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Salem. Orecon, Sunday Morning, August 8. IS43
IMce Za
No. IIS
IT SEEMS TO ME that the ar
ticle in the August number , of
,The Christian ; Herald", "You
;Gave Me; Wings" will be of in
tense interest in those homes
'where cases of poliomyelitis (in-
fantile paralysis) have devel
oped. This article reveiws the life
f and the work of Sister Elizabeth
(Kenny, the Australian "bush"
i nurse, - whose - methods of ' treat-
: merit have . met with success in
? hundreds of cases, particularly, of
-; children.' Hers is not a cure; it is
not a preventive. Hers is a treat
- merit to relieve the' pain and to
-.jt relieve .the paralysis which often
leaves victims of the disease
crippled .for life.
t A trained nurse who was born
- and reared in the bush country of
i Australia, Sister Kenny (she gets
, the title of "Sister" because she
- is a member of the Sisterhood of
. Presbyterians) f. developed her
' method of treatment out of Ig
, norance of what to do. Called to
: nurse a child in a farmer's hut, she
", telephoned the nearest doctor, 40
: miles away, and described the
f child's symptoms. He replied that
they indicated infantile paralysis,
- and told her to use her best judg-
. ment in handling the case. At
that time, which was prior to
world war I, 'i the conventional
. treatment was immobilization and
' rest, encasing affected areas . in
' splints or casts. - Sister Kenny
didn't know this; so she applied
hot packs, and prayed with the
parents for God's help. She kept
urewg the children (four cases
had developed) to keep exerds-
i : ing their legs and arms. The Her
ald article quotes her:
"There was little Daphne. We
had grown to be great friends;
she would move her little legs, as
I talked to her about kangaroo
hunting. 'We can't do it any more
unless you help me, ' Daphne, I
kept telling her. 'Move those legs,
up, down, back and forth; keep
moving them. Youll outrun those
kangaroos.
"About the fourth . day I no
ticed . improvement This treat
ment, I found, sometimes cut the
siege of pain down to that. length
f thnt.";
Her unorthodox treatment at-
tracted attention and drew scoffing
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Admiral Talks
Glob e Strategy:
Key to Final Victory i
Over Japan Lies in
China, Says Naval Chief
' By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER f
WASHINGTON, August 7 -JP)
. In an extraordinary interview on
allied global strategy. Admiral Y.r
nest J. King Saturday forecast
powerful and crippling "stabsJ at
strategic Japanese positions in the
Pacific, but indicated the key to
final victory over Japan lies in
China. ' '"'J' -VT " ;
The sprawling, populous but al
most isolated Asiatic ally must be
kept in the war, the admiral said,
.." for it occupies in respect taj Japan
a vital place analagous to that held
by Russia in respect to Germany.
"You can imagine what the sit
: nation would be if China were out
of the war," the admiral declared.
Of Russia, he said that "boiled
down to its simplest terms, and
oversimplified, the grand strategy
I ef war in Europe is that Russia has
the geographical position and the
manpower that is paramount inJ
regard to Germany.
"In order to take advantage of
that basic fact, he continued, "two
things follow. We must- get into
Russia all the munitions, we can
possibly get in there to implement
that manpower and exploit that
position It further follows that
.the allies are bound to exert every
1 possible effort to " divert German,
. forces from the Russian front so
that the Russians can do even bet
ter. - He did not touch on what has to
- be done in order to keep China in
. the war, although he noted that
"it is all too apparent what the
difficulties are in getting supplies
to China." (The method most fre
quently speculated on is' the
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tThis Is the Army9
Premiere Here Aug. 18
Opportunity to witness. the pre
miere of Irving Berlin's "This Is
the Army," technicolor ' version,
and at the same time to contrib
ute substantially to the Army
Emergency Relief, is to be offer
ed residents of Salem and vicinity
on , the night, of Wednesday, Aug
ust 18, it was announced Satur
day by Gene Vandeneynde, chair
man of the civilian committee on
arrangements. J--" "r"-t - r:,h --f- -r-There
will be -but the single
Showing of the picture in Salem
ct this time, at the Elsinore, Van
deneynde announced, and there
will be an; advance sale of re
served seats. All ' proceeds above
the - theatre's bare expenses will
o to Army. Emergency Relief, the
trmy's own welfare fund util'-'-d
for aiding soldiers' families in
crises the solution of which in
Kii:
mOdor
(me Ai:
.t
But Snell Proposal f
Happy Solution "
In Two Respects .
By RALPH C. CURTIS
Instability of Oregon's present
method of providing funds for
old age assistance and public
welfare primarily out of prb
fits from the state's hard liquor
.monopoly and proceeds from the
sale of liquor permits, , wine and
beer, licensesis pointed out . In
Gov. Snail's announcement on Sat
urday, confirming earlier hints,
that he will ask the 1945 legisla
ture to change the.. system. ; .. i
But there is at least one other
compelling consideration. It might
be labeled "political. Not that
the governor had anything up his
sleeve; for in announcing his in
tention to make such recommen
dation he said:
"The present contingency plan
with its lack of stability not only
causes considerable confusion and
apprehension" but, in my . opinion.
is not the . desirable method of
meeting our obligation to Oregon's
senior citizens. ,
There it is the liquor breath
that I adheres to eld ace assist
ance payments. Doubtless the
governor has received, as this
' newspaper has received, '
aaeroos letters 1 from citixens
not all of them beneficiaries
deploring the source of these
benefits.
. - And the governor brought it on
by falling into the same error as
his next-to-last predecessor,
Charles H. Martin, of mentioning
back! east something or other
about the necessity of drinking, or
of maintaining the hard liquor
supply, "so the old folks may eat
As an ' ex-newspaperman. Snell
should have remembered that the
farther; from home a man is, the
bigger news his remarks v
Even so, J!&e1iquoSr .breath : on
the; benefit checks is nothing new,
nor is resentment against it; and
a change is desirable.
On the ether hand there are
' certaia. hard facto to be faced.
' Got, Snell said the chanse be
proposes ; may be accomplished
without moeh . modification or
alteration of the laws or of the
liquor control act's administra
tion. :
"In r meeting fixed budgetary
amounts taxes would be exactly
the same in the use of either
method," his statement concluded.
True enough. . -
! But when the 1 egislature
meets, its ways and means .com
mittee fusses principally with in
numerable items which in the ag
gregate make up the -"general
fund' requirements. Their sum
for the current biennium was less
than S23.00O.O0O. That takes care
of all the expenses of what used
to be recognized as "government."
In contrast, 5 the legislature ap
proved almost without debate last
spring an item of more than $30,
000,000 for "public welfare com-
nusson.
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Stolen Babe's
Mother Home
ALBANY, Ore Aug. 7
Mrs. W. B. Gurney was sufficient
ly improved Saturday that she
was released from a hospital five
days after her newborn daughter
mysteriously disappeared from a
hospital crib.
Police said they were no nearer
solution of the case, although they
were receiving numerous tips from
the whole west coast from persons
who suspected they had sighted a
kidnaper. All tips have proved
groundless, police said. ,
most , cases contributes greatly ,to
soldier morale. :; s
The motim picture: version of
the riotous stage show; with' its
original, cast - augmented, by stars
of radio and screen, was produced
by Warner Brothers for tho army,
which is to receive all profits
from its showings.. Simultaneous
gala premieres" are planned
throughout the - United States.
Cities in Oregon which, will have
premieres ; include Salem, Port
land, Corvallis, Astoria, Eugene,
Medlord and Bend. ; - : - -.
Full army cooperatiori, headed
up locally by a committee of which
Col. A. H. Stackpole is chairman,
promises some entertainment fea
tures in addition to the motion
picture program. Further- an
nouncement as to the advance
ticket sale will be made shortly.
'Political Discussion9
Berlin Report Revives
tion
OusY? J Hitler Is Possibility Viewed r
Byofr Alers; Peace Clamor Is Reported
LO 4 August 7-(P-Amid widespread speculation; that
someu- vtig was about to happen in Germany perhaps a mili
tary coup to replace Adolf Hitler with some army veteran- Ger
man broadcasts reported today that an important military , and
political meeting had been in progress at the fuehrer's headquar
ters. -
Both the German International Information bureau, a propa
a. -
Oyster Co-op
Is Organized
: Purpose' Is Raising
"-Seed, Net Selling,
Statement Says
Articles of association of The
Oyster Growers Service : associa
tion were filed Saturday ; at the
state capitol . under the law gov
erning organization of coopera
tives, by Kenneth N. Hay of Eu
gene, Edward Nowak of Salem,
Carl F. Gregg of Amity, Glenn
DeHaven and Abraham G. Rempel
of Dallas, -t.-: - ' w f,
A . statement issued in connec
tion with the filing explained that
the association plans to set up an
oystery seedery in Willipa bay to
operate cooperatively 1 for ' the
catching of oyster spat to seed "the
beds In all the bays that grow the
Pacific oyster." contending that
this venture will produce ; better
and earlier seed, cut the cost - of
seeding and also shorten the grow
ing time of the oysters, i ;
The statement explains ..that the
five men who filed the articles of
association were selected by ap
proximately 150 oyster growers in
Oregon and Washington as an "or
ganization board." Three of the
five are among defendants named
in a siut filed last week by the
Coos Bay Farmers ; cooperative,
asking damages for alleged inter
ference with the cooperative's ac
tivities, f The- complaint i charged
that the 12 defendants had sought
to Induce members of the cooper
ative to breach their - marketing
contracts. . I .
V The new association's statement
points out that it is "a production
service cooperative : to- solve all
problems of producing. It is not a
marketing i cooperative v .: . --; and
does pot compete with any of the
activities of the marketing co
operatives now existing." -
Poison Source
Under Probe
Identity of organisms ' which
poisoned a number of persons in
Ine county early last week had
not been determined definitely on
Saturday, state agriculture depart
ment officials said. The source of
the poisoning apparently was in
a cream filling for pies. 'I
: Analyses are being made in the
agricultural department' labora
tory in Salem, at a Eugene lab
oratory and at the university of
Oregon medical school laboratory
in Portland. -'
: A. W, Metzger and J. D. Pat
terson, both connected with the
state agricultural division, spent
Friday assisting, the Lane county
officials in their investigations."
Officials said there was no indi
cation of . anything irregular re
garding the ingredients used in
making the pies. ' ?
FBI Arrests
Colombian
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -&)-A
35-year-old South . American
employed by the office of the co
ordinator of inter-American . af
fairs was arrested Saturday on
charges of espionage.
The accused is Roberto Lanas
CallecHla, a native of Cali, Col
ombia, who worked for the inter
American bureau, as - a foreign
language translator.. ' - . : 1 .
J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the federal bureau of investigation
whose agents made the arrest, said
that Lanas admitted he had writ
ten - three letters In secret Ink
transmitting information concern
ing the national defense efforts of
the United' States.
Horror of War
Hits Silvertbh
KILVERTON, Aug. 7 "Crit
kal" described the situation fac
ing women here Saturday who.
were bent f upon -: beantlfying
themselves for the weekend. No
beauty shops were open. "
. One shop has made Saturday '
a holiday, another Is closed
while the operator snd owner
take a vacation and at the third
shop the proprietress was IU.
Shakeup
on
ganda agency, and DNB, official
news 'agency, v broadcast that it
was "understood in, Berlin that a
number 8f important . discussions
of "a military and political nature
have taken place in the fuehrer's
headquarters the last few days."-
Attending the' i meetings, . the
broadcasts reported, were all the
top men in the nazi party as well
as the commanders in chief, of, the
army, navy and air force and the
Japanese ambassador, Hiroshi
Oshima. There was no mention of
an Italian representative.
This Indication that a ; major
decision of some kind had been
or would be made soon , by the
Germans came on a. day when a
traveler just returned ' to Switz
erland frorn, Germany was report
ed to have told "persistent" rumors
that a military dictatorship might
be set up in Germany in Septem
ber. V.r
f- The' i Swiss ' newspaper - Neue
Zuercher Nachrichten quoted the
unidentified traveler ; as saying
that a cleft had developed among
thinking German people, one group
eager to see the war end and the
other wishing to hold out to avoid
"unpredictable disaster." :
The traveler was quoted as say
ing he was bombarded with the
question "When will the war end?
; Piling up the signs of unrest
within axis Europe, the French
committee of .national liberation
announced in Algiers that hand-to-hand
fighting ' has broken out
in Paris between the French peo
ple and German soldiers and that
the. nazis had set up machine
guns at street intersections. .
- Thau Swiss newspaper : Journal
de Geneva reported that German
troops Were replacing withdrawing
Italian units in southeastern and
southern France and that the Ger
mans were steadily strengthening
their positions in northern Italy.
: Reuters, British news service,
quoted arrivals in Zurich, Switzer
land, from Berlin as saying the
capital's authorities were at their
"wits end to control a mass stam
pede from the city" in fear of al
lied bombing. I; , :'; . :.i f
Propaganda Minister Paul Jo
seph Goebbels admitted yesterday
in a statement broadcast by the
German radio that - nonessential
civilians were being removed from
Berlin. , s
Kiska Silence
Week Old
WASHINGTON, August 7 W)
A week of silence has cloaked the
military situation in the north Pa
cific where the Japanese hold
powerful positions on Kiska Is
land.' The last navy communique on
Kiska was issued July 31, report
ing a naval bombardment .and a
light air attack on enemy posi
tions. ; '
There was no explanation in of
ficial quarters here for the pro
longed silence. ' .
Avalanche at Ml Hood :
HOOD RIVER, Aug. 7-)-The
heaviest avalanche- - which has
swept - down Mount Hood's north
slope In several years cleaned all
the snow this week from the steep
cliffs above Eliot glacier. :
Judge and Bombar-Dear Entry
'4
Not a judge's tUck robe, but the khaki of a flight officer Is worn by
LL R. E. Turner, one of the board of Salem alrbase Judges in the
Miss Bombar-Dear competition which is to be concluded with an-
.'nouncement of the winners Tuesday night. Lt. Turner, who comes
from Oklahoma, left college to er'-r the air force, played football
before deciding to become a junior birgsman, and when the war
IS over he expects ta become, a rancher, Margaret Huntley, 1ISS
North 16th street, of the winning smile, is one of the entries
la the contest..
Russians "
Drive Oil
Jtkharkov
Moscow Says Great
Industrial City to Fall
Quicker Than Orel .
By JAMES M. LONG
" . LONDON, Sunday, August 8
CP)-Ilussian troops converging
swiftly on German-held railway
and industrial center of Khar
kov gained nine miles yesterday
and captured 70 villages and
towns including Graivoron.45
miles to the northwest, a Soviet
communique - announced early
Sunday. ,
.Russian units were within 25
miles of the city, smashing along
the railway from Belgorod to the
north, ' Moscow dispatches said,
and the German radio said an
other threat to the prize' base had
developed at Chugue v, 25 miles
to the southeast, ' where another
Russian army had come over to
the offensive. The Germans ac
knowledged Russian gains in this
new drive... -.v. 7"
: : Soviet bombers and swarms of
fighters, participated in the big
push which also endangered Bry
ansk : at the northern end of a
300-mile front. ' The - bombers
blasted enemy, railway trains : at
both Kharkov and Bryansk ahead
of the racing ground troops.
Moscow dispatches said Khar
kov was considered likely to
fan ! more quickly than Orel .
which was taken at the end of
a month's heavy fixhtinr. "
Moving down from Belgorod, the
red troops slashed into Polbixa,
37 miles north of Kharkov on the
main Kharkov-Belgorod railway.
Eleven miles to : the west of this
railway the Russians captured
Udi, which is Id miles north of
Kharkov, j ? s , - ;
Already in possession of Zolo
chev, 25 miles northwest of the
Ukrainian industrial center, the
Russians - widened their grip en
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Veteran Gets
Another Shot
WASHINGTON, Aug. t-iJPf-K
short, stocky, retired fighting man
who battled through the jungles
of the Philippine islands many
years before the Japanese came,
apparently has had another chance
to fight for his beloved islands.
It-was eight years ago that Lt.
CoL Hugh Straughn retired after
30 years of service with the army,
principally ' as an officer of the
Philippine scouts.
Today, from the Tokyo radio,
came word that a "Lt CoL. Hugh
Strong had been captured while
leading guerilla fighters on the
island of Luzon ! picking off one
by one the Nipponese invaders
who have swarmed over the Phil
ippines. - , ::; ;. ;;r:-:
There's apparently little, doubt
that it was "Daddy" Straughn, as
the 61-year-old ? veteran wa s
known to many old timers in the
scouts.-
Free-Lance Author
To Teach at Linfield
McMINNVILLE, Aug. 7
Victoria Case, free-lance author,
will teach . feature writing this
year at Linfield college, President
Harry L. Dillin announced Sat
urday. t
Dillin, Just back from a 10,000
mile tour,' said that Linfield has
added six new courses, recom
mended by the United States of
fice of education
1
f
t
Domain Grozi
11 '
Occupational Governor; of Sicily Is
v the title of Wesley A. Storges,
former law ' professor at ' Tale.
Designated by tho US sUto de
partment I as - over-all director.
he wQl tako ' aver ? as ' soon t
- Umj American eeonemle pro-
is pat into order.
Talk Wallace
For New Post
Food Output, Price
Control, Rationing. - -Combine
Proposed '
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7-P)-A
campaign to make Vice President
Wallace head of a proposed new
food production, price control and
rationing agency has been, launch
ed, D.' C Speaker, said today, by
some groups in agriculture i who
describe themselves as the "lib
erals In their field. w;:;-
The agency would supplant, the
war. food; administration (WFA)
and the office of price adminis
tration, and Speaker, the mythical
unofficial - authority, cited espec
tally these lines in the latest issue
of JSpade,".. an agricultural, publi
cation having support among ad
vocates of the agricultural adjust
ment agency and circulating
among local AAA committeemen:
On the theory that Marvin Jones
didn't want to be food adminis
trator and was talked into it on
the basis of a temporary receiver
ship,' : there's ; much : speculation
over who may succeed. him as top
man if FDR proclaims a new
combined 4 food-processing-ration-;
ing-pricing outfit to take the wind
out of opposition sails. .1
"All things, considered, the big
gest bet is Henry Wallace. Rumors
persist that FDR will call on him
to take over general direction of
food. 1 --. r
Particularly , active in the We-want-Wallace
move are several
former officials of the agricultural
adjustment agency, Speaker said.
This is the bureau which Wallace,
as secretary of agriculture during
the early days of the Roosevelt
administration, helped create to
adjust farm production to avail
able markets. '
Reports have reached Washing
ton - that many , local ; AAA ' com
mitteemen likewise are talking of
Wallace as a possible new food
boss." . . . . .'.-'
', "This campaign .for the .former
cabinet . member bobs up . amidst
signs 'of significant changes , in
agriculture changes which , are
not .to the liking of advocates of
the AAA set-up," Speaker said. '
RAE Bombers
LONDON, ' Sunday, ' Aug.
RAF.' bombers' were '"over" Italy
Saturday night, it was announced
authoritatively early Sunday.
: The specific, target of the night
raiders was not" immediately dis
closed, V nor was any indication
given of the size of the force.
(An earlier dispatch from Lu
gano, Switzerland, said a heavy
bombing in Italian Lombardy in
the - direction of . Milan :. began
shortly after midnight. Milan is
approximately, 40 miles' from Lu
gano.) M t t ' ".
Tea Garden "Fire ST: r:-
The . orders of, several early
morning diners at the r Chinese
Tea Garden, 1C2& North : Com
mercial street, were not served.
Fire which Yee 'Sing;:-proprietor,
said was caused by the overheat
ing of an oil stove Cue resulted
in considerable -damage .to the
kitchen snd made it necessary for
patrons to depart in orderly fash
ion. The flames penetrated the
roof and were visible above the
building: for a short time before
they, were quenched by city fire
men.' The Cre was reported about
12:45-" ajn. No ; estimate cf the
damage was available half an
hour later.'
ITT
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Junction of Retreating
German Armored Divisions
Threatened by
By DANIEL
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, August 7-()
US troops in Sicily have seized Troina, threatening to split nazi
forces in half, and British units squeezing up from the southwest
have taken Biancavilla from Italians running up the white flaj
of surrender,headquarters and field reports announced Saturday.
. These two important strategic victories on the central sector
narrowed the Sicilian front to only" 43 miles in width, and the al
lied bag of prisoners soared to 129,000. , i
(The Morocco radio said an entire Italian coast guard battalian
surrendered to the allies Saturday.
-Routed from their '. mile-high
fastnesses in Troina by American
guns, bayonets and bombs, rem
nants of the German 29th motor
ized division fled toward the Mes
sina straits : tonight in the closing
phase of the Sicilian campaign. :
Maj. Gen. .Terry-Allen's First
division veterans, who scaled the
last rocky heights to Troina and
crushed surviving Germans with
rifle butt and bayonet, 'disjoint
ed"' the German line and Ameri
can troops "are threatening to
prevent the junction of the Ger
man" 15th armored and Hermann
Goering divisions retreating to
the east coast, headquarters an
nounced. :2:t$-:--
- British -a rmtred . colanms ,
moved ' forward o v e r mined
rtsd t . and past; - blown - ap
" bridges In placer sweeps tn twa
' directions a r e n d the dasty
foot of ML Etna, taking In the
bomb-dased Italian garrison at
Biancavilla IS miles northwest
!:af CaUala.----v"
Gen. Sir Bernard L.' Montgom
ery's Canadian and British' ad
vance guardswere throwing back
the 15th and -Goering divisions in
to a possible1 trap if the Ameri
cans succeeded in reaching Bronte
or-Randazzo on the circular" ML
Etna road! .before the enemy's
withdrawal 1 to ' the Messina area
is completed.-
Under a blazing night and day
attack,-both-sides of the Straits
of Messina ''were : littered with
wrecked boats, craft which might
have been used for a nazi Dun
kerque. i ;
The , Americans ' were meeting
"stiffening resistance, the com
munique said, adding that "in the
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Strike Ballot
WASHINGTON, : A ug T-(tP
CIO President Philip Murray
asked today that President Roose
velt instruct Attorney General
Biddle to reconsider a decision
that any group of employes, how
ever small, may secure -a strike
ballot In a planL ?v ; ' i
In, a letter to the presidenL
Murray declared ? that the result
of ' the . attorney general's decision
is sheer chaos, demonstrated a
complete sense of irresponsibility
and. "could not , possibly reflect
the intent of congress" when it
approved the Connally-Smith acL
This law directs that the na
tional labor relations board take
a strike vote within 30 days after
a labor dispute, which may lead
to a. strike, arises in a war plant.
The - attorney general's decision
was . In connection with - the case
of , two Springfield, 111, plants of
the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing
company where last! Wednesday a
majority of employes voted for a
strike. . ; s.M :-..J
SHouMRul
A military governmenL with
Maj. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright
In "command and the military
forces now prisoners in Japan and
Japanese-held lands, should rule
Japan in years immediately fol
lowing the war, James R. Young,
foreign correspondent and author
of "Behind the Rising Sun, de
clared In Salem on Saturday. -The
statement was made to approximately-
1500 persons who
gathered at Victoi-y center for the
7 p, m. bond-selling program and
In an interview over KSLM; Sat
urday '. afternoon. : .-7. , - -" ! . s i
" Asked, by Charles Av Sprague,
Statesman publisher, if there is
today in Japan a party capable of
conducting a fi v 1 1 government
when the military has been de
posed. Young said emphatically
that hopes of existence cf such a
Sought
TD) ' 0 - v
tfTl
US Troops ;
DE LUCE
Jap Warsliips
Are Destroyed
In Solomons
By WILLIAM F. BONI
I ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Sunday, Aug. S -iJPl- American
naval forces in a brilliant hour
long night battle sank a Japanese
cruiser- and two destroyers and
probably sank a third destroyer
after intercepting th four war
ships carrying supplies to the en
emy garrison at Vila, : Kolamban
gara island, General MacArthur
announced today." The Americans
suffered no losses.
The action In the Vella gulf
between Vella Lavella and Kolom
bangara islands was fought about
midnight August 6. '
; Torpedoes and gunfire s"nt t)
enemy ships to. the bottom to raise
the toll of enemy warships lost in
the current Solomons offensive t
at least s and possibly 25 war
ships. : J i
, . The new naval triumph, follow
ing closely on American capture
of the vital Munda airdrome on
New Georgia, had the effect of
weakening the -garrison at the
next logical objective of the Solo
mons push Vila, which is 17
miles .northwest of Munda. Vila
is eight miles across the Kula gulf
from another totrering enemy gar
rison; at Bairoko harbor, new
Georgia.;
From Munda, American infan
trymen pushed north to assist
other forces beleaguering the Jap
anese at Bairoko. This push is
being made "without encountering
opposition, today's communique
said."..,-' ';..: ,
Saturday ' afternoon a force of.
60 Japanese dive bombers and
fighters attacked American posi
tions, on and adjacent to Rendova
Island, which is eight miles be
low Munda.
The only casualties to Ameri
can forces were in a field hos
pital. Anti-aircraft . guns shot
down three Japanese dive bomb
ers and three Zeros were downed
by US fighters which suffered no
losses. "' :
Heavy,- medium and dive bomb
ers blasted Japanese positions on
both sides of Bairoko harbor with
43 tons; of bombs, starting fires
and silencing anti-aircraft posts.
Vancouver Area Needs
Farm, Cannery 7orkers
VANCOUVER, Wash Aug. 7
(& Farm Labor Coordinator El
don Phillips sent out a call Sat
urday for 2300 harvest workers,
needed for canneries, prunes and
vegetable crops in this area.
iJSiMilitary
Ovsr Jdbari
A
party had been dashed, when Mat
suoka joined the military clique.
Other., American - educated Japa
nese who returned to Japan to
enter high-positions have indicat
ed by their cooperation with the
present regime that no satisfac
tory government may be expect
ed to rise from the ashes imme
diately after the defeat of Japan
or perhaps for several years there
after. . - .
A statement to the effect that
allied fliers will yet bomb the
Japanese palace, destroying Hiro
hito, brought 'spontaneous ap
plause from the .Victory center
audience.
Horrors of Japanese prisons and
prison camps have not been over
emphasized, the man who v.-as f cr
13 years a 'Japanese, prison-: r,
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