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Tli CZTGCII CTATiri lA!. Zclmm. Orjoa, Friday l-Ionua?. 7.u.ixt 27. XJS Forces Land on Vella Lavalla Island Gal Spksliers Set for Meet Ads;,Bccst a. ' . Rccruitin fjke a Hollywood movie set Is this picturesque native vlllace an the coastal apron ef the . tropical Island of Telia Lvella la the north central, Solomons, where American troops disembarked from .Undine craft Anrnst 15. They met with no enemy - resistance. Behind, them, lie the now Japless Islands of New Georgia and Kulambanrara; before them lie Choiseal, Shortland and BaaaalavUle ' the "hlchroad" to Rabanlk Jap main base In the Sonjlh Pacific. (International) , . ;; . : ;..r;-i-:j : a prs ' ..v.:- I - : - i,r-:&-? v.-s .v v .i-'v Lewis Thumbs the Evidence. i 1 t Ts 4 f T T T t H i- - m r p. - 1 m r ! . ' - -1 1 1 ' 1 i . m ! ' ) ' :';: 'T: ';..; ?:.: f v : V; '""" ' v f -v i , f 1 v J V ' ' i - 1. u r . - - , ill ill mil II -II II II . imwi-'"1 " r . . .1 - I i nf',"-i T While William H. Davis (left), war labor board chairman, confers with Thomas Kennedy, UMW ee-retary-treasnrer, darlnf a loll in the WLB's anthracite ware increase hearing In Washington, John IV Lewis, UMW president who onoe refused to appear before the WUS, thumbs through the rators' written argument arainst a ware Increase. Kennedy was once a WLB member.' 'Sugar' Ray Favored to JSalt Hammerin' Hanlt's Win Binge NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-iT)-IIenry Armstrong and Ray Rob inson collide at the crossroads in Madison Square Garden tomor row night Henry on the way down bash boulevard and Ray still zooming along the heights. J m . . ' t ' " ' Bitts With Hank All ways point to a win for the , Harlem sngar man, who will probably: be attending his last professional punch-party for the duration, since .Undo Sam' al- , ready has' ordered Corporal Ray to accompany Joe Louis on . a world tear of armed camps. Armstring, stfll in fuU strides along his amazing comeback trail, may find the going plenty tough against Robinson. Henry, strictly an in-fighter who likes to keep bashing while up close will first have to . get inside Sugar Ray's long but potently-packed arms. The bout s expected to jam 'em in to the Garden brawl hall. Beyond the Strait Lies Italy w ' S' ' - - , , v v ' I -a v ' , 'l ' 1 - - '5-, ' , y . t ' v "" : gvWis-: - - - - .iSie-v - -rft.: ' . 5 x . ' - r x - ; V 'J . . -(- - i V hi J n in, ii mwi ----- . . .... . t .,.,.. ie. 141. l. BUI. .IIIJ uliliM thai, mm rlaul MR tlis milAUnJ (Wk. manJ) &rr th Strait f M Mmlnm This Is an offlcial British ahoto. f Associated Press photo by OWI radio from Alriers). r- , ' ' , ' s " , ' ' ' 4 j .5! 'J " ? 4 ' s If" . HARVEST TIME AT BOMBER STATION War and peace acUviUes men at a Halifax hnmfrrr ataUoav m Fr'"" as hay is gatnerea m we snaoow atsv .i i. , r 7 Zivic Cancels ; LaMottaTiff PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28 -() Fritzie Zivic said today he had abandoned - tentative plans for a fight with Jake La Motta at New York September 2 because of a cut over his eyes he' received last Monday night, when he dropped a 10-rouhd decision to Lightweight Champion ' .-Bob -. Montgomery . at Philadelphia. - The " former world's welter weight champion said he also was angling for-- a return bout with Montgomery, to be held her Sep tember 27 - Big Paul Nips Pirates, 3-2 . PITTSBURGH, A u g . 26 - (fl5) With Paul Derringer hurling six hit ball, the Chicago Cubs turned back the Pittsburgh Pirates to day, 3 to 2. Phil Cavarretta saved the Chi cagoans from a defeat when he nicked Wally Hebert for a two run homer in the sixth inning his sixth of the year. Chlcaco. .-.0 2 U-X t Plttsburrh . 109 999-t Derrimrer and Livingston; Hebert, Brandt (8) and Lopes. Washington Bang Session Sept. 5y T SPOKANE, Aug. 28-(P)-T e Washington state trapshoot - will be held September 5 at the In land Empire Gun club grounds under auspices of the Spokane Gun club, President Carl Carbon announced today. - , -t Prizes are offered champions in five classifications singles, dou bles, handicap, all-around tKlist and women's ' division. , While shooters must be residents of Washington to win those prizes, a trophy will be awarded to the best out-of-state shooter, Carbon said. '.. :. Woodburh Slates Softball Battle WOODBURN T h e WoodhWn Wildcats, t potent lot of bat swinging dads, win take on the Air Corps Turers in Lesion nark here Sunday in a benefit Softball extravaganza at 2:30 p. m. i Jrroceeds of the game will be used for the mess fund of the air corps unit stationed near here. Members of the Wildcat nine who promise victory for Wood barn are: Tiny Cooper, p; Tom DonneUy, c; Harold Brown, lb; Leonard Petshaw, 2b; Harold Gilbert, ss; Pete DeGaire, Sb; Walt Wengenroth, if; Walt Bom- hoff, ef, and Blag. Hicks, rf. Blaine McCord wUl umpire, 1 ALLIES CO AL Aim ef Allied tzhtlng men Is to march la triumph down ttis busy street , Ecrlla's famous Uater den. Linden, which Is the TOSi Arena" ef the Gen&aa capital. Ostrowski Bops Mighty Homer to Lead LA "Win LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 -UP) Johnny Ostrowski's might bat gave Los Angeles a 4 to 3 win over Hollywood today as the An gels closed their home- campaign at Wrigley field. The longest home run of the season here came from Ostrow ski's bat in the fourth inning, scoring Charley English ahead of him. The ball cleared the left field waU and bounced off the top of a telephone pole across the street. It was Ostrowski's 19th circuit smash of the season. HeUyweod 01 0& S Los Angeles 81t 201 4 51 . Messerly, I McLaughUa (7) and HIU; Kaffensbercer and Holm. . Padres, Sacs Divide SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28-Cay-Sac-ramento scored twice in the final inning of a Coast league nightcap to nose out Saa Diego, 4 to 3; today after the Padres had won the seven-inning opener," 8" to 2. Sacramento 200 808 82 18 1 San Diego . L 8C5 812 11 8 Plntar and Petersen; Erd- heart and ESalUnger. Sacramento --SCO Oil tZi 11 S San Diego J-121 13 tO 4 88 boy and Malot:; lullison, Schaaa (8) and Zxl-t-l ' , RAY "SUGAR- ROBINSON, top notch welterweight, meets Ham . merln Henry , Armstrong In j Madison ; Square ' Garden to : night, Robinson had a eonseeu . tire . win ; streak of over 158 fights not so long ago. Seals 3, Oaks 0 OAKLAND, Calif-, Aug. 2&-JP) Al Epperly pitched six-hit ball as the Sail Francisco Seals blank ed Oakland 4-0 in the Coast league today. 5 " ; San Francisco 108 828 8083 9 8 Oakland Jl.808 800 888 8 8 1 Epperly and Sprint; Jones, Klelnke (9) and Ralmendt. Leonard (8). . . . . SHAKAMAK; STATE PARK, InL. Aug. 25-KiTV-With all but two of the defending champions entered again. , the 1943 . women s national swimming meet was all set today for a preview opening. ' The meet wasn't scheduled to start until Friday but a topheavy entry list in the onte-mile free style race made it necessary ' for officials to sail for trial heats -today .to reduce the . field for Fri day finals' to a workable num ber." . "' ; Defending champion ' In the -.; mDe Is little Nanel Merkl. one of the four aces sent here by the Multnomah Athletic club of Portland, la an effort to cap- : tare the team championship . which has so long eluded' the Westerners. .The particular foe of the Port land girl was Charles . L. "Bud" Sawin, slender Indianapolis coach, who for the last three years has produced teams which nosed out the Oregonians. - Sawin is back again with five of the six girls who brought the team title to the Riviera club of Indianapolis in 1941 and 1942. The' sixth member of that team Miss Betty Bemis will defend her 400 and 800 meter free style titles-but as a member of the WAVES. Four senior events are on the program for Friday. Susanne Zimmerman of Port land wUl be the first to put an Individual championship oa the block. That's la the 188-meter free style. Joan Fogle, 17-year-old Indianapolis star, will, be next up la the 308-meter lndl- vidual medley. The third senior . race win be the mUe. . A new champion is assured in the day's fourth event the plat form dive. Margaret Heinhold of Lakeland, Fla is in the WAVES and unless some last minute ar rangements are made, she will not compete. ' -The only other event without a defending champion wfll be the 100-meter back stroke, won -last year by Gloria CaUen of New ATTACHE Brig. Gen. .Richard G. Tudall. SI above), . a Missouri, has beea appointed United SUtes mUltary attache at ' Ankara, Tarkey. sueeeeding CoL Cornelias Jadwia. r Big-Leaguer Star i In Semipro Tourney J WICHITA, Ka, Aug. 28 ' JF) Paced by two home runs by Bama Rowell, former Boston Braves In fielder, Camp Sibert of Alabama won a surprise '8-5 victory "to night over Memphis, Term. ferry command,- captained . by Jimmy Brown of the Cardinals, to ad vance to quarter-finals of the na tional semi -pro baseball tourna ment. . i..' :. WASHINGTON-CiT) Transcon tinental & Western Air, Inc., to day sent this "alert" to aU flight stations east of Kansas City: "Be on the lookout for your pounds of Bacon." The bacon is . the property of Mrs. B. J. Moore, flying from Los Angeles to New York. 6he had the- bacon- in .Kansas City, but missed it after the plane ; left there. York. Miss CaUen now la fessionaL ;' a pro- Of Seabees If. you are a skilled American construction worker, you can help, win the war now by joining the , Daw'l htllldinff-fiirhtin 7mKm Thousands more of such men are needed at once. -,,5 Such is. the message carried ia current Greyhound advertise- menta appearing In more than SOOm newspapers of California, Oregon,: TJovoHa Arirnna TTtah Mew Tf v irn and naru nr TMat lnis wiriA newspaper, coverage in the west was decided upon because of the urgency of the situation and the 4 fact that with the axis reeling uiw der repeated allied v blows, the j time to strike is when the Iron is hot And the Seabees, . it was pointed out, can j help deliver the r "Sunday punch." . "Follow your trade in the navy " says Greyhoundj "For men who Itch to get in the thick of thingsr the Seabeessbffer action. They're a tough, hard-hitting organization 01 speciausts who buud bases ana help hold them, . repair battle-1 damaged ships . and other navy ; equipment, back up the combat a (11. a. a ..mm une wun loois ana guns. - ' 1 1 - Mechanics, carpenters, electri- ", clans, - shovel operators, pipefSt- tersfc steel , workers, riggers, div- era, draftsmen these are only & : few of the many) craftsmen need- I ed iff the Seabees. 'Red-blooded wr ah m 19 4 8T 1. a v a aalirril-vla --" ! Full, information may be obtained - at r your - nearestj navy recruitingil station. In this area it is in the Post Office building in Salem. ' In devoting its advertising space to the Seabees, .Greyhound is fol lowing its practice of serving the r armed forces lint, in adcuuon to many other wartime activities: m , V 1 J I .1 Vsreynouna iong j uas provicea vi- - tal transportation for the Seabees, getting them to land from main- , Und jobs and embarkation points'. This essential war service is one ox me reasons wny me company now urges civilians: "Please dont travel unless aosoiuieiy neces The Story of Island "X" Island "XT is an important Paciric outpost-foc' Japs cAniericans.'ne Navy anl Marines move in. With mem go the Seabees. Into the tropical jungle. Bulldozers flatten the hillocks. Skilled hands lay a mxn-madcstcel mesh runway. With in ten days American fighters and bombers are taking off to smack the Japs. Another potential danger spot has become a miliary asset. That's - the kind of job the Seabees are doing. That's die . kind of job they want YOU to help thenvdo. ju2G Tha Navy Saabeus ' ncf MECHANICS J CAKKNTm . ELSCTBIQANS i. : SHovn omATOts ; ' CIANI OrflATOtS r i; rtFtmras . srsawotKori , : 1 ptmAYEJtS 2"" wHAtriuaoas '- . WUDItS ' , ' tMCEXS !. - Dtvnts OtAFTSMCN , :; futvfTots U.S.AMTCOmf EM OINIflS sV mOm - th ww Aiwr KMraM- sr r. Follow your trade in the Navy. For men who itch to get in the tiuckofthings. the Seabees offer ACTION. There a tough, hard-hitting organization of spe- ' dalists who build bases and help hold them, repair battle-damaged ships and other Navy equipment, back up the combat line with tools and guns. Seabees aire specialists, and get full credit for their . knowledge. In addition to their base pay, ranging from S0 to $126 a month, they get all living and. .clothing expenses, plJs family allowance, plus 20 of base pay for overseas service. . -' Here's adventure, action, satisfying war service for red-blooded Americans between 17 and 50 with an unusual appeal to mature men over 38 with a trade. ' Ask for details of the new voluntary induction plan of enlistment for men between 18 and 38. ; APPLY , in person or write to your Navy Re : cruiting Station : Post Office Building, Salem, ' ' Oregon..': 1- - s provides vital transportation for the Seabees gets them to and from mainland jobs and embarkation points, carries them on leave, and serves their training centers. For example, when Camp Parks, new Seabee center near livermore, California, was opened,GreyhoUnd immediately , was called upon to provide the service it needed. This is only one of hundreds of military camps served exclusively orpartially by Greyhound. This naturally diverts . many buses from civilian service, and makes your patriotic cooper- . arion more vital. So asain we sav: Please don t travel unless it is v absolutely necessary. .' ; , . if AVOID UnriECGCSAHY TBAVCL DUY UAtl DOND5 IMGTCAD
