PAG" TV70 Thm OIEGOII STATECMAIt. Cc!axau Oregon. Saturday Homing Ceptember 25 IS 13 Allies Open Full Offensive Against Naples B (Continued from Page 1) B and while refusing to make any specific predictions, he wagered a correspondent five shillings ($1) he would not be home for Christ mas, adding "just where we will spend it I don't know." . Morin said slow but steady gains were being made. in the bat tle tor me mountain passes ieaoing Into the plain of Naples, with the allies digging in and routing the Germans from one defile after an other, thus tightening the pres- ' sure on Naples, j i (The United Nations radio at . Algiers, meanwhile, saM "the Germans have been compelled to regToap their forces 1b Italy. ' (In another broadcast, recorded in London by the Associated Press, , the radio said that Italian officers answered the appeal of Premier Badoglio by reappearing in parts " of Italy to lead patriot forces in open fighting against the German army and sabotage nazi defenses. The broadcast said these efforts to liberate Italy were now going on at a far greater scale than at any time since the Italian armis tice was signed, and were ham pering seriously German attempts . at reinforcement.) An air force statement said American Mite hell bombers "blocked roads ( and hit targets just behind the enemy lines near San Severino and Sarno." Samo is 19 miles east and slightly south of Naples on the i east side of Ve suvius. San Servino is seven miles north of Salerno. Indicating that the Germans had been forced to move their .artillery back from their origi nal lines, the air force bulletin announced that fighter-bombers had pommeled ( gmn positions west of ATellino, a road junc tion 18 miles north of Salerno and 25 miles east of Naples. , , v (This suggested that Clark was hurling his main weight toward Avellino in a wide flanking move ment to the east of Naples and Vesuvius. The volcano compresses the main- highway from Salerno io napies into a narrow coastal defile.) - i The heavy pressure of the Fifth army threatened the roads lead ing into . Naples, 'second largest Italian port of 925,000. German demolitions have wrecked the wa terfront and blocked the docks with the hulks of at least 30 Ital ian ships. Industrial and rail cen ters also have been put to the torch. - Clark's men encountered heavy aruuery and mortar fire and ex tensive minefields in - their for ward drive. They struck at dawn to open a new phase in the battle for Italy after firmly consolidating their hard-won hold on the Saler no sector, 20 to 40 miles below their current objective. A military spokesman said: ' The enemy obviously Intends to hold on as long as possible. Progress Is slow north of Saler no, bat the fishtbtf Is bitter and severer The enemy has recon structed his whole line and pat atrength where it is needed. The Eighth army has been able to advance 3d miles northward be es use ef Gen.! 'Clark's opera tions.' ; . ' y r- ' ' Reinforcements and supplies were being landed constantly on . the Salerno beaches to increase the opwer. of Clark's smash. Gen. Eisenhower's , communique gave few details of the offensive, stat ing merely that "the Fifth army is exerting increased pressure." ' The Germans were ensconced in strong mountain positions but beyond this final range, lay the Cat plains of Naples on which tanks and self-propelled artillery could maneuver easily. , The eoaoaest of - Corsica, the French bland ; jast 100 miles oath of Franco Itself, was near its end. Besides Bonifacio and . Porto Veechto, the-hardy Cent eaa patriots, French and US troops seised Mnrato and Santo Stefaao, The escape port of Baa. tla, to which the sarriTors of Wo estimated 12,009-man Ger man fore wen te fUchtv was rendered Ttrtmaliy useless by air attacks. : t - - Two ships loaded with weapons, j ammunition dumps and numerous I van? along the quayside awaiting embarkation; were destroyed. The French communique said its air force was participating in the Cor aican operation,- but did not say whether the planes were using island airports! : RAP. : Beauflghters shot down seven, and possibly more, big nazi transport planes crammed with evacuating, troops flying' toward Leghorn Allied naval forces were on the w a t c h for shipping at tempting to escape from Bastia, Fliers reported sighting ; many small boats attempting to run the blockade. The French disclosed that two cruisers, six destroyers and v three submarines of the . Evcxyicdy E censored by Capital root 1 1 1 1 i M French fleet had aided operations. One cruiser; was from Martinique. The Germans ... already wero beset with the problem of try ' in" to keep well-armed bands of Albanian and Yugoslav ; pa triots under some decree of eon trol, and they were Jolted by ii oiar u mm a 1 mm ine aiosquiio iieei raia into we Bay of Valona, - Cannery Vote Chooses AFL Voting I more than two to one Friday in favor of the local 23104 of the Cannery and Process Work ers union. AFL. as. their bargain ing agent, employes of the Star Fruit Products company or saiem this weekend probably will be come the first cannery workers o: the Salem area to labor under contract. 3 .' The contract in use in the com pany's plant in Portland will be submitted by- representatives of the union at Starr offices in Port land mis morning. Of the 103 persons eligible to vote, eligibility based on the pay roll or tne wees: ending Septem ber 4, 68 cast ballots in yester day's plant election. Forty six voted m favor of union represen tation, 21 against and one vote was voided. Within the next month, the na tional labor relations board will call for elections in two other Sa lem canneries, Mrs. Leona Zilkos- ki, organizer for the union, pre dicted here Friday night. The Starr election was held with con sent of the management. Really Board To Confer on Rent Control Complaints received by other agencies than the city rent con trol commission or the , housing committee ; of the Salem Realty board will be discussed at a meet ing of the realty board's commit tee with US Employment Office Manager William H. Baillie and USO Director R. R. Boardman this noon if other appointments do not interfere.' : Invited to sit in on the confer ference, which is expected to lead to Investigation by the realty board of the complaints, is Gil I bert , Madison, chairman of the city's rent control committee. Principal subject for discussion at Friday's meeting of the realty Doara, ine rent control threat has oeen brought about either by un founded complaints or by price- increasing action on the part of a minority of the landlords of the city, is the expressed attitude of realtors. If the board's representatives can determine by Investigation of individual I cases which are just complaints, they may be able to persuade the property owners in volved to cut back to reasonable rentals, It has been suggested. Rent control would mean that all landlords in the city would be re quired to put their rents back on a March 1, 1942, standard, and that they would be told to repay to tenants the difference in rent als collected over the past 19 months. : Boardman's declaration that rent control is liked was emphat ically denied before the realty board by W. G. Hardy, who de clared he had fdimd no one In communities under such control who liked It- other : than tenants who had had rent decreased. The property Owner deserves . an in come in; reward for his thrift and enterprise and there are still those in this area who are not receiv ing ' income ; from the lands and buildings they own. Hardy main tained, t , .- .-. Quoting announced results of senatorial, and national realty board Investigations at the,; close of the last war, Mrs. Winifred Pettyjohn said that from 14 to 13 per cent gross return is re quired on residential rentals to guarantee the owner a fair net, and that : such returns have not been general here. rf,"Whn you get rent control you not only get rent control hot have 'control of Salem real estate by the same people,; C V. Johnson declared, pointing out that evic tion time under federal control is moved from Oregon's statutory 30 days to 90 days. Doubt if Boardman had Invest. gated the complaints he had re ceived was expressed by R. A. Forkner, while Hardy said there naa oeen considerable "squawking by persons who have complained everywhere but to the hoard established to hear their com plaints. If Salem persons were allowed to build the new houses needed here there would be no rent con. trol problem, J. D. Sears declared. maintaining- that "Albany has hundreds of new houses. On the other hand, he said, the bondholders , . of ; one apartment nouse here are nosing money be cause they have hesitated to raise rentals as operations costs rose. , Members of the realty board's committee are HardV. Jnhnm and Georga Alderin. Uclccr:o No. , Anterieaa Berlin Reports Evacuation j. Of Smolensk D (Continued from Page 1) D rworeiiy, seven mnes nortneast oi tt;i t j j - .. . . m iuci umuuuuKii Uiu on' the northwest they tightened another tentacle that may w throttle that bi rail center nrlz- The Roalavl-Smolensk Wah nait The Roslavl-Smolensk high road also was seized. Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, heard the thunder ef annreaeh in Soviet runs at Boris doL 17 miles to the southeasL The Rus sians had already swept through Lyeski, lg miles northeast. The Moscow commumaue said that in the Kiev battle the Ger- uuuia uuncnen several : counter aiiacs. -out alter losing over 400 officers and men killed, were forced to roll bade" : The rnmminiiftita nlc inlrl nt nJ J"V ucauus utnauH m many sectors; iwfrMHntf - m y.m'Hw Wm - - - abandoning artillery, infantry, ar - iimiiniiH muMA iUUIUUUUb .tW CUC- my "is compelled to abandon one JAft mm. ea. x . mans advanced nine miles . . Breaking down enemy resistance,! mi I . ... m . m I wiwxiBi u I J XUrgCU ahea. ... As they retreat the Ger - 1 J Mjmm - M auuiaon aruuery . . me communique said. A Moscow radio commentator. recorded by Reuter, said the "roads leading to the . west are Toaas leading to the . west are . )k n . . columns, offering excellent taraets te the Soviet air force, which is holding enemy communications to the rear under a steady hall of fire." . Other Red armr gains saw the Germans backing up to the Kerch strait on thet feeble foothold in the Caucasus. The last town on the southern coast of the Taman nemnsula ffll tn thm Rliniim mm r they captured Blasoweschchen-i skaya, 15 mile, nor of Anapa. The road center of Go.ta.vk7: iu uie nussians. The Russians also on norozhe. Dnmmn.tmnv Tr- enchug and Cherkasi. all tooortant Ukraine towns on the lower Dnie- per. : per uerman Droaacasts nainted a dark picture of the nazi plight in the east. a no r Allies Uontinue v'",'AUUyt An Offensive Q (Continued from Page 1) GE RAF. dominion and allied fiht-1 ers escorting the bombers shot! down 20 enemy . planes and the Marauders 3 destroyed one. Nine I allied planes were missing. V I Other German nieht tareets i were historic Aachen (also known J -La-ChapeU, near Cologne) nuiuioui near ajiuuuieffll. I ' I ess than when it hurled 1500 Ions I twu iia uuiiuiefs. iwn i - - I tons oi explosives in minutes on we twin ciues less man three weesa ago.. . . V?s. hi Nazi night fighters, stronelv CD I the defensive, again used the tac- statehouse office of the state po tic of dropping myriad flares along lice. "That number is the license the ingoing and outcomine bomb- for . k . . . er makinJK m nlht almost ta - ' I Mannheim-Ludwieshafen. nn th ! western German border- at the I Unction Of the Rhin and KwVir I - i rivers, is an important trans-ship-1 uicui puuik xur supplies to Italy. ioiMuiaui ta ju me aey supply 1 S.S rlDeer: Season machine. Air Maneuver Here Tqjday inaneuren involving "nmt(, . . tion" of the Salem army air field rrom -attack" are scheduled to ?Pt unxlerway at ,the, . base southeast of Salem today, officers In charge have announced. - ' ii- dvuians have been askd in avoid the area of the airpdrt in sofar as possible during the ma- neuvent. Whlrh hWna ..1 U I , " .mu UUU I ded anti afrtmraft nu. I the community to live Under aim- .i.t.j . I ulated war conditions. Harry Williams, Woodburn. Dies WOODBURN Harrr! Hamlt Williams, 74, died Friday at the nome or his son, Roger F. "Wfl- liams, seven miles west f Wwvt. Durn -on route two, where; he had - " w, " w w resided since comim fremH Cali- fnmia lrt,t J . . s ?r r.i4.. i aorn in Maine, September 18 I 1889. h ! mrvtni t v v son, two grandchildren and two I mmm MVS a w cu Ulll W I IV 111 Bv I great ; grandchildren. tuneral services win Tn nM at 10 ajn. MondaTentinhv 9t M . - ' " 'I me jungo chapel, with cre mation following at Mt. Crest Ab- oey creniatorium. Dimes T0DIGE2T Vdcrans nll Corner Hood & Church St 0IJ Tlmt Daxids? Blasie by "- .The Oregonians .) JA, ONtheHOMEFRONT By ISABEL CIHLD3 " S terming on the throttle of his "new", secondhand car. the Port land rVamHr nf mmrmmw man t atT innimt nnm ffirtiingt ha r. f"' I to have driven comrletelr throutrh i - without securing one of the tramc Uclcets whica he has fre- ' W .tendered as souve- Btt- V- And that successful maneuver had been accomplished, he was sure, because he had bargained off the high-powered vehicle with which he was once wont , to ad vertise his arrival on any city's rfnvofa Tn . A , I Km ihw m, dent he was not only getting more j miles from his gasoline ration but I he was stavinr within tv.. m I time sneed rules. So, he heaved a sieh of shr I 4nv anrl KAtilmA i tntmrr. t .n I Ak. A : . . . . ... i u uiuwnsi just aneaa ox rutn, I tVHn 4Via wrwimi L . j 1 onto . the shoulder and motioned I " i llltl WW Mil I helP'uI smUes, ready to fix the I sTfrArirrTt aw osrltaA. . a . ilJ y- "Do you know how fast you Wfrm vnlnerf l I , mmm w uj pace SCt 1 ter with n expression the cheer- I fill A rfkll. kM..LA M. . i "L"""'. uoi exactly I "nuiy. wny, no," said the big I . . c man, -jjo youl I was Just m eP uP." I., a star in I his hand. Cut th hanri k.. l?e po5ket. nd ' oM dubious Ar 8nfn had been batting " 60 ilea ari hour and that he. taTrdT-rS,,"0 i jaeoioro. This being near ZTZTX? "7 ty-bred Farm- not Vor JT0 tl?d' b"t ftJ? 227 reminder you?" Sn7 lokrfTSn I j . " I tuau. Uexed f?"1 to tt fct that the ?!. ... . "iwometer "must wiu you pace me at 33 fr. . r. w.hilf' nd wave want to et f0"1 to fire?" asked Arthur. mere must have been something infectious, about the chimiw commerce attitude for th ger with the star (which Farmer f-csr aecisrea -nugnt have been most eeht watch- man or something, you know") later declared "might have been anyhow the stranger said "Snr" ahd proceeded to drive for some little distance at 35 miles an nMir Art found that his sneerfun was off, that it registered 26 or 27 1111165 that speed, but he dis- coyfrred something still ttore sur- pnsing ln Salem the next iflay. -: -V -Z: '.' ; For. armed with the traffic adviser's lion ...i v. rjlainf that h. T that guy's name and write him a letter tnanhng him for fh mm--- vim t rwi i rrt. I w A l ..rtj a " -"wA a icci KUUIJ SlOO ' o nuui m waa on rs way to a fire." The chamber of commerce . atmosphere was in- fectious so I tm th numiv.. the nparocf nnnna e I At.- year of car and it is registered . state Poiice," said the nice VOlCe at tH nfhor ut Um --1 vn V All of which goes to show. Ar. thui- thi-mn ;n i , wos ue sate if you hitch your wagon to a star. istmoct. i State officials have arivvn nn In. I dication mat the October 1 open ing of the deer hunting season will be delayed. In the light of a 1943 la w which reaulrea tha mm commission to give five days no tice of such action, notice would be given today If post- jponement of the opening date is to be orderecL However Got Zaji'Snen has the power io close forests to entry Wltnmit nntirw tmML f ,. ..I..,. mm r J VW rials him m)in.ll .1.-. .-w - rlre hazard Is not serious, and r AM St . ... ' " Gov. Snell said he did not con template anr Closin ardera lmW a . . . ue nazara increases. Four Die in Army Transport Crash RENO, Nev- Sent. 24-MV.An "nn3f tru5,ort plane enroute to Seattle on a trainin flight md. , . . . ; - ounwa e soutn slope ot Kt Shasta In northern Calif or- . ' , f Itst f "t, killing four -m iaraciiuieo; sazeiy. None of the men was fmm tn northwest. ' . ' . " Last Times Today ' O n' -a jounnr UACKosoun News - Serial Cartoon RlacArtliuT f or All Out Drive F (Continued from Page 1) F Pacific command. . " j MacArthur said he favored "massive strokes against only main strategic objectives" In stead of "island hopping, with ex travagant losses and slow prog- Thus he brought into the open the question that still is up in the air What direction will allied strategy follow in order to achieve the maximum damage to the ene my at the lowest .cost in men and materiel? ':k 'X yXX-'X7"'-'. . There are four available base areas from which the allies could pivot striking forces ; against Ja pan's far-flung empire. These are Alaska - Aleutians; Hawaii -Mid way; Australia-New Guinea-Solo mons; and India -Ceylon. Some critics have written off the achievements in the Solomons and, New Guinea as "island hop ping." Strictly speaking some of these thrusts all of which have been successfulwere Island hop ping. , -- x-. JBut, as Prime Minister Church ill said of a similar island hopping venture the invasion of Sicily the Guadalcanal, New Georgia and New Guinea moves werer litis! preliminaries to the main assault. , MacArthur has not considered any of his advances to date a anything but preparatory. The strategy of MacArthur en visions one or a series of massive strokes which instead of involv ing the- costly capture of island after island would carry a power ful allied force over and around numerous islands as far as the southern Philippines. Reoccupation of Mindanao might prove costly but probably no more than a seaborne invasion of south ern Burma or Malaya and possibly far less costly than a series of Guadalcanal campaigns. Through allied development of the southern Philippines as a base, not only could the enemy's sup ply lines between the Indies, Ma laya and Japan be effectively dealt with, but also strong pressure could be exerted against Japan's strategically vital bases around the South China sea. Such a strategy, if matched by bnnidable exertions from India and Ceylon against the west coast of the south Asian mainland, could result not only in complete isola tion of Japan from its sources of raw materials but also enable the allies to gain a foothold along the seaboard of China. . . Such an achievement wouldn't cause the collapse of Japan over night but would be the most de cisive stride in that direction yet undertaken. Davis, Suffering Leg Injury, Said Better ? SdO Albert Davis condition was reported Improved this week at a Salem hospital, where he has been under treatment for months for fractured leg suffered near Scio nearly a year ago in a motorcycle-car wreck. It Is report ed he may be able to return to his Scio home about October 10. J. F. Wesely is making good progress under Eugene - clinical treatment and is able to be at his place-of business each day. :jf? STADTS TODAY ' "P 2 FEATUI1ES YELTSOfESTSIIO ) dX - - ti : . : ' X- ' , X . .-.'" ' CTIDOIHP K--"jSr r ' t AG s.. m a sa ii :Xi Three members of the US Fifth army drive past a e!asnaged German tank, being Inspected by cnrloaa . fellow soldiers, shortly after the landing on Italian beaches in the Salerno area. Foot troops ad vance along the road and ta the field at left. . Anson Weeks Under Doctors in Salem Anson Weeks, leader of one of the nation's widely-known dance bands, is confined to his room at the Marion hotel, suffering with complications arising from an old Injury. Weeks, who is said to have worn a cast on the arm for a year after the autocnobile accident in which it was crushed, fell early this week and irritated the member. He was unable to appear with his organization when it played at Victory center here and later Thursday night at a downtown dance hall, and when the band left Friday to travel south. Weeks remained here under a physician's care. - 1 Marine Held In Jail Here Pvt. Ray Nelson, X7SMC, Brem erton, who allegedly told state police- that homesickness had caused all his difficulties, is in the county jail this morning, the car he drove Into the Gervaia area last night held for Its Portland owner. J Nelson, who when arrested near Gervais at 9:30 Friday, was accompanied by two army serge ants, is said to have declared that he became homesick-so he ' "went over the hill, hitchhiked to Portland. In that city Thursday night, he said, he saw a car with keys in it, and so he drove away. Van Valkenburg HI SnWERTON The Larson am bulance was. called Thursday night to take Attorney M. L. Van Valkenburg to the hospital for treatment He Is suffering from arthritis. Pays to Pick GERVAIS Harry, eight-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nosack, earned $54 in 13 days picking beans and averaged $8 to $10 per day in hops. The Broadway musical hit now. V oa the screen J: ftittrif mrAv ow wa MOaewaTt . . t..fuH of joy! ETHEL -v - f rnpr-ni . ! : V V r If w I t II i. I) Will CUD.. n:s:2S!Hr IZZll ANCZtSOti) mtFVfl-Z y ffo 'if'tT''1 tLLlJ. KumJImmiJ cexi:::i'.u cjxe Eiii::3icn AK3 rOS OZCHISTTtA sCos-oLsL oCrooo eweael svl3l Aitssies Drive On Jap Base B (Continued from Page 1) X trying to retreat after the fall of Lae and Salamaua. ' Many tons of bombs and 41,000 rounds of ammunition started fires in enemy Villages, exploded ammunition! dump and silenced anti-aircraft positions. Much of this damage occurred In the "vi cinity of Ragitsuma, about I miles northwest of Lae. r . Zncountering no enemy fighter opposition,' all the Mitchells re turned. . . . X O t h e r air activity was on a greatly reduced scale. Patrolling Catallnas attacked - a Jspsneso destroyer la (He Bis-' snarek sea in the Now Britain vicinity Sept 23 and cargo ves sels sonth of Cape St. George, New Ireland. Kesalte were not gtven. - On Kimbe bay, . midway , along the north shore of New Britain toward thai enemy ! stronghold of Rabaul, Beauforts fired supply dumps and- exploded ammunition at the Cape Hoskins airdrome. The tiny island of Gasmata, off New Britain's south coast, was divebombed by P-40s.--.v. General MacArfhur'g forces on the Huon peninsula now are on Slaris rc::r:rrrs - I it X: i : 1 0 . ' ; v -- AhowlIn3storncfFunI i . V? Mountains of W-'rth cod. ., !;.." "l.f r-' , ' -Music! Scores of way- t . ' - ''-,. if.,-.' x : : - " i ; ' -A ."S;. ..p x l lxx-L ; f ' 1 l-v-'V -, J'.'.v-- r . I ";. X-X SX PATWC KMOWLES ElYSE KMOX hi t j 'i jo:::::it ic::3 d r.is urtawira J ina less - cai xwx w B3 tics 1 IlearGINlW.SlAlfi-S Sing: Tm tike A Tun Oat Of ster, ntinnZaess Bound. "Slao roTksJ 1 Td Like To Set f COMPANION In Only IS ITonr-Toare .12rs. ' Freeman ' Mabel Paige John Cravcq. Dcrctl.y Lane Jittery In Bond Race A (Continued from Page DA tion, John G. Bryant,, acting secretary-treasurer, said Friday. All told, the. 30 production credit as sociations in four northwest states have invested $800,000 in bonds in this campaign. : r . Convicts in the Oregon peni tentiary had invested $1322 in war bonds up to Friday, but this amount was increased as a result of a show held that night. Prisons throughout the land are attempt ing, to sell enough bonds to pris oners to buy a bombing plane, af ter which they will engage in a contest to name the plane, the winner to receive a $100 bond. GERVAIS, Sept. 24-(Special)- G. T. Wadsworth, chairman for the third war lotn drive, reports that the Gervais district has gone over-the top with several pledges yet unpaid. the verge of capturing their third New Guinea coastal base this month by using the simple rule of checkers that a king can jump a man from any direction. V Tcday Ti..A - vX Yon Jo Mac- FEATUilE m -v Going ta izttt x .: For - Eh'm xn