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m Troops w
Posh Inland,
Seize Heights
B (Continued from Page 1) B'
sAouncement of weakened resist
ance to the Fifth army's, enlarge
ment of its foothold onto high
j ground and. in the fact that the
!. .1 A. t.n.
mam uwj vi. u(aw mim.wm
: advancing to an area where
. j could Jeopardize enemy xorces
anywhere south or. tne seie-nver.
Clark anovlontgomery cstaD
, fished contact in or near tne sou
ern ena ox tne &aienw onage-
I -head," which extends to.vAgropolt
- The last announced town to tail
tK. Pflh .miT m, VilTn
; T
16
mura in
j Agropoli.:
The absence ef German
planes for the- second day. and
the weakened fire f rem anti-
, aircraft' batteries were viewed
; as significant. German greand
fire asnally Is intense ever any
. area ' the " Germans . intend te
' hold. Filets eneenntered tltUe
l. flak yesterday anywnere near
:.. the frenC - -
The; newly-fused single front in
.v southern Italy , was like a crescent
J with its ends anchored at Salerno,
'" 20 miles south of Naples on the
' Mediterranean, and Bari, almost
V directly east of Naples on the
Adriatic; (The Center of the line
" , waif in the lower Apennines around
Gioia, where British patrols were
probing 30 miles north of Taran
to, late an Italian naval base. , . -The
allies controlled aU south
ern Italy's shoreline en the
Ionian sea.' abont ZOf sailes of
west coast bathed by the Medi
terranean and aboat . 14$ miles
of the Adriatic north to Bart
The Germans apparently elvng
temporarily to the aaovntalnovs
center, :;; ,
, The contact at Gioia appeared
to be with rear, guard screens -of
. a German parachute division. The
' enemy was believed to lack
strength to resist a3 determined
allied drive in the center.
(The crushing air blows north
; of Naples suggested that the bat
tie for that Dort was in its tint
' stage and that the allies nught be
i attempting to block escape routes
of the five German divisions
around Salerno, or at least to pre
vent reinforcements.)
Major Gen. James H. Doolit
Ue's stratecie air force concen
trated on half a doxen 'tarress
and this shiftinr of bomb weixM
attested to the Improved position
of the fifth army.
lying Fortresses laid a Dattern
of bombs on the Caserta area north j
of Naples, hitting roads and a I
bridge and blanketed the Bene-1
vento area, 40 miles northeast of
Naples. Capua to the north at
traded Mitchell bombers, which
pounded the railway system,
bridges and docks.
Lesser planes of the tactical air
' force strongly supported troops
' fighting at Salerno, with allied
) fighters maintaining constant pa
trol. Four enemy planes were de
stroyed yesterday and two allied
craft were lost -
It was disclosed officially that
US Rangers were part of Clark's
' initial landing force and that
tney Held one vital sector at the
nort&ern end of the brideehcad.
Jack Rice, Associated Press pho
tographer who accompanied the
? wangers, said they landed at n lit
' .tie town in the northern sector at
ajn. on Sept 9
f "The town lies up a narrow and
-.deep valley through which the
- men movea in darkness," Rice
" said. "Several milerup from the
town our leading unit commanded
by Major William E. Martin sur-1"1
pnsea a uerman armored scout
car and put it out of action with a
single shot from, a bazooka. A tit
farther on, the same unit captured
German reconnaissance car with
r
eight soldiers."
- iat .Hangers, were veterans of
some of the most spectacular fight
ing in Tunisia and Sicily.
ansk Falls
Russians
D (Continued from Page 1) D
Chaplino, already in Soviet hands.
In the Kiev nush. th n-rf ,
my, was pounding on past cap-
tured Nosorka on the north
ana toward Frilukl, important de-
xense base of Kiev.
The day's successes - tMnvrA i
yesterday;, capture of Novorossisk
SsnShS" wh2.ST"
P ZZ reveled that
inore than 100 Russian ships took
SK Phious
Bry
To
1- :r7 tmng iour axis
? J" toPortant base
- tv-uj usnu itemauung i
German troops clinging to the I
wia oi novorossisk ap- i
parently must withdraw
be
annihilated now.
US Launches
2Xmh Vessel v .
, W mwm . V
; America's 2000th ocean-going ves
I ael built since Pearl Harbor was
the big tanker Bladensburg from
! Henry , j. Kaisers Swan . island
v shipyard here, the US maritime
commission announced today. .
i tie xsiadensburg delivery Ser-
j fember 11 marked a milestone in
the nation's huge s!xJpbuilding pro
gram, the commission said.
The yard's SSth tanker, the Fort
will t launched to-1
sorrow.
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ONtheHOUEFROin'
, By E5AESL CUILD3 s
We who work on the wrong side i
of the clock think we're missing
some of the fun. u
V
Take these noon bond sales ral
lies at Victory center, for example. i
th. bov and eirls who labor from
dawn to dusk can get quite a kick
. . . .
i out oi ; nenoon nour, ana some
it 1 times go back to work a war bond
j richer, by attending those shows.
So, we're thinking of putting on
- 1 own bond rally. We win invite
- t the man with the loud-speaker to
to South Commercial
J,- Jk
that thc-gay night
down
street Now
imu in ciosea earir lor di
: 1 m
,.. . -
sumaeni man ration, we may ex-
, wber and orderly attend-
, .;. . ?
d if the loud-speaker
let ud shoo in front of Mar-
tha-s maybe .plutoVwa
set up tne eonee msiae. j- or s ne
m iho rniilrf trat orwi nun
the papermill lads and lassies, the
men from the SPY smart : new
switch engine, the cops on the
beat, the printers from our shop
and us from the newsroom, not to
mention the tenders of bar and the
folk who live down here, but !
would be unable- to aleep amidst
the, patriotic noises we would cre
ate. - iV-IiX.."
Once treated (to coffee, I mean),
we wouldn't dare leave before we
hid heard the bond sales story,
And, it's a good story to hear and
to get upon.
Pulp Workers
Offered New
Wage Boost
PORTLAND,' Sept , 17-)-Some
14,000 Pacific coast AFL. pulp and
paper null employes prepared to
day to vote on a new wage agree
ment which win give them a five
cent hourly increase.
The agreement, which will add
nearly $2,000,000 annually to pay-
r6ns in i Oregon, Waahington and
California, was announced today
after ' four-day conference of
management and' union repre
sentatives in the Pacific coast
pulp and paper industry.
It now goes to workers in 34
plants for ratification, and then to
the war labor board for approval
or rejection. , ;
Principal adjustments all ret-
roactive to last June 1 were: A
five cent hourly wage increase to
aU employes with six months ex-
perience; discontinuance of a 2
cent hourly differential for em-
ployes with less than six months
servlce; base rates of 90 cents an
hour for men, 77 for women's
jobs; computation of vacation pay
on the basis of 48 instead of 40
hours; ' liberalization of vacation
eligibility requirements.
The agreement also provided
that women, doing men's jobs,
will be paid men's wages.' The
companies agreedto make payroll
deductions for union dues where
requested by employes.
Attendingithe conference were
representatives of the
Pacific
Coast Association of Pulp and Pa
per Manufacturers. - the Interna
tional Brotherhood of "Pulp, Sul
phite, and Paper Mill Workers,
and the International Brotherhood
of Papermakers.
Family Leaves
fn friVfWfl Wnrrnn
V9Vrett V agn
PORTLAND, Ort' Sept ll-UPi
An Iowa family today -began a
pioneer back-track along the Old
Oregon Trail in a homemade cov
ered wagon.
Vernon A. Johnson told
a re- I
porter he expects to arrive at his
farm home in Pottawattamie coun
ty, Iowa, with his 22-year-old wife
and 18 - month - old daughter - in
"three or four months."
Their covered waaon is horse
drawn but p-to-date otherwise, (
with rubber tires and a radio.
Johnson, who had been workinc
in a pickle factory near here, said
te' brought hi family west last
summer by automobile.
1
Mob4 5PlVp CrktTt
UAUJJ eie w.Orll
At MftXlfVlTI VnWIa"
lM lff eJLlcan WTQB
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MEXICO CITY. Sent 17- (Jf
The National railways of Mexico
m5udin? manPTomen!
nned raSway yS
here and seized corn mtendedfor
shipment to other pomta" vvT
The report, made to the minis'
tries of the interior and national t
economy, added that local auttSri- I
ues, when notified of the seizure.
ordered th mmIkp -I
confiscated, on the" grounds that
itf was needed in Duranfo. The
rauways contend that local offl
ciais are without authorirr m
uku. iuca aeizures.
; Flaa Second Etl -I-
Tint Holt in "
TIRATES OF THE
PRAmnr
Ill, i m Xost 1 HIV r
SWITCH I
And News - Serial Cartoon
XL
FDR Says New
BlOIVS at AXIS
iYotolPiaimed
F (Continued from Page 1) F.
told the legislators, on these and
other subjects.
General approval war sounded
on Capital Hill for his message
I today, but there was some xepub-
Jlican criticism that it did not deal
I mMfiHnll'W MMnnrh with K m
i
iront prooiems ana some cxpics -
sions of dissatisfaction with bis
I references to post-war policy.
! In discussing the military situa-
tion, Mr. Soosevelt pictured Hit
" definitely: penned- up with)
the allies pedsed to strike heavier I
A1Maic -.T -.1
1 inn novMr nmwiL
I -- "Ph mnTMi mnii thm A ?nrl.
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---r--:-l"rrr:
fP;' V
line tanning on iuut u not tnei
I heiraidhAtlAnflntf vLs"
he aid- "That landing was plan-
o
. TT2j
f I jjhuu nuu ui uiuwu
States made specific and precise
plans to bring to bear- further
blows of
equal or greater :im
Iportance
against Germany ?"and
Japan
with definite times and
Places for other landings on the
continent of Europe and else-
where.' I
Hitler boasted that his fortress
was impregnable, Mr. Roosevelt
recalled, but neglected to provide
it with a roof and allied bombs
are raining down on his vital in-
dustries. He added:
"He also left various other vul
nerable spots In the wan of the
so-called fortress which we shall
point out to him in due time."
'The president said "we hare re?
liable information that there is
definite unrest and a growing de
sire for peace among the peoples
of these satellite countries Ru
mania, Hungary, Finland and Bul
garia" .'i );- v
"We hope that in these nations
the spirit of revolt, against nazivere- gulf hurricane, - evacuated!
dominance which commenced in I lowlands today and took extra I
Italy will burst into flame and
become a consuming fire."
Bond Sales
Swelled by
Areas
A (Continued from Page DA
solidtatian being done by : the
women's i group ; headed by Mrs.
David Wright, particularly the
telephone solicitors and the down
town payroll savings solicitors di
rected by Miss Helen Yockey and
Mrs. Winifred Pettyjohn.
C. A. 1 Sprague. chairman for
rural solicitatian in the Salem ar-
c rpomea an exceptionally well-
attended
meeting of Pringle and
View; workers af the
Pleasant
Pringle
night
schoolhouse Thursday
SALEM
HEIGHTS, Sept . 17-i
(Special)-This community "went j
to town" ia the matter of war i
bond purchases tonight $9500
worth being purchased or pledged
at the bond rally for which, ex-
nsiv advance arrangementsihad
oeen maae. sales at the bond booth
amounted to 4500, to which is
added the pledge of a $5000 nur-
chase by! Sen. Frederick Lamport
SILVERTON, Sept 17-(Spec-Ial)-With
$140,000 down and but
glOO.OOO to go Jack Spencer. SU-
verton's captain on the third war
loan battlefield says he is confi-
aent tnai suyerton will go over
the top in the allotted days re
maining. 1 1 . v. 1 -
WOODBURN, Sept rl7-(Soec-
ial)-Woodburn area's Quota in the
third war loan campaign Is $125,-
000, about one-tenth of which has
oeen obtained. Burton WDleford.
city cnairman, nas announced his
list of Individual solicitors who
are to call at every home and bus
iness house in the city:
.Earl Dunn Walter Schuler. El
mer Mattson. Fred HeckeK Dr.
Gerald Smith, Glenn Goulet Ken-
neth McGrath. Mrs. Jack Canni-
vet, Mrs. Ben Reeser, MUton Gra
lapp, Harold Jones,' Fred ! Even-
den, Mrs. Ray' Glatt Mrs. R L.
Guiss, Mrs. Blaine McCord Chair
man WHleford hopes to line up
other ; soucitors to help put the
campaign over.. , ,
I NOW PLATING
f txetlfs before!
Featni
Here is a Story Told in
. if'iia ii ' ri
t
Terms of Gripping Action
Filled with Drama and High
Adventure -. y i
TIKAI3IN' FOII GOD'S
COUNTRY" .
' wia
ITCIiaza Londigan . , ;
! ... Virginia Dale
! PLUS-
Latest March of Tbne '
E1 Jack rat Adolf
' - t . Killer -
CGCII CTATZCrL'J:. Celts.
Lac Captured
A 1L. F?l
K (Continued from Page 1) B
s tares of the bitter straggle are
being pawned Into nearby Jan
gles where their cestraetiea is
certain, headanarters said. ?-
The Fifth air force, which pro-
vided cover throughout the siege,
mdt. final destructive raid
I whirh nHHM-afotft mtmm-m hwhn..
- v -
1 mm. :-- -
I The seizure of .Lae which has
J two airdromes,- end Salamaua,
which has one as well as .a good
- anchorage, gave the allies vir-
uon gulf and
ord General MacArthur a
.hHn0hn.ni w, --v
i A ....
ST- o" wn. tt mm a, n tv SUiAf;
I at Bull nOrr important enemy
bases, including th-tmnSftM
. ,: , - .
I hnied ateptjpTo actionuTthe
raiw. c
fighter, have
I been downed in an American raid
on the Buin-Faisi sector on South-
era Bougainville.
Nearly : 100 enemy fighters in
tercepted the Bougainville bomb
ers.
Adjacent to American-won New
Georgia, the Japanese have con-
tested oenmation of AnmH.i i-
I land, which poses a menace to the
enemy's garrison at Vila, Kolom-
bangara. j They : have reinforced
their forces on Arundel. -
On New Georgia, the ' Munda
airfield, captured August S, has
been raided by 60 Japanese manes
whose, bombs caused minor dam
age and casualties.
Gulf Ready
For Hurricane
vpw i-TT a ilto c a .
vvfcMio, oqm n un
- : Ajwumana
! coastal areas, threatened by a se-
precautions to withstand destruc-
tive winds and dangerously high
tides indicated in the disturbance
moves inland.
The latest advisory Issued by
the United States weather bureau
here, timed 4:30 pjn. (Eastern war
tunej, said the storm, after -ce-
malning : practically stationary
during the day, would likely
sume Its slow northward : move-J
ment late tonight and reach the!
Texas coast in the Freeport-Gal-
veston area Saturday morning.
The advisory said the disturb
ance was accompanied by winds
of 75 to 85 miles per hour and
gusts up .to 100 miles per hour
near the center. It said that winds
of 60 to, 75 miles were .Indicated
near the Texas-Louisiana border
and south of the storm center to
I Port O'Connor. Texas.
BUY. WAS BONDS
Deny
Ecds Tcday
Down Mexico Way . .'
Ia the Land of Mnsie,
Kotaance and Adventnre
G-Man Gene speeds to new
thrills, roaring for action ...
: ready lor romance!
Echo ilniryo
kt
"Scsli cf I2:a
Dcrdrr"
- Companion Feaiare - . -
THE MAN WHO "
STOPPED HITLEBt
Terror! ;
Suspicion!
Excitement!
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FF7 "ign-jinx , . . Tfi:a H'onicI
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. Qr?oa Saturday Mcrsln-.
Welfare Aid
Need Drops
G (Continued from Page 1) G
stress, Miss Bowen said Friday. v NORFOLK, Va Sept. 17-4VA
General assistance expenditures mht bast attributed to the ex
last month totaled $10,144J(L went Posion--of ammunition in transit
to 290 cases, or to 814 persons. In- kiUed 2 Persons and injured
eluded' in this total were cash om 25& others today at the Nor
grants, requisitions, costs for bu- foIi naval air station in Norfolk's
rials, for hospitalization or' for
other medical care. Since old
assistance , funds : go , directly in
cash grants to beneficiaries, a por
tion of the general assistance
monies, 124S M last month, is ex
pended for the "extras' in medi-
cal care which the small cash grant
cannot meet
Bombers Blast
Italian Roads
H (Continued from Page 1) H
tunnel through the Alps and as
tride the main Rome-Paris rail
road. 'V'. C:y- ..
Simultaneously, a 'second RAF
force of nhmt raiders disructed
secondary transport system Into
Italy by bombing the Antheor
viaduct ; near ' Straphael ' on the
Mediterranean coast
Modane - lies about 500 miles
from EngTish bases and it Is about
the same distance to newly-gained
air bases in Sicily.
Crewmen winging to ' Modane
saw fires still burning at the for
mer Dunlop Rubber Works at
Mont Lucon, France, which "' was
bit the night before.
R e c o n n a i s s a n ce photo -
graphs showed today that all 28
of the major buildings - at the
plant had been hit . and i 11 had
been destroyed, obliterating one
1 . .
uuu main - nnuinuii
1 sources 01 ures since tne Amen.
1 owuunu 01 ruooer lactones
at Huls and Hannover. .
Berlin suffered its second raid
in two niehts from fleet RAF
Mosquitos last night, while allied
intruders ranged far over France.
Belgium and f Holland, attacking
five nasi airfields, trains and
shipping. , ; '
I - Four : bombers were , missing
I from the night's far-flung offen-
ve r i
Y 706 assaults - carried into the
re-ltnlrd straight day the new allied
ina-tneciocs: offensive during
whicn more than 30 targets have
been blasted.
Starts Tomorrow
: Midnight Show Tonight
A 'rippling; mirthful
story of a girl on a hec
tic honeymoon -with a
man who is not her hus
band and much worse
yet ... one who is!
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Ceplssber 13. 15 13-
Blast IliLo 24
AtNorfolIi .
Naval Station
I worsi cusaster since the dirigible
Roma crashed in 1822 with a loss
of 34 Uvea.
: It was learned unofficiany' that
a vast majority of the dead and In
jured were navy men.
The explosion, felt in Norfolk
1 and P0"1 as far as 20 miles away.
oaiMgea several nangarsat
the station and hurled framework
and timbers hundreds of yards.
Windows were smashed and pic
tures fen from the walls in a 10-
mile area. Smoke and flame bil
lowed over the area. '
The electric light system over
the . entire naval operating base
was knocked out.
Bear Admiral H. F. Leary, TJSN,
commandant of the Fifth naval
district, said naval: authorities
were informed by witnesses that
I tney believed the explosion oriff-
I matea in ammunition In transit
Knox Notes
Absence of
JapCarrier
LONDON, Sept 17 P)-Declari
I inM Tit may seem significant that
K navy hasnt seen a Japanese
1 aircraft carrier in the last four
months, US , Secretary of Navy
I Knox told a press conference to-
I day that the biggest battle against
I Japan was yet to come. , ,
Aminn Vnri.s . m
1 . " m XV
d htiwHrn m. .
was accompanied by Cant Leland
P. Lovette, navy public relations
chiei; said of the Japanese
"Apparently they don't like to
come out where it is wet"
He expressed pleasure at - the
way the Americans . and British
were cooperating in the war ef
fort and said he could imagine no
happier day than this in the light
of developments In Italy.
He reiterated that the U-boat
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menace had not been wiped out,
but said "We ha ve given them a
good shellacking," and added:
v-They'U be back and well U
ready for them when they 'come.
They probably will be with us
'until the, end of the war and may
be preparing a fresh assault now."
The .secretary, ; who made the
Atlantic I trip by plane, said the
full extent of his mission was to
inspect US naval actities; " -,
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Ten mniioa pounds cf turkey
were produced in 1512-43 la Ore
gon ZZd,tZ0 pounds . over last
year, the Oregon Turkey Growers
association announced ... The
national housing agency approved
the construction of 75 dwelling
units fa Marshfield.
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