Tuesday esaxL. tem
perature IS, rr 27,
Wednesday river -2.2 feet
PCUND2D ICZl
Ml I i I
The iiame cf Marie C o r e 1 11
comes into the news, an echo from
not distant, yet virtually forgot
ten past. Incredibly vain. Miss
Corelli stipulated in her will that
., her" estate in Stratford-on-Avon
should be maintained as" a show
place from the royalties out of her
prolific writings. Alas for her pur
pose, the 4 books so dropped from
favor that the royalties are 'no
longer: sufficient : in amount r to
maintain the place "in the style to
which it 'was accustomed "So the
property goes under the auction
eer's hammer,.
" Now. such news will surely start
many a figurative tear in the eyes
of women andmaybe a few men)
of say 60 and up, in reminlsence of
- the daya when they read and wept
over the books of Marie CorellL
For she was a most decidedly pop
ular novelist of the period before
and after the-turn of the century.
Her ,, books had "sales ; a p p e a t"
though she' never went as far as
Elinor Glyn, who" died the other
iay, with a.' a. (sex; appeal)."- Her
. stuff was mush to suit royalty or
' servant girls, and they all read her
books," from Queen Victoria down.
Her TThelmaf would hay a been a
best seller" if they had kept the
lists back in 1887 when it was pub
lished; and her "Barrabas" like
wise, while "The Sorrows of Sa
tan" in 1895 broke all previous
sales records."-- i ' .' -
: -With her fLorfei rhetoric, her ex
- travagant romance, her seasoning
iof the mystic she made her" books
livid with coloring. The people
ate up her stuff with avid appe
tites : . though the critics panned
. them until she declined ' to send
' her hew novels to the "reviewers.
She wrote 28 novels in all, and her
popular success convinced her she
had supreme genius. The books,
she thought, would live forever
and finance the home she had
bought, reputed .to have been
once the home of Shakespeare's
, daughter.
: She was hot as prolific a writer
as her contemporary, Edgar Wal
lace, writer, of English "thrillers"
who-did 150 books in 27 years.
Wallace was-such a spendthrift
that he left debts of three-quarters
of a million dollars when he
died in Hollywood in 1932, but the
".debts -were liquidated from his
royalties within two years. ;
v Popular tastes change; new au
thors come to claim the stage and
. win the laurels, The heroes and
heroines of Marie CorellTs Jbooks,
who recalls them now save a few
forlorn V Corelli addicts? ,,lf ' not
quite of the : period : of "lavendar
and old lace" they belong to the
spongy sentimentality of the Vic-
. torian age. They are out of tune
with a period whose drama and
- humor are brittle and whose ro-
.:. mance Is' dry rather than tearful.
Deanna Would
Divorce Paul;
Discord Cited
LOS ANGELES, Oct 13-;P)
Deanna Durbin, the singing film
star, filed! suit for divorce today
from Vaughn Paul, former asso
ciate movie producer now a lieu
tenant (jg) in the . USt navy. She
charged mental cruelty. . "
They '. were married -"April 18,
1941, and separated last Monday,
said Miss Durbin's attorney, El
mer Bromley.
: Miss Durbin, whose legal name
Is Edna Mae Durbin Paul, is 20
years old, her husband 28. -
In a statement' issued through
her attorney, Miss Durbin' said she
and Paul had found It impossible
to continue marriage and . "as a
result I am taking legal steps to
terminate it"
She added that "circumstances
: which neither' of us has been able
to solve make it imperative to part
to. assure our individual welfare."
. Her attorney said they have
agreed on disposition of communr
Jty property. "
Economy Vow Stressed
As New Taxes Discussed
WASHINGTON, Oct 31-P)-In
m "we mean business": mood, the
senate appropriations " committee
served notice on government de
partments and bureaus today that
It intends to carrry out congres
sional economy demands parallel
ing the administration's drive for
new billions in wartime revenue.
; The committee voted to enlarge
Its staff of expert investigators for
eloser .scrutiny of money requests
and one committee member, Sen
ator Thomas (D-Okla), said the
action meant that "we're through
with voting blank check and
lump sum appropriations." ; ' ;f J
In the house, Use ways and
means committee heard new argu
ments in favor of a national sales
tax and one" committeeman pre
dicted privately 'the group would
approve such a levy before agree
ing to hike individual income tax
. levies, as recommended by the
-treasury. :; y": tv'
. Hep. Elliott (D-Calif), appeared
as a witness before the committee
end recommended enactment of a
10 per cent sales tax, saying "I be
lieve every human being should
I
LUtETY TICSD YEAH
Russians' ;
....,.. ...... ..
Tear Gaps
' -. ... u -
In Fronts
Reds Surge Into
.2 Crimea- ; Suburbs
-.,t . '..-.-
' Of Kiev, Gomel
By JUDSON'O'QUINN -
LONDON, Thursday, Oct 14
(iTSoviet troops, tearing three
major gabs in German defense
lines, have surged in to menace
the Crimea flung another
spearhead toward the suburbs
of Kiev and splashed across the
Sozh river to the gates of Gomel
in white Russia, Moscow ' an-'
nounced today.
- - Breaking ' threngh elaborate
German - defenses Im "the south
: Ukraine, the - Jlosslans ;- farced
the Moloehna river and swept
to the center ef MelitopaL where
- fierce Street battles .were re
ported la progress.
-Melitopol, - on one of the two
German escape railways from the
Crimea, was a milestone in the
Russian drive to cut off the Cri
mean peninsula from the north.'
The break-through came 'after
three days' fighting. The Russians
drove through two lines of anti
tank ditches on the eastern, bank
of the river, another, ditch on the
west bank ; and - a wide net of
blockhouses, pill boxes, and com
munication trenches. -
Moving in from, the north and
south,: , the t Russians fought off
German counter-attacks - with
fresh troops and swept . into the
center of the, town. .. . ;
More than 400 Germans were
killed, 38 tanks, 16 self-propelled
guns and 88 'field guns were de
stroyed in the battle, the midnight
communique said.
Northward, at the Dnieper river
bend, : soviet spearheads plunged
to within . five miles of - Zaporze
after a four-day engagement that
saw I several, thousand " Germans
kflleL .30 e n em y. strong-points
shattered and military. booty. cap
tureoV"'.. ' -'.. " -
. Moscow dispatches said the red
army had advanced to three ki
lometers (1.8 miles) from Kiev,
a city blazing with retreat fires
already started by the Germans.
The communique told ot advances
south of Kiev on the west bank
of the Dnieper that reached five
miles farther inland. Bitter Ger
man counter-attacks were de
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Lillie Given
2jMore Years f
Louis E. Lillie was found guil
ty of "escaping from a state insti
tution" and sentenced to two ad
ditional years in the state peni
tentiary by Judge E. M. Page in
circuit court here . Wednesday.
The sentence will begin at the ex
piration of Lillie's present term
in prison. Lillie's wife, who was
with him when he was recaptured
near Mill City, recently pleaded
guilty, and - was sentenced to a
prison term, then paroled. ' -
The court granted an order of
suspension - of civil custody Wed
nesday to .Ralph Dean Allen so
that he may be inducted into the
armed forces, returning to custody
of the parole board if he is not
accepted or upon "discharge from
military service. Allen had waiv
ed grand jury hearing on a for
gery charge, pleaded guilty and
received a two-year sentence and
parole. ' i
be paying something to help win
this war."
Rep, Gearhart (R-Calif), com
mittee . member, interrupted his
testimony to say that the Califor
nia" state sales taxj'iMhas not turn
ed 'out to be an' tin popular tax.
The state got out "W the red and
reduced the tax. from 3 'to 2 per
cent". - . . "w --
The committee postponed until
Friday action on demands for an
im;ediatt ' inquiry : Into lend-lease
spending. . Senator Nye (R-ND),
sought to bring up a long-pending
resolution ot Senator; Butler (It
Neb), calling for such an inves
tigation. '; ; ' - . ' ; - r .
McKellar indicated there was
considerable - sentiment in the
ccrrur.it tee for getting more infor
natica about lend lease, saying
"we are , going to go into lend
lease appropriations thoroughly in'
the light of what "2 wr were told
in the senate's extcutive sessions
Ust week; if those .gentlemen were
right it should be looked into."
lie referred to complaints
brought back fcy five senators who
tcured the war fronts recently.'
15 pages . -
Sneyig Reaches Oregon
saVik jUfc
Gov. Earl Snell greeted a 2 00-pound pig Wednesday morning in Port
land the porker he wen from Gov. Dwisbt Griswold of Nebraska
- by virtue of Oregon's superior shewing la the third war loan. Chris
tened "I Deed It," the pig starred Wednesday night en a Portland
.theatre stage and today-win go to live in aa air -conditioned plate
:- glass pen, being destined to aid in future war bond sales. The hog
: shewn abeve may or ssay not be Snell's.' It Is one ef the 12 the Ne
braska governor gave away. Gov. Grlsweld, finger upraised. Is seen
bidding en a prize 4 H hog at the Ak-Sar-Ben auction at Omaha.'
i The gevernor's friends outbid him on some of those offered. AP
- Telemat - . ' 1
Huge A Hied
Crushes Rabaul, Japan 9s
Main Southwest Fortress
By C. YATES McDAND3L . 1 .
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Thursday, Oct. lA-JP)- A huge air armada crushed Japan's main
southwest Pacific fortress, of 'Rabaul ;Tuesday .wrecking 60 per
cent of its planes and sinking 17,000 tons of its supplies, in & blow
hso titanic that the American air
turning point in the war" in that sector.
Massing all available heavy bombers, medium bombers and
fighters making their debut ov-o
er Rabaul for the attack Lt
Uen. ueorge s. K.ennejrs air
force surprised the enemy so com
pletely that General , MacArthur
said the raid broke Rabaul's back.
Having1 already largely wiped
out Japan's Wewak, New Guinea,
air base by destroying some 500
planes! there, the destruction or
damage to 177 planes at Rabaul
now gives the allies mastery of the
air over the Solomons sea and ad
jacent waters, MacArthur said.
' : "It was a "crushing and : de
cisive defeat fee the enemy at
a most vital point" the general
said. ' ; r . -
"Almighty God . blessed our
arms."- - f' - ' k . '
The announcement today of this
staggering punch at - Rabaul was
contained in a communique which
also proclaimed complete eradica
tion of organized Japanese resis
tance in all: the central : Solomons
and the downing of 21 more planes
in sky battles over-the only Sol
omons area - 'still In' enemy hands.
The birgest allied air force'
.ever assembled In the southwest
Pacific, - employing Liberators,
Milcheils and P-JSs, struck a
bauL T - -
' One ' hundred enemy aircraft
were destroyed on the ground and
51 severely damaged. Twenty-six
fighters out of 40 the Japanese put
in the air were shot down. '.
The 177 aircraft destroyed ' or
severely - damaged ; are estimated
to have been 60 per cent of Ra
baul's strength. -
In addition to ! the three de
stroyers, three - merchantmen
were sunk. Severe damage also
was inflicted on a submarine, its
5000-ton tender, a 6800-ton de
stroyer tender and a 7000-ton
merchantman. :: - v : a ;
The raiding Liberators, Mitch
ells and P-38s expended 350 tons
of bombs and 250,000 rounds of
cannon and machine gun lire in
the mid-day assault
: The raiders smashed wharves
and warehouses and caused heavy
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Vichy's Collapse;
Due on Invasion .
WASHINGTON. Oct -,13-T)
Collapse of the Vichy regime and
a : spontaneous uprising through
out France the moment allied in
vasion forces land was foreseen
today by the French delegation
here on the basis cf the liberation
of Corsica.
Jean Baube, spokesman for the
delegation, told a press conference
that 12.CC3 Corsica patriots took
matters In their . own hands and
set up a new government the day
te Italian armistice was announced
Calera. Oregon, Thursday
A ir A rmada
commander "assessed it as "the
Salem People
Aboard Jap
Exchange Ship
J... Ella Grace Farnham and Robert
Edward Shean of Salem,' in addi
tion to John Trachsel whose pres
ence in the group has previously
been announced, are among ' 28
persons giving Oregon addresses
who ' are on board the Japanese
exchange liner Teia Maru en route
to Marmugao, Portuguese India,
to take passage on the Swedish
exchange liner Gripsholm for this
country, the Associated Press re
vealed Wednesday. i
j Among the 1238 Ameircans be
ing repatriated from the far east
chiefly from Japanese-controlled
territory; there may be yet others
from Oregon,' since in many cases
ther addresses' are not" given." "S
" Other mid - Willamette - valley
residents on board are Kathryn
June Phillips and Richard Lee
Phillips 1 Albany, t. - ,
The ' Oregon list includes these
others:
- Grace Ferris Belt Austin J.
BeU, James A. Bell, Mary F. Bell,
Philip Bell, Raymond R. Bell and
Timothy C. Bell, 'all of Portland;
Ben : Wesley of Rockaway; Mar
garet -Elizabeth . Cudderback of
Eugene,: Barry Caufield Eastham
and Edna Pearl Eastham of Port
land, Anna Maude - Hancock of
Ashland, Albert , C. Grimes, jr
Anker. Bailye Henningsen, James
Marvin Howes, N. Kenneth Will
iam jlrle and Lillian W.' Irle, all
of Portlandr Bernice Elizabeth
KohCeld. Bruce Bernard Kohfield,
Byron ' Douglas Kohfield, all of
Bend; Mary G. Sayre, LaGrandeJ
Ewald E. Selph . and Flora Mac
Donald Selph of Portland. ; J t
Liquor Still
Found, Church
BellToitcr
BRADENTON, Fla, Oct 13-()
A moonshine liquor stilt complete
with a 10-gallon boiler and Coop
er worm but no mash, was found
today in the bell tower of Christ
Episcopal church "in downtown
Bradenton." "
Rev. Frank J.L. Burton, rector,
said ; Frank Middleton, sexton,
found it when he was sent into the
tower for en - inspection of the
church tell and rcpe. - ?
The rector t . lis had no idea
how or when the EtiH was secreted
in the tower, which ha 3 not been
L-rrect Iter V . ; ? cr f :jr ye:rs.
Morula;;, October 14, 1CI3
OT!
aMe ,as ' AEilies'
iii)
hime
Eeidls- Not
To': Tails'.
1 3-Power Parley
Not to Touch ;
On Baltic States
By EDDY GILMORE ; r
MOSCOW, Oct. 13-(JP The
official communist party organ
Pravda declared today that the
Russians do jjiot intend to. dis
cuss frontiers or -the status of
the Baltic states at : the forth
coming . . three-power ; conference
any more than "the borders of the
United States or the status of Cali
fornia." - i
In its first announcement of the
conference to be held in Moscow
among representatives . of Russia,
the United States and Great Brit
ain,-Pravda said the Russians in
tend to use the meeting to discuss
the. i "second front" and Hitler's
complete - defeat and not to de
bate post-war frontier questions.
Pravda followed the position
repeatedly expressed In the Sev
'let press that the war first mast
- be' wen before the allies get
Into serious discussions over the
fate of the' world f after the ;
fighting ceases.' -, ' ' i v -(British
Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden will head the British
delegation; at thA' tri-power, meet-.
iflSJ It. waT believed" in- Washing-
tod that Secretary of State Cordell
Hull' would represent the United
States.) ,
Pravda - also took definite no
tice of-contradictory rumors in al
lied countries that the Russians
intend to make a separate peace
with Germany , when the Red ar
my reaches the Soviet 1940 fron
tiers and that the Russians wfll
try to get to Berlin first in order
to be able' to i dictate the peace
terms and the future organization
of Europe. . . ; : ' ' "
It quoted favorably the British
observer which had scouted these
rumors. "The communist party or
gan criticized "some allied papers"
which it described as attempting
to poison relations" between the
Soviet union and the western pow
ers. r " - .
Further, Pravda quoted an ob
server as saying that the sooner
the Moscow conference and the
allied Mediterranean commission
ret under way the quicker the ru
mors regarding Russia's Intentions
will be silenced. '
Fightih' Words
Used by Clark
Bv NOELiMONKS
ftlFpresenUng Combined BrlUsh Pres
NAPLES. ' Oct 12 - (Delayed)
Lt Gen- Mark W. Clark, com
mander of the US Fifth army; has
in six words, given: his generals
their orders for the impending
battle of: the Volturno. He told
them: - - -
"Hit, , them hard, boys damn
hard."
I accompanied him in his cep
on a tour of our positions along
the Volturno river,
Dwxtag the drivef along the road
we passed a sign that said, "Rome
200 kilometers." Clark called to
the driver, "Just how many miles
Is that?"
When the driver replied, "125,"
the general turned to me and said,
-That is not so far. I remember
seeing" the first sign - to Naples,
after landing at - Salerncv which
read 105 kilometers. We made it
all . right just as the Fifth army
will make Rome." . -
Italian Prisoner
Status Studied
WASHINGTON, Oct I3-()
Announcing . that Italy's declara
tion of war against Germany would
not change the status of approxi
mately 50.CC3 Italian prisoners in
this country immediately, the war
department said today that the
possibility of a future change in
their status Is being studied.
"Announcement of - the disposi
tion cf Italkn prisoners of war in
the hands of allied troops abroad
is a matter for the theater' com-
r-:-'r concerned," the depart
. ,-.
Frontiers
3-Mile.
Italy Declares War
UppnlExy4UyiGerniany;:
United Nations Accept
Not Miich Bight Left, Belief, but Move
May Encourage Resistance Behind Nazi - "
r Lines ; Approval Is Limited ;
" , . ' By EDWARD KENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Oct. 13-i!P)-Italy de
clared war against Germany today : and was accepted by the
United States, Great Britain and Russia as a co-belligerent
'. Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio declared in a message to Gen.
Dwight T3l Eisenhower, allied commander in the Mediterranean,
that "All ties with the dreadful past are broken; and my govern-
? ' - omcnt will be proud to be able to
Declaring
By Italy Brings
Mixed Reaction
By LEWIS HAWKINS
LONDON, Oct IS-iffV-A blend
of satisfaction, skepticism -.and
misgivings appeared tonight to be
the overall reaction In Britain to
the Badoglio government's declar
ation of war against : Germany,
with most comments alive with
reminders of Italy's former mis
deeds; . . ' :: J ::ti
Any Idea that the change of
sides had made Italy one cf the
United Nations or a fult-fledged
ally was discouraged. ::" -
The provisional 1ornnihtee of
directors of the . Italian socialist
party in London called the Ba
doglio government ; "an imposi
tion" and said in a statement that
do one could expect tne iiauan
people "to fight for the reinstate-
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Pierce Says
He's Retired
From Politics
Contradicting the published
guesses of political, writers, Wal
ter . M. Pierce, , former governor
and more , recently representative
in congress from the second Ore
gon district declared Wednesday
that he has retired to his new home
in Polk county and will not again
seek public office. ' -
.The statement was made in rec
ognition of reports that he might
seek the democratic nomination
for first district congressman, the
office now held - ty James w.
Mott Salem republican. '
Pierce, nowy 82 years old, de
clared that he stilt maintains his
legal residence in I Union county
where he lived for; many years
prior to being elected to congress.
He was defeated for reelection at
the general election last Novem
ber by Lowell Stockman," Pendle
ton republican. ' : " u
The ex-congressman is spending
much of his time writing and oc
casionally attends a graage meet
ing or some other function..
Rentz Guilty
Of Assault
tDn Ex-Wife
K ----- - A" ""
Carl Rentz was found guilty of
assault by a jury in circuit court
here Wednesday. The Jury, which
deliberated three hours, declined
to find him guilty of assault with
dangerous weapon as was
charged in the indictment :!
Mrs. Marie Rente, the com
plaining witness, testified , that
Carl Rentz, her former husband,
had seized her by the throat and
wielded a hunting hatchet at her
home near Gervais on the night of
August'!. . 'f - " !
The defendant denied intent to
harm his ex-wife, saying he .had
called upon her to attempt recon
ciliation, but admitted he had tak
en held cf her when the iouht
to run away. H-elr storks dif
fered in that the contended he
had seized her suddenly after she
had left the hcv.se, while be testi
fied that ha t-i tssn talking to
her-in the Louse. 'Mrs- Rentz sa;J
she prevented him . from strlklns
her. wlih the hatchet by selzlrj
th ? t
'Crack Masi
BFeakulhiFiiiilk
march with you. on to the inevi
table victory."
' With Italy an exhausted nation
and most of her soldiers showing
little disposition to fight it is not
likely that the Badoglio govern
ment will be able to put any great
army in the field beside those of
the allies. . .
- Its a e 1 1 o n, however, may in
crease the rear guard resistance
in those parts ot the country un
der the German- heel and facili
tate cooperation of Italians with
the allies in that part of Italy so
far wrested from the Germans.
.Acceptance' of Italy as a co
belligerent was announced in a
joipt statement by President Roo
sevelt Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stalin. This amount
ed simply to putting an existing
state of affairs Into writing. Vir
tually all Italians now detest the
Germans ;' and " some have : been
fighting them.
Italy still is far from being ac
corded the status of an ally, and
so far as can be learned here, no
promises have, been made to her
other than the commitments al
ready undertaken to - aid the
Italians in driving the Germans
from the country and to give' them
a certain amount of food and
other supplies to keep them going.
Preiiden t'Roosevelt Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Stalin in their joint - statement
made it plain that Italy's future
would ; be adjusted "in the 1 light
of the assistance which the Ital
ian government may : be able to
afford the United Nations cause.!
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MacArthur Tells
Eleanor Slie'd Be
'More of Bother' ;
PHILADELPmA. Oct'. 13-(A-General
MaeArthar told
Mrs. Eleanor.. Roosevelt' that:
she weald be "more of a bother ,
,than a pleasnre" If she included'
New Guinea on her Itinerary of
her south Pacific trip, the first
lady said today. , '
, "I was very sorry.il couldn't
go to New Gaines bat It was -the
time of the - Lae campaign .
and General MacArthur said I
probably weald be more of a '
bother than a pleasnre," she ex
plained at a press eeaferenee.
Post-War Aid Pledge Is
Backed by Senate Group
By JACK BELL ' '
WASHINGTON, Oct "13
A discreetly." worded resolution
pledging the United States to join
with "free and sovereign" nations
to establish and maintain inter
national authority with power to
preserve the peace won 7 to 1
approval by a senate foreign re
lations subcommittee today. . -Apparently,
assured of approval
by the full committee the mea
sure will be introduced formally
tomorrow by Chairman Conn ally
(D-Tex.) and may be ready for
senate debate possibly in some
what revised form by the mid
dle of November.
.The measure recommended over
the objection of Senator LaFoI
lette. (Prcg.-71s.)", 13 a simple sen
ate resolution which does cot re
Qtii re, house action. The subcom
rrttee thus ignored the house-approved
rulbright "lasting peace"
rcsclutlca which called for sen
a'.a concurrence, althou-h reneral
ly the two are similar. The full
ccrrnr.lttee will consider the new
p rt-.zzz next wet!x.
Vo, 172
Flank '"Of
Mains
Jin; ran
ger-
British Report ;
. Gains in East :
; Italian Front
By NOLAND NORGAARD -ALLIED
: HEADQUARTERS,
Algiers, Oct. 13 (JPy- Allied
troops cracking tough nazl de
fenses for a nine-mile break
through in central Italy have
forged a new threat of out
flanking the Volturno river line,
where the Germans were mas
sing new strength, and thou
sands of shells screamed today in
prelude to a great battle. .,'
In accompaniment to tremen
dous artillery duels, both sides
concentrated new forces of men
and guns along the Volturne .
for what may become a bigger
batUe than that of the Salerno
bridgehead a month ago.
Fifty miles, inland allied forces
punched through the mountains to
seize San Croce, eight miles north-
east of Pontelandolfo, ' and the
eighth army driving westward
captured Riccia only eight miles
northeast of San Croce.
- The Germans were also report
ed making heavy movements
along the Adriatic behind their
"armored forces and parachutists
bitterly contesting the Eighth army
march up he Adriatic coast But
whether these indicated that the
nazis were tossing a substantial
additional force into .the battle
there as well as on the Volturno
was not clear immediately.
. Farther Inland on the Eighth
army front enemy artillery re
acted violently to the steady
British advance, bat 1 gains In :
virtually every center were re-'
ported by Montgomery's head-' -quarters.
! "
Latest advices said the allied
line now extends from a 'point on
the Adriatic four miles above Ter-
moli 'due south through Guglion-
esi and Larino to Bonefro, then it
dips southeast a short distance to
Colletorto. From there it runs
southwest through Riccia and San
Croce, then due south to a point
on the Calore river west of Ponte,
along the lower Calore to its junc
tion with the Volturno, and along
the Volturno to the sea. In some
places, however, patrols have
speared many miles deeper.
Pontelandolfo fell- early this
week to Fifth army troops, but
capture of San Croce and Riccia
in the central and westward drives
added to the potential pressure in
this area to turn the German Vol
turno.. line. ' The central front
break through also took the towns -of
Cercello, Colle .and Celtelpa
gano. San Croce is only 10 ! airline
miles from Vinchiaturo, key road
(Turn to Page 2 Story C)
Confined
to four short
para-
graphs, the
resolution said:
"Resolved by the senate of the
United States:
- "That the war against all our
enemies be waged until complete
victory is achieved;-
"That the United States coop
erate with its comrades-in-arms
in securing a just and honorable
peace;
"That the United States, acting
through its constitutional proces
ses join with free and sovereign
nations in the establishment and
maintenance of international au
thority with power to prevent ag
gression and to preserve the peace
of the world."
While congress thus moved clos
er to a declaration cf policy on
post war action, ccrrressmen gen
erally were kali:." 2 Italy's declar
ation cf war on Germany today 3
helping the allied cause.
Other developments Included:
Because cf the Ct-.'.'i cf T
Creal (D-IIy.), the l.cu?e p
poned until tomorrow d-'-at? c
. (Turn to Tr-2 Z'.-ry A)