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t i ' " 'V ii. c ill II ! I "I ; f Sit .Fri cunsct o Sst. tunrlzo 5:52 (Weather ca ra;t 7) i U ' . . . : i - - ( rcj::33D ICS! '-jr? . I,' was always skeptical when 1 read of the huzzas of the popu lace as the nazi horde rolled for ward in its c conquest ; of ' cities and 4 villages of Europe.: 1 Why should the people "applaud a ty rant like Hitler who came to en chain them? But when the orre spondents of a free press -write from Sicily that our soldiers have received a cordial welcome from Sicilians I accept their reports as true. Raymond Clapper, who ad mitted his previous skepticism on such matters, and who reached Palermo on - the heels of - the American' vanguard, writes: 1 went en from Palermo east as far as our artillery was at .'that time, and everywhere our 'croup " was ' cheered ; and : fruit - r was thrown to vs. I was hit in the face with a bunch of grapes -thrown as a friendly gesture -not as a missile. There was not 'an ugly Incident of any kind - - an the time I was there, mov ing about the, city and through the country and ' ihe villages. Obviously the people of : Sicily cared . about nothing except having the war over." That.is it, they have, a feeling of great relief that the war is over. They see the Americans not as conquerors but deliverers from the' nazi swastika and the fascist yoke. ; - To the peoples .of .Europe war fare is part of the pattern of liv ing. 1 For countless generations families have sent their, men off to.the wars. Sometimes it was in religious' wars-.T'hey-fought under the Maltese.; cross against the- in fidel, and under the Latin 'cross against the heretic. -They fought trader the barons in the feudal period, ' and under d ukti and princelings for the power and the glory of the ruling house. They , fought , for kings,, sometimes for royal whims, ; as did . the French f whose dying Louis XV Carlyle queried: "Do the .'five hundred thousand' souls who sank on so . many - battles from Rossbach. to - Quebec that thy harlot might take jrevenge lor , an epigram, crowo - round thee in this hour? Some times they fought for empire, for th , trade - routes over which the v.Wh vP th. wnrM wruilri flow. They fought in the red shirts of Garibaldi ' for . a unified Italy, in the black shirts of Mussolini and the brown shirts of Hitler for a new; ctder which io their hearts they despised. '" ,' i For centuries the families 1 of Europe have paid the tax of youth' for war as regularly as the salt tax or. : the chimney tax. So. the people of Sicily, , old and disillu sioned, hail an end of the current fighting; an end, of the ferocious bombing, which gave a destruc tion not -equaled since the venge ance of the conquerors - in the ; (Continued on Editorial Page) Tornado Kills Three in Indiana JEFFERSON, Ind., July A windstorm of tornadic propor tions wrought death and destruc tion tonight at the war-boom town of Charles town, 12 miles north of "here. , . i : " , Police Chief W. C Bates of New Albany reported at least three bodies were found amid the rub ,bler that at least 63 houses were .'damaged and 20 destroyed.. . ' IdentificaUon of the bodies was ot made Immediately. The storm struck info the busi ness section of Charelstown and at Pleasant Ridge federal hous .ina" project of some .700 units, of which about 120 are occupied, j ! ' The town's 5000 population was plunged into darkness as : power failed. Communications from Charlestown also were severed. Salem Area Infantile Infantile paralysis struck six ' times in the Salem district within the past week, leaving in its wake ene death, which may be attribu ted to it or to some other cause when results of post mortem ex aminations have been fully stud led, and one seriously ill young woman, member of a prominent Salem family. . No conclusions as to the cause of death of Ernest Tuchek, phar macist,' had been drawn Thursday yight, Dr. W. J. Stone, county health 1 officer, said,: but , declared evidence, strong that the swift moving paralysis had . been the chief factor. Tuchek died as a hos- rital here Tuesday following a rief illness. " Miss Betty Galloway, daughter of State Tax Commission Chair man and Mrs. Charles Galloway, ttricken Sunday at her home, is the most seriously ill of the five current cases. Stone said he under i tood she was reported slightly Improved Thursday. , " All of the ill have been isolat ed, but no source of the infection Y.Z3 been ; determined, the doctor taid. : : ' ' Three of the group are small cMl-ren, one in -West Salem, one T.r o HI ia r rocks and was Pardfa IHTZTY TIHSD YEAH yflmericam Of Messima B. Yaiilis Closing : In On Munda, Inch by Inch ? ' f c '-" -'v H" f ' ; ; ' -vVr r " Bombers Sink Second " Jap Destroyer in War . On Enemy Shipping ,.f ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST . PACDTIC, Friday; July , 30 -JPjr General Douglas " MacArthur announeed Friday thatl American troops have made, further advances on the Japanese air base" at Munda; New Georgia; ; and declared t the cam paign I against : that . strategic posi tion, in the central Solomons was progressing , satisfactorily and' ao cording to plan. : i;;v,;a-,'. The enemy's supply has been cut to the very bone by ceaseless-) pounding from the air and sea. said the commanding general of all allied forces in. the south and southwest Pacific. A: spokesman at Cfeneral Mac Arthur's headquarters said the new advance had carried the Americans to ' within 1 W0 "yards of the airdrome a gain of 200 yards since iTuesday. It " was a substantial advance, inasmuch as the Japanese -are defending stub bornly every inch against the at tacking soldiers and marines." MeanwhAe, further1:: details of an attack oiiJ4paaese shipping off ;CapeGIottcestetv New ; Brit ain, Wednesday 'a ri d Thursday, disclosed that a second enemy de stroyer had" been sunk by allied medium' bombers. .Another i de stroyer i and a transport, : which previously ' had been 1 reported burning fiercely after being at tacked by bombers, were beached. Two of 1 1 enemy fighters en deavoring to protect the convoy -were shot down," the communique said. The following morning our bombers again attacked' and de molished the grounded destroyer. The other vessel was observed beached and still burning and has become a wreck. "Escorting fighters shot down an enemy reconnaissance plane. The enemy's total loss amounted to two destroyers and one. trans port sunk or destroyed and three planes shot down." Salamaua, the large Japanese (Turn. to Page 2 -Story D) Flames Shoot High But Do No Damage, Flames leaping:, up sufficiently to cause aerioua alarm, but. re sulting in no damage, on the Ore gon Pulp Paper company saw mill property, were visible j from the business district about 10:30 pjn. Thursday. The fire, b brush near the sawmill dock, was ex tinguished by i the company's own fire: fighters, though city firemen responded to an alarm. Reports Six 'sis Cases brought to the home of his grand mother here, and one Salem child. They apparently have lighter cas es than the adults, it Is said, al though one young woman has re covered sufficiently to be moved out of Salem to her home in a nearby community. i , Usual symptoms of . Poliomye litis, headache, nausea and fever were missing in early stages of the disease with some patients here, Dr. Stone said, but pointed out that there are normal cases of . the disease here and that sucM symptoms ' should : be . reported to a physician immediately. ; t: ':: Both the national foundation for the prevention and cure of the dis ease and the state health depart ment have been notified of the presence of polio here, Or. Stone said. Their aid may be anticipated in preventing its further spread and in ' aiding those stricken to recover health, he declared. Although' both California .and Texas have had polio epidemics, Oregon,' with the exception of the portions of Marion and Polk coun ty lying in ' the Salem area, have been free from it , Best method -- of preventing spread of the disease. Dr. Stone said, is probably avoiding crowds. 14 PAGES aL?Miim VS Subs Sink Ten More J ap Car go Vessels 3 . I WASHINGTON, 5 July 29.-P) A m e r i e a a, submarines have sunk ten more Japanese mer chant ships and damaged four in their war of attrition against enemy sea power, the navy re porter today. The vessels destroyed inelud ed two large transports. The. 14 sueeessfol attacks raised , to 297; the number of Japanese war and merchant ships which have been reported 'successfully at tacked since the' war 'started." Included 'tn : the total are 210 hips sunk, 29 .probably sunk and SS damaged. , , ' While the navy communique, giving the latest reports on sab marine activities la the Padfle and China sea areas, contained no details of the operations, it was regarded here as - further evidence of the isectii of American strategy- ia ; reducing sharply Japan's ability to mala taia her far-flung .empire which Is dependent oa shipping for Its existence. - Layton Seeks Venue L Polk Peoole ITeld T Prejudiced; Threat Of Violence Gted DALLAS, July 29-Roy R. Hew itt , Salem attorney defending Richard Harry Layton . against - a charge of first degree murder in the rape slaying of. Ruth Hilde- brand, today moved for change of venue based upon an affidavit filed by : Layton's . mother, - Mrs. Mae S. 'Layton of Independence, jiThe affidavit claimed that in habitants' of Polk i county were prejudiced against the defendant, that the local press had distorted the facts and magnified the crime, that crowds have assembled near the jail and threatened. Layton and that prospective jurors have been intimidated and prejudiced. Hewitt asked that the case Te tried in Yamhill county. Judge E. .M. Page, Salem, pre siding ' in' the absence ; of Judge Artie ' G. - Walker, indicated that the change of venue 'hearing would be considered during the coming : week, possibly er- Mon day. - . Miss - Hildebrand's ' body was found fas the Willamette river above' Independence e a r 1 y in June, identified some days later. Layton was linked ' up with '; the ease' through investigations made by state police involving a stolen automobile : and ' disclosures, by other Polk county girls that while serving as V policeman In Mon mouth he " had made a practice of taking girls to their homes.: Layton, ; interrogated ' in the Washington county jail where he was serving a sentence for an un successful attempt at criminal as sault, signed' a ' statement admit ting that he had caused the Hilde brand girl's death by hitting her in the face with the result that she fell into the river. AAA" Committeemen Free Again to. Use . Press and Radio WASHINGTON. Julr 29 -UPS- Acting on protests from congress men, the agricultural adjustment agency today withdrew-regula-tlbns issued last week prohibiting Its 200.000 state and local fanner committeemen from distributing AAA jnxormauon to the press and radio. ' i:;,-,.,: The regulations were based ur-" on. a provision of the recently enacted agriculture department supply biU prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay salaries and expenses of regional, state ' and local press agents. t v;- : r The department solicitor, in a memora ndum interpreting the congressional provision, . had ad vised the AAA to instruct its committeemen and field workers to retrain ; from distributing In formation - and -from making rpeeches ' in behalf of' the AAA Chang or its arc? programs. ' -" v ' : 1 i Salem. Oregon, Tillzr? or.B Crack Core Allied Cains Threaten Two Nazis Cut Off From ; Reinforcing Central : Area in Sicily Battle v , ' By - RELMAN MORIN - ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA," July 29 -P) American ' and : Canadian - troops have cracked ' the 'mountainous core of the Messina bridgehead to raise ; hopes tonight of a quick conquest of northeastern Sicily. ? In a swift 12-mile overnight ad vance' the Americans-captured the inland road junction of Nicosia at the base of the axis triangle, and the Canadians overran' the village of Agira, seven miles to the south east,' is a race for "the western side-of Mount Etna.---.. - The seizure of the two towns at Stefano Di Camastro on , the Tyrrhenian sea, and the eastern anchor at Catania on the' Ionian sea. ; ; ,.-. . ":': : .: ' , 'f: (In Washington, Undersecretary of War Patterson said : the final conquest of Sicily was "a matter of days.") . The two seizures were described as the most important strategical development of the past week for they ; cut direct . communications between the two axis flanks and threatened' to cause a general ' Ger-. man Withdrawal from the'tTatarua area: where' the,BTmslfEighta"i army : long nas . oeen : uea aown in trench warfare." " j : Fifty miles ahead of theAmer icansunder'Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr, is Taromlna, eastern coast f city midway ' between Ca tania ; and Messina. The Seventh army; column : is beyond ' Nicosia tonight, striking for. the interme diate points of Troina and Ran dazzo above Mount " Etna : ; f It is estimated that 40,000 Ger mans are spread between Catania and the . north : coast . along , the Mount Etna foothills. The capture of Nicosia and . Agira, however. deprived them -of means , to rush reinforcements into the central area except for circuitous coastal roads running through Messina at the . northeastern tip - of their bridgehead. . . The break-through . came just when reinforced German divisions had been digging in for siege, utilizing the natural 'mountainous defense.; vv ' : But General Patton and his corps commander, Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, are old hands at moun tain fighting, since they- walloped . (Turn to Page Z Story, B) essmen Rap Domestic. PoKcyof FR PORTLAND, July 29--Four members of Oregon's all-republican congressional -delegation slapped at the - administration's home front policies Thursday. Meeting . with the Oregon re publican club's Multnomah chap ter. Sen. Rufus Holman and Reps. Harris Ellsworth, Lowell Stock man j and Homer Angell agreed that the handling of the war fronts Is excellent . but were united in charges of - mismanagement at homei'':;::i" . ".uinV s..--, .' f Holman said the home front sit uation la so critical that "this is no time for a man to weigh his acts in terms of future elections." Angell said domestic 'agencies showed confusion, lack ; of . coor dination 1 and - administrative in ability. This, he said. Is respon sible for the small movement of livestock, into yards. Ellsworth said I have 'yet to hear any criticism of the handling of the war, and I have yet to hear anything but criticism in regard to operations on the home front,.: There is 'nothing wrong in the whole United States that we cant correct: by good : election next year.". - ., : . i Stockman - said he was certain President Roosevelt would seek a fourth term. -M '. . :-: : AH four praised each - other's work In congress and also that of Sen. Charles L. McNary and Rep. James W.-Mott, who did not at tend the meeting. AxisFlanlis Gonffr . . . c Morning, July C3, 1S3 Six Miles -- Nazis Bringing Aid From France,- Lose 3000 in One Dar LONDON, Friday, July. Z0(JF) German units from as far as France and - Germany rushed into' the threatened Orel sector of the Russian front today as the fcrmidable Red artillery pound ed . the drenched countryside and - Russian cavalry charged throughl the mud to batter the weary German - defenders, ' who were pushed . back six miles -and pried from 40 villages. The Soviet midnight communi que giving these new details said the Germans were snatching re inforcements from every available front in their determination to pre vent a major debacle at Orel, a keystone - in the entire German defenses, ; -: ' . .-. r :. : : -. The cMumuiqic descrfbed them as fmareh battalions," a , Garauui expression - meaning - troops hurriedly , organized and . sent; to the front before ceas-- pleting their fuU training. ; . More than 3000 Germans were killed in the Orel fighting yester day as the battle burned brightly despite the rain and muck that sent , , troops . floundering and splashing . in attack and counter attack. .. ... . . , One Red army cavalry unit smashed -through, weary German defenders at three strongly forti fied places north of OreL The Ger mans ran, leaving . behind them iSXioeeirldead.,. comrade and large quantities of "arms, the com munique,' recorded by the Soviet monitor,' said. ; : . "- :; In v another sctor. ' a- regiment of German infantry, supported by thirty tanks, made two attempts to counterattack. They were met by a hail of Soviet fire and gave up .their' attempt after ten Ger man tanks were disabled or burnt out and a battalion of men lay dead. ' : - , South of Orel the Russians took to the offensive again and hi one sector-' 1500 Germans were killed as the Red troops moved on. In another sector7 the Germans took cover behind a water barrier and , (Turn to Page 1 Story- CJ S Kffl 20 Men EL PASO, Tex, July 29(-Two four-engined bombers from Biggs field crashed, within a few hours Wednesday killing twenty . of - the 21" men aboard, the public rela tions office announced today, " " Nine aimy crewmen died in the crash of a bomber; 15 miles, east of Belen, NM, and 11-men- were killed when their ship - fen- ten miles - north of Biggs field. One crewman, Sgt. John Tachaima, Forest City, Pa4 escaped with se vere burns. Among the dead from the north west were tSaff Sgt. Charles L. Randall, deelum, - Wash. " Staff Sgt. John F. Lynes, Great Falls, Mont and Lieut Clarence W. Digh, Walla Walla. Bombar-Dear? 1 L , '- Bishop Photo- '::''; - - : Do yon know her? Look weTL This Is Eunice Krenx, 23 North Church street, who may be ZUss Eombar-Cear, wisner ' cf prize ; and honors in the compeI&n : which dally draws fearpy,"'viva : clscs yocrx'.wcraea ts Elshsp's studio, where oXrici-1 entries are made. . : . :. (Details cf contest on pace, 7) Near Ore! ;A A .' ; (TT"- : . -.a Badoglio Admits Peace Aim - w 1 ' y." .,. i t - .... . . v . . , " i - - T :.: Prime Minister Pietro Badoglio, right, successor; to Benito Mussollal as head of the Italian goverasaent. aeeordiaa to as Italian, frostier dispatch, has -been forced te yield a point by announcing that the . new government's aim was peace. But.tt must be a peace which .-. allows Italy to' remain anoccupled,' the . dispatch said, tnUmatg - that Gen-Dwigbt D. Elsenhower's ansouneed teres were te harsh. - rrevleaaly Badoglio had, declared It; ' 7 would eosue J.LtLag AP Telemat--.t r J. j.. - Fascist Legislature Is . Dissolved by Badoglio Italian and German Troops in Istria to t Quell Revolt; Peace Clamor Nears : Revolution-Stage in Several Gties LONDON, jfuly 29-VPhrremier . Marshal Pietro Badoglio dis solved the fascist-packed Italiait by force of armr to still domestic battles or a suit for peace.- BotH German and-Italian troops were dispatched to. Frame and Trieste to 'combat separatist demonstrations among the 600,000 's SpeecH CaUedPoUtics Critics Say President. '-. -' EiJIin ' iovSoldierv i 4 Vqte for Fourth Term , WASHI NQTON, fuly. 29-iPI Harrison. K Spanker, chairman, -of the- republican., national - commit tee, declared -today that President Roosevelt's speech last night was the beginning "of Mhis' campaign for a fourth and perhaps continu ing term . .,. -. a bold bid for the: vote of our soldiers and sail ors who are risking incur uves for frdnmL. . , V : , . -vA""-, Spangler made a formal demand on the office of war Information (OWI) and the war and navy de partments that statements by re publican congress, membera and others, . commenting, on the. apo litical implications" of the speech, be distributed to the armed forces through army newspapers, ships' bulletins" and- other ' channels. :,. .? On Capitol HI1L several ; con gress ' members sua mt.-lioose-velt sounded like a' fourth term candidate, while backers of the president denied that any political considerations were Involved In the rpeech,: v v".;'V.--v " ,. Senators Smith : (D-SC) and Taft (R-OMo) told reporters, that LIr. Roosevelt's outline of a series of government benefits proposed (Turn to Prge 2 Story G) 1 Army Fliers T7in Far-East : Siedals ' WASHINGTON July ZlhW The" war -department announced today the names c-f 10 Pacific northwest menbers of the army's Teiith air force awarded air med als "for cperati onal or comt ?. t missions or fcclh" ia India, Eanr 3. and CSina; r .:" . The one Oregon award went to Staff rrt Robert A. Carrier cf Vale. Pile la (BCl. ' - v :: .."-:-- " legislature today and sought tumult preparatory, to climactic :1 .:,".- Croats and Slovenes "of ' Istria, Swiss dispatches said. ' The fall of the chamber of Fasd and Corporations the legislative Instrument set up by Benito Mus solini after the old chamber of deputies was dissolved - Dec. , 14, 1931 was announced- by the Rome radio, which said King Vittorie Znanuele III approved.' ' ' " . "A' new chamber of. deputies will be elected within four months (Turn to Page- 2 Story K) - T r By RALPH C. CURTIS 7 It's, hot too late f of Salem to acquire substantial war industries In addition to those already here. J? On the contrary, right now. a highly desirable war industry em ploying several hundreds of work ers would -move in if a suitable building could be acquired. The request is for 30,000 square feet of floor space, but the industry miht settle tor' less. And since there; are ' other "live" prospects for" new war ' industries, ' anyone who - has available r a ' building suitable -for industrial purposes is advised to communicate that fact to Clay Cochran,- business exten sion manager of the Salem cham ber of commerce, -i; -7 1 Though expansion 'of war plant seems to be slowing down, the "decentralization' advocated from the start is now. proceeding' and it is this iA r e n d : which makes modest-sized: plants'; installation possible now in cities, situated somewhat; as Salem . is. For ex ample the Boeing company was reported -Thursday to" have near ly completed negotiations ior in-" stsHing a branch plant - in ' Che halis, Wash.,' where it had asked registration , of 12SD. prospective employees.", i "t , To what extent Salem - might under the current labor freeze" supply workers fcr industries Additional ep- ssw a m?r a Ojufeir -Jls FIT : n - : ' s. :". '. . . " Eisenliower Proposal Is 'Carthagenian' Says Rome Radio , By the Associated Press " The Rome radio, in an Eng lish language broadcast appar ently directed at the allies, took the line Friday that the allies were demanding too drastic terms, for peace - perhaps a bargaining - attempt to soften allied demands. Thie f broadcast . complained that Great Britain wants a "Car thagenian peace" that is, a peace which would completely wipe out the defeated - and said "Great Britain is fighting against Italy with' the aim of not only eliminat ing but also of destroying Italy as a vital, . progressive and history making nation." "Great Britain wants to pen us up with limited frontiers, pen) up more than 48.000.CC3 Italians with the Intent of strangling them politically and economically. The broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press, continued: ' "After such a peace, as sir. Churchia says, Italy wIU be al lowed '. to 'resume hir place . among the Earopeaa states. ' Perhaps the British prime mla- Ister meant a place la a prison -celL . ' ' f Again we note that fascism was a sham target of X..liolk guiis. The truth Is that the real target is the Italian nation. ' The broadcast made the first reference heard from Rome radio to Benito Mussolini since his re- - (Turn to Page 2 Story A) - North) Italy Is Bomber Target Kiel U-Boat Base, Aircraft Factory at t -Warnemnende Hit : ' LONDON, Friday, July SO.-f) British-based bombers swept eastward across the English chan nel late last nirht and Reuter reported that alerts had sounded later in the Laguno area in Switz erland,' suggesting that targets in northern Italy were under attack. Heavy German troop move ments have recently been report ed in .northern Italy. Strong, formations of 1 Firings Fortresses hacking their way through, nazi fighter, packs deep inside Germany earlier-Thursday, rained explosives on the; Kiel (Turn to Page 2 Story !") War strv transferred here. Is a diflcult and also a pertinent question. Work ers now commuting ta other war industry centers naturally would prefer jobs in their home city, but obtaining releases might be another matter.' j The request of Dallas city offi cials for the state post-war re adjustment and developm en t commission's a I d ' in obtaining authorization for construction cf ICQ additional bouses, reported Thursday by the commission's ex ecutive secretary, . is a reminder of a similar difficulty here. Hous ing in Salem Is at least as scarce just now as it has been at any time. However, if the need were shown Salem would be in as good position as. other valley cities to obtain authority for new construc tion, since it would entail less difficulty in providing necessary subsidiary services. . - ,The Dallas request was accom panied by information that an in dustry there which contracts for Liberty ship, engines wants to em ploy 1C3 additional men providing housing facilities are made avail able; and - that five loin com panies, furnishing 3 per cent cf their output to the federal govern ment, are operating In or tribu tary to Dallas. The city also is asking that the state hf-hway- de partment repair streets darnacd by locng trucks.