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Newspaper Page Text,.PAGSTY70 Bombers Again Blast Italian Airdromes By" NOLAND NORGAARD A ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, -Aug. 27 American bomber armadas struck telling blows for the second con wiitiva dav in the battle of .the airdromes yesterday in a determ- Aiicv wiiitfanii v of the enemy's shattered air pow- er from southern Italian skies. ' The flaming wrecks a Ger l man and Italian aircraft litter ' In the pitted air fields of Ca- - pa ana cnnniie near napics -V testified to the fury of the new offensive. ; . . . 1 While fighters and bombers, pa- raded over the Italian toe and -' Sardinia, shooting up targets at - will, other bombers smashed afresh at railway targets without meetina oDDOsition seemingly an indication that the German air 1 force was no longer willing to de - fend these objectives and that the . allies had won the earlier battle of the railroads. .";- The battle of the coast, too, ap v parently had been won long since. British warships ' again threw broadsides into bridges and a railway at Locri Tuesday night and a British cruiser bombarded the coast hear the southern end of Messina strait the next after- noon without meeting opposition except from ineffectual shore bat ' -teries, a naval communique an " nounced. . - The remnants ' of the Italian " navy had been eat la two by the " allied conquest f Sicily. ; One part was reported at La 8pe sia e the northwest eeast and (- the ether at Taraato on the seath eeast,' aad apparently they eoald net be Joined wltheat first running ruinous risks. The Germans , sent swarms of fighters into battle over Naples . yesterday. Fifteen of them were . sent to flaming destruction in the Naples area, and four others were shot down elsewhere, bringing the day's tatol to 9, allied headquar ters - announced. : The allies lost seven. Flying Fortresses bombed Cap ua airdrome,. 17 miles north of Naples, and burled a spray of me- tal across virtually every foot of the field. Twin-engined Marauders and Mitchells gave Grazzanise airfield , and its satellite landing ground just north , of Naples a similar pasting. :i - - The Fortresses and their Light ning escort' had to dig their way out of a circle of 45 or SO enemy fighters," and shot down 12. At Grazzanise three .more of the foe " were accounted for., r;t.-, .. ; " . ' In other widespread actions yes . terday Warhawks swept over Sar dinia, shooting : up power lines, motor transport and buildings near Guspini, 30 miles northwest og Gagliari, and the harbor at .Carloforte; , Mitchell : b o m b e r s - strafed, the Locri railroad junc tion; A-3S invaders divebombed 'gun: positions . near Reggio Cala bria, and RAF Wellingtons re turned to railroad targets at Bag noli in the Naples suburbs with loads of heavy bombs. : Stalin to Meet CWith Allies, Rome Claims .. LONDON, Aug. 27 P) The Rome radio tonight quoted what it said were "neutral sources" as saying that Premier Joseph Sta lin would visit the Caucasus re gion shortly to meet British and American military and political representatives. " "Stalin also ... will review his army of the Kuban and his Black sea fleet," said the broadcast, re corded by Reuters. (An NBC report from London . tonight said that Vyacheslav Mol otov, Soviet commissar for for eign affairs, might arrive in the British capital soon. - (It said that Ivan Maisky, for mer Soviet- -ambassador to Lon don, Is returning there soon and that it was possible his visit was to pave the way for Molotovs - trip.) ; ...: . 1 Official, quarters in London shied away from makin e. anv comment on the Rome broadcast, regarded here as. another of the type often sent out as "feelers A- cry that a tri-power confer ence must be held is echoed al most dally In the British Dress. Most quarters believe that if there are any differences ' they could be thrashed out if top lead ers of the United States, Britain and Russia got together. - i London expects Foreign Secre tary Anthony Eden to so to Mos cow soon and it is believed here that if it is impossible i for the .three powers to arrange a meet ing that bis visit would rive an answer to many of the questions being asked. - -Dm ! Corner Hood & Church St. " C!J Tina Doacisr Shuttle Raider : V John G, Winxnt. Jr. (above), 21- year-eld sea ef the American ambassador to Great ' Britain, piloted one of the Flying Fort resses ea the 10t -mile shuttle bembing trip to "Africa. Japs Desert C (Continued from Page 1) C approached, a climax . today- as ground forces advanced to the outer edge of the field under cov er of heavy artillery fire. . General Douglas . MacArthur's communique today said Austra lian and American troops were increasing ( their pressure on the airdrome. This followed yester day's statement that -they - were within a mile of the airstrip. (A New Guinea battlefrdnt dis patch, delayed 36 hours, said the allied jungle fighters were almost to the edge of the field and that the enemy was continuing its slow retreat.) . The ground advance followed another heavy bombipg of Sala maua's supply depots. A force of nearly 100 bombers escorted by numerous P-38 Lightning fighters cascaded 180 tons ' of bombs upon Hansa Bay, 200 miles northwest of Salamaua. . These raiders sank a freighter, wrecked 45 barges, exploded am munition dumps and destroyed ground installations. This attack followed the heavy bombings last week of another New Guinea sup ply base at Wewak. .. There was', no interception by Japanese planes - but anti-aircraft fire, which diminished , during' the raid, was encountered. AU allied ships returned, ' although some were damaged. v In the Solomon islands Ameri can troops were reported to be slowly closing in on the Nipponese at Bairoko. This garrison on the northern tip of New Georgia is made up of the only Japanese re- maining on the island since the capture of the Munda airdrome on August 5. Exigene Rowe Dies Suddenly Eugene Allen Rowe, 49, of 1625 Grant street, Salem, died Friday near Wlllamina of a heart attack while driving a fuel gas truck of the Gas-Heat company of this city, of which he was one of the proprietors. The truck went over the grade when Rowe became un conscious but the truck was not damaged and according to infor mation i received by John W, Crane, president of the Gas-Heat company, Howe died from the heart ' attack rather than any in jury, i n. v - Rowe had been a resident of Salem for about two years, serv ing as secretary of the Gas-Heat company throughout that-period. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hilda Rowe; a- daughter, Mrs. Jean Proctor, of San Francisco; a sister, Mrs. Mina Donkle of Plym outh, I1L; and a brother, L. R. Rowe of Seattle. Funeral arrange ments, in charge of the Clough Barrick company, have not been completed. s . Bomber Crash Kills Nine SIOUX CITY, la, Aug. 27-(ff-Nine men were killed in the crash of an army bomber near Kim ball, S Jn last ' night during a training flight,' the public rela tions office of the Sioux City air base ; said. The victims included Sgt Lester M. Hatfield, Parkdale, Ore. i Last Times Today RICHARD PIII KXNT TAYlOft-roGAX BUCHANAN r.VORRIS - ;jiAM PARKER ! News - Cartoon and New . Serial - "Junior G-Mea of I ' 1 y ,. - tt-s ait." :. - - , ..Tli jf i RAF Bombers Over Germany TJ (Continued from Page I) D since Menday when that city offered its -went air pounding . ef the war. The nazl ' long-wave station Deutschlandsender main radio in the Berlin area, became silent just before midnight; In the past this often has been ait Indication that Berlin was being attacked. ' " . For 1 two -Ihours before dusk great fleets of bombers streaked steadily across v England's south coast toward; the continent; fol lowing up a sharp raid by US me dium bombers which pummeled the; enemy airdrome at , Poix in Northern , France, apparently- in an effort .to knock out .potential interference, - . - -:- : 1 ' V: The big planes crossed and re crossed the straits, while r many squadrons of fighter planes, dart ed through the . skies to provide protection for the giant operation. In other operations, the British air ministry announced. Mustangs damaged a number of locomo- tives in Brittany while Spitfires shot up an : enemy coastal vessel off Dunkerque. Bostons escorted by Typhoons blasted the power station at Gosnay during the eve ning. Three aircraft were report ed missing in these operations. 1 - Observers " ea the British coast said ; they believed the ; heavy' planes, three i large for matlons ef which : swept over , . toward France, "were US Flying , Fortresses.'"1' '""' f'--J -i-i" -'"-"r. For more than an hour before the Deutschlandsender shut down, the nazi-con trolled radios at Ca lais and Allouis in France had been 'silent a usual tip-off that allied : planes were ' penetrating deep Into the Reich. ; The' air ministry news service said . American Marauder medi ums : escorted by Spitfires made the morning attack on the Poix airfield. The news service : added that other Spitfires returning from an offensive operation encountered a formation of Focke-Wulf 190s and Messerschmitt 109s and destroyed one Focke-Wulf. Earlier, an air ministry com munique said RAF bombers had mined enemy waters last night while naval aircraft damaged four enemy minesweepers during at tacks on shipping in the . English channel. ' ' All planes returned safely. -Eighth US army air f orce head- auarters reported that the con tinuing Marauder raids are caus ing serious damage to 'the ene ray's frontline airfields in France, v Photographs, taken during the fourth raid so far on the big nazi fighter base at Tricqueville Aug. 26, show 80 to 100 bomb bursts on the landing field and perimi ter track and between 70 and 80 in the dane dispersal area. At least three or four, hangars received direct hits. ? . Jones Pledges More Adequate E (Continued from Page 1) B prices, the government guarantees farmers a certain price for a com modity. If the market price drops below that figure, the government steps in and buys at the guaran teed price.) ' :. : - Jones said the prices to the far mer would "allow him to produce. "Farmers don't want to get rich out of the war, he continued. "They merely want adequate price protection. This should be given to them." Navy lists Casualties WASHINGTON, August 27 fP) The navy announced today 20 cas ualties, including 8 dead, 4 wound ed and 1 missing. . ,jf ; : i':;'y : In addition four names are in cluded of those whose status has been changed officially as fol lows? two from prisoner to dead, two from 'missing to dead. " ' This brings to 287S the total of navy, marine corps , and coast guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941. The grand total includes, 9980 dead, 5081 wounded, 9787 missing and 4147 prisoners of war. o: Hazel Fisher 'and Her All-Girl Band, Friday O Tophattenr--Satiirday Night; : ;'-. Always the Best la- Dance; llusic at the .--. . Sponsored by Capital Feat Ne. t, Amerlcaa Leriea .CrXGC:i.CTATrr:U7..Cc:era, NazioTliink Cities In US Bombed, Sdyo Y(uijliillPaot YAMHILL; Aug. 27-VNazix actually believe that " G e r m a n planes have raided our cities -and that America soon will ask for peace." , Such was the report of Li. Rob ert L. Pickens, army Tbrlnst Fort- res? pilot, on his return home from the north African theatre. German prisoners in north Af rica are ; under the illusion that New. York City : has- been levelled by German bombers, he said. "The - German . enlisted man realizes he is beaten and knows he has Tbeen' fightinjtfor a lost cause, said Pickens; one of the pilots on the first Rome bombing raid, "but the nazl officer con tinues to be arrogant, i conceited and demanding." : Italian prison ers, hesaid, are happy to be out of the war.T . Pickens, 24, was wounded when German planes intercepted Amer ican bombers on their way to Messina. Pickens' crew, bagged five Messerschmitts. but he had to turn back to make a crash land ing in Tunisia. . 9s Out So Race Open B (Continued from Page 1) B senate to win election, and there are not more than five; in alpha betical order. Senators Howard C Bel ton of Clackamas, Marshall Cornett r ""Hmath, Coe McKenna of Mul' , William E. Walsh of Coos,' Charles H. Zurcher of Wallovva. Of. these, . the more , obviously ambitious last session were Cor nett and McKenna. But there was one other Walsh who may have been keeping himself under wraps for the reason that he had. been a leader in the Dorothy Lee cam paign and felt especially obligated not to "speak for himself, John" so long as she' remained In the picture. If that was the case,' he is free now to proceed. Incidentally, Sen. Walsh was in town Friday, but it wouldn't have done any good to ask him. .Walxh is politically smart, and knows if s much toq early for ' avowals which would have the principal effect, now, of setting him up as a target for others political slingshots. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Bob Farrell has directed the Mult nomah county commissioners to meet September 1 to elect a suc cessor to Sen. Lee. ' , 28 Form JNew; Soroptimists A (Continued from Page 1) A the other charter members of the club: Isabel Childs, president; Dor- een Baker, recording secretary; Mrs. Walter Barsch, Miss Florence Beardsley, Miss Hattie BratzeL Miss Alice Crary Brown, i Mrs. Belle Niles Brown, corresponding secretary; Mrs. O. K. DeWitt, Mrs. Dav5d Eason, Mrs. Lee U. Eyerly, Miss Joy Hills, Mrs. W. H. Hof- stetter of Monmouth, Mrs. Emily Howard, Mrs. Clo Johnson, Mrs. Virginia Cline, Mrs. F. Ethel Lau, director; Mrs. Marie Ling, 1 Mrs. Henry J. MUlis. director; Miss Ed na Mingus of Monmouth, Mrs. Laura Pangle, Mrs. Winifred Pet tyjohn, treasurer; Mrs. Joe H. Ran dall, vice president; Mrs. Bertha M. Reynolds, director; Mrs. George Shepard, Miss Ida Mae Smith, Mrs. Sidney Stevens and Mrs. Arthur WeddQe. Cut in Bleat Point ' Values Predicted - BALTIMORE, August 27 () The Baltimore Sun said tonight that a high federal, official in Washington predicts reduction of pomt values on many major meat cuts early this winter because of greatly improved meat "supplies throughout the country. , . i The newspaper quoted .fan" offi cial of the food distribution ad- rninistration as sayirig "the meat shortage is over, and the country now has enormous herds of live stock. Slaughterers are killing all their quotas will allow and we be lieve there will be enough meat to fill ration demands at. least until next simmer." The spokesman was not Identi fied by name. , -. . T Dorothy .Oregon. Cciurdar I Iwslss. August 23. 1S43 Negro Judge Elected to jiierican Bar i CHICAGO; Aug. rj-iKy-Judge James S. Watson of the New York City municipal court today was elected to membership in the American Bar association, be coming the first negro to be ad mitted to the 'organization in many years. The action by the board of governors j ended the association's 66th annual convention, . which decreed in a resolution that neith er "race, creed nor. color should be a determining factor in. mem bership. . . The association earlier in the week amended its by-laws to re quire four instead of two adverse votes ' to blackball a proposed member. : -. ' Welles to End State Career WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 ( There will be no missions by Sumner Welles to Moscow or South America, it was authorita tively reported tonight, after he leaves his job as undersecretary of state. That he is leaving his post ap pears certain, since he has writ ten farewells to South American diplomats here. Coupled with the unofficial re ports of his resignation has been speculation: that President Roose velt might send him to Russia or give him a special, assignment to Latin America. But an informed source said the likelihood of any new diplomatic post for Welles had faded fast that the break was complete. " There was much talk that Nor man Armour, ambassador to Ar gentina who is now here, would succeed Welles, but there was also speculation that ,, Breckinridge Long,' assistant secretary who Is especially popular on Capitol HIIL might be the choice of President Roosevelt. Should Armour be the man Mr. Roosevelt wants to take over, he is easily available. There Is doubt that he would return to the em bassy at Buenos Aires 'any time soon because of Argentina's fail ure to break off relations with the axis. ; 1 1 n 1 STARTS TODAY 2 HITS V.tcVen It's as crowded with laughs a. Washington isjriththe' will to wbl II r - Mea : ARTH U R MR EA CO B UR IJ - GEORGE; STEVEriS f y - COMPAIHOII TEATUnS : v UK' :;a:ihi. i r.Idvinj; Vans; '""' To Be Registered WASHINGTON, Aug. 27- ft The office of defense transporta tion approved today establish ment of a registration office by 48 household goods motor carriers operating through Portland, Ore. - The office will be used to reg ister, either . spaee available, for shipment of goods or a surplus of material awaiting shipment. Farmers to Get Only 50 Extra .22 Cartridses " WASHINGTON, - Aug. 27 H) Farmers and ranchers will be al lowed only 50 rounds of J22 cali bre rimfire cartridges above regu lar quotas this falL instead of 1C3 as originally announced,' the war production board (WPB) said today, - , . , IGng Boris Said Improved ; LONDON, Aug. tt-ypy-A Ger man broadcast of dispatches from Sofia tonight said King Boris of Bulgaria' had improved after a serious illness of four days. Previous Berlin reports said the 49-year-old monarch was suffer ing from angina pectoris and that German specialists went to attend him on Adolf Hitler's orders. Body Identified As Tenino Man PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. -Police today identified the body of a man found dead here as that of ET H. Green. 70, Tenino, Wash, who was in Porltand visiting a son. Police said he apparently had stumbled and hit his head on a rock Thursday. - - ST. XjOUXS-Cffy-Claada N. Heitzman, a bus driver for the Public Service company, will get a special letter of commendation and $20 reward for breaking the company's strictest rule-rforbid-ding a driver to deviate from his route. . " He found a purse on ' the bus floor. A quick- count revealed ex actly $696.70. Heitzman turned from his route and raced to the company garage. " : - ? Mrs. Frank Sinak, to whom the money belonged, soon arrived, ex plained she discovered her loss after leaving the bus, chased It unsuccessfully for two blocks, then hurried to the garage. , With if MP. 4th Offensive F (Continued from Page 1) F In the bitter flghUsg, the Eos- slans said. , y .. -i ' - Seven hundred Germans were taken prisoner and war , material was captured when , the. strong hold fell, the Russians reported. , About 130 miles south of the new brealr-throueh. Soviet forces which toppled the former German bastion of Kharkov Monday, were said to have rolled on westward from three to five miles, crushing stubborn German opposition to charge within 33 miles of the nazi base of Poltava lying astride the route to the Dnieper. - Kolteva, district center 33 miles above Poltava," which changed hands several times during the bitter battles, finally fell again yesterday to this column sweeping beyond Kharkov, the Russian bul letin said. 1 ' Other Red army units are driv ing south of Kharkov in an effort to cut German lines leading into the Donets basin where the com munique said the Russians "con tinued their successful offensive" southwest of Voroshilovgrad. On all fronts during Thursday the Red army was reported to have disabled 63 German tanks and shot down 61 planes. The Russian drive at Sevsk threatened to cut German com manleatlens linking the central and southern axis frents. An earlier German bulletin tell ing of the Russian push at Sevsk, 85 miles south of Bryansk,' admit ted some "local break throughs, which it claimed. were closed and said the Russians, using massed artillery and formations of bomb ing planes, began pounding the German positions Thursday mom ma. Later the red infantry, north and south of the city, began to move in on the German lines, the bulletin said. Beside threatening to eat the ! Bryansk - Kenotop - Kiev rail way, the Sevsk area offensive supports the steppe army driv ing. west of Kharkov past Zen kev. Lebedln and- Akhtyrka, Sevsk Is 115 miles north ef .CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 1 P. M. ifflrnTm-: Siarb Tcday " ) N" COMPANION ' FEATUUE . i T.r i Z;-L?r, il.9 f-riltst wetiera rcr:"t::3 II V 3 I ' rz!. -. . Capt. Luiwij CaUrius, Trens ocean news fcency irilitary com mentator, said In another Eerlia broadcast that the Russians ap parently, hcrd e.3t German troofss had been drained f rod the Eevsi sector to fisht Lt other areas. In the broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press, Sertorius al so indicated; ' that the fighting south of Kharkov was in the re gion of Zmiev, 22 miles below the captured city. He said the Ger rrjn$ "moving from the area of Zmiev'Vhadjmade a flank attack upon soviet forces. Nazis jGauglit; 5;at Larce KINGSTON, Ont, August 21(JF) Including one captured by a wo man armed only with a flashlight, 13 oi the 19 German prisoners of war who escaped from Fort Henry last night were back in custody tonight I A report that four other fugi tives had been taken later proved to be false, police said. The greatest search, ever con ducted ; in the Kingston district was being made for those still at large. It was international in scope with the US army and coast guard detachments and civilian police patrolling along the south bank of the Saint Lawrence river. ' In the largest break in Canada since 23 men tunneled to freedom from a northwestern Ontario camp In April, 1941, the 19 men dug an elaborate tunnel under' the fort's walls and upward to the crest of a small hill facing the St. Law rence. Prison camp authorities re ported that the prisoners had no help from outsiders.' All who es caped in the 1941 break were re captured except two who were killed. I . ' Bolivian Cabinet Resigns , LA PAZ,1 Bolivia, Aug.; 27-iff) The Bolivian cabinet resigned to night. No details were available immediately. ".. SALEM'S LEADJN3 THSATRS 2 Bij Eils "THETIIETTCJ ATISf : r-1 EZLD IT FD LCVE! f SEJLKNA...Mor Dstlfmvt - .... t JOE COTTER.. . Mora IUcUms U kla first roanatlo roltt TOGETHER, ,-or. rvr.ia way jroull jmtw lorgatl ; .DEANXA JCSEia DflRBniiCOMI CHARLES T7INNIK6ER ETELTI1IIEES CSS SCHILLin muiiim: ti:ii: stcssii J DEANNA Stngsi : . "Uegia the Beguia's. "iij a . Prsy'r for the Box Over . 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