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'I Include mass dlve-bombinr at
low level with little Jnterfer
! ence, were of a significance that
could not be mistaken.
i Since May day dawn American
I and allied airmen have blasted
If more than 33 rail Junctions, and
'other key targets' supplying . the
German Atlantic wall barricades
I " lust across the channel, and roar
ed inland pasx me om, jnagmoi
fortifications along tyie German
border., ' ;
.During the-night, the RAF in
Britain arose in .eight sections, at-
. tacking as many targets which
, were: , .
Enemy , vehicle plant at Lyon.
France;, an airplane repair
plant at Tours; an. airplane
f factory and explosive works at
, Toulouse; signal equipment de-
pot at Chambly near. Paris: the
' . Belgian rail centers of ; Slim-
ghlslam , and Mechelen (Ma
. :. lines) t and Installations at the
German, chemical center of
Lndwlsshafen la the upper
Rhlneland. .
Mediterranean command bomb
' era hurled loads of bursting steel
. oh Livorao. Allessandira, La
4 Spezia and Genoa in Italy. '
Then by daylight 500 American
, Liberators and fighters from
Britain flew across a foggy chan
V nel and unloaded , a powerful
freight of exploeives on the Fas
, de-Calais area nearest Britain's
. snores, ana au returned saieiy.
Thunderbolt flrhtr-bombers
and fighters the terrible twins
of the tactical air force hit the
t ". French rail Junctions of Le
Mans, 129 miles; southwest of
Paris, and Tergnier, between
St. Quentln and i Solssons In
; northern ; France. They and
their supporting Mustangs,
which ; bombed an airdrome
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near the Belgian-Dutch border.
also struck at the rail center
of Aulnoye near the Belgian-
French frontier. "
Namur in Belgium, Busigny,
Valencinnes and : the industrial
village of. Blanc-Mis seron . in
northern France also ' were at
tacked in this remorseless cam
paign, and British Mitchell bomb
ers and Spitfires hit other rail
targets in the spiderweb serving
the n a z i anti-invasion defenses
on the coast.
All afternoon big American
brmations still were crossing the
channel, i Mar a u d e r bombers
among them. The air was filled
with the I throb of their motors
and occasional shafts of sunlight
glistened on their bomb-filled
stomachs.
Church Argues
Heatedly Over
War Support
KANSAS CITY, May
Methodists argued hotly today
over whether the church should
change its position of 1940 when
it voted that it would "not off!
cially endorse, support or partid
pate in war.
The arguments, which are not
expected to end until the 762
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ence vote on the subject Thursday
or Friday started in a committee
meeting after Dr. Albert TL Day,
Pasadena, Calif, brought in a ma
jority report of a sub-committee
that the church should reaffirm
its 1940 stand. . I ,
Dr. Day insisted that the church
should be; used strictly in the
"promulgation of peace,' while
granting the rights of individuals
to act as they see fit.
This statement set off the de
bate: ;
"Many Methodists in loyalty to
conscience, are in the armed and
auxiliary services: others In equa
loyalty to conscience are in civil
ian public service camps or in
prisons. ... this church should
honor, conscientious decision
whether it leads to participation
In or abstentation from war, we
send our greetings and love to
them all
Charles C. Parlin, Englewood,
NJ, lawyer, came forward with
minority report which called for
a'determined stand to support the
war. It held that "God himself
has a stake in this struggle," and
that the-church must 'assert the
necessity of the use of military
forces to resist an aggression
which would overthrow every
right which is held sacred by civ
ilized men."
Preparations Made
For Cenarifl Takir
PORTLAND, May 2-M-Prep
arations were made today by
sample census takers of the Port
land-Vancouver area, to inter
view occupants of every 23rd
house as they finished counting
homes. Trailer houses, institu
tions and military installations
are still uncounted.
Iladane Ilarie
Tells your past, present and
future. Fortune Telling.
Open Dally and Sunday
173 S. Commercial St
WHh DONALD CRISP ALAN HALE
Japs Attack
InJpalel Area
Near Implial
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three-day; attack on an filled road
block 65;niles southwest of Mo-4
gaung. i
It was the enemy's fourth cost
ly try atii wiping out the "Chln-
dit" force that eat the Manda-lay-Myltlcyina
railroad m a 1 n
Japanese supply line between
northern: and southern Burma
at a point near Mawlu. CoL
Philip Cochran's air force again
played fcj big part in 'repelling
the ejacray's' headlong charges
against allied entanglements.
A British officer compared the
block to Japanese communications
in Burma; as "an irritating hair
shirt which the Japanese are try
ing hard i to remove." Thus far,-he
said, casualties had been at least
10 to liiqj favor of the allies, who
have been strongly reinforced since
their original landings over two
months ago.
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tug, andjiin addition a direct hit
severely 1 1 damaged an 800 - ton
transport Moscow said.
On the land.: front minor en
gagements were fought south of
Tiraspol' along the lower Dnestr
river where the Russians -have
established bridgeheads on the
west bond. Four hundred axis
troops i were slain in that area, and
a German counter-attack south'
east of Stanislawow in former Po
land was declared - beaten off.
Thirteen German planes were
shot down during the day.
; On alilseetora during Monday's
fighting i (Russian forces destroyed
20 German tanks and 36 planes,
the comniunique said.
Berlin reported Russian attacks
at the Extreme northern and
southern ends of the long eastern
front, ini the Murmansk sector
above the Arctic circle and around
besieged 1 Sevastopol in the Cri
mea. Other red army attacks were
declared! repulsed southwest of
Kowel and between the Dnestr
river and the i Carpathian moun
tains iniiPoland, and north of las:
in Romania.
OSC Coeds Gain All
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Publicatiori Posts
CORVALLISi May
the firstltime, coeds will hold all
key posts - on Oregon State col
lege student publications.
Pat Glen, Roseburg, new edi
tor of the Barometer, is the first
w&maa ! I selected', to head the
newspaper in its 49-year history.
Georgia; Gray, Seaside, w i 1 1 . be
business? manager. Marion Kei
zek, Corvallis, will edit the Bea
ver, college yearbook, with Violet
McKee,IAmityi as business man
ager.
Auiiisville Seniors
Have Frolic at Coast
AUMVHXJS The senior
class ofgthe high school went to
Ocean tike for' the annual picnic
leave Friday. The principal of the
school, 3g. -E. Hough, accompanied
the clasi '.
iHamadee Joyce IsyaolSav
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To the distress of the Oregon
Voter, Seattle municipally-owned
utilities have done a teeter-totter
rearrangement of rates. The cost
of electricity has gone f down as
far as the consumer is concerned,!
while the price of water has risen..
It's the, .big city complex, Mr,
Chapman. If Seattle is going to be
dirty it' wants to be pew erf ally
dirty. . . ' . 1- - -
Nazis Predict
Three Prong
Allied Drive
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Another commentator said that
"Strong attacks In the south can
also be reckoned with.!
Capt. Ludwig Sertorious, a com''
mentator for the Germans' trans
ocean agency, chimed in with "It
won't be long now." -.
"Since Casablanca," he said, "It
has been the plan of the Anglo-
American general staffs to tackle
the war in Europe first., On ac
count of allied setbacks in the Pa
cific theater it can be assumed this
Europe - first plan will now be
pursued with even greater deter
mination. Tor, this reason the in
vasion of western Europe will not
be long now." . 1
L. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, anoth
er nasi radio commentator, said
tonight that the allies had cer
tain advantages, "wide - traffic
lanes of the - sea - offering many
chances to spring surprises, the
firepower ef a superior fleet and
superior air forces." . I
However, he insisted that any of
Eisenhower's plans for encircling
operations were frausht with dif
f iculties and -hazards and added
that "It is obvious that the oppon
ent aiming at in v a s i o n is. well
aware of all these difficulties."
Dittmar said the allies "doubt
less will also attempt to achieve
encirclement by air, a 1 1 h o u g
three-dimensional operations
de-
pend on many uncontrollable fac
tors," and asserted that "There
no substitute for encircling opera
tions on land." .
First Marines Loicate
At Corvallis Base
CORVALLIS, May '2-(ff)-The
first . contingent a of marines' has
been established at the Corvallis
army air base field.'
Two trainloads of y- marines
made up the first t group, and it
is expected . about 1500 men will
eventually, occupy.: the field, for
merly under control of the army
air corps. , . i
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of ground forces in the south
Pacific Some 200 Japanese were
observed in three groups and
reconnaissance showed the en
emy had constructed many new
bridges
Eleven of the. barges destroyed
by the patrol torpedo boats near
Wewak jwere "laden with troops
and supplies." Six others were
destroyed' or damaged near there
by planes. .The other three were
hit by the "Peetees" in the Aitape
area. Aitape, captured recently by
invasion! forces, is 150 miles south
east of 'Hollandia and 90 -miles
northwest of Wewak.. -
Senate to Call
Avery, Biddle
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ence to the use of troops.
CHICAGO, May 2-(ffr-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's legal authority
to order seizure' of Montgomery
Ward and Company's, Chicago
plants came under direct attack
in federal court today.
Harold Smith, counsel for the
vast merchandising and - mail
order concern, challenged thej
constitutionality . of the White
House action, and pleaded for
Judicial determination of "Just
how far the executive can reach
with this dreadful and terrible
power." '
He assailed and Attorney Gen
eral Francis Biddle defended the
nrocedure of the .government in
taking possession of the facilities
last Wednesday after Sewell Av
ery. chief executive officer of the
company, had refused to accede
to directives of the president and
the war labor board to extend an
expired contract with a CIO un
ion.
They concluded arguments be-
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Greetings, ChiUnn! It's
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fore Judge William H. Holly, who
announced he .would hand down
decision Monday in a case
watched throughout the nation as
a test of the wartime power of the
president.
Churchill Tells
Victory Plans j
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American strategic responsibility,
and we are deeply grateful i for
the aid of the American people-T
Prime Minister. Peter Fraser
of New Zealand said that "there
are In the Pacific "no problems
that cannot be solved" by good-,
will and cooperation." -'
Prime Minister W. L.. Macken
zie King i of Canada pictured s the
Canadian government as , being
"as anxious as the prime minis
ter of Great Britain and his col
leagues to. display to . the world
the solidarity j of the ; common
wealth and the loyalty to i the
cause for which we fight, and in
seeking solution to its many prob
lems." - it!-' , f , '
Sir Firos Khan Neon of India
said "there are no two opinions
In India so far as maintenance
of ties with Great Britain and
- prosecution of the present war
are concerned.
"There is no one in India
not even ' Mr. ; Gandhi .himself
who does not want the United Na
tions to win. And there are no
two opinions about maintenance,
when; the wan is won, of India's
connection with Great Britain and
the other dominions. For all time
she will stand - as an equal and
free member of "this community
of nations and she' is gaining in
political and economic stature all
the time." A 1 "
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fered an opportunity to send a
Byrd-lor-president delegation to
the democratic national Conven
tion. !
Eighteen of the 49 delegate can
didates in the primary were pled
ged to the Virginia senator, al
though without his authorization.
Before the primary, some southern
politicians said the success or fail
ure of this group might determine
whether vigorous efforts would be
made to organize a southern' "third
party" opposed to fourth term
for President"-Roosevelt' i :
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were shot out of the skies in com
bat Another: 60 were caught on
the ground and - destroyed . by
bombing or strafing. . " '
Ship's antiaircraft fire added
another five Nipponese planes. On
the second day only one enemy
plane was aloft and it was shot
down. That brought the two days'
total at Truk to 126. .
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