ; acroally took effect at :33 pjn. when the hoase - knocked off work, the senate having , dene : so soma mlnntes. earlier. . . .. It was agreed" that the mem bers could , be'J called back to Washington at any time by Presi dent Roosevelt, congressional' of ficers, or the. democratic1 and re publican legislative leaders, t The sehate had to yield : point after point to .the house in order to get the vacation which already had been delayed a week by dis agreements - between ' t he two chambers.. -, h--i First of alL the senate aban doned by a vote of 14 to S3 Its demand for Inclaslea of a baa en food subsidy payments la a ' resolation conUnamg the com modity credit corporation ; an til ' Janaary 1. The hoase ' had re rased to accept ' this i senate -amendment and ' leaders j had warned it weald ' bring a veto from President Roosevelt. ; The (Turn to Page 2 Story F) $50,000 Loss In Mill Fire Near Dallas DALLAS, July 8 Smoldering sawdust piles, a planer and. stacks of lumber were all that remained Thursday of the $50,000 -Fern's sawmill following a ' lire which was discovered at 11:20 p.m. Wed nesday. ; ; - . '- J '- ' Firemen from : Dallas and sol diers from Camp' Adair with their chemical truck, together with men from Polk County Fire Patrol as sociation, battled i flames which swept through all the buildings in approximately; half an hour. The mill was located six miles from Dallas on the . Falls City highway. Either a hot box which had caused difficulties during the af ternoon or repair work done with a welding outfit late in the day might have left the sparks which started the fire, Walter L. Young, Dallas fire chief, stated. , Six years ago ' this coming fall the mill burned out, flames spread by a heavy windstorm. Albert - and William Fern, co- owners of the, mill, were unde cided Thursday about rebuilding. Part of" the loss was covered by insurance but new equipment and many recent improvements were uninsured. Chief difficulty block ing rebuilding was obtaining prior ities, Albert Fern intimated. ; . With the burning of tho- mill, C3 men in the mill crew and a number in the .wood crew were unemployed, but Preston Dough ton, US employment service rep resentative in Polk county, was placing the loggers with other firms during the day,' ;" Fighters Sweep ' LONDON, July JMVForma Uons ' of allied fighters ' swept across , the channel in the direc tion of northern France this morn ing only a short time after . the RAF's heavy bombers had return ed from a night assault upon Ger- Con Votes PAGES Sod Where Aerial view ef Rendova island (top photo) la the New Guinea groap, ' shows the island, five miles from the Jap Manda air base, which is - the center of operations against enemy forces In the' Solosnons. The ; Island had a small enemy garrison which was wiped eat within two hours after the Jane 30 landing. Vira harbor, only navigable har bor m the New Georgia groap (lower photo), Is located on New : Georgia Island. It was one of the first points taken ever by Ameri can forces. The harbor Is St miles frosa the Japanese air base at Manda. : ... t .... ,v -' ,.'';- - ." i :'' t "-.'";'."!".;! :-";. Allied Preparations Create New Alerts A t A xis Outbosis :tM. v :r'lcilb, - LONDON, July ft-Fear alert to axis outposts Thursday night along the gun-studded rim of Europe as the Germans reported menacing activity by allied warships in the Mediterranean and inf erentially expressed an xiety that Britain and the United States would coordinate their blows with those of the Red army." i " v; ! ' r-. "A synchronization ot the the present time woul be a r very dangerous experiment said a German broadcast. The nazis, in a broadcast by bureau, a propaganda agency, and aircraft carriers had arrived ranean fleet and that several hundred thousand tons of allied shipping had been concentrated there. j ' Y j , ' i ' 1 Greece, Crete Bolstered "' -'44 -.V-' '7 '7 .:-7'J - This report dovetailed with unrest and defense preparations especially in Greece and Crete. - A Vichy broadcast rcorded ters said that the axis defenders of Crete fare always ready for the zero hour" and that axis naval forces ef Crete were "ready lor the attack at a moment's notice. dispersed all over the Island." coasts. ; ; , ; '.'0' Dingle M. root,"rjarliameiitary secretary to the ministry for economic warfare, did nothing to ease axis nerves with the state ment in commons that the ministry, had been assessing the re sources of various parts of Europe for-use- ef invading allied armies.' vr . -,, 5 - "For the last 12 months .at has been mostly concerned with certain areas on the continent of Europe," he observed.- - i Germans Name Allied Strength A German broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press, said the allies had 44 infantry divisions and 15 to 20 tank formations between Morocco and Syria along the southern shore of the Med- - , (Turn to Page 2 Story A) em. Oregon, Friday Morning. July t. 1843 ' Pacific "Battle Centers ;4 . L-:x7 1 - .! ;j l- of allied invasion sent a new allied command with Moscow at . r . , " 1 , . t i-. their "international information declared' that American cruisers to bolster the allied Mediter CI 7' 7- .'pvr '.".-.V'..--.- dispatches telling, of heightened in the eastern Mediterranean, . " ! . by the British news agency Reu German air fields-were reported least our work in this "direction McNaiy Told Victory Ship Program Set 'Assurances from the war pro duction board j I that - the Victory' ship -program , for. Henry , J, Kai ser'f Oregon Shipbuilding, corpor ation will not be cancelled, were received Thursday by . S e n a t o r Charles' I McNary. . .; The senator, ' vacatloaing ; at Us farm home .north of Salem, .said the information was tele graphed by his office, which had .been notified by WPB. ' Mc Nary did not elaborate. . ' Edgar ; F. Kaiser, general man ager, of the Oregon yard at Port land, was informed Tuesday that the plans for construction of the new type ships was being held up pending an investigation of their feasibility. . - - The Oregon yard has been pre paring for a $5,000,000 change over, authorized by the maritime commission, from-Liberty ships to the larger, faster Victories. . v : Kaiser' said Thursday night he has not been informed that WPB will go ahead with Victory ships. Dependency Pay Increase Is Approved WASB3NGTON, ; July t -(ff-Legislation increasing the. govern ment's cash .' contributions to . de-J pendents of service men - waa passed by the senate Thursday and sent to the house. Approved withoat debate.' the measare ' woaM increase from $62 to fit the total monthly al lowance for a wife and eae .child and weold boost the al lowance for additional children from fit to $11 a moath.. . : In addition, it would "provide that the : government pay all of the first month's dependency al lowance although after that time a service man could contribute $22 and the government $28 toward the basic amount of $30 allowed for a wife without a child, t Final congressional action will be had when congress reconvenes September 14. ' -" Flood, Breaks Water Mains STSShfTI J.rT O July ifT) This city oT 33,000 rWsav without normal .water supply -.Thursday night after hit water washed out supply lines from the pumping sta tion to the filtration plant. - Emergency crews worked to re pair the break but water for do mestic use was cut off meanwhile to conserve the supply for ; fire fighting purposes. State health de partment officials at, Columbus made preparations to immunize residents against typhoid fever. Dim out . Fri. imgct 9 :03 Sat. sunrise 5x30 jlV.'eather cn Tage 8) Pries) Se Ho. 3 Blast US v Steel Cancels t ; 3 Fire Up' as 12,000 -p- Rliners Swell Strike PITBURGII, Vuly 9 -JPh The 1 United States Steel cor poration abruptly cancelled plans .to iire up . three closed blast furnaces as roving pickets swelled the ranks of idle miner; in tb southwestern Pennsylvania apve, mine fields to 12,000. ' . The, furnaces were the last ones remaining idle, of 14 which .had been shot down sooa after the third general walkoat of miners' began on Jane It. A company spokesman said' the. coal shortage aloao was' respon sible f or the closings. - " "The pickets, termed by John P. Busarello, president of the United Mine Workers Pittsburgh district 5 as "outlaw miners,' centered at tention on more : than ' a dozen mines whose output goes directly to steel mills. Until their activities began yesterday, officials said less than 5000 miners were idle." . The first violence was report- , ed Thursday sught at the coloa - lal 1 snhw of Um H. C. Frlck : CToke company, where Lawrence dun, it, ef West Brewnsville, . conductor on a freirht train, said ho was hit on the nead y Iate , thrown from a groap of "aboat 5 Pickets." . ' Blum : suffered a bad cut and was taken to the Brownsville hos pital. He' said the slate " knocked him' face forward' into a car which had been shifted into- the mine yards.; Y : !:; l - y-' :' M " The ! pickets, milling about en trances to , the mines, announced they were going, on a "24-hour a day" basis. Women stood locked arm-in-arm . with men ' blocking the roadways and pathways to the tipples. Jap Flares ForYcmks : CAJWP, ABBOTV Jaly t-P) One j after another arachato flares fissled after they were lighted by army officers daring' recent night maneavers. ; ' Investigation disclosed . that each flare was. stamped: "Made la Japan. They were parchasod , before Pearl Harbor . from an Ohio fireworks firm. .: ton to ; Get Transfer ; h , ;;; '7 Richard Harry : Layton, con fessed slayer of Ruth Hildebrand, will be brought back, to Dallas to day to await hearing, Sgt. C Ema hiser, state police official, revealed Thursday night. . . . '.X''':J?':" .:. Sgt, mahiseri . who , has been working on the Hildebrand; case with Lt R. G. Howard,, will Jour ney to Hillsboro lodayto.. bring back Layton. " Eiiriiaces Lay OP A : Okehs Price Boost On SoniG Grscerv Itemc WASHINGTON, July, t.-W Price ; advances on some grocery items: were authorized by, the of fice cf :; price adaainlstrstion on Thursday, althouglt officials osa phasized that the . ceilings would not rise beyond ' price levels - cf April I, date of President Roose velt's ; hold-the-line -order. . I- f 4 .; The ehaases wiU result from ' three new fixed mark-ap rera latlons' eoverlag . most .loos, both dry and perishable, soil by Independent and chain grocers and by , wholesalers. ! Effective, August 5, ' the new margins were adopted primarily to meet food dealers' demands for a simpler food - pricing system. They are percentage mark-ups which dealers will add td their net costs. '., -On most canned goods the housewife will not pay more, an aaasasa - Erien,y DirgeLanain - - At Dugiri Island Driven Off ALLIED HEADQUABTEI12 IN AUSTRALIA, Friday, July -(iT3)-American marine and ar my ground patrols pushed for ward Thursday from "the land ing beachheads they established on New"4 Georgia to feel out the Japanese defense -- perimeter around the" Munda air base. vWhyeNthe main forces which landed north and east, of Munda on u Monday were consolidating positions, advanced patrols beat off the Japanese ms dash which occurred near: Elelo . only t h r e e miles east of the Munda . airfield. r Its, seizuro would give the Ameri cans a . base withm fighter . range of : theenemy air fortress ; of Ra- bauL NewsIWlainx - : - ? The only attenSptty by the Japanese to loosen the V??9 lng American sqaeese on the ; Maada - area Tharsday ' were a llcht air raid mm Xaadova IbUsmi, -held by UaJUd . SUtw forces within artillery shelling, distance - f the air base, and a fatfle effort by a small party of Japa nese to land frosa a. oar re Bagirl Wet, jast'efr Kendovaa . , northeast coast.. , ,z ' The battle for control ef the air over New Georgia, where enemy losses to date approximate 190, ! slackened in intensity Thursday but the American planes main tained punishing blows against Munda's -sources - of supply and air support on bases in the Islands above' it" t V, ' At tha other end of the 7C3 mile are of the allies' -offensive (Turn to Page 2 Story D) ' McMinhviUe ration Plant Okehcd McMINNYILLE, Ore., July a. -(-Federal approval of a vege- 1 table dehydration plant here was announced Thursday by C C Wright, Yamhill county orchard ist who returned recently after serving eight months as vegeta ble dehydrator inspector for tha food distribution administration in Idaho and western Wyoming. Wright said he would convert his walnut dryer into a plant to process 4,000,000 pounds of Klamath ' county potatoes an d Yamhill county beets for lend lease and the armed services. . He said the plant would start. 1 operation by October I and , em ploy about 60 persons. - Silverton Man WASHINGTON, July -(AV- Namea. of 16 Pacific northwest men were included Thursday in a war department list of 224 US soldiers held as prisoners of war by Japan.' The list included: Canning haas, Pfc 8heldoa W.; another,, lira, Jeaa Caaaingham, 212 Lewis street Snvertoa. Martinsen, Pfc. Frank IL; mo ther,. Mrs. ' Wilamina Martinaen, 9241 NE Hoyt Street Portland. Steele, Pfc. Vestie G.; mother, Mrs. Bessie Steele, Lowell. V Wilson, Pvt Vinton J.; sister, Mrs. ' Harvey Smith, lone... . ... OPA spokesman said. However, ho estimated the new pricing sys tem would, allow an increase cf 1 to.la ents-a pound on rica- et IndcendfBt storso owdi.se;. 1 cent in chain stores; somo in crease in frozen fruits' and ve- tables in' chain stores'; a boot t cf abouM cent each for No. 2 cans of berries and. fruits (except pineapple, peaches, peas and juices). In"; chain stores; . and a slight chain-store increase ? in pickles and relishes. 't Chanres wi:i le "; mmd la : commonity - wiJe .cllars-and-cents ceilings .where necessary. ' to reflect: the changed mr St eps, bnt the eommsmJJy-v " s eelHng system wiU be ecnt!- J and extended into ctLer c'7.'.:t, OFA salJ. No change from rresent dealcj (Turn to Tage 2 Etcry I ) Dehyd Jap JO