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', Papers report tensions over the
impending' invasion' o Europe.
The Germans arc said to be ner
vous as -they await the blow to
fall.. Roy Roberts of .the Kansas
City Star reports from Washing:
ton that mere u tensiorrinere u
the capital awaits the hour. It Is
even ". asserted there is tension
among the British, though that is
i disputed as. not being in keeping
4 niUI 044 (1UUMIIV IM4U1C
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- Even out here, far distant from
we -coast 01 Europe, were is a
noticeable apprehension among
the people, an eagerness for hews.
A few Sundays ago. when all ra
dios, interrupted their programs
for a n announcement, probably
- me nrsi tnougni or listeners was
-that. It would be for the opening
of the second' front ,
May it not be that tke, allied
command is Using all its materials
in a war of nerves? That was a
r favorite method of Hitler to
wear; down his opposition by ir
ritating their nerves. Perhaps the
allies feel if they cause nervous
f excitation and tensions among
the German people that their ar
mies may become a bit worn and
t confused. At least tntrt is no
: barm in trying, though there is no
thought that the German armies
: will go down in a faint or swoon
under the excitement
Mass psychology will have
much to do with the result of the
invasion operation. If we can only
unseat the German confidence
and start bewilderment and con
fusion among the nazi armies.
then the allies could (Continued
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Nazis Withdraw
NineMilesBacl
Unltalv front
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, ilay 9-P)-Thei Germans,
straightening 4 their lines, . have
withdrawn approximately nine
miles in the rugged j mountain
area on the left flank of the Bri
; tish eighth army's Adriatic front
' and have been followed up by the
j ellies. , ' headquarters . announced
I, today,., :J :.,,. v,
' The , nazi retreat was south of
Monte Maiella ,. In . the vicinity of
Palena, 23 miles inland from the
- Adriatic .'on the little i Aventino
river and 11 miles' southeast of
; Sulmona, and near the village of
Letto Palena, which is two miles
northeast of Palena. s A f ;
Before pulling back the enemy
demolished bridges and houses
and a tunnel. :- ' '
The Official report failed to give
the specific depth of the with
drawal, but the villages named
are nine miles from the last an
nounced line of the eighth army
' in that area. . '; ..' J1 . -; r
Palena is 22 miles southeast of
the Big Pescara river dam which
was blasted apart by allied air
men last Friday afternoon, flood
ing the countryside along axis
communications lines, but there
- was nothing official to indicate
that the withdrawal could be at
tributed to the bursting of the
., dam. - ' ': i; -;
On the . Anzid beachhead the
Germans heavily shelled the rear
area and poured a strong mortar
fire against the left flank.
In the lower Garigliano valley
west of Hintumo enemy motor
vehicle movements were shelled
by American guns. It is in this
- sector that the nazis were re
i ported to have evacuated all civil-
- ians for a depth of 20 miles.
Judges
Salem Band
"Excellent"
The performance of the Salem
''high .school 80-piece band rated
' "excellent1 at the concert played
before 700 listeners at the school
; auditorium Tuesday night, by
comparison with hypothetical
i standards set up throughout ' the
-. entire country in lieu of actual
- competition. . Two years ago the
band attained the same grading,
which is second only to a rating
seldom achieved by high school
students.
Franklin Combs, playing ' the
French . horn, was judged No. :
at the solo' contest in the after-
" noon and was chosen to play at
the evening performance. His se
lection was Bloch'i "Chant d.
Amour." " Dick Whiteley, also , on
- the French horn, - was lik'
rated No. 1 for , his playing of
Wiedman's "Nocturne.', Dean All-
port on the oboe was given the
: rating of No. II plus for bis ren
dition of Handell's "Sonata."
The three national fudges lis
. tened - to three selections of the
orchestra and weighed them with
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7callier -
iraxlmum temperatnre Tuesday
21 defrees; minimum 43; precip-
lUiian .CS; river 1.1 feet.
Tartly cloudy Wednesday and
Thnriday with few scattered
iVswtrs over mountains. Slightly
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" RAF Follows Day Attacks
By 4000 Allied Planes That
Drop 6000 Tons of Bombs
,' r - ' By W. W. HERCHER ;
LONDON, Wednesday, May lH-KAF bight raiders lobbed
block-busters on the German-occupied coast across Dover strait
last night causing explosions
English side of the channel as a quick follow-up to extensive
daylight attacks by more than 4000 allied planes.
The violent blasts echoing across the water from the French
coast roused residents from their O
beds a. few minutes after a huge
fleet of RAF bombers had passed
eastward, 'darkening the starlit
sky. : "- . .,v -::
The din lasted ten minutes
without a pause and the eoa
enssion was so rreai that the
ground literally shook at Feke
stone and neighboring towns.
Dishes rattled in cupboards and
furniture ; rocked as from an
earthquake.
The bombing appeared centered
on Calais and Dunkerque a scant
20 miles across the channel but
a light haze prevented observa
tion. '
The daylight operationsspear
headed by American heavy bomb
ers, dropped possibly 8000 tons o!
explosives on scattered enemy in
stallations. '
The 25th consecutive day of
the colossal aerial preparation
' for the invasion saw about 1000
' American heavy bombers hurled
against ..supremely ". important '
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FDR Picks Up
70 More Votes
Of Delesates
j -
By the Associated Press
While Ohio and . West Virginia
voters elected gubernatorial nom
inees yesterday from among 17
candidates, Pres. Roosevelt picked
up 70 more claimed -delegates in
those states. That ran his total to
325, only 84 short of the 589 re
quired for renomination.
The chief executive added 52 to
his. column from Ohio and 18 from
the mountain state. Ohio's went to
him indirectly through State Au
ditor Joseph T. Ferguson, who filed
for the preference vote unopposed
with the understanding the dele
gation would be for Roosevelt
West Virginia's 18 were unpled
ged but described as pro-fourth
term if the president runs.
The fourth term was given an
other boost yesterday. CIO Pres
ident Philip Murray told the
United Steelworkers of America
in Cleveland that an "overwhelm
ing majority,, of the people de
mand it
-Ohio's 50 republican delegates
elected in yesterday's primary are
pledged to Gov. John W. Bricker,
who ran unopposed in the prefer
ence. This gives him 56, counting
Mississippi's six claimed for him.
and places him second in the GOP
nomination race behind Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey. The New York
er leads with 264. 1
Pinball, Juke Box Tax
Law Held Constitutional
i The 1943 legislative act, impos
ing a tax of 150 a year on pinball
machines and $10 a year on juke
boxes, is constitutional except for
that provision authorizing confis
cation -of machines on which tax
es are not paid, the state supreme
court held in a unanimous opinion
here Tuesday.
The circuit court for Multnomah
county held the entire law uncon
stitutional and the state tax com
mission appealed to the supreme
court.' Two suits attacking the law,
one by S Fox and company and
the other by S. A. Sedlock and
company, were consolidated into
one action. ;: , ' - -" ;
The opinion, written by Chief
Justice J. O. Bailey, reversed Cir
cuit Judges Earl C. Latourette, Al
fred P. Dobson - and Ashby C.
DicksonT . - ;
Th.- law provided that funds de
rived from- the taxes should be
used for old age assistance.:
Another decision, also by Chief
Justice Bailey, held that the 'law
Merope
which shattered windows on the
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Hit Back
Defenders Beat;
Off .Two Invader
Blows sat Loyang
CHUNGKING, May 9 -Wh
The Chinese said tonight they
had beaten back two Japanese
force trying to capture the an
cient city of Loyang from the
south,! but they announced that
other invading forces had scored
gains in a westward drive 30
miles below this battle-ground
in Honan province.
Fighting around Lnngmen, a
town: 10 miles south of Loyang
famed as a Buddhist eenter, the
Chinese . "completely repulsed",
a Japanese force which had
crossed to the west bank of the
f 8 river southeast of Lnngmen,
and inflicted "heavy casualties"
on invaders on. the east bank,
tonight's Chinese communique
. stated.
The Japanese employed strong
tank and armored car forces, and
lost 10 tanks in the fighting, the
Chinese ' said. A battalion com
mander was listed among the ene
my, casualties. (; .
The Japanese alio employed
tanks? in their , westward thrust
which was engaged by the Chi
nese as it smashed from captured
Linju toward Iyang, 20 miles to
the west, the bulletin said.
. The C8 14th air force . con
tinued its cooperation with the
Chinese ground forces In He
man, s communique reporting
that the Chinese-Amerkaa wing
attacked the Japanese la Honan
on Sunday after bombers had
raided Japanese installations at
Hankow Saturday.
The Chinese-American wing at
tacked troops and motor concen
trations behind enemy lines Sun
day, fighter-bombers strafing
roads and Japanese installations
east of Linju, killing 150 Japa
nese-and destroying much equip
ment, a communique said. .
South of Loyang other fighter
bombers damaged Jrom 40 to 60
trucks, destroyed two tanks and
caused many casualties, the bul
letin said. ;
became effective July 1, 1943, in
stead of June 9, 1943, the date on
which a large number of laws of
the .1143 legislature became oper
ativcf This suit was filed by the
Northwest Amusement company
against th tax commission."
This decision affirmed Circuit
Judge Walter Tooze, Multnomah
county.
Becords of the tax, commission
show ; that1 255,000 was collected
from pinball machine and . juke
box operators before the commis
sion, Was enjoined by the courts.
This money has been held intact
pending the supreme court dec!
sion. ' . '
' Tax commissioners estimated
that these taxes would raise ap
proximately 1200,000 annually and
not In excess of $1,000,000 as indi
cated at the time the bills were
under legislative consideration.
, Other decisions Tuesday: .
In the matter of the estate of
Florence Fuson Cook; Lawrence
Chinese
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Japs Threaten in China
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Arrows indicate Japanese offensives
reported mi oe uireaeBmg tarn city mi mjus ub mi htc suitwea
to only a few miles the length of the Feipfag-Hankow rail route still
held by the Chinese, Shaded areas art dominated by Japanese. (AF
Wirephetej.
Three Top
Meet
in
WASHINGTON, May MVThree ton admirals met in San
Franciscos last weekend in a
portunity, for planning even heayier.tlows at Japan, the navy
disclosed today. ';''!' "irl'M ; . ' i
S- Tfteannoancejnrfroin hea"2quarter made disaosure xt flwf.nttafljiestUH
meeting incidental to the awaVd of a neW decoration to Admiral 2 lSHt &&!Z&
meeting
Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific fleetO
chief, but the. extraordinary op
portunity for high strategy plan
ning was evident.
Participants were Nimits, Ad
miral William L. Halsey,. South
Pacific commander, and Admiral
Ernest J. King, commander in "
chief of the United States fleet.
r What line this planning took
was in no wise indicated by navy
officials here. However, Admiral
King is known .to feel that the
Pacific fight must be pushed to
the limit even while allied forces
are massing finally for the assault
on western Europe. rl
; : The main line ' of strategy of
the forces under Nimits and -Halsey
k likewise obvious. They
: must either assault Truk in the
Caroline island group directly
ahead of American eonanered
positions In the Marshall group
or,- by-passing Trek, seek to es
tablish one : or more bases In
the Marianna island ehala rasv
nlng north from the Carolines
to Japan. v'V;
The aim of these operations is
ta open a central Pacific supply
route to the Philippines for Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur's am
phibious legions advancing from
the south and already in posses
sion of a new Jumping off point
at Hollandia,; New Guinea. .
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New President
Takes Office
In Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, FJ Salvador,
May 9-(P)-Preident Maximfliano
Hernandez Martinez turned over
his presidential .powers today to
Gen. Andres ; Ignado Menendez,
minister of national defense.
- Hernandez ! : Martinez submitted
his resignation yesterday as a re
sult of a general strike which was
the outcome of a recent revolt
The president told newspaper
men; after the ceremony that he
had given up power "satisfied
with having done my duty, and I
hold ill will against nobody."
! The general strike was begun
by students in the National uni
versity and spread quickly to bus
iness houses; pharmacies, banks,
railways an other. activities.'
- Leaders said the strike was in
protest to the execution of civil
ians and military men who parti
cipated m - ' revolutionary move
ments April 2.: The government
had announced 25 persona were
executed for their share in a re
volt in which 53 persons were
killed, . . e' ' -
The . strike still was in effect
this morning before - Hernandez
Martinez Quit the residency, but
government' officials expressed
hope that the char.ra would bring
about ncmU conwUccs. -
in northern China, which were I
1
Admirals
erence
ay JuniM fkniunivwui , - .
conference that offered ' full op-
Pension Fiind
For Firemen
Up for Vote
Among
proposed charter
amendments to be submitted
. . . .
the voters of the city of Salem at
the special municipal election Fri-
day, May 19, is one in which the
are department or tne city ts vt-
tally interested and which per-
tains to the retirement of mem-
bers at a certain age and pro-
vlding for -the payment of pen-
sions after retirement - - -
Tuesday, a committee of fire-
men prepared plans for a cam-
paign and this committee, it was
announced, intends to inform the
voters as clearly as possible of the
various provisions 01 me amena-
ment and the merits of the mea-
sure from now on-untu election
day. " - V
This amendment provwes ior
retirement of members of the Sa-
lem fire department upon the at-
tainment : of certain-1 ages - and
compliance with , conditions men-
boned in said amendment pro-
viding for the payment, oj pen-
sions to the members of said fire
department when so retired, es -
teblishing a budget item to be
known and designated as the
"pension fund," providing for the
appointment of a pension board
to administer said act, providing
for the furnishing of funds from
the city treasury for the adminis
tration of said act and the pay
ment of such pensions, and sub-
??sr3ch6ol Board Announces
tting sa
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More Gvilian
Goods Coming
WASHINGTON. May; IMft-
The war production board will
soon permit an Increase in produc -
tion of consumer goods, Chairman
Donald M. Nelson revealed today.
The increase, it was saidwill
not be large but will "fill in the
chinks" of the war economy- with
civilian production. Small plants
will be permitted to use surplus
materials for certain foods. Large next fall. The duties of the new
factories will be allowed to. par- registrar Will be-enlargedl ? over
tldpate also in those cases where those formerly assumed by J. C
the civilian production would not Nelson,' whose death last ' winter
interfere with munitions output; resulted In the' vacancy,; i
Farmers will be the first bene- To fill Tavenher's post of prin
ficiary, Nelson said; at a press cipal of Leslief the? board voted
conference. A program now is be- in favor of Joy Hills who. now
ing drafted tonder which simpler teaches social science at the high
items of farm equipment such as school, and has. also been! doing
barn and hayloading i equipment part-time . work with ' the X state
and supplies for beekeepers and department of education. Mary E.
poultrymenr-could be made from Eyre, who has 'been teaching so
idle and surplus materials without cial science at the high school,
regard to WFB limitations , and
quotas. ,
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Defeat ifih ;; .;
Bring Election
DUBLIN, Wednesday, May 10
UP) - It was officially announced
early , today that; a general elec
tion would be held in Eire prob
ably May 30 asi the result of the
defeat of Primej Minister jEamon
De Valera's : government! on -.a
transport bill by a vote of 64 to
63 in the daiL I - V ': . " i ; v'?-
De Valera's government party
took the minority spot last Juno
after, the first (wartime general
election . ended iwlta the Fianna
Fall holding 7
seats to the op-
position's 7 L This was a portent
of rough going on issues such u
that which resulted in the one
vote defeat.. ; y , ,L ;
Irish observers hastened to say
that Oe Valera's! neutrality policy
had nothing to do with the rebuff,
since : leaders . of the opposition
parties have indorsed his stand on
that question. 1 :'. -f; -..V. )si- i '
The negative Iballoting on the
transport bill wu the equivalent
of a no-confidence vote. . , ..
The reversal meant that not on
ly De Valera but all other mem
bers of the dail Would resign and
stand for reelection. .
The bill provide for amalga
mation of Eire's two biggest trans-
port companies.
QO Wins Ward
ion;
n
"4
CHICAGO,: May .-i?VA CIO
union at UogtfMnm Warl " nnH
company's Chicago plants tonight
won a collective bargaining elec-
Hon balloting which ended just
control of the properties Ut had
seized April 26. j -1 ,
ed a majority of, the employes an
issue .which fled to government
seizure of the properties showed
the union receiving 2,340 yes votes
and 1,565 no votes in the main unit
and 100 yes votes and 28 no votes
in the smaller unit. - 1 ; I :.:
.These developments came' also
on the eve of a scheduled court
ruling on the legality of thi vov.
eminent seizure t of the nlani -
I 1 - M- - - , f, 1.
m Washington jthat the election
outcome would 'tend the case" but
I Sewell Avery, board chairman of
the big firm, said the president had
Uude a misstatemenL', He said
ward officials would bargain with
any union chosen by the employes
but would oppose any Contract
providing for aniv form of "dosed
shop." i . i 4
'Avery later said he would return
to his office at the usual time to-
morrow mornink. attributtng the
government's action in returning
the plant to "the Indignation of the
public which has risen like a bal-
Uoon and has made it too hot for
toe administration." t 1
Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones in Washington issued the
order returning! the property: to
company "officials. He said the
government had taken oyer the
property, pending the election and
added that the j operation j of the
business was continuing "in a nor-
mal way. f . j
Commented Sewell Avery.
1 chairman of the board of ; wards,
I who -was carried from his office
May 28 by two soldiers when the
government, took possession:
-I think it would be better if
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meet
Ta. -1
betsfla
tUack
Teaching Staff Changes
New , appointments . to replace
resigning staff members waa the
chief business taken up ! at the
brief meeting of the school board
1 Tuesday night One memDer 01
the . board was absent, Ralph
Campbell. ; j j ; ; ; I 5
R. W. Tavenner, principal of
Leslie . Junior high school, has
j been selected for the post jof res
istrar at the senior high
SChOOl
duties
and will assume his newj
I will be promoted to the position
I now held by 12ss Hills,
AtLeastlOO,000 AxisTroopg
Believed ICilled or Captured
In Month Long Offensive
I . r Jly TOM YARBROUGn 4 I ;
LONDON, Wednesday, May 10 (AP) Premier-Mar
sha StaHn annoonced early ; today the capturt by storm of
the Crimean fortress-port of
in which thousands of axis troops died at their iruns or per- ,
ished In the Black sea trying to
t At least 100,000 German
lieTed killed or csptored in the OTerall Sl-day Crimean of
fensive which began April and ended LOe yesterday just a
few hours before Stalin's dramatic order of the day. :
The tietory,1 riined after
against ike exhausted axis garrison, freed two big Russian
amies for the. major mainland offessire expected soon in
apanese
Mf3pulsed
AlliecLOIfensive
Progresses Well
In All Sectors ;
SOUTHEAST ASIA' HEAD
QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylond
May 9 AP- A series of Jap
anese counter attacks have been
repulsed with heavy losses and
the full-powered allied offen
sive to destroy enemy, invasion
forces ini eastern India is go
ing forward successfully in ev
ery sector, Adm. Lord . Louis
Mountbatten's headquarters said
today ; j - .
Allied infantry, strongly sop-
ported . by tanks, artillery and
r planes mowed. dewis. at. least;
around Kahuna alone over the
past weekend, the bnlletln an-
noonced, and baa inflicted simi
larly heavy .casualties since.
A British officer reported that
an allied column had cut through
rough hill country west of ; Ko
hima, completey outflanking Ja
panese forces in that area, and
now was : driving . into. Kohima
from the ! south, along the high
way which leads to the sister al
lied base; Of Imphal, j 60 airline
miles away. The move threatened
to trap all Japanese troops west of
Kohima. j -
The situation aroand Imphal
was being similarly eased by
the allied offensive. In severe
fightiag near Palel, t miles
soath of Imphal, British and
Indian troops captured a Bom
ber of bills and vlltaces and
threw back a Japanese counter
attack with heavy losses to the
. enemy, Jncladias destruction of
two :, mediam tanks iby tank-,
boster planes of the RAT. ,
Heavy . and accurate aerial
bombing preceded analliedat
tack ' near ; Bishenpur,. 18 miles
southwest of Imphal, m which in
fantry and tanks'drove the Ja
panese from, a' village. . ,- "
Lt. Gen. Joseph W StflweU's
Chinese troops were reported to
have .made a ; small advance
: near lnkancantawng In nerth
ern Burma; which they cap
' tared last week. Inkangantawns
is in the Mocaang- valley, about
30 miles north of Kaming. The
Japanese were reported attack
ing in the Fort Herts valley,
north of Myltkyina.
Upon recommendation of Frank
B. Bennett, superintendent, the
board authorized that he go ahead
in his negotiations to secure the
services of William McKinney of
Portland i as Smith-Hughes agri
cultural instructor at - the high
school to replace Neil Craig who
has resigned. McKinney did. his
undergraduate work at Willamette
university and was a graduate at
Oregon State. . .
. - Mrs. Gloria Magness will ' re
place Ruth Y. Carkin as girls'
physical f education instructor at
Leslie. Muriel Wilson has request
ed a leave , of absence from ber
duties as instructor in commer
cial ' subjects at the high schoo
for the balance of the year be
cause of 111 : health. No definite
substitution has been announced
to fill 'her position.''- lU-yJ''
In the grade schools, Hate!
Sanden was elected as substitute
for Elsie Waggoner at the fifth
grade in Bush school. Elsie Col
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Siege
Serastopol after a 24-day siege
escape fcy ship. ... ;! .
and Romacian troops were bey.
a fircl; three-dar assault
conjunction with an allied inva
sion, of. western Europe.
The soviet Black sea fleet also
gained a valuable port for amphi
bious operations against Ro
mania's coast, 200 miles to the
west.' :': .. 4 ..
In the dying hours of the axis
struggle at Sevastopol swarms of
soviet bombers and torpedo boats
pounced on enemy ships trying to
evacuate ' troops, sinking ' two
transports totalling 7000 tons I in
the open; sea and smashing ! other
vessels t. in Kazachya, Stretlet
skaya and Kamshevaya bays west
of Sevastopol near Cape Kher
sonnes. jt-Vi 'r..',)' b'" .t
Russian -. infantrymen scramb
ling over the' chalk face of the hill
city also, blasted enemy, troops tin
their cave-hideouts. ; :;' : .)" j
Stalin isamed 5f commanders '
for dlstlaetioa . in - the drive ,
which completely , ejeared the - 1
last of the le,00fl-sajtaremile
Crimean peninsula, j" Among;
these was " Marshal Alexander '
M. Sasilevsky, chief of the red
army general . staff who Is :a
mastes oovlet operational plan-ner."-.,.Sj
. v,r-:; .s :l)f':-rr'
The order Of the day : was ad
dressed jointly,' to Vasilevsky and '
Gexv'Feodo a,; TolbukhK-whoso
fourth OJkraine army topped Se
vastopol in a final overwhelming
of three (deep; zones of steel and
concrete fortifications . laced with
barbed wire and mine; fields.
Conspicuously absent la the
final citation was Gen. Andrei ,
X, V Teremenko, eonunander of .-
the independent maritime army
which participated In the early
phase of the Crimean offensive.
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Maj. Gen. Pelz
New Nazi Air
West
in
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LONDON. Wednesday, May 10
(ft-Adolf Hitler has appointed
29-year-old Maj. Gem. Oderst Pel
as 'chief i of the western nazi air
forces and charged him f with
building; up a striking force to
parry the allied Invasion, a re
liable European, underground
source said today. ' i
, Pelz, youngest general In the
German , army, is regarded as an
air senius and is a prune favorite ,
of Hitler, the informant said.
At the same time the nazi air
force in the west was reported to
have been reorganized into three
corps two ; composed S-completely
of fighters and one of bombers.
The reorganization is part of a -
Chief
German effort to strengthen the
air force in the face of great losses .
in production through allied
bombing. .:; , :;
Top-ranking American airmen -
said the Germans had adopted a ;
"miser" policy of air warfare at
the expense of both the civilian
population and vital industry to -build
up a strong, anti-invasion .
air force. -:; . .
Whatever the Germans do, even
the most conservative American
and British 'air leaders believe 1 '
that the allies, can win complete
control of the air in from seven
to ten days after start of the in- ,
vasion. r-'r ' -!..f ":i-t: !v-;
Despite big losses in production
through American bombings,
Marshal Goering is building a
large air force striking arm along
the west wall by letting- the ci
vilian population "take lt.
Here is the air war picture at j
seen through the eyes of the men
who are running it:
The allied aim at present ia -three-fold:
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One To wipe out German air- "
craft reserves by bomoing lac- .
tories and air fields so that when
the German .first line fighting 4
strength is destroyed , there will
be nothing to replace it
. Two To hamper and obstruct
German a r my communications
alons the west wall by continuous
bombings.' " .; . r v; v 4' 'v -
Three 'To soften -not com
pletely smash the nazi fixed da
fenscs by temtins, ' . ,