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PAGS TWO
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Principals At the Quebec Conference?
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' tO town and Tillages fell' to driv
ing columns northwest of Khar-
kov, said the communique. -
r- - Opposing tasks crashed over
the countryside m a Weaving bat-
tie of armor, but tne Germans re-ceded,
after 43 of their tanks were
disabled by Soviet fire Victorious
if Russians 'captured -fuel : and am-
munition supplies as the Germans
fled, the bulletin added:
Soviet planes were soaring; over
- the1! ground troops,- crushing en
emy pillboxes and strong points in
the fourth battle for Kharkov.
- Russian troops on the east and
southeast last were reported only
a few milesj outside the city, and
for a week sEock troops have been
battering reinforced Germans in
' the northeastern suburbs.
Ia the Bryansk flgnting- the
Germans fen back to well-prepared
defense positions and ef-
, fered stiff resistance," the coat -muniqae
said. -" Sy
Strong points southwest of Spas
- Demensk fell to the Russians after
two battalions of defending Ger-
' mans were wiped out.
The Russian advance threaten
" ed to pierce a whole series of Ger
l man defenses between Bryansk
V; and Smolensk, the central front
-anchor, and guns - and prisoners
4 were taken, in air combat 27 Ger
z. 'man planes were reported shot
down.'
Japs Retreat
At
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vital ridges, From Komiatum, . a
supply track ' runs , near - the air
- drome only three and a half miles
away. The Japanese now are ex
-pected to take up positions guard
ing the airfield.
Salamaua, which the Japanese
have held since January, 1942,
- recently was laid in ruins by more
than 1000 tons of bombs.
' Today's communique said that
. American and Australian troops.
which for long have approached
- ft, driving the enemy from ridge
Salamaua
. and jungle positions, had taken
several key points" in a drive on
the last defense.
Twenty four Japanese planes
were, destroyed and nine dameged
in, a new. raid 350 miles up the
' coast on'Wewak. This brought to
' 248 the number of enemy' planes
. smashed there within a week. The
other 215 out of a fleet of 225
which might have supported the
- .Salamaua garrison were wiped out
in raids Tuesday and Wednesday.
Friday, 66 more tons of bombs
were dropped their on air reen
. f orcements.
4. Liberators, escorted by Light
rungs, made this third smash at
Wewak.
. In the siege of Salamaua, the
airforce played a tremendous
part, sinking daily the barges by
which the. enemy sought to send
supplies and reenf orcements, and
r ' blasting hill top and jungle oosi
tions ahead of .the slowly advan
cing jungle troops. -
The . announced flight of the
; Japanese from the Salamaua de
,i fenses constituted something new
;ln enemy operations. Usually, as
..'at the Munda airfield, they bad
manned their defenses to the
death.' v ' m- -
In the Solomons area, today's
communique reported that pa-trolling-
United States naval
- anlts had sank one of two small
enemy ships sighted off Develi,;
en the northeast coast of Veils
La veils bland.
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7 Above, Veil a. La vella in the
northern 'Solomons, Am e r i c a n
, planes attacked a small Japanese
if ship west of Buka, leaving it in
a' sinking- condition, i f Tl,
- i Both of these bases haveJbeen
feblated since the American cap
; ture " of tVella LayeU Island . in
the northern Solomons ' last Sun-
' 7. Bairoke, the northers tip J
conquered stronghold en the fa
land store the Americans -took
y . the. Maania airdrome, ten miles
U the sonth throagh the Jangles.
, three .weeks ago. .
- Since the American' offensive
opened in the central Solomons on
vy June 30 the Japanese have made
repeated a 1 1 e m p t s to get re
i - lnf orcements and . a u p p 1 i e s to
troops at Vila and on New Geor
; gia. These effort? have cost them
a score - of .warships and many
barges. . . " '. - i y-
C Both the New Guinea and Solo
mons campaigns are moves to con
; trol air bases for stronger attacks
; on RabauL New Britain, the uwst
vital Japanese , base in the area
" just north of Australia. -
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Just 53 Feet From West End cf
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The principals taking part In the
pictmre together. Left to right: Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of US alr; foreea; Air Marshal Sir Charles
FertaL chief of Imperial ah- forces; Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, chief of imperial general staff; Ada.
Ernest J. Xing, US naval chief of staff; Field Marshall Sir John BUI; Gen. George C. Marshall. US
army chief of staff; Adas. Sir Dudley Found, first sea lord, royal navy; aad Adm. WUUam D. Leahy,
personal chief of staff to the president Seated are Prime Minister Mackenzie King, President Frank
III D, Roosevelt aad Prime Minister Winston Chsaehm.
FDR to Talk
To Parliament
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ordination with
Rassla hi
the
to
campaigns apparently
be undertaken for final victory
1ns' Earope. .."'-
Stephen Early, one of President
Roosevelt's secretaries, was au
thority for information about how
the chief executive and prime
minister worked until the small
hours this morning to wipe their
schedule clean of an matters re
quiring their attention up to that
time. . '- ';,v.,.-.r: -
Asked whether that meant
complete harmony marked the
endeavors of the two chiefs of
state, Early replied that that was
'entirely so."
President Roosevelt's speech
at Ottawa, Early said, will be
brief and wffl be broadcast. It
win be delivered about t aoa.
Pacific time, on Parliament Hill
outdoors. Thus, in addition to
the members of the senate and
house of commons, thousands
of citizens will be able , to jee'
and hear him.
; The president, Early said, does
not expect to come back to Que
bec from . the Canadian capital
He will be . in Ottawa only, one
day. These plans indicated , that
the , conference among the prin
cipals, including Prime Minister
W. L. MacKenzie King of Canada,
would wind up Tuesday at the
latest, with a joint press confer
ence and the issuing of a formal
statement.
No announcement was made
of Mr. Churchill's schedule af
ter that time.
Besides the Russian question
matters expected to be dealt with
at the conference include:
1. Explore the present situation
in Italy with a view especially
to questions of governing occu
pied territory. It is conceivable
some announcement . might ome
out-of Quebec bearing upon Ital
ian surrender.:
2. Consider drawing , up I a
statement on the Quebec confer
ence, which among other things
could add the prestige of the
meeting here to appeals for the
conquered peoples of nazi Europe
to prepare for the hour of inva
sion. In view of the way London
and allied headquarters in North
Africa have been driving home
the preparedness theme, some as
surahces from here directly to
the forces waiting to strike in
side Europ seems most' probable.
3. Evaluate the roles of the
smaller, technically neutral pow
ers when the battle for Europe
finally gets going full blast. The
questions of -what Turkey, Spain
and Sweden may do appear to be
of vital political-military import-
STconsider the question of es
tablishing formal relations be
tween the British-American pow
ers and the Giraud-De Gaulle
eommitt e e now governing in
French North Africa; Such recog
nition, measured by various past
pronouncements on . the .' subjict,
would be for colonial France only
and would not apply to metro
politan France.
S. Exnlore. steos necessary to
keep China in the war.
Two Nazi Generals
Reported Dead ...
" LONDON.. Aug. 20 -(ffV- The
Berlin radio Friday night report
ed the deaths of two nazi gener
als, CoL Gen. Hans' Jesschonnek,
44-year-old, chief of staff of the
German air force, andMaj. Gen.
Chamier-Glisezenski, ' whom .- it
Identified as "Inventor of many
German' secret weapons."
Qvebee eonferenea take time oat
Sawyer Is Killed,
Carriage Accident
LEBANON Walter William
Heiser, 50,' sawyer; at the Me-
Gready mill at Sweet Home, was
killed Thursday when the carriage
slipped, crushing his chest and
pelvis. Heiser was a native of
Oregon.
Survivors Include his wif e, La-
vina; two sons, Ernest of Albany
and Randall overseas In the
marine corps; one daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Stahl of Portland; three
grand children and one great
grandchild.
The Howe funeral home of
Lebanon is In charge of arrange
ments, not yet completed.
Berlin Talks
Up to Quebec
By the Associated Press
Berlin's answer to the meeting
of British and American leaders
at Quebec was a broadcast state
ment Friday night that Germany
is "building up new strength and
reorganization and planning all
fields of German strategy."
The Berlin r a d i o statement,
quoting a German foreign office
spokesman, said: The question of
an allied attempt on the European
continent is little discussed by the
German public Whether such an
operation is discussed at Quebec
is left open here." i
Naval Air Arm
Gets New Setup
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Thursday's Flying ; Fortress raid
there. - i:.-t -. '
Fifteen German alroromes Had
been hit in 28 attacks from Sunday
morning to Thursday evening.
In that period, the allies ham
mered home anew proof of their
mastery of the air over western
Europe, i , - M) .-. ;
They, shot down 123 German
fighters over the French coast, en
emy airdromes and the channel
with loss of eight Flying Fortress
es, two fighter-bombers and 23
fighters.
North Italy
Said Chaotic
ON THE SWISS-ITALIAN
FRQNTIER, Aug.-20 Nor
thern 4: Italy. . : was described as
"more chaotic than ever" in a dis
patch Friday to the Zurich news
paper Die " Taf which; told of the
arrival of German reinforcements
as Italian army guards patrolled
city streets " to prevent civilian
demonstrations. . - ' - ' -
Intensification of military pre
parations were reported at Como,
where a military government
reigned. :
snsawX. ttn ,4sr aawMr
BUILDER-. Former prof es- .
slenal strong man John Gallag
her of Cayenne, N. J trplZta i
the ghUng-bnnilag afcUlty at '
Cie.Seabees, navy milt, U wLk -.-..
he tsifrtrri.
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of tkelr discussions to pace for this
Snell Lauds'
Traditions
0 Pioneers
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 20-&P)
Governor Earl SneU of Oregon
Fridar urged delegates to the an
nual American Pioneer Trails as
sociation convention to ic e e p
alive the tradition of American
pioneers.' - -,a' . :-.-
Delegates responded by telling
of observances planned to height
en interest m pioneer history.
Oregon members, sponsoring a
centennial celebration, told of
plans to mark the old Oregon
traU permanently.
Marvin Richardson, Walla Wal
la, Wash, announced a pageant
would be held October 10 at the
site of the Whitman mission where
the first overland wagon arrived
from the mid-west October 10,
1843. ' - '
The 1947 association convention
win be held In Salt Lake City.
J. W. Condie, Boise, ,said an
Idaho state council of the associa
tion had been formed recently.
In behalf of Governor C A.
Bottolfsen, he pledged Idaho's
support for marking of historical
sites.
Allies Smash
ion
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air as the last of the big bomb
ers swept past.
Bat even then the "triple
trenrth raid wasn't ended.
As darkness fell, RAF WeEing-
rm mided bv fires visible 80
miles away, loosed a cascade of
2000-pound bombs that spread tne
old fires and started new ones,
and toppled the walls of buildings
already undermined by the day
assaults.
Italian and German fighters ap
peared in strength for the first
time in severs lweeks to meet tne
first wave of raiders, but 38 of
the attackers were shot down be
fore the combined fire power of
the Fortresses flying their tight
formations.
It was a shattering blew
against the axis defense of
southern Italy. The city Is one:
of Italy's four largest rail Junc
tions and If the Germans plan
to reinforce the Italian toe they
must maintain F e g g 1 a's rail
connections.
The appearance of a large num
ber of fighters sharply empha
sized the . importance axis .com
manders place on. this strategic
point . across , the peninsula from
Naples. '. .. ..
Fan of volcanic Lipari and
Stromboli Tuesday pat all sev
en of the islands in allied pos
session, headqmarters announ
ced today, winning absolute
control of the sea between Si
cily aad lower Italy and im
proving positions far any Jump
onta the matnlsad.
Other bomber squadrons ripped
up rail lines and targets south of
Naples and elsewhere downing
six more axis planes and Brit
ish warships joined this phase of
the softening attack by hurling
shells . into Scalea, on the west
coast of the Calabrian peninsula.
Seizure of UparL largest of I
the Aeolian islands, and Strom
boll apparently was unopposed.
Stromboli Is but 37 miles from
Cape. Vaticano, wen up on the
Italian boot, and Lipari: lies 35
miles northwest of Messina. Italy
had used them as forward obser
vation points. Although they can
handle only small :b oats, they
would be strategically important
in invasion of the Italian main
land. . '. ; .
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Corner Hood & Church SL
Old Tine Dancing
Mcsie by
The Orezoniaria
Italian Bast
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pendence to get some beer. At
Independence they continued to
Buena Vista and along the way,
turned off and parked on Lover's
Lane, a road along the Willamette
river. bank. -' . t. s. : .
Layton said her plunge into the
river resulted from game of tag
they were playing along the
banks, both unclothed. When she
went into the water, he said he
put his foot in but found the wa
ter cold; he couldn't . swim . and
was so badly scared he didn't
know what to do. . '
In answer to Spauldings .query
as toswhyhe threw the girl's
Clothes in the river, he. said he
didn't want them around and -did
not know what to do with them.
.He returned to the car, Laytoo
said, . found ; two . tires low and
pumped them up before driving
on to Independence. There he had
some beer- and continued home,
to bed and to sleep. The next day
he accompanied his parents and
his sister on a strawberry picking
Jaunt ;
Earlier, Mabel Frltitn was
called to the stand by the state'
and testified that Ruth was a good
swimmer. Dorothy Edigar, anoth
er friend of Ruth's, told Spaulding
she had seen Ruth swim and dive,
but had never seen her swim un
der water.
The state rested its ease this
morning after abandoning . aa
attempt to iatredaee a trans
cript of Layton's testimony be
fore the Polk county grand
Jury. Circuit Judge Arlie G.
Walker dented a defense mo
tion for a snistrlaL- based upea
the iniredueUeB of testimony
by Hattie J. BratzeL court re
: porter. ..
Layton, in response to a ques
tion by Hoy designed to bring out
alleged third degree treatment of
the defendant when state police
obtained from him two signed
statements, said "The lieutenant
grabbed me. by the shirt and said
'Is mat what you did to Ruth
HHdebrand?" ; . I
The defendant said Sgt Wal
ter Hadfield had told him How
ard was "the third degree man,"
adding mat state police had strip
ped him except for shorts, and
had left him alone in an. ante
room after putting a. pill in a
glass of water. He said he had
not known he had an attorney un
til Hewitt appeared with Sgt
Emahiser to go before' the grand
jury, and had no opportunity to
talk with Hewitt prior to that
tune. , ' -
Judge Walker recessed court
until Monday at 930 a. m.
Stabilization
Plan Doubted
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pending proposals to Washington,
several nevertheless talked freely
on condition that they not be
identified by name.
"Neither this nor the earlier
British and American proposals is
likely to get anywhere as long' as
they : call for super-national au
thority' which can bring strong
perhaps decisive pressure on the
course of prices and business in
the United States or other parti
cipating countries," one banker
said.
Winthrop W. Aldrich, chairman
of the Chase National bank of
New York, has been an outspoken
critic of the "super-bank'V ap
proach to the problem. He" told
the American section of the In
ternational chamber of commerce
on April 29:
"To be enduring, the. stabiliza
tion of exchange rates. must. rest
on : the firm basis, of -sound in
ternal fiscal . and monetary poli
cies.. ' . , ...... .... ., -I V .. VT.
"We cannot erect a monetary
superstructure until we have built
a firm base. .
M ... An over-all stabilization
of exchange rates would seem to
represent an unrealistic approach
to the problem. ' ;
"Each nation must, as it did
after: the last war, painfully re
trace its steps to monetary sta
bility" . . .
Two Girls Missing
From Hillcrest Home
Two girls were reported miss
ing from -Hillcrest home Friday
evening. They are Lottie Coates,
23. and Juanita Miller, . 18. Both
have brown hair and brown eyes
and are of about the same height
and weight five feet, ' four inch
es to 130 pounds of weight
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The liberty tanker Henry C Wallace, -named for the former secretary
the vice president, was launched at Wilmington. , Calif. Left to right: Mrs. Earl Warren, wife of Call
frnlaB governor; Gov. Bourse B. lUekcnlooner of lowat trs. D. C llutchfasen: Blrs. lUckenloeper,
wife of Iowa's guvemor. the speaaar, aad Lou Grlaage, aide to the
King's Speech
Shows Italy
Sick Nation
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
LONDON, Aug. 20-6rVItaly
was plainly a sick belligerent Fri
day night, with her king issuing
to the people of Sicily a procla
mation which, was silent about
any intention to go on fighting
the war. There was considerable
feeling that allied armies might
move next against fresher ar.d
stronger objectives than, the
cracked axis southern walL .
Although it is far too early to
play the bugles of. conquest over
the Italians; King Vittorio Eman
uele's curious and timorous mes
sage to the people and the loss of
seven more Italian Islands to the
US navy the Aeolian group off
the west coast were Immens'dy
heartening to the allied world.
What the king told the people
of Sicily in effect was that al
though they now are cut orx"
from the rest of Italy and have
for the present nothing but things
to grieve about they should hold
faith "in a better future.
In this figure, he said, Italy
and he presented the country as
a wounded nation with more nope
for the future than reasoned con
fidence for the present would
await her Resurrection.'
The future wfll bring a re
ward for tout sufferings," the
king - said : In the proclamation,
which was broadcast by the Rome
radio and recorded by the Asso
ciated Press.
"I have lived with you this ter
rible moment" the king told the
Sicilians. "I have heard your
voice. I have understood your suf
ferings.
. "Italians of Sicily, your king is
near to you.'
He called insistently for Sicily's
loyalty to the crown and the
House of Savoy. For years the
Sicilians have been regarded as
tepid hi regard to fascism.
A later Rome broadcast indica
ted that the proclamation was an
attempt to forestall a separatist
movement rather than an impli
cation that peace might be near
at hand,
Transient Dies
With $1364
Harry BeVler, a transient with
$1364, died in a local hospital
at, 11:30 Friday night after a
heart attack. He was , received at
the hospital at 7 pjn. His address
was given as Sandusky, Ohio. The
money was to three wallets, one
with 62 $20 bills, one with 12
$10 bills, and another with four
$1 bills. He was said to have been
working in Redmond, Calif. .
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Police Search
For Murder
Case Suspect
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20-P)
Portland police Friday continued
to search for Harry F. Lewis, 31,
shipyard worker charged-with
killing Mrs. Virginia GUlen. 24.
red-headed ' divorcee ' and Lewis
fellow swing shift worker. ; -Police
found Mrs. GUlen's bdy
inrLewu? room last Wednesday.
Lewis also left a suicide note,
but police discounted it Jealousy
was ascribed as the slaying mo
tive for Lewis, who has not been
seen since .Tuesday.
PHOENDX, Ariz, Aug. 20.-(flV
Pollee and newspapers -were
asked Friday by the mother of
Harry E. Lewis, 31, wanted on
murder charges fax the death of
Mrs. Virginia GiUen, Portland,
Ore, shipyard worker, to give the
widest distribution, to her appeal
that he surrender to officers.
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West Europe
Gets 6th Day
Of Bombing
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had "been in any scraps' and re-
. Asked if the Japanese air force
should be : considered as weak.
xiamsey repuea:
"I believe we have under-estimated
the Japanese airplane pro
ductive capacity. They show an
ability to replace losses which is
somewhat astounding."
To inquiries about enemy task
forces, he said that although the
Japanese lost two of their best
first-line carriers in the battle of
Midway,! their strength has "im
proved materially since." '
Asked whether it could be as
sumed mat the Japanese have
strong task forces further north in
the Pacific, Ramsey replied em
phatically, "They certainly do.
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