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: id i 7eaher Maxiniam 1 1 degrees Tues day; mintmaw 44; a trace ef precipiUUon; rhrer U. f eet. -Ealn Wednesday and Thursday, ; with snow in BMutaina; streng winds ea eeast Wednesday; colder late Wednesday and Thurs day: 1' POUNDDD ' '16511 i - -r ) 1 , v The objective of the proposed (old-based stabilization fund to .'establish order in international fi- nance and encourage world trade 'and extension of credit is com-'-mendable. The cry of "have-not" nations has been that they ' must . undertake by aggression to acquire resources which they lacked at ; home in order to be secure against the "have nations.'. f : , ; Under orderly world trade goods I flow in commerce so Italy can buy coal in Great Britain and the United States can buy ;tin from the S; Malay peninsula. It; is . where world trade bogs down under ex . cessive tariffs, restrictive quotas, or Jittery currencies that the ec onomic stability of the world is endangered. : . It is significant too that the con r; tention of the United States has prevailed in the conference, that the stabilization fund should be i tied to a gold base. There is no other feasable base, and without such a base there is no way of bal ancing accounts because of curren cy fluctuations. . ."' Whether the new plan announ ced in Washington a few days ago meets some of the serious objec tions of economists is not clear from the condensed newspaper story. One objection Was that while the United States would put up gold other countries might put up their share of the fund in their own currencies ;and later that (Continued on Editorial page) Massachusetts Gives Roosevelt 4 to 1 Summit By D. HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff Writer) Scattered returns from yester day's Massachusetts primary in dicated that the first challenge to the drive to renominate Presi dent Roosevelt for a fourth term . has failed. ... . The full lineup of the 34 demo cratic, delegates chosen in the bay state was in doubt early this morning, but incomplete returns showed delegates pledged to for mer Gov. Joseph B. Ely, fourth term opponent were trailing by as much a four, tp one lunwrn aupporters ofthe president;; ' Democratic S t a te Chairman William H. Burke claimed a com plete victory for fourth-term sup porters, but Ely said the results should serve as a warning to those favoring another nomination for the White House incumbent. Ely-pledged, delegates ran in seven of the state's 15 congression al districts. In the third, first to complete its vote, an uncommitted delegate and three others who had (Turn to Page 2-Story G) US, England To Rule World SaysPatton LONDON, April 25 P)- Lt -Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., de clared today that it was undoubt edly the destiny of British and Americans "to rule the world and " the more we see of each other the better.".''' ' Patton spoke before an' Amerl .. can and British audience of about 200 persons at the "opening of, a r United kingdom' service7 jclub to ' welcome United States soldiers.' The colorful, sharp - tongued general said he had been busy for "some time welcoming about 177,000 Germans and Italians in to hell" and he hoped soon to have "a chance to go and kill Japan ese." "The only welcoming I've done for some time," Patton said, "has been welcoming Germans and Italians into hell. Tve done quite lot in that direction and have got about 177,000 there." "I agree with Mr. Bernard Shaw," the general continued, "that British and American peo ples -are separated by a common (Turn to Page 2 Story I) Perlich Places Third in FFA PHOENIX, Ariz., April 25-(JF) Von Packard of Meridian, Idaho, tonight won the regional speak' ing contest of the Future Farm ers of America. He will represent 11 western states at the national finals next fall in Kansas City. Mack Hansen, Tremonto, Utah, placed second; Leonard Perlich, Salem, Ore, third: and Marvin Johnson, Willcox, Ariz, fourth. New Electric Irons . On Sale in August w WASHINGTON, April 25-) New electric irons should be reaching shelves of retail stores by August, war production", board sources estimated today.,;.;' : WPB has authorized production cf 2,000,000 irons for civilians in 1S44, about half the annual pre war production.' ' NINETY-THIRD TEAR Air Raids Go IntO 12th Day German Planes Hit South Britain TownrJ?Niglit eating ' t allies were eon tlnalr r$ aerial offensive In to ' J inccessive day, the Lw. " jutz radio went off the air aaortly before t a.m. today after announcing the approach of enemy planes. A few minutes later the Ger man radio blared: "Enemy for mations are approaching north west Germany." LONDON, Wednesday, April 26 -JPi- German air raiders rained explosives in two British south coast towns shortly after midnight and returned Just be fore dawn today with another load of bombs. Witherinr fire from British anti-aircraft batteries knocked down four of the nasi aircraft. "Bombs were dropped at sev eral places," an announcement said. "Damage and a small num ber of casualties have been re ported. At least one of the raiders was reported shot down in the post-midnight assault. The London area had a brief alert, but the all-clear sounded without a report of any special incident. Ground defenses in one area on the outskirts ef the capital fired a few salvos and several bursts of gunfire were heard from the area south of the Thames. By RICHARD . KASISCHKE LONDON, April 25 M&h A, 1000 -American bombers and fighters today hurled hundreds! of tons of explosives on three airfields deep in France, indus trial targets in southwest Ger many, and channel fortifica tions on the 11th day of an un precedented allied sky assault which has rocked axis Europe from the Atlantic coast to the Black sea. The American assault costing seven bombers and two fighters. followed heavy RAF night at tacks on Karlsruhe and Munich In Germany, and American blows by Mediterranean eet mand planes yesterday oa on refineries at Ploestl and rail yards at Bucharest In Rumania. Great fires were left raging in those major axis cities. At 11 p. m. the German radio (Turn to Page 2 Story J) Heavy Frost Might Damage Fruit Trees A heavy frost here early Tues aay caused - speculation . among fruit. growers -as-to. whether-any serious damage' resulted. Some growers said the . tree fruits had been having a difficult pollination season because of a succession of cold rains and other unsatisfactory weather condi tions. Butter Goes Points Effective Sunday WASHINGTON, April 26 UP) ! Butter will be reduced to 12 red! points a pound effective Sunday,! through June 3, Price Adminis trator Chester Bowles announced tonight" ..-,: j Butter has been 16 points since October.',: The same order cut the ration price of margarine from 6 to 2 red points, also effective Sunday. Point value for farm or coun try, butter Will be" reduced to 8 points per pound and processed butter from 6 points to 4. Shortening, lard, salad and cooking oils continue point free in May. v Points for choice cuts of beef go up slightly next ' month, but lamb and mutton points will -be reduced 50 per cent to permit quicker distribution of shipments of light-weight lambs because of drought ' conditions. Veal points remain the same and pork about the same as for April. , Ijmrvriag the point value for butter is possible because of sea sonally increased production which -is at the best level since last September, Bowles said. ' ' "A month ago, the war food ad ministration allocated 151,000,000 pounds of butter to us for distrf- 14 PAGES Oregon Men AtMlandia By ASAHEL BUSH WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS; AT HOLLANDIA, Dutch Newt Guinea, April 23 (Delayed)-(P)-Among the first troops to march into Hollandia today were infantrymen led by Capt. James Kindt, San Fran cisco, and his hometown pal. First Lt Robert Mlnner, said to be the first man ashore. Oregon mien In Kindt's group included Staff Sergeants John D. Cannonf Salem; Lester E. Cobb, Monmouth; , Francis W. Crabtree, Independence; Eugene D. Inman. f Rickreall; Pfc. Bill Wall, Dallas; Srt, Leonard W. Buell, Looking Glass. 1 Among those in a direct hill side assault; were First Lt. Fred Gehrin g LaGrande; TSgts. Harold T. iHigginbotham and Rex Smlth,( both of Tillamook; William IL Stark, Klamath Falls; First gt, Joseph A. Bris ker, Pacific City; and Sgt. Gai- lan Freshour, Dayton. : Premier d John Curtinj above, prime minis ter f Australia, with his wife is in America for conferences with President Roosevelt. FDR Welcomes Noted Guests WASHINGTON, April-25 -(ff) The White House announced to night t h a t President ! Roosevelt had ; entertained Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia and President-elct'Teodord Picado of Costa Rica at luncheon at his va cation residence in the south. , .The two Official Visitors to this country were accompanied to the luncheon ' by their wives. Mrs. Roosevelt awaV present " After the' luncheon the prime minister and Mrs. Curtin. Senor Picado and Senora De Picado and Mrs. Roosevelt returned to Wash ington. Thef first lady is enter taining wef Curtins at a White House dinner tonight ! Down to 12 tioning at one point a pound at bution to civihans in ADril or 13,000,000 pounds more than we got in ApriJ last year," he con tinued, r. . - ! i - Throughout the current month. sales appeal to have been run ning below production. About 145,000,000 pounds of but ter have befn allocated for civil ian use in May as compared with 135,000,000 m May 1943. The anticipated meat supply for civilians in -May is 1.414.296.000 pounds compared with 1,233,900,- uuu pounds ta April, j ; Most steak goes up a point a pound because of demands. Flank steak, however, will be reduced from 12 points to 10. Rib round Up and rump (bone f in) beef roasts, go up 1 point a pound. but rump boneless roasts will be 2 points higher. Hamburger will stay at 6 points. v ; 4 Lamb and mutton steaks and chops : will be reduced 3 , and 4 points, roast 2 and 3, stews and other cuts 2t . '...:! ' ; ' Lamb and mutton breast Hank. neck and shank will be point free for the month. Spareribs will go back on ra- .. Turn to; Paga 2-Story A). Satan, Oraaon. Wednesday. Morning, April 28, 1944 Germans Suffer Big Loss Russians Capture Or! Kill 500,000 In (Two Months LONEjON, Wednesday, April 25 An authoritative Sov iet war review broadcast by Moscow: radio last night de clared the red army had killed or captured more than 500,000 axis troops in less than two months j on the lower Russian front as! a prelude to a drive on Berlin by Soviet forces collabor ating with the allies in the west. The Germans also lost from March 1 to April 15 a total of 5000 tanks and self - propelling guns, 10,000 guns of various cali ber, and 130,000 motor vehicles, the review said. "By Its victories the red ar my has! facilitated to the utmost for our allies the opportunity for opening military operations in the west and south for which the whole world is waiting im patiently," said the quoted ar ticle, written by Dmitri Manuil skjr, a (member of the central committee of the communist party, j "The task today, as the red army sees it, is to drive the enemy com pletely from soviet soil; to pur sue and batter his armed forces, not only on territory of his vas sals and states under his power but on territory of Germany it (Turn to Page 2 Story D) Allies Clearing Jap Invaders From Road SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, April 25 -JPh Attacking Brit ish and ptndian troops have cap tured the village of Kangla tohgbi, 22 miles north of Imphal on the jhighway to Kohima in India, after hard fighting in which they overcame a road block held by Japanese forces, it was announced tonight Two Japanese counter - attacks were thrown back by the allied forces striking out from Imphal, a communique said. This j was the first disclosure that the defenders of the great allied base In the fertile Manl pur plain had begun a campaign to clear the invading Japaaese from . the 69-mile Imphal-Ko-hima road, which was cut sev eral weeks ago. Imphal at pre sent is dependent upon air borne 'supplies and reinforce-1 stents, though its stockpiles are said to be enormous. - 'H: -.Admiral Lord .Louis Mountbat- ten's headquarters announced yes terday, that the upper leg of the Manipur highway, the 35-mile stretch between Kohima and Dim apur on the Bengal-Assam high way, had been cleared of Japan ese and j reopened to traffic Dis patches j today told of long col umns of allied troops, tanks and guns moving over the highway toward Kohima in preparation for a major blow at enemy troops still in that neighborhood. It became increasingly evi dent that the tide had turned squarely in favor of the allies that j the- Japanese Invasion . had subsided. A 14th army ob served estimated today that at (Turn to Page 2 Story E) " Nazis Restrict Finnish Port . .j - , LONDON, April 25 -(JP)- A Tass dispatch' from Moscow tonight said a German administration had re placed Finnish authority '- in Pet samo and declared it a restricted area, : permitting no one to enter or leave! the Barents sea port city. .The "Stockholm - datelined re port, recorded by the Soviet mon itor, was not immediately con firmed in other quarters, but such a step might have been taken by the Germans to forestall" a belated acceptance by Finland of Russian armistice demands, which include expulsion -of internment of nazi forces oh, Finnish soil. Col. Gen. Eduard Dietl has seven veteran divisions stationed within the arctic circle . in , Lapland and Petsamo is his major port for re inforcement or i retreat Russian air attacks in that area have been stepped up recently ," . Timetable of April 22.44 Hollandiavv! .7- GUINEA i w x.v .Vfci HI PENiNSuutl i3 Repf. . m f Coral Sea I n onn AUSTRALIA i 1 I9 surun M,us Boxes Indicate dates of important allied conquests la the New Guinea campaign, topped by the announce ment of the invasion of Hollandia and Altape. Japanese liars locate areas where the Nipponese still remain. (AP Wirephoto). i 1 - , Hitler Inspects West Invasion Defenses By JUDSON Of QUINN LONDON, Abril 25-5)-Adolf Hitler was reported giving hia "Atlantic Svall'1 defenses an eleventh-hour inspection tonight in; preparation forjthe allied invasion,and his sub-fuehrer in Den- mark moved swiftly to crush rising sabotage which might pro-i vide the allies with a crumbling breach in these defenses. j Werner Best Hitler's special deputy in Denmark, threatened a wholesale execution of impns - oned saboteurs unless under ground activities are curbed. He added - that the I Germans would "attack switfly and sternly" and show" no mercy ftoward saboteurs and others acting against German interests. He indicated they would be summarily shot , This warning came Just one day after the virtual Isolation of Denmark in another move to get the nazi house n order for the invasion. Communication and travel between Denmark and Sweden were ended, and the restive little nation was in ef fect under a blockade. Selected aides accompanied Hit (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Flood Crest Moves Toward . By th Associated Preae - - The crest of -the Missouri river, flood moved across Missouri to ward the Mississippi river, along whi cji workmen .were busy strengthening levees and evacu ating families and. livestock In Il linois and Missouri.1" f - f ' . Residents of Jefferson City, Missouri's capital,' went! on short water rations last night because Intakes were clogged with mud and debris. With the supply from the- river cut 'off, pipes were switched temporarily to wells at the state prison. A pump boat today will send (river water, into a newly-constructed auxiliary in take. j- . . Several hundred residents from Cedar City and (North Jefferson, villages across the river from the capital, were evacuated to higher land.' : ' The river was 127.5 feet; 4.5 feet above flood stage. : i Soldiers a n di coastguardsmen were aiding in the evacuation of families along the Mississippi be low . St Louis in both Missouri and Illinois. The Red Cross estimated more than half a million acres of land were under w a.ter and it was feared levees would go out be low Cape Girardeau, Mo. ' T Gas Coupons Must Be Claimed by 30th - : PORTLAND, Ore, April 25-JP) Second-quarter T gasoline ration coupons ' imclaimed by April SO 'will not be issued until the truck operator's -' gasoline needs : have been re-examined, the district of fice vof price administration " said today, r 'j- ' " . '-I Edmond W; Eggen, district OPA mileage rationing executive, said the new procedure is expected to forestall issuance of T rations no longer necessary because of chanegs in the nature of opera' Mississippi Campaign in New Guinea . MANUS AOMIRALTYS i. i ici iunc ; ;Bogadjirr)j JanZ44 w -f T" ia ksv. o Japanese Aim j AtGhina- Heart ' I " " ' ' m v::'""' - In Big Drive ; CHUNGKING, . AprU 25-(ffH The Japanese offensive In North Honan province generally , wa believed tonight to have overrun the rail junction Chenghsien and: thf invaders were fighting fierce- lyifar west of the city in a cam4 paign which appeared would eventually be aimed at the heart of IChina. 1 t -. Tonight's communique made no- mention of Chenghsien, where the invaders were last reported' fighting in the suburbs, but the; impression prevailed that the. city, whose fall has been expect ed for several days, finally had capitulated. Enemy spearheads meanwhile battled to within eight miles of Tengfeng, a large road junction! 40 miles southwest of Chengh sien. If the Japanese should cap ture Tengfeng and then strike; farther , westward they .would outflank the city of Loyang and: open the way. for a clash with thy flower of the Chinese armv. The Japanese in addition were smashing toward Loyang ". in a frontal assault along the east- west Lunghai railroad and-were locked in battle for possession of" the important Hulao pass west of Chenghsien. I ?&sk'-i ir.o.l:x 1 Oct ids Y V 'B Business-Pleasure Trip to The prospect of. mixing business and pleasure appealed to members of the Salem school board - last night especially since the routine business of the evening was not intriguing. ' ; '. ! .The suggestion that board mem-! bers might like to go on a con4 ducted tour of the Kaiser con- structed buildings' in Vanport to view the work of Truman Phil- lips, architect met with but scant interest until Ralph Campbell; member of the board, . suggested the tour might be arranged for a day when the Portland Beavers were playing at home. . . ; ' . Progress, was more rapid "after that It was decided to have Supt Frank ' Bennett' arrange ' for the trip on Thursday, May 4, and that' if possible members be allowed to take their " wives or husbands: along, ' if , th respective partners desired to go. Perhaps the side issue might, if possible be for gotten. Campbell ignored a sug gestion of Bennett .that he find out when the team would be play ing at home before making the date. Campbell made a motion to have the conducted tour on "si week from .Thursday." ' Anyone sot up on baseball schedules Appeals Prlc Sc NEW Kaviengv. A - RABAUL NEW BRITAIN MURAU Yank Bombers Strike Taongi Atoll 3rd Time US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, April 25.-(,)-Reaching out to the north ern rim of the Marshall islands, American . airmen for the third time in the war have bombed Ta ongi atoll, which was the likely springboard for Japan's operations against the - gallant " defenders of Wake island early in the Pacific conflict -' -... . AdnvObester W. Nimitz said the strike occurred S u n d ay, United States time. His press release late today also reported smashing blows against other remaining enemy positions in , the central. Pacific Marshalls and against Ponape, 440 miles east of J apan's Truk fortress In the Carolines, the same day. The strikes against . Taongi and other Marshalls targets were by army Mitchell bombers, navy Ven tura search planes, . marine dive bombers and Corsair fighters. Taongi, northernmost of the Marshall group, is 360 statute miles south of Wake. It is nine miles long and five wide, and is (Turn to Page 2 Story H) Bomb Wrecks Hitler's Train ANK ARA, April 25-() . Adolf Hitler's special train , was . reliably reported today, to have L been blown to bits daring a re cent allied raid on Stnttgart bat "the Fuehrer himself, was not en u danger ed, .having left the train at a nearby station. . ' According to advices from Germany, all occupants of the train were killed when It was demolished by a series of direct bite oa a Stnttgart station. - The last major raid oa Stutt gart was by the RAF March 15. learned after the meeting that Sacramento plays in Portland May 4. - .- t .r -: , Supt Bennett brought up the suggestion of the conducted tour when he reported on a recent in spection of the Kaiser buildings made by C. C. Ward, district clerk, and himself while they were in Portland on other business. Phili lips had at that time offered to show members of the school board around, take them on a conduct ed tour of the whole plant includ ing the shipyards. " Six teachers instead of five will be employed for this year's sum mer session to aid and tutor pu pils who are behind, at the bus. gestion of Supt Bennett Two will take care of the first two grades and there will be two each i for third and fourth and fifth and sixth grades. The board author ized the preparation of contracts for all teachers hired in accord ance with the salary schedule adopted. A letter from the Salem Teachers association ; expressing appreciation for the board's ac tion in adopting the schedule was read.--'' -,. .- - t - The resignation of Lucille Ken nedy, McKinley teacher, was ac- (Turn to Paga 2 Story B) Board No. 329 Hollandia Offensive Goes Well Americans Close In On Airfields; - US Rules Skies ! By FRED HAMPSON MacARTHUR'S ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, New Gui neik Wednesday, April 26 -) Against negligible Japanese op position, strong American " for- .- ces swung closer the jaws of a pincer on Hollandia's three air fields While planes from an al ready .captured airdrome ruled the : Dutch" New Guineo skies,' a spokesman disclosed today. . All types of fifth air force bombers and fighters were using the seized Tadji airfield, captured Saturday on the first day of the invasion, 150 miles southeast of Hollandia. From more- remote bases; long range bombers hit ev erywhere, that the Japanese might muster an aerial counter punch. In contrast a single Japanese bomber landed the enemy's only reported blow, dropping bombs en the Hollandia beach- head. "We are closing in on the air drome area from both direc tions, read the terse picture of the Hollandia situation as p r e -sented in today's communique. Headquarters reported today, that the Japanese around the Tadji airfield had been chased into the Jangles and hills . bat gave no new reports en the drive;, against Altape village five miles northwest of the 'drome. A single Japanese plane drop ped bombs on the Dutch New Guinea beachhead at Hollandia, causing1 moderateX damage and . casualties, headquarters said. ' c In support of the invasion, the'- fifth airforce. in the f southwest ( Pacific and the 13th in the south ' Pacific struck blows at enemy air bases. - -:- . Fifth airfare bombers poanded Manekwari, enemy plane base in the Geelvink bay sector ef Dutch . New Game to the northwest of Hollanduu (Turn to Page 2 Story F) r Car Accident Kills 2 Women 12 Miles South: Juanita Stratman. wife of CdL William M. Stratman, Salem army airbase, was killed instantly when thef lightweight convertible coupe she drove .hurtled from a curve and turned over spewing its oc cupants over a 50-foot stretch of the Pacific highway 12 miles south of Salem shortly- after 9 o'clock Tuesday night - ' , " ; "Bobbie" Edith Wood, who had ; Shared Mrs. Stratman's, home at l route onerboi""4l' out of west Sa-" lem, died a' few minutes later be side the , little air,' which ; had 4 alighted right side up facing di- rectly opposite from the direction in which it had been traveling." x A search of the fields nearby failed to- reveal the fourth mem ber of the party of whom CpL Stratman, who received head la cerations, spoke dazedly but in sistently. - i The corporal, who Tuesday ... received an emergency furlough, granted to travel south to Santa Monica with his wife, was taken to Salem General hospital, where , first examinations indicated his injuries might not be serious.. . , . .. Mrs. Stratman's home . was in Santa Monica. Edith Wood had re sided In Long Beach prior to com- ing! to Salem, and an address book she carried with her listed Wood family members in Coffeyville, Kas., and Lt (g) and Mrs. Leon ard Wood at various California coastal addresses, the naval offi- -, cer's fleet postoffice address more recently, added. - ; . Bodies of the two young women were taken to the Clough-Barrick mortuary. Williahi Sheridan Lost on Vessel J -,:-t-: - , William T. Sherdian, 41, son of William T. Sheridan,' is among the ftS lost on' the Liberty ship, John Staub. ' His father formerly oper- ated the Hazel Dell dairy near Turner and he himself was for merly an operator of one of the delivery trucks. i -: v , . ' Another son, .Kenneth ,"Kech Sherdian, is in : the construction battalion of the US . navy and Laurens Sherdian is a US .ma rine corps corporal, now in San iDiego. - i r
