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.Rearguard
Tries to Hold
Against Allies
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head Just as they did earlier this
-week to outflank the San Agata
Cesaro defense line, It was dis
closed today.
A fierce battle still is raging.
A dispatch by Harold V. Boyle,
Associated Pre s - correspondent
with the American -Seventh, army,
aid the "leap-frogging, task force
seized a number of prisoners and
the main hody-ofrthe Americans,
striking; . frontally. from, the vest,
had closed the seven-mile gap and
pocketed the garrison ef the cape.
This avast spectacular ef 'the
land operations developed -e
Americsa vangnards. were be--lieved
te have penned te within
three ntiles ef' sUndaaae. ! and ;
the British, meppiag ' np i two
snore" Tillages ea the - eastern
lepe of Meant Etna, move np
to within II miles eftneaxls.
apply. Pert ef Taersaina. f -Enemy
transport. rail wa y s,
roads and bridges. were attacked
by allied aerial squadrons both in
Sicily and southern ; Italy yester
day and US Flying Fortresses" in
strong force bombed- the Royal
arms factory, gas workv work
shops, rolling mills, railway trains
end other; targets at Terni, 50
miles north of Rome. "
A headquarters statement said
the damage t Terni was severe
end, although Focke Wolfs, Mes
serschmitts and- Macchis arose to
challenge the Fortress formation,
"their attacks . were not pressed
home energetically.' A Rome ra-
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Cpocsered by Capital Pest Ne.'t, American Legion
dio broadcast said there were 565
casualties. ' - -.
Bombers, fighter-bombers and
fighters sank four enemy vessels,
knocked out 21 enemy trucks; bat
tered barracks, fired - a Milazzo
ammunition dump, end attacked
railways and bridges of both Sici
ly ' and southern Italy, . taking in
Rosarno and Randazzo, Angitola
and Catanzaro,
One of the raiders failed to re
turn. Testifying to the general
shyness of aerial opposition, -gunner
did hot! claim the destruc
tion of a single enemy plane yes
terday. ! ;X -I ' O'- -J ---.-
: The .'new American amphib
tons operation developed,, as the,
treeps ef IX Gen. George B
Patten, j Jr, consolidated i their
gains la the area ef San Marco
JA!anstor ketween San- Agate
Cape . Orlando. : 11 - placed
treeps O miles west
ef Messina near the month ef
the Naze rtver. , y.
' Guns of the escort fleet; and
swarms of fighter-bombers pour
ed a storm of bullets and explo
sives upon German beach patrols
as they, rushed to engage the in
fantrymen. Despite the lack of
surprise the troops fought off .the
counter-attacks and developed the
bridgehead, j s -;:
The Germans were caught be
tween, two fires and threatened
with complete encirclement They
were reported fighting, savagely in
an effort to wipe out the bridge
head. Virtually the only German
escape rout jwould be down the
main highway along. the north
coast, whkh; 'it is assumed , the
Americans have cut. " -
Dispatches indicate that the.
landing, party eneeentered Ger
man fire almost from' the first
Plowing through the surf, the
infantrymen j met a German bay
onet charge and beat it back. The
beach was the scene of furious,
swirling fighting as. the Germans
counter-attacked . in " successive
waves, butL the Americans cut
their way through and advanced
toward higher ground. . -
The German .high command in
sisted in its Berlin broadcast com
munique that the landing forces
were driven- off. The .next radio
subsequently transmitted a decla
ration that the venture was "use
less." It said a regiment of infan
try and a 1 tank i formation was
employed. - ' ' " - -
Top Price Set
On Prune Pick
A (Continued - from Page 1) A
or armament production. The far
mer isi doing the best he can in
spite of obstacles. No citizen has a
finer record of wprk -and patriot
ism in this! war." It not entirely
his fault if we produce less food
in 1943 than in 1942. It if imper
ative that every particle. food
be harvested, if our people are. to
avoid living on a diet well below
the nutrition level early next year.
"It should be reiterated that the
wages .that have been established
axe - maximum wages, beyond
which producers are- not expected
to go. In a great many- instances
crop conditions may enable the
farmer to obtain the necessary-labor
at lower wages than here in
dicated. : j . -
"It has been determined that,
except, in real emergencies the
grower must respect the following
maximum prices to the end, mat
chaos may not develop in harvest
ing operations and that he may
escape the charge of resorting to
disruptive-labor practices.
The price set for picking- hops
is $ cents a pound. '
"The price for picking -.prunes
from the ground is 20 cents a bu
shel, and 25 cents e bushel will be
paid for shaking-: and picking.
Those picking: into-cannery lugs
will be paid a corresponding wage
according to weight of the con
tainer, j
Seventy five cents an hour will
use paid common labor in both the
prune and hop n industry and
maximum wage of Si an hour will
he paid shakers in the prune in
dustry. In the hop industry a wage
of $7.50 a day for common labor
is provided for. t
In I those orchards where, be
cause of poor crops, the worker Is
unable to earn a fair wage at the
above prices, on application a -committee
of growers will determine
wage that may be paid to en
able the employe to earn a wage
comparable to that- which might
be earned in the -better orchards.
The same arrangement has. been
made to take care: of real emer
gencies in hop yards. jj
WALSENBURG, Cplo. -v5- An
owl hitched a ride in his car, re
ported School Superintendent S.
M. Andrews.'
. In ; the path of his automobile,
I
1 1-,..;., .The
Tax Loss fiiie
To Ownershii
C (Continued from Page 1) O
din Peterson of Florida, Hugh Pe
terson of Georgia, James W. Mott
and Harris Ellsworth of Oregon.
Congressman Mott to-ranking mi
nority member of the committee.
Guy Cordon of Koseburg, sum
ming up the viewpoint of Oregon
counties as spokesman for their
association; pointed out that
though; loyal Ameu-cans are will
ing to make every necessary sac
rifice toward jirtctoiT to the-war,
equalization of the sacrifices,
where possible,- is only Just. Sac
rifice of taxable value has fallen
unequally upon certain communi
ties and the minimum rectmca
tion, he declared, ir full reim
bursement for their actual tax
The additional burden of extra
ordinary local -governmental ex
pense due to influx of war work
ers had previously been mentioned
by Virgil Langry, executive secre
tary of , the League of - Oregon
Cities, and by . Frank S. Sever,
deputy district attorney of Mult
nomah county who had presented
that county's case. Cordon, re
marked that such cases probably
would require individual solutions
s i n c e no practicable .. yardstick
might be devised. : .,
, Lanxtry alse had. emphasised,
the anxiety; ef local gevern
menis to maintain their aervices
and" Independence, and their
recognition that" Independence ,
weald suffer if . seme ef the
services had to be taken aver
br him gest nlal nnttaj
Though the sub - committee's
purpose in its series of hearings
Is that of -taking testimony and
formulation of definite policies
will c ami later,. Congressman
Mott said the committee wag in
full agreement with Cordon's
minimum suggestion and with
the points Langry raised. :
Marion county's tax loaaea
through war-related federal ac
quisitions are small. County Judge
Grant Murphy testif iedr being lim-
ted to the additional land. added
to the Salem airport rand some
property taken - over for no flax
plant -in the north end of j the
county. ' :"
At the forenoon, session Charles
V. Galloway, chairman xf the state
tax corpmissionr; declared, that the
federal government how owns 60
per cent of all lands; in Oregon
and is acquiring more,, and that
operations of counties, cities! and
school districts ' have been handi
capped by resultant tax losses.
Cennty Judge "Herman Tan
WeU ef Polk county said 21481
aerea of the best land in that
area, valued at SS74.70A, bad
been acqaired in connection
with Camp . Adair's establish
ment, reducing- the eonntys as
sessed valuation by. t per- cent
and increasing ether -property
owners bm-den-proportionately.
Benton eeeatty, eeeerding j to
District Attorney Fred McIIen
T7, has saffered a tax toss, ef
S14,eee snaaalTy dae tot Camp
Adair ceastrnetton. end federal
pnrehase of seane lands in the
Mary's Peak vicinity.
Jackson county's, loss, due to
construction of Camp; White
amounts to $7482 a year, County
Judge J. B. Coleman said.!-The
loss is small because most of the
40,906 acres bought by' the gov
ernment consisted of poor quality
land.
Harney county's tax-loss woes
have been heightened,, County
Judge Nelson B. Higgs explained,
by creation of a 72,000-acre bird
refuge out of some of the county's
best irrigable land. It formerly
paid tl8.000 a year in taxes: re4
turns to the county now, from hay
production and grazing fees.
amount to only about $4300.
W .. mm ....
jeixerson counrys- plight was
outlined by County Judge T. A.
Power. Others who. spoke included
Sumner. Newell of the Oregon
Taxpayers' association. County
Judge Carl Chambers of Umatilla
County Judge Harlan M. Woods
of Tillamook and County! Judge
ay Tarbell of Columbia.
Since the sub-committee could
not Include Washington state in
its itinerary, State Tax Commis
sioner Hedges attended and made
a brief statement. Chairman Pe
terson said other committee i
oers would arrange for an ade-
uate snowing on that state's be
half. The two southern congress
men were to - go from Salem . to
Jackson Hole, Wya, where a .hear
ing on other problems before the
committee is to be held. The four
congressmen here Thursday were
guests of the Salem chamber of
commerce at a dinner at the Mar
ion hotel that night
Andrews guided the wheels away
from the bird. Fifteen miles later
at a traffic stop the owl fluttered
up from between the hood and a
fender and winged back in the
direction from which it came.
Two Vig
Features
"IIOPPrSTMES AGAIH!
TATECI-IAII. Coleo
OltfhellOinSFROllT
By IS AESL" CTTTT.n3 '
The story in the- week's news
that most appeals to me at the
moment is that of the ' woman
who,' with her bare hands, killed
the-- skunk she- caught in her
chicken house. ' -f
Wartime morale builders may
find in her experience something
they can-use. Turn loose a few
skunks to make us mad- enough
and we won't even mind their
odor.
V
Or, Just as easily, send a- few
anonymous letters and - postal
cards; they , accomplish the same
thing and; somehow, , manage to
carry about the same odor. "
K (Continued from Page 1) K
Weinrick had her in Linn coun
ty jail in lieu of $5000 bond but
did not know her right name' nor
which of two men was her hus
band in the eyes of the law.'
She told Wemrick her name
was Catherine Wright, her age 28.
Sgt ? Jesse Wright; stationed : at
Camp Adair. Jiear here, believes
he is her husband.
But a Iong Beach, Calit, cafe
worker, whose first names, are
variously Harry and Woodrow
and who has gone by-Morgan and
Moran ' for a . surname amid that
so far as he knows-he stOl. is her
husbaiid. -;'?- V;' : I :;-: - ":
Morgan (or Moran) said he and
his wife were living in Honolulu
when the Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor and. she, , left Hawaii a
short time later."
She insisted their marriage had
been annulled. He said he had
not .been Informed officially either
of an annulment or a divorce. J
Weinrick had a document pur
porting to be. a certified copy of
the annulment on file in Multno
mah county, Oregon. The names
on the document were Kathryn
Moran vs. Harry Moran. . -
Weinrick said" all the- names
except Barry appeared to have
been written in over erajtures and
MulmornaJbCountyrClerk; A. A.
Bailey in T ortland reported or
iginal papets on . file under the
same number aa mat on-the docu
ment was a divorce decree In the
case of Canime Mayer vs. Harry
Mayer. Any person. Bailey- said,
could- have obtained - a - certified
copy form ai id. changed the names;
The womkn-rtold weinrick. she
wounded during the Pearl
Harbor raid but the Long Beach
man said his wife fell, from their
back porch a week after their
marriage October 7, 1941.
Weinrick asked Honolulu . po
lice to investigate the woman's
activities, hoping they would fur
nish inforrr ation that would, set
the story
t before tomorr
when
the woman and her
court-appointed attorney, Edward
Sox, are scheduled to appear at
her arraignment on the child
stealing charge. -
Rationing of
Used Cars
In Question
PORTLAND, Ore, August 12(A)
Rationing or requisitioning of used
cars depends on the ability of es
sential users - to obtain adequate
vehicles, Eliott Taylor, Washing
ton, DC, chief of the OPA automo
bile rationing section, told Oregon
end southwest Washington dealers
Thursday. ':':
f David Z. Castles, St Louis, Mo
president of the National Automo
bile -Dealers, association, asserted
that OPA-advocated price ceilings
on used cars is unnecessary and
would be unworkable . ' because
most used car sales , are through
private hands. . i
If imposed on the industry,
Castles ttld, the ceilinf structure
should permit, a 25 per cent dealer
margin instead of the IS per cent
contemplated by OPA.
hrreHerrie-Thomas
Divorce Granted
RENO, New August U
Margaretta W. Treherne-Thomas,
Thursday divorced F. Hugh Tre-herne-Thomas,
.wealthy British
industrialist, on grounus Of ex
treme cruelty.
nlsbt and
Saturday ;
OHIGOILC
Baby
Stealing
Confusine
Orecca. Triday Morning. Aul 13, Ull
rflarion County
May Import" v
Mexican - Lab or
B (Continued from Page 1) B
such treatment. On the whole they
have been an Industrious, happy,
and satisfactory lot of workers.
There has ! been - objection to
the bringing in of Mexican labor.
Not an of it was that reputedly
expressed at j a r Wednesday night
indignation meeting of residents
in the rNorth JUver road sector
near the sewage disposal ; plant
aiieo So upset were menibers of
th city council ever toe situation
that early this week members al
legedly refused to sign a .round
robin -permitting even a 'surrey; of
the property as a proposed camp
site.:... . i ... . :.; , . ' ; :'.
Among the objectors have been
some of the small growers, who
have feared that residents of Sa
lem and other communities, hav
ing pitched in royally the past 18
months to help get in and process
the food crops, may now go back
to their bridge tables, their some-thnes-neglected
lawns and their
pre-war ways of life, confident
that they are no longer needed.
Such' an attitude1 has not been
as- prevalent as was expected, the
members of the growers'; com
mittee who talked with me Thurs
day night " declared. i ;. i
i But persona who can- add and
subtract may read the draft lists
and the want add pages and knew
that more and ; more ' have: the
ranks of last year's seasonal work
ers been -thinned because home
makers' and even , boys and girls
have been: eagerly sought for year
around tasks. - - , rr-- - j .-,
Every person in the" mid-Willamette
valley area who wants to
work in orchard, hop yard, mint
patch, : cannery or other place
where the harvest is gathered or
processed may-find a Job and do
a patriotic bit. County Agent Uib
ler -maintains. ....
Bairko Japs
V;i,;: . ' JT
Encircled
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At the ether end ef the 7S
aafie battle are where the alhed
ebjeetive b rSalam'ana, New
Guinea, activity' was limited te";
artillery ; exchanges, v - :i 2 -1
All over' the Solomona area,' bad
weather- hindered; air' operations.
But : the "reconnaissanse planes.
which kept aloft, fair weather or
foul, got in some blows northwest
ox ' Ausxraua. ruei urea so m-
tense they could be seen for 60
miles were touched off by'lour-
engined-bombers which, attacked
the town ot.Kaimana. on Dutch
New Guinea, far to the northwest
of the SaTamane "land, front. In
the same - sector, two-engined
bombers started fires on the enemy
airdrome at Timeoka-
Other ; heavy ' reconnaissance
bombers attacked the isthmus on
which Salamaua extends, into the
Huon gulf of ! northeastern New
Guinea. The jungle battle front- in
that area is five miles below Sale-,
maua at Bobdubi where skirmish
ing; was reported in today's' com
munique
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TODAY' 7
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Betters On
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end Red army troops captured
109 trucks and 17 i German tanks
in good working; order. -
West Of the city another Hue-,
sian farce was fanning out toward
Poltava, and Sumy, nearing the
high-water mark of their, offen
sive last lbruary. They t o ok
towns 63 miles west-of Kharkov
but they were" Still 37 miles south
east of Lebedin, the farthest point
reached last wnter, . "
SavieiX bambers lent awppert
te tLls drive by bombing Pol-,
tava IS miles senth ef the near
est Bnsslan treeps en Wedaes-
day nlxluV the Mescew radio
sail Large nrea were reported.
To the north, the Russians
stormed' to- within 25 miles of
Bryansk- and- six miles of Kara
chev, a ' railway : point between
Orel and Bryansk. Another column
was only four and three tenths
miles east of Karachev. Seven
hundred Germans were killed in
the fighting here and 13 guns
destroyed. 'y j-,--- '-.'.' ' C.;-',xJ: ;
Russian forces gained six te
eight miles over-all in, their Bry
ansk offensive, capturing. more
than 1Q . populated places, the
conmiuukrue said. V'tv'T ic-!;i; 1 :-rl
- Fifty six Geraaaa tanks wreck
ed tn Wsdneaday-a fighting
white 41 Gennan planes were
breeght down ea all fronts. -
Another Moscow broadcast an
nounced that In the pest -2 months
155,000 Germens; were killed by
the' famed- Russian guerrillas op-
eratingt in small! bands behind
German Imes.' They derailed sev
eral hundred troop trains, , dis
abled 259 'tanks, destroyed 203
planes on the ground and captur
ed li German headquartersj the
broadcast said. '
Italy
About Quet
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headlines as "Casablanca ' deci
sion being revised in Quebec" r
- At the same time, the German
war eenununique which heretofore
has . been 'f front-paged in-large
type alongside the Italian ' com
munique was relegated to t h e
back . page with v small headlines
and small type, j The entire press
refrained from editorials, on , Tok
yo and Berlin, minimised the war
in Russia and ! the Pacific and
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even cave" the irr.nrtls'c.ri.' said a
Swiss telegraph agerjeyChiassQ
dispatch, of a "neutral attitude
towards the military -situation in
Russia.
Post
Here Praisea;
FORT LEWIS, v Aug!' 12.-ifiH
Officers of the northwest sector,
western defense command, ex
pressed satisfaction today 'over' a
series of corn mand' post exercises
whichf have ' been' completed- in
cooperation with the coast 'guard
and civilian defense authorities in
Oregon. - .-j-'- : .
:;;Thet; ; exercises were- held r in
preparation for. large, scale army
maneuvers In Oregon this; fall.-.
No itrjoopa,:.were used. .In the
problems, but all Ethe necessary
orders were drafted. They' were
reviewed at 4 a critique Thursday
at the state. capital to Salenv j
Army officers working- with
State i Civilian Defense Director
Jerrold Owen and his: staff here
this week have announced that
all newt,rontMamins;l;their'exerf
cises in Salem v w o u 1 r come
through - their. peat public - rela
fdons rganizationet Fort Lewis.!
P&rinruidie i Stands "
Still Straishter t
r. NEWX YOEJCV AugustrltP)
Xhe USS I-aterettetformer French
liner-Normandie,. now listina at
ant angle of 38.5 degrees and: with
83 pumps working at an accelerat
ed rate, -still ceotaabeuLSObO
tons of water, Otptein . B. C Man-
Thuradaywi: .:-?''.:iXfi&rJ$S
' To jprtteitTthe ship's itSngs and
machmery.frora' rust, petroleum
Tust: preVenttngT producut liave
been used ince the salvsger.oper
ations gov under way Technicians
s-hcver;"that.tiitUe' rusting
occura- on metals submerged
deeply as-was roost bT the Nbr
mandies eruipment; because yot
the low oxygen content of water
st that depth. Tty added,' how
ever,? that wheav the1 submerged
metal was brought -to the surface
rusting occurred at an almost vis
rblerate. " ' ! ,' .
. TULSA, Okte. (JP- Police of
ficers.; report e share' the loot"
burglar. ' I :-y
H. W. Donovan of Dallas left
$L2H in a bag in his hotel room;
told officers that on his return
360: was gone the other 160 was
still in the bag a ! k r-
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brella over all three cities, a joint
American , and Eritish .c6mmunl
que said. - - , - .-V ;j
In the lead plane: ever Gel
- seakirchen.'- was-: Ctl'--G lark
- Gable the former -r-u il star.
Ea steed throtrhcrt' six
hear flight, shaetLng r-?ls for
a gunnery trailing t" x He was -nhnrt,
thengh 'mU-alreraft
fire eat IS helerA, shln.:i
A German- broad :ast said the
brunt "of the attach fell on Bonn,
birthplace of , Beethoven, only 13
miles southeast of much-bambed
Cologne. "They farere- intercepted
and many heavy battles were
fought a b o v e ' the clouds,", the
broadcast said. ! . j
The: triple raid by the" pre
cision: bombers rounded out What,
less than two years ago , would
have been rated a aeries of heavy
blows against the enemy but that
now passes as just 24 hours j of
routine activity.; ". I
.The RAT'S heavy bombers rest
ed 'Thursday night after their pre
vious j night's 1500-ton raid on
Nuernberg, but Mosquito bombers
continued their swift attacks
against enemy targets in the Ruhr
and Rhtneland. At the same time
other; RAF forces , were shooting
p railroad . targets in France and
the lowlands and laying mines in
enemy - waters. . j. .
.The nasi a retaliated daring
the ;nlnt with their- heaviest
rali en Xngland in several
weeks seme XI planes damping
- bombs en mm naMentifled town
ea the. senth eeast and USlng
etght persons. It was annennced
that 1ST persons were kClei in
England by air raids daring
Jvlr. ? - ! ;
While the British did not an
nounce the targets of last' night's
enemy raid, the German high
command- Identified the cities at
tacked as. Bournemouth and Ply
mouth. ;,,..., j,;.;, ' t '-. . , i.
Farm-Stored Peas -Eligible
for Loans
CORVALLIS, Aug. 12H!P-The
state-1 AAA ' announced Thursday
that farm-stored dry edible peas
will i be eligible for, commodity
credit corporation loans. Rates
wUt jbe the same as previously ,
announced for warehouse loans.
VINELAND, NJ-0P-A daugh
ter born to Mrs. Barry Litwack
in Newcomb hospital has four
teeth, two uppers and two lowers.
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