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PAGE TWO The OZrCOIl GTATXSMTJt Zclaxa. Oregon, Wednesday I-Iorclns. October t. IS 13 Kazis Stiff en . Resistance as Allies Advance H (Continued front Page 1) H ,, - formally announced the libera n , tion of Corsica, issainr order Qr of the day to troops oartleloat--, v.lnf fa the success and declaring; . it Was a prelude to tomorrow's . J. victory In France. " ; C - Corsica gives, the allies a. new V4, potential air base closer to vital ' targets in eastern Germany; than V any yet taken in Italy, and within ' fighter range of southern France ' .u , and the Genoa sand Leghorn re gions. '.. -, (The German command ac r knowledged Tuesday that Corsica -had been completely evacuated. by German troops after destruction - ,of- all militarily Important estab lishments.) ; J ' From the airmen's point of view N that all land operations 'consist of a -battle lor airfields," the allied ' gains since the start of the Italian " campaign have been extremely ef fective, as they have brought al- v lied air striking power ever nearer f- vital axis targets which up to now have been almost inaccessible. Among the wrecked planes found on the Pomigliano airfield . was one which had been ready was one wu to taae on wun a uennan coionei and his staff in command of the areas as the allies approached. According to Italian caribinieri, the party was just about to board -the plane when allied fighters swooped down machine-gunning and set It afire.- Many other .wrecked German craft and their crews were found on both air fields. On the Adriatic coast, Mont gomery's vanguard was reported only 40 miles from the important coastal city of Pescara. which is at the eastern end of .mam lat eral road running south westward across iiaiy w nqme. a nere were indications the Germans were throwing reinforcements into WA-m A . IM.'. Montgomery's path, : me ime maraang icmwry now ! in' allied hands runs from a point ; ; a little north, of Naples to Mont . esarchio, thence to a point 10 if miles east of-Benevento, ond from ? there almost due north to the " Adriatic coast. II ) (Radio France; in 'Algiers re - ported that an allied spearhead ! : was within 85 miles of Rome at : . one point anil that the Germans were falling back steadily toward ' the capital. This was out by any official not borne announce - ment ' In both coastal areas the Ger- mans left pockets of resistance in Whards'ihd omer icesfford Jng natural X shelter, and; tiife were being" wiped out one by one, The nasis continued to make as many demolitions a possible. ' As American patrols fanned- out north and east of Naples without finding, indication that the enemy intends to make serious stand anon or tne voiturno river, e work of reconstruction in the great purt weit proaresaea rap-1 idly. Water and some -food had been J transported by truck to alleviate r the hardships of the population. :? The people were clearing debris from the streets and assisting m 7 the . removal of German ' laid ' mines. - - Allied air forces, out in full ' force again as the skies cleared, - J battered the enemy behind the , front lines and' smashed import- ' ant communications points ' far ;$ther northward on the peninsula. ' The attack on Greece was a new indication of the enormous new strength of the northwestern i African air force that it not on - - v I IT could wage a relentless of fen- j sive In Italy but also could lunge out to take German pressure off the British defenders of Coo. To achieve this, the airfields .around Athens and. at Argos in the Pleoponnesus were attacked. The nails, who once .ruled the air of that region with such deadly effectiveness, did not send up a single fighter to ward off the al lied attack. - Around Oregon By' th AnoHated Pre mi Fire of undetermined origin de- stroyed Fisherman's Inn at Rocky J Point on the Willamette river slough below Portland at a loss , estimated by owners at $9000 . . Robert Ormond Case, Portland author and aide in the rubber de velopment program, will head a group of newspaper men on a tour of Central and South American rubber plantations this month .... j A Portland bus driver. Calvin A. Myers, 50, attempting to fix a broken cable, was killed in a fall from a power pole . . . . the League of Oregon Cities reported that most Oregon municipalities have reduced materially the number of r"j I . r, K.r!tL"rr i riKLrr: . "V" port after ' being struck on the head by a swinging chain block :The Clackamas county se lective : service board.. announced It would be able to avoid drafting of fathers In October . . . . - Ralph H. Shuram, Seattle, took over as business manager of Pa cific university at Forest Grove, succeeding O. L. Nelson .... Un county reported that for the first time on : record t September ; had passed without rainfall . . . . "A committee was organized In North Bend and Marshfield to ' campaign for consolidation of the i l- two cities in a special election I Marine Raiders In an impromptu bit of naval warfare, these marine raiders surprised a party of six Japs who attempted to round the northeast corner of New Georgia Island In the 8elomons, unaware that the marines had landed at Rice Anchorage. Fire of the six Japs were killed by the raiders and the sixth was wounded and brought ashore (Interna tional Soundphoto). ;; , - vt'"; ."I t" British Sink German Ships Off Norway By LEWIS HAWKINS - LONDON, Oct. B-CflV-Britaln's American-reinforced home ! fleet, in a fresh dare to the Germans run-shy surface fleet, swept dose i - - a tti- 0MikC) xmiiax uioutea oi.u home a hard blow on enemy ship, ping, the admiralty announced to - nignt. ,.. The mixed battle force, which included an American carrier and other; United States warships, struck in the Bodoe area on Nor - way's rugged coast 75 miles above xne atcuc circie. ne American , The s Impression hat become aircraft scored bomb bits on a widespread, the president corn number of vessels, including an mented, that the British have been Bvuu-ion vanxer, The admiralty communique said the foray was made in leads, a 1 A A. 4 . . L i I lerm to aenoie waters ueiweeu the mainland and a fringe of is- lands, Indicating that the British and American war ships, swept impuaemry mto vesiijoraen oe - tween the Loften Islands and Bo- aoe ; . This would place the snips wun - . M M. . AJ M in a lew no sxeammgvuiie w "iT v ... c oaxuesmp x irpio. m waujoro near Narvik and mm many min- utes. iunu ume rrom. uennu ' . .J wv u"i,. I TT7 . lT0 we r ioa.-w.wo fleet. The only defenso the Germans were reported to have -put up for hapless meirchantmen woa by two , nasi airplanes. These appar- entiy arrived after the action was over, and both were snot down by the carrier's brood. British Admiral Sir Bruce-Fra ser was commander- of the-allied naval force. j The f British home fleet fre- quently has "trailed its coat" to far northern waters, seeking to tauni uie Jlirpiii una commg ouwjkey congressional committees the! but as far as is known this Is the first time an allied fleet has pen- etrated in force so close to land there and hit 'enemy shipping a solid blow. Aussies Near Madang; Japs Retreat at Vila C (Contiued from Page DC ; Vt WO. WVMf - tics and celerity exhibited in the I New Guinea campaign. Since Sept 12, his ' troops have .captured the air bases of Salamaua, Lae and I rinscnnazen. In the inland drive against Ma dang which Is on Astrolabe bay northwest of captured Finschhaf en, troops moving up the Mark ham valley crossed the divide in- to the Ramu valley. They drove Japanese rrom positions near i Kaiguiin before , occupying the I village. ! Kaigulin Is 40 miles south of Bogadjim, Madangs defense out- post The Australians moved on northeastward and battled with the Japanese near the village of Wampun. In the Solomons, American tor pedo and dive bombers struck at I the Japanese barge depot of Hamberi cove on Kolombangara, starting large fires. The Japanese have been sneaking barges. down, usually; under cover of night from Choiseul, the staging point to : which the Vila evacuees are sent for ultimate transfer to Bou gainville In the new action against harffp th nlanM tmV l. A-.--. lieht and the naval unit at The Japanese air raid on Vella l - vel! occurring at night, was aner at American ground oosi tions on the northwest coast and at the base of Barakoma. One de fending allied plane was shot down but the pilot was saved. ' " The congratulations to MacAr four were conveyed by Gen. George C Marshall, army chief of starx. -a . . j - - : Among the widespread air op era tions reported today was raid by : reconnoitering r on Pomelaa, nickel mining center in Japanese hands on Dutch Ce lebes. Thif was the second Cata- Una strike at' Pomelaa, which is i more than , 1000 miles from Aus-: Win 'Naval' Go Oil From Iran For War May Ease US ' - WASHINGTON, O c t . - () President Roosevelt said today that I arrangements were being made to! increase movement of gato and TT " w,wm .ui. I fighting, fronts, thus relieving the 1 heavy present drain on the United States. I He told his press-radio confer- lence that within the limits of ship- ping, everything possible would be I done to reduce the military de- lmands on American oil reservi and refining capacity. I their resources to preserve . these :Crir."r" VlrfZw' for future use. This I not true, he declared, adding that the British have been anT;ra. rr-i-. nfi rt.i(rit from their various resource for 1 civilian mnnimntlnn nrf fm. .11 phases of war rogran, but have been prevented by shortage 1 of tanker "tonnage. I Mr, Roosevelt -went on to com- I the distances between Iran and major fighting fronts and those from United States to From Aabadan, Iran, to Noumea, New Caledonia, is 9800 miles com 1 parea with 5700 mites from Cali- liornia to Noumea, he aaid, and from United States gulf and Carib- bean ports to the United Kingdom the haul is 4800 miles compared with 11,000' miles from Abadan around the Cape of Good Hope to the United Kingdom. Morgenthau Proposes Postwar Stabilization dosed doors. Treasury Sec- retary Mxrgentlau laid before outline of a plan for postwar in ternational stabilization of curren cies one likely to prove the cen ter of bitter legislative battles. I Barring Slackers From Federal Jobs Urged WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-()rA proposal to bar- federal employ ment to draft-age, able-bodied non-fathers whose services are not "indispensable" was offered in the senate late today with administra tion support as a substitute for the I Wheeler bill to. postpone the draft- WI,WCT uniu January. Fliers Downed Over Ploesti Said Sale! NEW YORK, Octi 5-(rVThe Bern radio said tonight that most of the 81 United States aviators shot down during the raid en the Ploesti oQ fields "are now being well cared for in Red Cross hn. tels In Rumania." Tonight and Thursday Heel Coward UE SEUVE" PIna AXIS4PAWN runots rxrosii TO Pins - News and Short Obnbs Cause -; Huge Damage To Frankfurt D (Continued from Page 1) D the RAF attack; was subjected,, to a precision bombing by American Fortresses, which aimed at the ci ty's Important airplane works. ' A secondary .force of Lancaster bombers; hit Ludwigshaven, across the Rhine from Mannheim and site of the L G.; Farbenindus trio chemical plant the, world's largeststretching for three miles along the river. , f ' . As terminus of Rhine naviga tion the " twin cities constitute the largest Inland' port ia" En rope. . Frankfurt . Is located on the Main, only a few miles northeast of its confluence with the Rhine, while Ludwigshaven is' about 50 miles due south. Offenbach lies five miles east of Frankfurt and Worms Is another Rhino port about 20 miles north "of Ludwig shaven. 1 Saarlantern fx located close t Saarbrucken. capital of the Saar mining and steel region and has been bombed befcoj simultan- I eot on Saarbrucken- Twelve British planes were lost t... n of last nicht'. nrrmtimm I whfeH i nriii iwr.m,it -.v --n""- on objectives in northwest Ger many. Together with losses for raids on the three previous nights, the average loss for the RAF stands at only 12 per night It was the 60th raid on Ludwigshaven ; and the 38th on Frankfurt. Both cities are between 400 and 500 miles by bomber flight from Britain and by assigning them as targets for the confuse the Germans as to where the big blow would land. . - While British-based planes con tinued their campaign against the Reich important shifts In allied aerial operations in the Mediter- ranean were announced in re ports which said Liberators re cently arrived fom the middle east now were operating with the northwest African air force and had bombed airfields' north of I Athens. Eugene Fire Under Control FJ7GXNE, Ore, Oct 5-6PV-A fire which threatened to destroy the Central Heating company's storage ; plant was controlled to night after destroying a . loading platform. A large sawdust pile still smold ered at a late hour. Some 25,000 gallons - of fuel oQ were . saved through quick action by firemen. G-l TV 1 5 Paddle Jumper Plane . t ALLXJEJJ HSADQUARTERS, Algiers,! Oct. S -ff)- Lt-Gen. Mark W. Clark startled-NeopoU- tans yesterday by landing on one of the city's main streets in a pud dle jumper plane. ; Called into Naples for a confer ence, Clark found all the roads to it Jammed with traffic,, so he climbed into a small communica tion aim-aft rated hv niwt mi- erals'ln the field. His British lia- ison officer got Into another plane of the same type. Over Naples the pilot found no suitable landing grounds, so they brought their planes down nearly in the street ; LAST TIMES TODAY WALLACE BEERY in -"SALUTE TO THE MARINES" In Gorgeous Technicolor Plus "Nobody's Darling,". Mary Lee Slaris Thursday Pcrcabcnt's fcn-filled; sono-sivept story n of bw "DIXIE" ( j OfotA WWBn,: V of how was .0$ i. ' v .lVi i - j af : lw O-FEATURE r Mary- Lee - John Archer -iZIarJorie Lord . i h ' ; ' -SnANTYXOWN Oil the HOI IE FROirE Bt ISAESL CHHD3 School time in Oregon has dual rmeaning. ... .. .... . .: ' - - - .... ' .V ,. As everywhere else it means a season when first graders, march proudly and older brothers J and sisters trudge willingly enough .to classes. It is a season of sweaters, of collegiate clothing (even in this year of our war), of comparative ly quiet streets from dawn to 4 ojn.- and of maelstrom activity from 4 to dusk. Out along the coast school time has come to men of the. fishing fleet Not to classes do they go although they have set out to find the school. For there are tuna. large - school of them, off the southern Oregon coast we are told, i ; '-: ; . And the vessels that have hug ged the shore during recent heavy weather are called by. radio to "harvest the cropJ'i? :-v; ' Their oilskins and aouwesters are gleaming with moisture; the holds of their ships are ready for the great chicken of the sea. The Oregon fishing banks provide, you know, the very finest : quality white meat tuna. . Now, fresh tuna, stuffed with small green onions, baked at the proper temperature and served with a green salad r and corn bread Or French bread is fit food for feasting, but to us inland Ore gonfans as to most of the rest of this country, tuna comes in round cans, a fish of flaky texture, deli cate but definite flavor, suited to variety of uses. : - : : ; v ;- Probably the best use of all, now that it is school time again,' is as a sandwich -filler. Hear him shouting, that rosy-cheeked - lad in the corner as he opens, his lunch box "Tuna fish! I got tuna fish sandwiches!" Admirals Meet In Honolulu A (Continued from Page 1) A took place, but presumably the re port was released as soon as King had returned to Washington and Halsey to south Pacific headquar ters. The ; announcement said only that "principal members of the staffs of Admiral King, Nlmitz and Halsey also participated in the conversations, which concerned plans for the Pacific campaign." ;Two recent carrier task force raids hitting . the Marcus , Island I and Gilbert island area, prove that the fleet's strength has been in creased to a point where the navy's Pacific ships and men are.-: now ready for a fight and are looking for it r---: ' V.O . : ::: Visitors Stop At Detroit DETROIT Mrs. Henley Baughn Is visiting at the Maj. Baughn home. Pvt Baughn ia stationed at Camp Abbott -.. - Mrs. Jerry Dimick, Astoria- spent the weekend with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fitner. Rollie Morris and wife have returned from a visit with rela tives in Burns. - - - Sunday dinner guests at the Otis J. White home were, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon White, Vancouver; EL H. Wiedanen. Eugene, and Mrs. Wilbur Rice, Richard, Barbara Wilbur i Rice. Richard. Barbara and Eugene. SALEM'S LEADING THEATRE ster - studded, "DIXIE born! .o - m m ..l .I.., - I JLIlJ.tltlll.TC' -aa-a.V Despite Mud .G (Continued from Page 1) G fensive and added that the count er-attacks were aimed especially it- - i i.mm tt4sM urliirh the Russians have driven into, the enemy.' r - : Berlin indicated that the Ger- - ...... ..... j . man,wlUKirawai naa own mm- ed on the Dnieper line, ana ma a Stand- may now be.jmade there, The nazi military commentator Capt Ludwig SeYtorius. wid that -the German command has od- th. rtniTwr uSrS-itSV for toe end 5000 officer, and a central -vece-of the disengaging movements." . or anti-fascist council headed by v Earlier the Berlin radio had ur, xvan xuoar, iuii quoted -expert observers" as say- the Yugoslav parliament They as i ., tC wtward movement serted that the "vece" represents Xf th German army.-whlch has been V conducted accordmg to , a wholesale plan, "has in most sec tors of the eastern - front ' been completed." ': 'r ': -:- With both Berlin and Mos cow agreeing that the Russian ad-ranee was stopped, there re mained the question of which side dictated the halt I ; - : In Moscow there has been si lence on whether the Russians nave inempipi w per and on all operations along it a i J A . k. TWI since it was reached. In the past such silences have meant that the Russians have' gained their objec-1 tives of the moment and are pre- paring for something else. Mean- the school of business adminlstra whDe.they let the Germans : and tion, University of Oregon, will the rest of the world guess. . be speaker at Thursday noon's Berlin indicated one. possible stage lor a major Russian drivel which may be in preparation, the nazi news agency DNB reporting that dangerous soviet concentra tions had been noted around Lake Hmen, far to the north, -and. at the opposite end of the front just north of the Sea of Azov. - The Crimea . weald be the probable major objective of a soviet break-threngh on the lat ter front ' Seabee Mate HereFriday For Recruiting Chief Motor . Machinist's Mate P. Scadding, jr, will be at the Salem navy recruiting station sta- tion Friday to Interview persons I interested in Joining the navy's I construction battalions, Seabees, I Chief Quartermaster Robert B-1 Falion, local recruiter, has an-1 nounced. . . Every effort is being made to I get the largest possible number of Seabee applicants from this ter-1 ritory . during October according to Fallon, and persons who wish to be Seabees are requested to see Chief Scadding to learn whether they, are qualified for that service. Fallon emphasizes that persons of draft age may volunteer for Induction Into the Seabees, pro vided they can qualify for skilled r a d e ratings in construction work. Those between It and 38V I Inclusive,, may volunteer for In duction through their draft boards. :. Seventeen-year-olds and those between 38 and 50 inclus ive, may volunteer directly. Rat ings are wide -open at this time for these with construction exper- ence. OtL n f t T7 rp Oct. 8th IJ-l-U-ii-I .8th Crysfol Gardens Dancing 8 HU 12 AaAission: $1.10 Per Prsca - Indadicsr Tax TicLeta cn Sale Mcsie Nock-Next to .Eblcre I'1L v - I Ln kss ----- p ( Continued- from Page 1) F credit for "any victories thus far attained. "" " ' " , . . The statement gave point that Tito, in radio Droaa- Mt has accused Mihailovic of i WntS viM In the WWi It followed .a statement- by a Zuricn correspondent of a Stockholm; Sweden, newspaper S ,. t-itftri 'that- -trooDs. under . k- ia nis c w"uuau",7"" ded into battle until the allies, landed in xugosiavw. . fJ. - - i In ' joumia Vwith I ation movement had atf army witn equally the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes of all classes and relig ious groups. ' The army has 11 generals and.it is asserted that British and Am erican officers have been assigned to do liaison work with it Recently the G e r m an radio claimed that a mysterious Major William Jones was doing a Law- ence of Arabia feat in.Yugoslavia. wr . T Hr I Victor Jr JtIOITIS I . i I LtlOILS SDeaKer Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of I meeting of the Salem Lions club. Gov. Earl SnelL member of the j club's program committee, arrang- ed for this week's program. Dean Morris will speak on "Postwar Business and Economic :' Prob-. lems." ' Morris a chairman of the gov ernor's committee on postwar re adjustment and. development Pet Delborg, Woodburn, Dies WOODBURN Pet Delborg, 77, resident of this community for 18 years, died Monday at a "Port land hospital, where he had been patient for two months. .' - Born May 27, 1868, in Sweden, he came to this country in 1888, 1 ma icing nis- Home in Minne- i survivors include the widow. K"da ; ueroorg of Woodburn: a brother, John Delborg, Vancouver, wasn, ana two sisters m the east runerai oetvKej will be held the Ringo chapel. Thursday t 2, p. m. Rev. V. M. Abbott of the Free Methodist church offlclat- big. Interment will be at Belle cemetery. ST AltlS TODAY" I osoassMS J Sum nAnt-RAisrva - xxzakt- STABSXNQ DXASXAI 7 -. r.rsur-srriBcra I I t U : J THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 5-tf1 The Diamond plant cf the Kerr Gifford I.lillin3 'ccrr.pany burncJ to the ground tonight. Eay Hugh es, manager, estimated lozsii $100,000. No one was injured. Destroyed, in addition to build ings and equipment were 25.CC1 to 30.CC0 bushels of bulk wheat and barley; 3000 to 4000 sacks of oats, barley and mUl feed, and 40,000 empty grain sacks. .The flames,: which broke out shortly after 9 spread o'clock in a ware house, spread to another ware house and the large mill despite the use of the town's entire fire fighting equipment Two Union Pacific boxcars on a siding were damaged. , . ' ' -. " J i llinWU JONIS Kilt CARLISLI AtVINO ttT mi k OrtMlNl Today thru Friday Then Gcn ForeTtr! I Li V 4 I I'll" 0 T I. This Special Attraction Adults 55c Children I7e Inclndinr Tax ONE PERFORMANCE Ddly, 7: HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! KlSDa FRIDAY NIGHT ' 'ltr IT NY L. hast - coins 1 1 j' --tj v 1 1 " " j ... r Si I V ' - - It X 0 in .l i uW M. VTCTOt IWCJUJ Mil (i f .November 18 tralia. Cay War Sands Here