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Tho OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Wednesday Morning May 10. 1344
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Allied Planes
Again Pound
;JapsWakde
ADVANCED ALLIED " HEAD
QUARTERS; New Guinea, Wed
is pesday, May KH-AUied bomb
. j rs again have unloaded heavy
cargoes of bombs on the enemy's
last remaining bases in New
. .Guinea, hitting . the Wakde area
120 miles northwest of Hollaadia
L and other important points at the
it. western end of 'New Guinea,
Gen. - Douglas -MacArthur an-.
i i Bounced today." '-. '
.v' Strong interception ' was noted
over Jefmari " airdrome ' at the
4 northwestern tip of New Guinea
but General MacArthur said air
resistance 'had , ceased at least
island area and JVakde. ?
The f o t a 1 enemy 'dead in the
Hollandia area has reached 871,
with. 183 others captured. General
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Duncans Here
Old Shoii .Yisit
Guests in Salem in the home of
Col.! and Mrs. .parleXAbrams are
Mrs. Robert M. Duncan of Burns,
widow of a former president of
the state senate, and her son, Lt
Ivan M. Duncan, former Wil
lamette university ' student home
on leave from service with Gen.'
Claire Chennault's 14th army air
fcrce In China, v-ux---
Lt Duncan, who completed his
college work at Oregon State col
lege, has 525 combat flying hours.;
He holds the distinguished flying
cross and one cluster 'and the air
medal and two oak leaf clusters.
The two arrived in Salem on
Tuesday night to spend . several
days here. "; T.
Nev:Teacliing Appointments
Announced by SchdolBoard
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lins replaces Evelyn Landis as
first grade teacher' at Washing
ton. Adeline . Gurney, first grade
teacher at the 1 McKinley school
has also resigned.
Loretta Isom"has tendered her
resignation as secretary in ' the
administration office in order to
Join her husband stationed at San
Diego. Ericka Ohm of Salem is
to. take her place. Miss Ohm has
been' working with the state in
dustrial accident commission and
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ner Dusiness ana cttuciuuuu uaw- i s . . . i
ground in- the superintendent's f ifm fT I .off 01
opinion makes her well fitted for Vfe AASVIVI.
the position which she Is to hold, l -rt ' j "mr j
She is a graduatejof Lebanon high f? OV rJJL Oilier
cnVimt and rnmrOptpd almost four
years of work at Oregon State. A Yfit?c J .ftfgi
Rh will K.ffin her . "duties this I tgCJO MUXAVX
The board also followed Ben- Had ; a letter from Mrs. Joe
nttV immmendation that the Thomas, La Grande, not been re-
fruit tree on the northwest corner turned by the postoffice for ad-
Oil the HOME FROirr
tj OJIE2L CHUBS
We have it from pretty good
authority that "had the OPA
banned jump ropes, shoe" ration
ing might never .have been ne
cessary." . ' L"i
er-strongholds before breaking
Into the , center of Sevastopol
and completing the final mop-
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The lightning seizure of Sevas
topol, by the Russians contrasted
with the 250 days it took the Ger
mans and .Romanians to seize the
city earlier in r the ' war, " finally
toppling it by July 3, 1943, after
suffering 300,000 casualties.
The Russians 1 broke " through
three zones of steel and concrete
defenses to take Sevastopol, Stalin
said, adding that the Crimea now
"is . completely : cleared ? of ' the
German fascist invaders." He or
dered a maximum salute of 24.
salvoes from Moscow's 324 vie
toryguns.-1! - , ..-
of the playground : at the Garfield
school be chopped down for the
safety of the children.
A call has gone out for bids
on painting the cornice of the ad
ministration building, formerly
the old high school building, and
to reroof the east pitch of the
building. The buildings and
grounds committee will make their
report on bids submitted at the
next meeting.
The meeting adjourned shortly
after 8 o'clock. ; '
Top Admirals
Get Together
May Ltll
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. The navy announcement af
the award of the medal U Nl
mits itself reflected an extra
ordinary honor for , that Pa
cific leader who took over In
the bitter days following enemy
assault on Pearl' Harbor, saw
the Pacific fleet throogh the
lean months of 19U and 1942
and directed its recovery and
advance to the point where plans
now can far slashing Japan's
empire In two at the Philip
For "his sound Judgment and
masterful conduct" of these op
erations, Nimitz received from
Admiral King his second distin
guished service medal which had
been voted him by congress. Hal
sey, who was in Washington last
January received - a similar re
cognition. The only other rank'
ditional postage, she would have
tide with Mrs. Ella Garner, Ore
gon City, as Oregon's candidate
for ' "American War Mother of
1944-? ; - ' '
Mrs.' Thomas, like Mrs. Garner,
has eight sons in military service,
but her letter arrived here too late
for consideration. The time for
accepting these letters expired at
midnight Saturday. Announce
ment that Mrs. Garner had been
designated as Oregon's candidate
was made Monday by Douglas
Mullarky, private secretary to
Gov. Earl SnelL !
Selection of the ''American War
Mother of 1944," in national com
petition, will be announced by the
national organization of American
War Mothers, and she will receive
appropriate recognition on Moth
er's day. May 14,
Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Garner
each have another son slated to
Join the navy this month.
Reds Capture
Crimea Prize
After Siege
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Hla troops reached the Sevasto
pol area fat the soath April 1
with the capture of hiatorl Ba-laUava.
Russian long-range bombers
touched off fires and. smashed
railways, freight ears and other
equipment at Tapa, Estonia, Mon
day night, the bulletin .said, and
lng officer in the naval services j aircraft of the Red Banner Baltic
to be sot honored is General xno- fleet attacked the Finnish .port o:
mas. Holpomb of the marine corps, I Kotka by dayllht Monday. . sink-
Laeoal
nlmple
was presented U
Slag, the navy said.
eereaaeay at that .
retired.
The
Klraits!
"in a
San Francisco headoaarters of
Tlee Admiral David W. Baxley,
TJ8N- feemmander ef the west
ern sea frontier."
Present in addition to the .three
full admirals and Bagley were
Rear Admiral Carleton H. Wright, fantrymen had hurled the last
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ing., four ships, one - of them : a
2000-ton transport.
f setastopoli first- eame nnder
Kassiaa axtOIery' fire April It
after the, Kttsslans had captored
Lynblmovka, three miles north
ef the city.
Yesterday Russian artillerymen
hauled about 60 guns to the north
shore Of Sevastopol bay after ia-
commandaot of the twelfth naval
district ; Rear Admiral M anion S.
Tisdale.1 commandant of the Mare
Island navy yard, and "members
of the ieveral staffs.
It wai this disclosure that staff
members as well as leaders were
present,! which gave special sig
nificanct to the strategic impli
cations jbf the meeting.
The second distinguished ser
vice medal is a specially signifi-
can honor, since it can be given
only by pet of congress. Otherwise
id medal is warrant
star is given in lieu of
itself.'
axis defenders into the-water,
midnight bulletin disclosed. ,
Firing over open sights ' the
Russian i gunners destroyed enemy
I ships in the many inlets lining the
large bay. i
Rosslaa infaatrymen on the
east aad soath side of Sevaa-
topol meaawhlle "crashed Ger
man s fascist troops defending
the Inner area aad captored
Malakhev-Kar-an hill aad eta-
RAF Raiders
Assault Nazi
Europe Again
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German . railway centers - and
airdromes behind the Atlantic
wall. The raids closely followed
aiaht attacks by approximately
750 British Lancaster and Hall
fax heavyweights.
Six American : heavy bombers
and seven fighters were lost in
morning attacks on three rail
yards and eight airfields in
France, Belgium and Luxembourg,
a communique said. Five German
fighters were shot down.
The pre-Invasion. barrage
swept 50 miles eastward from
Brest on the Brittany penin
sula to Luxembourg, and north
of those points across a hare
network of German communi
cations feeding the channel
ports closest to Britain. In two
days the allies have smashed at
least IS major rail Junctions,
blasted that, many key airfields,
and broken" a half dosea rafl
bridges. I r , :.
In the last three days of extra
ordinarily violent attack against
scores of widely separated targets
it is estimated allied planes based
in Italy and Britain have flown
about 12,500 sorties and, dropped
17,500 tons of bombs.
For the third straight day
fleet of 1000 US Flying Fortresses
ana u aerators escorted by an
equal number of Lightning, Mus
tang and Thunderbolt fighters
were -hurled into the campaign
aimed at pioneering a land inva
sion. They dumoed 2500 tons , of
bombs on 11 targets in three coun
tries.- - i
Toastmaster-
Mistress Qubs-
Meet at Dinner
The Toastmistress club met with
the Toastmasters Tuesday, night
at the Marion hotel for 6 o'clock
dinner. Thirty-two ? were present
at the Joint session at which
George Moorhead, vice president,
presided." , f t.
(Bob Morrison was toastmaster
or the, program introducing the
five speakers. Olga Wikberg spoke
on how much or ho little wom
en talk, under the general topic
"What Do You Think." ; - -
W. E. Hansen discussed various
things under, the ttUeJ Wonder
Why 'Mrs. Raymond Welch
talked on the qualities wanted in
a city manager under the general
topic sMCouncilman Move Over."
Time, Which is seldom accurate
in Salem, was discussed by Isabel
Quids under the title "Signs of
the Times." : '.. ;
Al Crose, who had returned a
few. hours before from a mid
state trip, told of the joys of travel
in .Warner valley. Lake county.
Lynn MacLachlin was general
critic . .. . ' ' ,;."" -"
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judges were Andrew Loney, jr
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ficer Walter Haderer, director of
the 363rd army band at Vancou
ver, Wash.
' The contest, selections were:
Boccalari's "Fiume March, Gas-
Bey's "Sequoia" j and the March
and Cortege 'from GounacTs
"Qdeen of Sheba " .
After the intermission, the pro
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Pilgrim," the sold performance by
Franklin CombsJ "Pop Goes the
Weasel," arranged by i GaUiet,
Holmes' "Crusaders of Liberty
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call" ..ana "The Donkey serenade.
The "program was concluded with
Han's "New Colonial March,"
, Announcements pf . the contest
decisions were made just before
the' last number began. ' f ; '
GIO Winner
In Election
charter only, were filed with the
city recorder yesterday. The spon
soring citizens 'committee' uraed
they be submitted to voters at the
primary election "May 19. - ;
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Salem Band
"Excellent"
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the national standards set up be
cause wartime travel restrictions
prevent concert meets as in pre
vious years. The concert was held
up half an hour because John H.
Stehn, director "of the University
of Oregon band, was delayed cam-
Jesse,, who is .a very strong man.
would be here to- carry me back
from where he took me." .
Some leeal observers speculated
that in view of the aovernment's
action In returning : the plant, it
eral' court tomorrow of its peti
tion for a temporary injunction.
Jrension Fund
Up for Voters
MaihfieldIafjban
INaine to Coos Jay
' MARSHFIELir. OreJ MayHffi
-Two initiative petitioni, one; to
enact ' a city, charter and change
Marshfeud's name to the City o
Coos Bay,' the othecjto' Initiate a
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to the legal voters of the city of j
Salem. Oregon, at a snecial elec-
tion to be called, and held in the
city of saiem, Oregon, on the
19th day of May, 1944, and de
clared an emergency." i i
The committee in charge of the
work is headed by Capt Ben
Faught with Evl L. Smith.! : Rav
McCauley and Glen Shedeck as-
sisnng. i f-v
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