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Saturday X attended the launch
ing" of the tanker "Oregon Trail"
at the Swan island shipyards,
along with four others of the sev-
' en living ex-governors 01 uregon,
. Jay Bowerman, Walter M. Pierce,
!'A1 W. Norblad, "Charles H. Mar
tin. Os West and Ben Olcottwere
- Unable to attend. '
The event was one of the spe
cial features of " the ; centennial
year, and the naming of the ship
after the famous road I across the
: plains fitted in. well with the cel
ebration of the 100th anniversary
of the first wagon-train crossing.
" Phil Parrish, chairman of the
'commission, had charge of the
Tirocram and made a brief - ad
dress. Walter Meachanv commis
: sion secretary, ran off .the page
antry with a pioneer parade. This
Js probably the last big feature of
the centennial, and the. Trail can
belaid away in mothballs for an
other century. : - "- ;
Miss Valerie Bolton, herself i
"granddaughter of an Oregon Trail
pioneer, cracked the traditional
.bottle, of champagne on the prow
!nd the great ship slid gracefully
" into the waters of the Willamette.
It was . a . successful launching,
made more enjoyable to the crowd
because hone of the e.x-governbrs
- made a ' speech. L
; Since ex - governors ' have no
claims to gasoline," I : hitch-hiked
my way . to the launching via
' stage to Portland and Jay ' Bbw
; erman's A card to Swan Island.
'; Jn his car going out were: also
Lewis A. McArthur, . president of
the Oregon Historical society and
Miss Nellie Bv Pipes, historian of
the society. The occasion natural
ly turned the conversation to his
torical lines. ; . .
McArthur. "Tarn, to a host of
friends, who is a grandson of Sen,
James W, Nesmith of .the 1843
- 'migration, said that his grandmo-
ther did not look back on the
plains crossing as any particular
hardship. It was more like a pic
nic, with, the train breaking into
parties and progressing-by easy
stages. The goal of each night's
camping was spot with "wood
and water." luiss Pipes, on t the
other hand, said that her mother,
who came west as a "young wife of
,18, with her husband, by train Jn
: 1875, looked back on the frail Jour-
ney " with great men tal distress.
The trip took two weeks i the seats
were wooden benches, -po sleep
'ing. or v eatmgewmnjodations,
-' TYie-v wr from th noulh. While
f - - . . ' r . u
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Page)--
US Nationals "
Embark Today
On Gripsholm
By PRESTON GttOVER
I MORMUG AO, -Portuguese In
dia, jDct. 18-(jpj,-American na
tionals, eagerfor a sight of .home,
will . begin to file off the; liner
Teia ' Maru at 8 a.rn. tomorrow
and board the . Gripsholm in ' ex
change for Japanese nationals, the
US consulate announced today. -I
The ship changing process will
be reversed by the Japanese. It
is' expected, that the : Gripsholm
will sail for. home with its new
American passengers' late this
week. . ' ,
Only ; a couple hundred yards
r separate the . gangplanks of the
r two vessels andthe expectant re-
- patriates hung .over the -rails; of
both-ships eagerly awaiting their
transfer. K , . ,
'l For the Americans the transfer
will mean the end of a 21-month
wait and they are particularly
eager to get aboard the Gripsholm
to enjoy the cheeses, meats f and
sweets which they have missed
v during their internment and' the
trip aboard the Japanese ship, i f
' The Japanese aboard the Grip
sholm are buying as much as they
are permitted, and American- au
thorities on the ship are giving
them . enough for their .daily
Deeds. . . ;
SteinbockFence Question
Exhumed by City Council
. Salem city council's ghost walk
ed again , last night Steinbock's
fence, squabble, settled two" weeks
ago to the satisfaction of the deal
er in salvaged metals after two
months of discussion, tabling and
investigation, was - tossed - v back
onto the floor for reconsideration
and came out again slightly the
worse for wear, and ; solely de
pendent upon a "hitherto burled
phrase of the zoning ordinance. !
f When . property owners of the
involved Water street area wrote
disparagingly of-the last session's
action to city ' fathers, they re
scinded the resolution allowing
Philip Steinbock to build a board
fence rather than the metal bar
rier around his "salvage depot,
which would have been required
in strict compliance with Salem's
toning regulations. ; ' -
City Building Inspector E. C.
Bushnell meantime had unearthed
the phrase which provides that in
an emergency the , building in
spector -may issue a ' permit for
construction of a temporary board
fence around construction projects
IHIISTY TinSD YEAR
TAT . : . .
3-Poicer Conference Seeks
Agreement on Objectives
O f War and Postwar Policy
By HENRY C CASSIDY :
! MOSCOW OctT 18-(P)-US Secretary of State Cordell Hull and
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden opened talks with for
eign Commisar Molotov cn wartime and postwar military,1 poli
tical and economic questions today shortly after their arrival at
the Moscow airport. i ; ' " ' 7
I -The American and Britishvisitors drove to therrernlinat
(5 p. m. three hours after their arrival to begin the discussions.
The first real business session was scheduled for tomorrow after
ioon;. ' ' - ' - - ;
; (The conference presumably will seek an agreement on war
. i . . . ' . . ohjectives and postwar collabora
Aiissie Troops:
Beat Back Jap
Thrust at Base
By VERN HAUGLAND
f ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE; SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Tuesday, Oct. 19--Jungle-wise
Australian troops ; have beaten
, back a Japanese . thrust designed
to recapture the strategic base of
Finschhafen on the Huon penin
sula of New Guinea. ;
Enemy troops attempting; ' to
land before ' dawn near the
month of the Sonr river at
Finschhafen were almost entire
ly wiped out by the Australians'
concentrated fire. General Mae- ,
Arthur reported today in a com
nrntoe.' - ':-, .,,.-.
Sharp" fighting "has" "developed
north ' bf JKrischliafenhowey er,
wjth th'e Japanese' attempting to
bring up reinforcements by barge.
But. the Australians appeared in
control of the situation. The com
munique said: ;" " . r "
Our forces repulsed two enemy
counterattacks in the Ziwewaneng
area (north of Finschhafen). Our
medium and attack units,' in di
rect support of our ground forces,
bombed and strafed enemy instal
lations iri the Satelberg area.
Satelberg is about, 15 miles
northeast of Finschhafen.
: Today's communique reported
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!
Gtui Accident
Hurts 3 Girls
".. r.i ' .i.-r 'f-v , ' t
SCIO, Oct. 18 (Special) Most
unusual hunting accident reported
here so far was the shooting of the
three Struckmeier girls, who were
improving at an Albany, hospital
today after being injured when a
hunter leading the party in which
the girls brought up the rear ac
cidentally discharged the shotgun
on 'his shoulder. . ;v"-'
' The youngest suffered the most
serious injury, possibly loss of the
sight of one eye. Dr. R. R. Wallace,
attending physician stated. All will
survive, he believed. "1- S
; The girls,; 15, 17 and 20, the
oldest being married and living at
Toledo, are daughters of R. H. F.
Struckmeier, ' who formerly, lived
in the Riverview community near
Scio. .
when such a fence seems' required
for protection of the public
Finally adopted, and not with
out considerable wrangling, was a
resolution. ? authorizing the build'
ing inspector to Issue the permit
for the duration of the war .and
six months thereafter' If, after
thorough- study, the city attorney
believes - the clause in ' question
covers ; such a case . as that of
Steinbock's fence.
" The provision that the- fence
should be removed - with, in . six
months after cessation of hostili
ties met some of the arguments
of the neighboring property hold
ers appearing at , the : council sse
sion and represented on the floor
by William M. Over gard.
.- During the discussion, ' which
mounted sometimes to argument
In lifted voices, members of the
council took occasion to talk back
to Steinbock, who two weeks ago
had Intimated that If they were
properly patriotic they would not
hesitate to grant him the wooden
fence approval. Steinbock's patri-
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12 VAGV
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tion between the United States,
Britain and the Soviet union.)
Hull and Eden were accompa
nied by Wr Averell Harriman,
newly named US ambassador to
the Soviet" union; Green Hack
Worth, US state department coun
sel; James Dunn, political advis
er; Maj. Gen. John Dean, US ar
my; William3 Strang, British as
sistant undersecretary of foreign
affairs; and Lt Gen. Sir Hastings
Ismay, chief of staff to the British
minister of defense. -- , '
Given a ceremonial welcome
when they alighted in mid after
noon at the Moscow airdrome, Hull
and Eden . in personal chats with
Molotov offered to go to work im
mediately, and an ; appointment
was made for the first session of
theconferenceJ 8 , 1
Eden, speaking in a microphone
on the airfield said, "I am very
glad to be in . Moscow again to
;meet my friend. Mr. Molotoyx and
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Allies Plan Big
Africa-Britain
Shuttle Raiding
By WES GALLAGHER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Oct 18 -itP)- Great fleets of
Northwest Africa air force bomb
ers soon will join with I the even
greater Britain based fleets to
form one gigantic, shutttle-bomb-ing
onslaught against Hitler's
Germany.r j ;'i ;.r'
"Every mile that the Fifth and
Eighth armies advance up the
Italian boot ' brings nearer the
start of this offensive,' an offi
cial ; air force headquarters an
nouncement said today, i and add-
ed: r f
"Within ; a short 'time the at- -lies
will be in position te bit
vital military objectives In Ger
many -either from England er
- Italy, taking advantase ef the
- most favorable weather In each
i eaae.,';;L:;:t:j: ' t. W- f a 'Ji'S
By using the shuttle principle
and alternating the targets. It will
be difficult to tell where Britain-
based 'air forces leave" off and
North Africa forces begin when
these operations r get under way.
"Airfields are being repaired
and rebuilt "(in - Italy) r within ' a
few; days of their capture, pro
viding immediate bases for our
fighters and fighter-bombers and
becoming available for our bomb
ers as the ground - battle shifts
farther to the north, the state
ment continued. - - : : . '
Referring to the turbulent Balk
ans, already torn by guerrilla war
riors and anti-nazi demonstrations,
the headquarters statement said: '
' "The territory open to bomb
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Boilermaker Head
tn Court Today
PORTLAND, Ore; Oct 18-(ff)
Tom Ray, embattled t, business
agent and financial secretary of the
Portland AFL Boilermakers, will
appear in circuit court tomorrow
to show why he should not re
linquish union control to Otto W.
Mursner. ,: lc .; .1; -6 i
The order was issued today by
Judge' Alfred P. Dobson, - after
Mursner filed an injunction suit
Mursner was appointed as Ray's
successor last week by J. A.
Franklin, international president
The court order also directs Ray
to show cause why he. should not
be prevented from : interfering
with Mursner's actions. Mursner,
international vice president of
the union, was authorized by
Frank take full control of
the loc, vi&ceeding the 21-man
governing vSrnmitteaJurhich the in
ternational
last week.
"ident ' T;r5scTj
Donations
For::Qiet
Said Higti
Solicitors Due
For Surprise v
At Noon Today
Solicitors In the Salem United
War C h e s t - campaign ; which
opened officially with Monday's
"kickoff breakfast are due for a
happy i; surprise? - noon today
when they gamer at the first re
port luncheon, to be held jointly
with the Kiwanls club luncheon.
Though no definite figures have
been released it is known ; that
the total subscriptions turned in
by the . pre-campaign gifts, com
mittee and allocated to the vari
ous divisions is higher, even,, on
a percentage basis, than any in
the past , ,
.U Since the goal is $85,000, sub
stantially; higher than , that of a
year ago, and is to be raised en
tirely within the Salem school
district except for a few volun
tarily proffered gifts from out
side, campaign .workers will nev
ertheless still face a tremendous
task. Loyal t Warner, campaign
chairman, reported Monday that
there was a shortage of solicitors,
and asked all persons able to par
ticipate to report at campaign
headquarters, 455 Court street
- Members of the various teams
in the; women's division were out
"bright and early Monday and
made numerous calls throughout
the day. : "'"
Meanwhile it was revealed that
the rural division, aiming at a
$7500 goal which is separate from
the Salem campaign, is making
excellent progress. Mission Bot
tom school district in which Mrs.
Alex LaFollette is chairman, Is
already "over the top" and the
Brook s-Lake Labish area In
which Mrs. Ronald J o n e s is in
charge, ' Is expected to reach - its
quota : today. .However, chairmen
have not been appointed In three
districts, Swegle, Pringle "and
Macleay.. Workers are sought in
these areas.. Frank Doerfler "Is
rural division chairman. District
chairmen and . quotas In other
school' districts, are:
Chemawa, M.-W. Evans, $500;
Central Howell, Mrs. Frank Way,
$270; Clear Lake, Luther Chapin,
$308; Buena Crest, : Mrs. Wr R.
Massey, $252 ; Hazel Green,' Ken
neth Bain, $504; Keizer, Mrs. Har
vey McLaughlin, $1960;. Hayes
ville, D. E. Janzen,, $720; Middle
Grove, Mrs. E. S. Barker, $425;
Auburn, Mrs. O. . E.. Palmateer,
$430; Fruitland, Mrs. Stanley
Fagg, $273; Salem - Heights, Mrs.
W. E. Gardner, $810; Roberts,
F (Continued from Page 1) F
Chinese Rout
Jap Column
CHUNGKING, Oct 18-(JFy-One
of three Japanese columns, driv
ing north In western Yunnan, pro
vince in an attempt to forestall a
Chinese move south Into" Burma
to join a possible allied 'offensive
from 'India, has been broken' up
and forced Into scattered retreat
the Chinese high command said
today. - ' '
The Chinese communique,' which
touched only briefly for the first
time in a number of days on the
operations : inV western Yunnan,
identified the column as one which
has pushed to the Salween river
opposite ; Luku and said it had
suffered severe losses. : I
(On the west Burma front
British communique from New
Delhi reported a successful land
attack Saturday on the Japanese
held town of Maungdaw on the
Burmese coast about 100 miles
northwest of the important port
of Akyab. The communique also
reported a number of diversionary
raids. '. '
(Both" the British and an Amer
ican communique told of the usual
softening up, pre-offensive aerial
blows over widespread areas of
occupied Burma.)
Rental Bill
Hearing Is
Scheduled -
Salem's new city rent .control
proposal will be given a public
hearing next Monday night, Oc
tober 25 In the council chambers
of the city balL Alderman L F.
LeGarie, chairman of the ordin
ance committee to whom it was
referred two weeks ago, announ
ced last night -r;- "
The " ordinance, modeled ' after
that which is said to be proving
satisfactory in Bend, has been
given the official backing of the
Salem board of realtors. It in
cludes control f ,
rent con tTiw ith a later freezing j lengtn tne issue or employing a
datend with opportunity for ad-1 full-time adjutant without read
justment of rents within the city, 'ing a final decision. :'
Scdem. Oregon. Tuesday Morning, October 19,
Flying Start
r
Thanks to the efforts ef the pre-
campaign gifts committee bead'
-. ed by. Lowell Kern, " above,
: workers in the Salem United
War Chest campaign are dae
r tot a pleasant surprise w hen
'- their first prorress report" Is
- m ad e. at today's : luncheon.
Though the goal Is higher, than
'.any ever attempted In Salem
v previously, It Is expected thai
past first-day reports w 1 1 1 be
- exceeded ea a percentage basis.
Court Holds
Employer May
Express Views
"By EDWARD H. HIGGS
, WASHINGTON, Oct 18.-(P)-The
supreme court refused today
to interfere with a decision hold
ing that an employer, under the
constitutional right of free speech,
may legally give his employes his
views on whether they should
vote for union representation.
The employer in this case, the
president of the American Tube
Bending Co., Inc., of New Haven,
Conn., had been accused by the
national labor ; relations board of
unfair, labor practices. A circuit
.iurt., dcic ilismissed .t bet
charges and the supreme court
n refusing to review it left the
ruling in effect . '.
. In the background of the case
was a finding by the labor rela
tions board that the firm's pres
ident, on the eve of a collective
bargaining election, sent a letter
to each employe and delivered an
address to the employes suggest
ing that they would be better off
by bargaining directly with the
management instead of through a
union. " : ,.- -' "
The labor board argued. In ask
ing for a review of the decision,
that "The privilege of free speech
is not available here, because of
the ' economic dependence of the
listeners upon the speaker and the
compulsion of the listeners to give
heed, the adjurations of the
speaker pass from the realm of
fee competition of ideas into that
of coercion.' .
- Disclaiming any attempt' at co
ercion of the employes, counsel
for the company contended: that
the ' speech and the ! letters "set
forth the right of the employes to
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3 Yugoslav
Armies Lock
With Rommel
' ' By ATI. GOLDBERG "
' LONDON,; Oct; lMflVThree
guerilla, armies -Yugoslav "regulars-
under Gen. Draja Mahailo-
vie, Gen. . Josip "Tito'.. Broz: red
starred bands, and a resurgenl
Albanian guerflla army were re
ported locked in bitter batUes
with j Marshal Erwin Rommel's
forces over a wide western Bal
kan front tonight
Mahailovic's forces, launching
their first big offensive since the
German ' occupation of garrisons
formerly s held by Italians, was
said by government leaders at
Cairo to be smashing through to
ward: the Danube river loop In
northeastern Serbia after captur
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Activities Planned
For Armistice Day
Armistice day activities of the
various patriotic bodies in Salem
will be coordinated r through --the
Federated Patriotic Orders, O. E.
"Mose" Palmateer announced : at
Monday night's meeting of Capital
Post J No. : 9, American --Lesion.
Groups in addition to' the Legion
planning . observance include .the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Dis
abled Veterans and theWar Mothers.-"
: 'r' V
"The' legion' post accepted the
resignation of Ralph Campbell as
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mem . 1
4 Mile
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At Miver -
- Berlin Admits
. Giving Ground
Before Russians
By JUDSON O'QUINN
IX)NDONt ? Tuesday, - Oct li.-(A-Rassian
troops smashing four
miles deeper Into the Dnieper riv
er loop to flank hundreds of
thousands of German troops "are
throwing the. enemy . back, de
stroying his forces, : and clearing
him from one populated place aft
er another,; Moscow announced
today. . - W
. Berlin acknowledged Jts troops
were giving ground under the im
pact of 300,000 Russians attack
ing southward toward! the- Dnep
ropetrovsk- Kiev railway, , main
lifeline of axis troops 'deployed
along the Dnieper bend to the east
and in the Crimea to the south.
The red army overran" 23 more
villages, killed nearly;3i,000 Ger
mans,' destroyed or a p t u r e d
scores of tanks and. fjguns, , and
smashed : every : axis .'attempt ' to
stem it yesterday, said -a. midnight
communique supplement
- In one area the 'Russians said
their troops had forced the Ger
mans to beat a hasty retreat"
from a village,' and captured 16
abandoned guns, only a small part
of the booty ieclared- swept up
during the day. ' -' ''
Developing what maybe a dis
aster for the Germans all along
their crumbling Dnieper line, the
Russians ' also announced - fresh
gains below Gomel, north of Kiev,
and at embattled Melitopol, where
bitter street fighting had; rolled
Into the seventh day. -
The Russians surrounded and
smashed blockhouses and strong
points built around one square in
Melitopol, cleared several districts
of the city, and decisively defeated
a German counterattack south.,
west of the city near the railway
leading to the Crimea; ' ,-.P- ; ,
rA total of nearly 7,000 Gesfnans
fell on all fronts during the day;
and 153 tanks . were knocked or
captured for a two-day bag of
324, the supplement said. In ad
dition 79 guns, including many
C8mm were destroyed or seized,
it said. - . : -''
A Moscow, broadcast communi
que recorded by the soviet moni
tor, also announced that Russian
troops who had crossed the Dnie
per . in a new drive southwest of
Gomel now had turned northward
and were striking toward Recchit
sa, 27 miles west of Gomel, in an
effort to snap the enemy's rail
lifeline to Poland. ; ;i ;
North of Kiev, the Russians
"considerably " Improved their po
sitions' beyond the Dnieper's west
bank, it said," in the encircling
drive on the Ukraine capitaL.
At Melitopol, gateway to ' the
Crimea, one of the grimmest 'fights
of the war flamed through its
sixth day inside the shattered city.
Moscow said the red army assault
units, if ghting with- bayonet and
grenade in a blinding sandstorm
that clogged their guns, had "cap
tured Jarge quantities of war ma
terials." Exhausting straggle In the Mell
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City Planners V
Meet Tonight y.
' The postwar planning commis
sion of Salem will hpld its first
meeting at 7:30 tonight in cham
ber of commerce rooms, Alderman
Dan Fry, chairman, announced at
Monday night's council session. -Comprised
by three councilmen.
Fry, David CHara and Tom Arm
strong, and three from the city
at large, Carl Hogg, Hedda Swart
and David Wright, the commission
will probably devote much of Its
initial meeting of Sorltionketao
initial meeting to organization but
will welcome the attendance or
any interested, Fry said.
Would Pay Tax
On 7aiyer of t
All Interest
Recommending that the city pay
the principle on the .recently- lit
igated water properties - tax of
1935 if Marion county will waive
the Interest, which now , amounts
to more thann 0 per "cent of the
original $27,517X5, a special com
mittee of Salem city council and
water commission brought In its
report - to the council Monday
night v S-:.,,;..-.
Money to pay that debt which
Is the city's according to a recent
supreme; court decision : although
no foreclosure can be made on
the properties while they are own
ed by the : municipality, would
come from a ; new " water ' bond
issue, if the f committee's report
proves workable and is adopted
in resolution form. -
Price 5c
AM.
A Tin
: .- v - -
Reinforcements Include
8th Annies
" By EDWARD KENNEDY -' - ' 1
i ALUED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Oct. 18-(P)-Important
new allied landings of men and material have been made on tha
Italian mainland in recent days,
forces of Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery slowly pushed the Germans back heavy "fighting.
; has reached a point
to permit much bigger debarkations than previously." Upon ar
rival at various southern Italian ports, troops," tanks, guns, am
muhition,food and other stipplies we moving swiftly up both the'
Mediterxanean and' Adriatic coasts to the fighting fronts ; and
over, tortuous mountain roads to the central sector.
Thanks partly to this improved supply, it was announced today
RAFFollows 3
.' ,
Heavy US Raid
LONDON, Tuesday, Oct 19-P)
The "RAFs heavy bomber fleet
taking the air for the first ; time
in more than a week, attacked
targets in Germany last night . in
a swift followup' to an assault on
Berlin ' the previous : night by
speedy Mosquitos.
Sandwiched in between the two
night operations was a series of
daylight aerial forays by allied
bombers over .various objectives
in western Europe yesterday.; ;
As - usual, the British did not
UveriCxermany
fIat,t,!liLiM.1in.l5e fronv Rome.
,!,'. .;a 4k.-.ukn
of last.nighVs raidior ihe weight
of the attacking force;
There was some, indication thatfr f"61"5 no.w is hI
yesterday's' excursions were large
scale feints rather than a full dress
renewal of the aerial bombard
ment which has been slackened
since American Flying Fortresses
shattered German ball bearing
and roller bearing production at
Schweinfurt last Thursday. . '
Still the heavy formations pro
vided a great show for coastal
areas as the bombers, interspersed
with fighters, traced sweeping va
por trails across the sky' in fore
noon, noon and afternoon sorties.
The US Eighth air force an
nounced last night that American
P-47 Thunderbolts had made a
series ' of ' offensive sweeps over
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lau
Touring Front
? Washington, bet lt-W)
Treastfry Secretary Morgenthaa
was "disclosed tonight to be en
an aerial toor ef war - fronts
with his monetary expert Har
ry D; White, "and his confiden
tial assistant Fred Smith. '.
The r trie arrived in Algiers
last Friday, bat no farther In
formation was available as te
their present whereabouts , er
their itinerary The tour Is ex
pected te last several weeks.
Air
Cost, Says
By PAUL MILLER -WASHINGTON,
Oct . 18-
General H. H. Arnold today hailed
the achievements of American air
men as overwhelmingly Justifying
the cost In men and money.
The chief of the arms air forces,
commenting crisply on discussion
of - the 60-bomber, 593-man crew
loss in the. October 14 raid over
Schweinfurt, Germany, termed the
loss inddentaL ; .'-";
"You can't run a war on a dol
lar basis,- he assereted, "but if
you want to put it on that basis
consider the dollars in what we
have destroyed." j.- .;;.;; '
General Arnold had Invited to
air force headquarters in the Pen
tagon building over two-score re
porters, news, executives, radio
commentators and columnists. In
each chair was found a schooldays-style-
tablet and sharp pen
cil; The general, flanked by aides
with- charts and pictures, sat near
the head of a long table. As many
guests as - could sat ' around the
table, Others occupied chairs that
lined the walls.
"I just want to talk," the general-
began with a smile.- He did.
for almost an hour, declaring: -
1 The main objective of the al-
genu
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Equipment; 5th.
it was disclosed tonight as the
that Clark's fifth army veterans of
Salerno had driven beyond the
Volturno river and f firmly occu
pied" the towns of Cahcello, Ru
viano and ', Nerrone, while Mont
gomery's eighth was stabbing west
ward: ."through the Appennine
mountains toward Rome.
As the fifth and eighth armies
pushed the Germans back in yes
terday's fighting, some fires were
observed behind the enemy's lines.
Indicating the destruction of sup
ply dumps in anticipation of a
quick move backward.
The nasls at the front con
tinued to fight as stubbornly as
saat however, while these
behind-the-line operations were
(In progress.
The enemy's next stand on thaj
west coast Is likely to be inlanc
from Gaeta and along the Garigli-
ano river, which Is some 20 mile
north of the Volturno and about
As "a result of continued allied
sir; attacks' on German, airfield.
ieeoie remaining strength on in
numerable small airstrips. Natl
fighter squadrons based at Capua
were found to be using several
air fields in the vicinity of tha
town after allied bombers had
destroyed the main air field and
wrecked or damaged 50 planes on
It - .
American troops captured Ner
rone and Ruviano on dominating
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Nazi Bombers
Raid London
-LONDON, Oct 18-(4J)-Air raid
sirens sounded in London tonight
for the third straight night and
anti-aircraft gun crews went into
action almost immediately.
t A; few German . bombs were
dropped during the half - hour
alert The all-clear' sounded at
11:30 p. m,. (3:30 ' p: rri.- Facif i
war time.) . --'"..J " " - . "
Two persons were killed in one
house. The house' was demolished.
Deviating from solo tactics, sev--eral
of the raiders flew together
in hitting one district with high,
explosives,;' ".
The planes dropped flares ta
light their targets. Some of these
were extinguished by gunfire be
fore ; they reached the ground.
ust if y
Gen. Arnold
lied air war over Europe Is ti
make it easier for ground troops to
go in, in the final dash, and save;
thousands of lives. I
2. The loss of CO bombers at
Schweinfurt' Is Incidental to de
struction of the ball-bearing fac
tories there. "Regardless . of our
losses, I'm ready to send over re
placement crews for every one lost
and at -the same time keep build
ing up our strength.
- 3. Second only to the bombing .
of specific objectives is the- aim
to' destroy the German air force:
4. The allies are getting the uff
per hand in the air in all theaters.
"I'm not saying the war is over,
or about over, or anything of thd
kind. -;:
: 5. A special committee of ex
perts intimately familiar with.
German Industries before the war
makes tip target lists for the
bombers. Each target is given a
priority rating for bombing in or
der of importance.
9. ."Long-haired" German sci
entists are racking their brains
for new weapons and ideas
rocket guns, aerial bombing of
bombers, etc. . "We got the ball
bearing works at Schweinfurt but ,
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