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three miles south of San Vlto and
lour miles inland, and success
fully beat off a nazi counterattack
there. The most impressive Eighth
army fain came 12 miles inland,
where the British stabbed for
N. ward nix. -miles to seize Onsen a,
.iune nifles irormwest of the-San-gro
river. ' ; ; s :
The thrust through Orsogna
drove deep wedge into the sec
ondary defenses the nazis had
established on the Eighth army
front and severed road and rail
lines without which the enemy
could not hope to make another
stand anywhere near the Sangra.
Front line reports disclosed that
even the arrival of reinforcements
had not enabled the Germans to
retrieve the great piles of guns,
ammunition and other equipment
they abandoned on the battlefields
in the Fossacesia area in their
first disorganized flight.
Considerable numbers of pris
oners were taken as General
Clark's headquarters reported
' that the onslaught in the central
sector was proceeding according
to plan."
Don Whitehead, Associated
Press correspondent who witness
ed the start of the big offensive
near Mignano, said:
' "Never had American troops,
gone into an attack behind such
an artillery barrage. The ground
trembled and a storm of demoniac
sound filled the valleys -and
poured over the mountains.
"The heavens were lighted with
gun flashes and a newspaper
could easily have been read in
the light. The artillery of one
group alone hurled 4,000,000
pounds of explosives and steel in
to the narrow . sector which had
given the Germans observation of
allied movements in the valleys
below. German prisoners trapped
in their foxholes by the steady
pounding were dazed by the con
cussion of exploding shells.
"As a result, American troops
advancing up thl Maggiore moun
tain sides found little resistance
from those Germans who remain
ed alive." : r
An RAF statement said that
some nasi prisoners were insane
from the effects of the ceaseless
air and artillery bombardment
and that "terrific demoralization"
had been caused among enemy
troops. .'.
t o Axe
Tax Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec 4
Acting Chairman Walsh (D-Mass.)
of the senate finance committee
predicted today that the 12,
140,000,000 house - approved tax
bill a crippled fragment of the
$10,500,000,000 asked by the trea
sury will be subjected to fur
ther violent amputations before
the senate is through with it.
"Little or no new revenue will
be obtained unless new sources
are found," he said, characteriz
ing the measure as full of bad
features which are almost certain
to be eliminated. ...'"
Three Pilots Killed
In Palm Springs Crash
PALM SPRINGS,' Califs Dec. 4
Three pilots ' including a
WASP, were killed late yester
day in a collision of a training
plane and pursuit ship near
Palm Springs army air field, Lt.
Col. Richard.A.- vlSlorgan, com
manding officer of the 21st ferry
ing group, announced today.
Killed in-tha ':; training plane
were Dorothy, Fr- ' Scott, , 23, s
WASP on temporary duty from
Love field, Dallas, Tex, and 2nd.
Lt Robert M.', Snyder, 23, flight
Instructor with the ferrying group.
The dead pursuit pilot is 1st Lt
Wilson A. Young, 25, who was
here on temporary duty from Gore
field. Great Falls, Mont
US Drops 6400 Tons
On Nazis in November
LONDON, Sunday, Dek 50P)
United States Eighth air ore
bombers dropped a record total oT
64UO tons of explosives on nazi
targets in November. ' their mm.
mander, MaJ. Gen. Fred L. Ander
son, said, tonight '
In a broadcast .to war workers
of America he said Flying Fort
resses ana Liberators had the Ger
man air force "reeling,; .but he
" .warned: -"f-vi.r--. .
"We are flghQng a relentless
and desperate enemy who. knows
he must protect his vital war in
dustries or lose the war. We ex
pect the bitterest kind of opposi
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39th year with Lad aad Bosh
bank, this month became- aa u
alstsat cashier with Laid and
Bash j branch f the United
States National bank, meving
.np frem assistant manager.
Lea C Page, whs started his bank--?
lag career In 192 with the eld
United States National bank.
bis been appointed an assistant
cashier with Ladd and Bosh
i branch of the US National.
Inflation Is Called
Most Critical Battle
OTTOWA, Dec 4 (SF) I
Minister MacKenzie King ;
broadcast tonight told the pt
of Canada that on the honw
front the fight against inflation
Is now the most critical battle
of all" aand warned against any
complacency because of recent
allied military victories.
"The winning of this oattle,"
he said, "will contribute much
toward victory. After the war
success in the battle against in
flation will contribute more than
all else towards the solution of
post war problems."
Since the outbreak of the war,
he said, the cost of living has
risen only 18 per cent in Canada,
compared with S3 per cent in the
corresponding period of the last
war.
Von Papen in Istanbul
To Keep Turkey Neutral
ISTANBUL, Deck 4-P- Ger
man Ambassador Franz von Pa-
pen wasted no time in opening a
campaign against Turkey's entry
into the war when he returned
today from a two-weeks jour
ney to Berlin and extensive con
sultations with Germany's sat
ellites in southeastern Europe.
Von ; Papen, who managed to
convince the Turkish republic that
he personally saved them from
German attack in 1941 and 1942,
held a lengthy press conference
and went over the head of the
Turkish government direct to the
people with a declaration saying:
"I am happy to continue to col
laborate with my Turkish friends
to save at least this corner of the
world from the disaster which is
ruining it"
Milk Producers Urge
Price Stabilization
CHICAGO, Dec 4-P)-The Na
tional Cooperative Milk Producers
federation today urged a price
stabilization program it said was
designed to "unleash the energies
of farm people" and "free agri
culture and its cooperatives from
a maze of conflicting orders and
paralyzing regulations.'
The ! federation's stabilization
program:
A government "sponsored cor
poration would stabilize prices of
major farm products, buying them
when freely offered at a stabilized.
price. The products would go into
a holding pool, and would be re
leased to private trade at cost in
cluding storage, handling charges
and a small profit
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Nazis Flee
40 Miles
In 10 Days
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ter a fierce battle the Germans
were routed, leaving great quanti
ties of- booty behind.
Another Russian push In Whit
Russia threaded through wooded
and marshy ground northwest lof
Propoisk north of the. Zhlobin
area. Here the forces ''. of . Gen.
Marxian M. Popov were thrusting
a spearhead to the upper Dnieper
near Mogilev, capturing 11 towns
and a heavily fortified height
Over 300 Germans were killed in
this area as they retreated, at
least one battalion fleeing in dis
order, abandoning two artillery
batteries.
Miserable weather was hamp
ering both of these White Russian
drives but Gen. Constantine Ro
kossovsky's forces heading for
Zhlobin rounded up- 30 more
towns and hamlets in an advance
that also captured Gorodets, 14
miles northeast of Zhlobin and an
equal distance southeast of Roga
chev, a district center on the
north-south trunk railway.
The communique remained si
lent on still a third White Russian
drive farther north which the
Germans said had been going
four days toward Orsha. Berlin
radio said the Russian penetration
had been sealed off and 'the in
tensity of the attack weakened.
Decisions
Awaited
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ment on the conference to be
made soon.
The German radio declared that
resident Ismet Inonu of Turkey
d left to meet Roosevelt and
JhurchiU, perhaps at Cairo.
Axis and neutral reports in
dicated Stalin had approved plans
for a great invasion of Europe
to shorten the war against Ger
many, and to press the assault on
Japan planned a few days ear
lier with Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek in north Africa.
While this formal announce
ment still was awaited, specu
la ting was rife on what the de
cisions might be. These guesses
covered the probability (hat the
big three had agreed upon a mas
ter plan for a great: invasion of
Europe and an - allied - military
leader to command it a concerted
program in the Balkans, and such
political problems, as measures to
deprive Germany of, the powe of
aggression alter tne war, enas.v.
Axis propaganda continued - its
eforts to prepare a defense if or
whatever result might ensue from
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ONtheHOlIEFRONT
Sj HAUL
When we Oregonians want to
impress friends from other states
with the wonders of ' our home
land we talk about the' scenery
and salmon, peas and prunes, tur
keys and cranberries, and a num
ber, of other prized possessions and
productions. -
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W , are always safe to discuss
our highways and the men who
build them. Where there are diffi
cult jobs in the way of highway
construction to be done you will
find personnel from Oregon and
that is a safe bet
Forgetting for the time -being
the greatroute which eventually
will join the Americas to the
south (and Oregon men did their
share there), Just pick up "The
Highway Magazine" for November-December.
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Pages of pictures of "Men who
helped build the Alaska highway"
show among others:- Raymond
Archibald, bridge engineer (he
was with the Oregon state high
way department when the coast
bridges were built); E. G. Ric
ketts . of Salem, assistant bridge
engineer who left his Job with
the bridge department of the state
commission to take on the war
time task; J. B. Reher, location
engineer who was with the public
roads administration in Portland;
John McGfllibray, supervising
construction engineer, likewise
with public roads working out of
Portland before the war; H. A.
Stoddart, assistant construction en
gineer, and 2. H. Thompson, resi
dent : engineer, PRA men known
along the North Santiam, where
they operated.
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When far away from Oregon
one becomes homesick, there is
a pretty sure remedy: Go to the
library and read about the men
who are building highways almost
anywhere, and pick out the Ore
gonians! Older Boys
Elect Slater
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McKay of Salem and Camp Adair,
Lt George C Bliss of Willam
ette university, and Supt, of
Schools Frank B. Bennett spoke
at the various sessions throughout
the day. . .
Registrations, which Saturday
topped the 150 mark, were among
the highest ever recorded for the
conference during its 24 years qf
existence.
the conference, and the chance
that Roosevelt and Churchill
might follow up by seeing the pre
sident of Turkey caught the ene
my's attention.
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LeGarie Says
Salem
Up to Districts
- Initiative for incorporation in
to Salem of any areas now lying
outside the city limits should
come from the residents of -the
areas ) involved, Salem city coun
cil will be told by Its special an
nexation committee next Mon
day night -
At least, that is the report pre
pared by Chairman L. F. Le
Garie, who said yesterdaay that
one and possibly both 'other
members of the committee would
concur in the expression and
would sign the report with him.
Until the City of Salem de
cides to discontinue rendering
service to districts outside the
city limits it will be hard to con
vince the residents of these dis
tricts that it would be benefi
cial for them to be Included
within the city limits," the re
port maintains.
Stretching of the city's boun-
dariesv Is one of the features of
Mayor L M. Doughton's plan of
accomplishments just as it was
one of the expressed desires of
Mayor W. W. Chadwick before
him. Should the well-populated
districts continguous to Salem be
included in it, the population
would jump more than 5000. The
tax increase would be neglible,
coundlmen have indicated, since
residents of the specified areas
now pay sewer and fire protec
tion services.
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Jap Base :
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a half mOe south of Wareo, was
captured. " : S'd- -.T-'
Wareo is in the inland jungles
of the peninsula,' approximately
11 miles northwest of Fmschhafen.
Wareo is connected by trail with
the coastal point of -Bonga which
fell a few days ago to Australians.
Headquarters reported today that
Bonga's captors now have ad
vanced northward along the shore
line. In -the northern Solomons,
where Americans hold, a beach
head at Empress Augusta bay on
the west-central ; coast ' of Bou
gainville, action - was limited to
ground patrols. j
In the action around the heights
of Wareo, Australians are closing
in from three sides on that junc
ture of jungle trails along which
the Japanese could withdraw
either to the coast or farther in
land. .
MacArthur's headquarters an
nounced that a formation of Lib
erators, operating from the Dar
win area, had made a roundtrip
flight of 1400 miles to drop 29 tons
of explosives at Waingapoe on the
island of Soemba in the Lesser
Sundra group between Australia
and Java. The raiders, meeting no
Interception and only light anti
aircraft fire, set large fires on the
town. ' ,
From headquarters of Adm.
William F. Halsey in the south
Pacific came reports that his air
forces continued to hit bypassed
enemy supply .points well to the
southeast of the beachhead despite
inclement weather..
Mitchells and Liberators on De
keed her
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ful brushed sueded rayon robes of
ageless appeal. Festive hostess coats
or rayon print or floral rayon satin
with sweeping
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cember 2 dropped 450 parachute
fragmentation bombs in the Short
land island area just south of Bou
gainville.- The Liberators also
pounded Karovo on "Shortland
with 400 100-pound bombs. De
spite, heavy anti-aircraft -fire, all
the planes returned. :,
PITTSBURGH-W-M No
lan, president of the Keystone Box
company, now knows how it feels
to be a nrillianaire even ir lor
only a few hours.
Recently he sent a. check for
$25,000 werth of bonds. Today he
received five 1500,000. bonds back.
The girls at the federal reserve
bank had accidentally 'dipped into
the 1500,000 stack, of bonds in
stead of the 15000 ones. - They
quickly rectified the error when
Nolan returned the 12,500,000. s-
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The government tonijht authoriz
ed a nine-cent boost, in. the ceiling
price oni eorn, from a prevailing
level f ! $1.0T a bushel -to $1.15,
Chicago basis, knd 'simultaneously
frce the price of j oats, barley and.
sorghum; , grains preparatory, to
issuance of, a permahent regula
tion within aixty'days.. . ,
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the office of price administration,
acting under a jjdttective from Sta
bilization Director Fred M. Vin
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