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. - .'i ? ., " .i;- .. m-. .............. j . . - -:: 7catlicr 1 Ml" J ID GDQLK I v a; a - . ! This is primary: election day, ; The political campaigning is ov er. The barrage of oratory la . stilled; the shower of cards and i circulars and letter is ended. Now t the voters, who are the ultimate , Jury, will have the decision. ; : It is timely on this election i morning to urge that people dis . charge their duty as citizens and ; cast their ballots. After all the right of the ballot is a precious i one .which should not grow rusty , through disuse. Universal suf I frage is a relatively late attain' : inent, national woman's suffrage being less than 25 years old. When one thinks of the hue and cry that i would - be raised if , people were denied the right to vote, one won ders why many people are indif ; ferent to voting- when election -5 days do come around. ' It is true that except perhaps Jn some of the southern states more tioin than in primaries, yet it is a fact that often the decisions of the primaries are the more impor tant For In the primaries the in itial selections of nominees is made, and very often ; they are the critical, aecisions. ine unai elections offering little choice. '.The prediction of a relatively light; ballot today will probably Zl ..f i n wu "rft I many soldiers will not get . their K-iw. ln nrl manv voters have been shifting about more than is normally i the case. That should make those at home feel under greater obligation to turn out and vote, performing the duties of citizenship (continued on editorial page) , . Work or Fight Bill Demanded x&szz By War Heads WASHINGTON, May 18 -VP The nation is confronted by crit ical and ever "desperate" , labor vWrtm?M j the government's tOD . ,aP nrrnrtinn exnerts told the senate military committee today - In i,rriT, action ouick -on "work i Br fight" legislation. 1. Vr Pmrinrlinn Chairman Don' JAM. Nelson; calling for "relief now," said , labor in foundries u id 'scarce- tendang produc- craft. In the critical class be list- ed forcings, ball bearings, lumber ' and textiles. He figured 300,000 to 400,000 additional workers are - seeded. t Nelson, Acting Navy Secretary ; James V. Forrestall, and Under- ' . secretary 'of . War Robert P. Pat- terson testified for a measure ' which would permit the drafting of: ' Men 18 to 45 into . military or work units if they quit' or refused farm or : essential industry jobs ; without authorization of ' draft boards. Men . physically unfit for mili- tary service into work units, un- less they obtained war. Jobs. -' . (Turn to Page 2 Story B) 2 Salem.Men Get IOOF State Jobs PORTLAND, (May 18-tfH Ralph L. ; Russell; Roseburg, was named grand master of the IOOF grand lodge of Oregon here to day. Other, grand officers elected were: ' A. J. Leon. Portland, deputy master; Dr. Earl J. Ivle, Hood River, warden; William A. Mor- and, secretary; Dr. J. H. Nelson, McMinnvme, treasurer; H I p n Osvold, Portland, trustee; E. M. Bowman, Hillsboro, A. W. Foster, Portland, and Marion Curry, Sa- 1 lem, trustees of the IOOF home. Grant Murphy, Salem, and Ray W. Corns tock, Baker, were elected representatives to the sovereign lodge. 7 Year Party? I KEPUBLICAN OR f . DEMOCRAT ; -v l, r;;:- As regular as elections V . as exciting as your interest in men and measures!. . nsLii: , E!::Ii:a Piaiy Tens ia 13?0 ca your ra tl dial . . . commencing rt 8 o'clock ton! gr ht Ircf :irt directly frcn ths Etatesnan office. ' "I- -iir- ?. " ! V- J-f poundoo 1651 , -i'--!1 'K;Lr : V' -V ' NINETY-THIRD YEAR 18 PAGES - . I Salem Orton: Wdiy Morning. May 19, 1944 I V V" Prlct 5c ' " . ,C .J . Ho. 349 1 . 1 . " - -1 - . . ' - t- .. . , 1 .... . 1 '. . . . 'iMiaeaeaBstessWBsBBSssssiaaBaBasBSia Allies Annoimce Gaissino Formia Also Falls; American Troops Rip Into Hitler Line Only 35 From Anzio - I By 7 D KENNEDY ALLIED HE ADO 41S, Naples, May 18.-W)-Cassino and Formia, twin an c5. the trftl iulyJ have fajj 0 6r e the n a week ago g O Md victorious American troops are rip- ping into the Adu. Jer line from the Anzio beachhead and 65 British and Polish troops stormed O- the shattered town of Cassino and dominating Monastery hill behind it early today, capturing . 1,500 prisoners and wiping . out the cream Of the "Green Devils' first "J? . T . -J v parachute division which had de- i i ilj i .k.u : n fuu M1 "" snortiy Deiore sunaown tomgni a small group of British and Pol ish officers walked up ! a 30-foot heap of . rubble and planted the flags of their countries;, atop the ruins of the Benedictine monas tery, in-which the nazis held out so long. ... : .. 1 American troops. Captured For mia believed to be the coastal anchor of the Adolf Hitler line -and from nearby hills American opened a heavy bom- Gaeta point, three and a half miles across water from Formia. Masses of aban doned nazi equipment . were fall ing to Lt Gen. Mark W, Clark's forces, ' I v . ' f The . Gustav line now has ceased to exist," declared an al lied announcement. "The enemy M been completely outmaneuv- ed by tt allied arm.ies in Italy troops oi uie eigmo army hours deveped a decis- ....rjyv-, highway J TfcadmgJ xo ffl Cas withdrawal of the enemy, ! The bag of German prisoners mounted to more than 6000 since be drive to destroy the enemy's forces in Italy began. Mountains of nazi equipment were strewn across the battlefields in the wake of'the swiftly advancing allied armies. Clark's fifth army alone M""1 captured materiel equivalent to two artillery divisions much of it in perfect condition in ad vancing up to 15 miles from- its starting point French colonials in the center of 25-mile battle line captured Esperia, a fortified outpost of the Hitler line; and seized Monte La- go, a mile to the west. Just north of Esperia they were engaged in a bitter fight for 2800-foot Monte D'Oroahd from heights their ar tfllery was Shelling the lateral ! highway between Pico and Itrl Martial Law Put in Effect At Istanbul LONDON, May lMhMaitlal law was imposed at Istanbul to- I day ' because of unconstitutional activities of the Turkish pro-nazi organization, "Pan Turanian," which caused public demonstra tions, said an Ankara broadcast tonight recorded by the British ministry of information. 1 ; i 1 v The radio said a number of Pan-Turanian leaders , had been arrested and charged with "activ ities against the constitution." It was declared that the Pan- . Turanian "made use of ciphers and codes in communications with its members." "While there is yet no direct proof they are working under di rect control of a foreign power the broadcast said, "indications are the organization was a ' pro German one based on racialism and fascist principles." ' ? The radio said Pan-Turanian leaders lately had been "building up a nation-wide organization, preparing p 1 a n s .and , signing agreements aimed at overthrow of the ? present regime" in neutral Turkey;1'""- ' ' . q It added the army had made several raids at Istanbul and An kara on premises occupied by Mi hal 'AdbuV a , newspaper1, owner, and had seized documents disclos ing the organization's - ramifiea tions and activities. A dispatch from Ankara yes terday disclosed that a consider able number of arrests had" been made Quietly throughout Turkey in an effort to break up an al legedly nazi-f inanced society known ; as the "Gray Wolf." , Au thori ties said it was stirring up trouble among students and oth era. - . Cap tuire German defense belt across cen- great allied offensive which be- tonight at a point only 35 miles miles from Rome. ure Height fJ Soviets Kill 600 Nazis Who Try Counterattack LONDON, Friday, May 19.- (P)-Th Russians announced the capture of "a height of con-. siderable ; importance" south east of Stanislawow, in old Po land, and the slaughter of 600 Germans who made an abortive counterattack in ihe lower Dnestr campaign northwest of Tiraspol. - i s These actions were reeo ant ed In a sapplement to the so- . Viet communiqne, b r e a d e a s t from ' Moscow and recorded by the Soviet Monitor. The height was not .identified, but appar- WXJ Sororities Gain Charters For Nationals Word has been received by two Willamette university sororities that! charters, establishing chap ters of national fraternities have been granted them. The sororities are ; Beta .Chi which received charter from Pi Beta Phi and Al pha phi Alpha which will become a chapter of .Alpha Chi Omega. The two groups will retain their local names until installation by the nationals is held. Beta Chi opened the way for the petitioning for national affil iation in February of this year when it requested and was grant ed permission from the board of trustees to take such action. Pre viously it has been against uni versity policy to let living groups become nationally affiliated, -r Alpha Phi Alpha was. founded In 1923 and the present chapter houSe is located at ' 965 Court street Beta Chi which was found edin 1919 was the first such liv ing group to be established on the Willamette campus and has occu pied . its present house at 1445 State street since 1928. Nancy- Black . Wallace, mother of Paul B. Wallace of Salem,' was one ot the founders "of Pi Beta Phi. Mr. Wallace is a member of the board of trustees of the uni versity and has taken an active in terest in the school This year Mr. and Mrs. Wallace established four-year full tuition scholarship in the Willamette school of music honoring his mother. Russians National Political Snotlisht On Oregon V Primary Election Today By HAROLD D. OLIVER ; Dewey - for - president support ers looked to the last 1944 presi dential preference primary In Oregon today and an Alabama convention ; for 'more delegates to increase the constantly rising sup port for the New York governor for the GOP presidential nom ination. ' 1 . , Oregon also will elect candi dates for two US senate and four house seats. -, Vf -Gov. - Dewey bow baa Ml - pledged and claimed delegates . eat of SS5 so far selected ef the republican national convention's ! allotted lOSt votes. A majority '530 is necessary for a nom- Inatloa. f. X'r- h: i A - :t 'Oregon will elect 15 republican delegates since there are no en tries on the republican preferen tial ballot Wendell Willkie with drew and Gov. Dewey gslced that Army's 'Stratosphere Gun r :.'. - AT. This first pktan t be released f a"' lu Si if sran has the erew la action retoadlng the weapon, which is In recoil position alter, firing. One ef the most powerfal new American weapons, the 120mm, (4.7 inch) anti-alreraft gu fires it projectile Into the stratosphere tMvS feet higher than any ether anntl-air-eraft weapon's range, says the army, and Is msed against highest- firing bombers. (AP VTirephote Nazi E-Boats Find Allies Rule Channel LONDON, May 18.-WVThe M i T-TV"e4 e Ck ffo i tmTaai olfMAot wUjaM. u.,w.-,uui.ueuu,.UUu uj bombers which the Germans the channel and 500 miles of Thames: estuary westward around to Bristol. However,evident their purpose & ieeling out the channel darkness f these moonless nights, the E-hoat even bT Ornhnati kc- counts Tiftettl(iif.1KBl :fine' havewcHitrol of this naval no man'srland as they rule the skies over the nazi west wall. v v The official German account " f aa E-boat patrol last nlsht reported ' repeated clashes with British destroyers and - motor torpedo boats. The only local- j ity mentioned for such encoun ters was off Le Treport, which i Is near j Dieppe, and thus the B r I tls h evidently penetrated much nearer the coast of France than the Germans did to Eng land's ' south coast. . , . While London, once the German air force's number one target, has remained j raid-free,, the Germans struck twice in force this week against Britain's south coast. They identified; their targets as Ports mouth and the Bristol channel, j The latter area en the south- : era end of the British west coast . has been mentioned by the nasi eontrolled radios at the massing aeut for aa American invasion . armada. I - t Britain ! meanwhile moved me thodically toward -attack under steadily - deepened secrecy. The house of commons met in secret to consider the dates of its next sitting. In a London court the first fines were imposed for violations of the closed coastal belt, two women paying eight dollars each for visiting Brighton, in the south coast protected area, without au thorization, f . y -. : A change . in restrictions per mits daily disclosure of. channel weather now. A chill northeast wind stirred moderate seas in the Dover Strait today. The sun broke through during the morning for a brief spell, but the sky generally was overcast with heavy banks of rain clouds toward the French COasf ; v; : v.'. T 4- his name be , left off the dele-1 gates will -go to the winner of the write-in vote. Dewey, Willkie, and Lt . Comdr. Harold E: Stassen were forecast as favorites; in the balloting. ; -f It will be Dewey's second test ; among northwest republicans, conceded a WUlkle stronghold before! the HTsconsin primary prompted the 194 GOP aoat- laee to take himself out of .the race On May Washlngtoa state republicans unanimously endorsed 4Dewey, but; left their II delegates sninstracted ; la case they want to live a first: baUot complimentary vte . to Erie!; Johnston, of : Cpokane, president of the US chamber of commerce. M, -. -V.. v Alabama wQI name a delegation today with 14 national convention votes. While it may be uninstruct ed, both National CcEuriltccsia - 9 f v r -.-it- Mar . ..V ': . . I . . 1. irfV- 1 i ..i lias 'mmmmmmsmmmm the US army's sew "stratosphere" from TJ8 amy) Germans have flung out their wv1h41w mmImIm sW V Lii reported this week were ranging the. English south coast from the Z . . .: 20,174 Planes In 21 Years WASHINGTON, May 18-flP) Reporting the destruction of 20, 174 enemy planes by the army air. forces against a loss of 6154 in two and a half years of war, Gen. H.-H. Arnold today declared the sustained bomber offensive over Europe has not reached its peak. German ghter defense forces encounters , by allied bombers have dwindled by nearly 50 per cent, the air forces commander said, .whereas "wis can maintain our peak strength in planes, in men and in supplies.'' Arnold said he did not know, and didn't believe anybody else sr w mw- i m l ai ;i l esiroys j. Jul mm, .:j Mr knew, whether Germany could be Then there was -four blank days knocked out of the war1 by bomb- from February is through 18. Ingalone. i r at the end of .which the RAF "However," he added, "we hope blasted bX ftlht4 On the to get a pretty good idea of what 'ollowing day, the greatest of fen can be expected in future air op- siv of wr to bg,an era tions." Despite the Intensity of the bat tle In. .Europe, Arnold said air forces operations in the. Pacific have been increased, although he added that - strategic bombing so far rdoesn't fit the Pacific thea- tre because ' of the necessity ; of i Army aforce. bperatmlm me Pacific and Asiatic theatres sank 320,48 tons of Japanese shipping during the first' four months of this" year, he reported. ' . Jh The biggest single month was January, when 159,704 tons were sent down. B.. L. Noojin and State Chairman C O. Vardaman,. delegate candi dates, have declared for Dewey. The New York governor added IS to his column yester day when, the latest unofficial : returns from the May West L Virginia primary i showed that aumher elected who had openly expressed for Dewey, with nine others publicly uncommitted. ' Dewey also had been assured m advance he would have Alaska's three, delegates, chosen la . vention yesterday. ' r T't604 R?0S!v!lt' h0, ready has nearly ;i00 more dele - gates pledged Und claimed than wiu D required for a fourth nom- ination, will pick up Oregon's 14 democratic delegates today jvith - out challenge." His came is the on- ly one entered on the democratic preference ballot (Turn to Ft-s Story A) fnC rr; : i Ploesti Gets New Pounding Yugoslavia Rails Also Receive -. Bbmber8v Blows LONDON, May 18.-W-The allied heavy bomber asssiiilt on HiUer'at Europ4 waj resumed todaywiiha -strong Amencan blow, frbm Italian bases on the much'- baitered Romanian Oil and rail center, of Pfoestij on r11 yards at the Yugoslav cap- ital of Belgrade and oh the key Yugoslav railway junction of Nis. FlTing Fortresses and IJber atora flew 0 inlles to Ploesti aid about 351 miles to reach the ether two targets, ranning Into nasi fighter opposition which the Berlin, radio said resulted fat air battles jsver both j Ro mania and YngoslaviaJ Light ning, Thunderbolt and Mustang fighters accompanied the bomb- 1 The far-flung f ttack, the basis of recent which on Operations Probably : numbered up to-1000 foiir-rfav lull In ,-.llW long aerial pincers from! Britain nd the Mediterranean against 1he heart of Europe. p Wuwayi lailSw th. t.ru H.t w I - I LL.. I. -f5dltlns prevented ebserva- tlon ef reiults. t These targets had been hit' f our limes prev iously, the last time May 5.;; . Returning crews reported good results at Belgrade and! Nia, the latter a "Y" junction iZ0 miles soumeast of Belgrade from which the main railway) from the north splits to serve Istanbul oni 1, the e.ast and Athens dn the west The line is of strategic importance to rthe axis Balkans. ' w !i . , - The blow , at Ploesti ; was against supplies or the Russian treat. It was recently an nounced at allied Mediterran eaa headauartersj that the pf ev Ions Ploesti raids had cut I the oil output there by 75 per cent. With channel skies still murky, the British end of the aerial of fensive ran through a fifth day! of lull. Not since the middle! of Feb ruary have the American l and British ajr forces been compelled . to spend so many lonsecutive days I of idleness. against the German aircraft j in dustry and continued for1; a week. Draft Picture aiio trk aPloo i ' "HCVf V1 v iS ?. mimbert.regurarrts iu -uas5c i-rv iwi --c vwuuwu to .climb in Ap selective servi ice announced y, but! the to- tal 1c both -classifications' is ex- pected to drop appreciably as ap- I plication of the new draft regu S lationa aiasesvH.;i'-''n'rT j:H In a.report to the, senate and house military committees, select- . Ive service listed 2,a48,p75 regis trants in 1-A as of May l,com pared with 259,000 on April 1. i The number of men in 4-F in creased by 212,914 to a new total of 4,048,914.- , Neither of these totals is, expect ed to be topped in the future. Large numbers of men over 25 in essential activities! are- now being classified out of 1-A and given oc cupational deferments : in - line with selective service's new direc tive' to local boards. Many; men in 4-F, as well as some approved for limited t service, are also being transferred to occupational clas sifications. ! Albina Shipyard Bond Wins HiSli Award I 1 . ' t . PORTLAND, May lH-The Albina Shipyard iband. t- the "Al bina HeUcats" today received the J Music War Council of America's distinguished seryice award. The I band was the only industrial mu- sic group west c so honored. - Chicaca to te Merrill's Men Grab Key Burma Airfield; Yanks Take Wakde The war against Japan terday as allied forces gained the southwest Pacific " A master military stroke nese and American forces under ly menaced the entire Japanese of that country. , In the southwest Pacific Sixth army seized the airbase north coast of Dutch New Domoarameni covered the Invad-O era. Th Japanese offered - only moderate resistance. General Mac Arthur said success of the opera tion "presages reconquest" of all of Dutch'New Guinea. Collapse of, the Japanese in the Burma region was anticipated. Chinese and American jungle fighting infantrymen executed the brilliant surprise move from ; the south, behind Nippon lines, 'to seize Myitkyina'a southern air drome. Immediately the strategic city, key Japanese communications and supply center was brought under allied artillery pounding. la China's Honan f proTince, far to the north, the Chinese as late as last Monday were cling ing tenaciously to Loyang de spite terriffio Japanese shelling, while the two-pronged Nippon armored offensive left an es cape "gap of only tS miles for the : defending forces ln the Loyang ; sector. American ' and Chinese airmea ' were " bombing ' - ; (Turn to Page 2 Story D) : Sick Marine Kills 8 Japs Singlehanded By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Director PHILADELPHIA, May 18-tfl3)- The story of a sick marine who killed eight Japs singlehanded at midnight was . reported to the American Psychiatric association today by Commander D a n a L. Farns worth ,and Lt Commander Robert S. Wigton, of an uniden tified south Pacific hospital ship. "His story,'? they rtid, "Was not considered by him as extraordi nary. With a few others he had been manning a machine gun on the flank, when they were rushed from several directions just after midnight. ' " :;. "Eight came toward him. He dispatched 5 with rifle fire, bay oneted, the sixth. Then his .bay onet came loose and he fought the seventh to death with , the butt of his gun. - " "By this time the eighth, an officer, was upon him and lunged with his saber. The marine raised his leg -and caught the thrust in his .thigh and was thrown to the ground. " "The Jap took , a swinging stroke at his neck and the marine warded it off with the outer part of his right hand. A similar stroke from "the left he caught between left 4humb and hand, ' grappled the sword away from the Jap and dispatched him with the Weapon; "He ' ; suggested " apologetically that he should have done that in the first place instead of catching the first one with the outer part of hia right hand. . . - i "As an after-thought he added that he was supposed to tell us that he had malaria. He had chills and fever every other day for 10 days prior to this Incident It occurred to us to wonder what he would have done had he been a well man." ;.'. f The psychiatrists reported this as an example of the way nearly all 'men in' the Pacific ' belittle their own achievements.- P9 Plane Crashes South of Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore., .May IS-iT) A P-39 fighter plane' from the Portland air base; crashed a mile south of ' Sherwood, Ore., tonight, but the pilot parachuted out es caping with a sprained ankle, the base' operations office said. Second Lt . James W, ; Chad- boume, whose home address was not immediately learned, the pilot reported the plane had motor trouble and crashed in an open field.- t-,X-" -' . Max imam temperator' Thursday CS degrees; mini- ;, mum 42. Trace ef precipita tion. River -L ; - Cloudy with showers en ' the coast and In the moun tains . Friday; fair Friday T nixht and Saturday except : eloody ralong the coast; Y little change in . tempera- tore. , " . By RAY CRONIN Associated Press War Editor - . moved at speedier . tempo yes major victories in Burma and .... . - in Burma,' carried out by Chi an American general, grave position in the northern part -. ;- - Gen. Douglas Al MacArthur island of Wakde, just off the Guinea. Air, rocket and naval -t ers Strike at Wake, 4 s US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, May 18 -OPr ' Far-reaching American warplanes pounded Wake island in a daylight raid , and probably YanlcBomb Hit Jap Ship sank. twoHizeable Japanese ships ' in Truk harbor, Adm. Chester W. Nimitzr announced today. He reported air strikes the same day, May . 16, against Pona'pe, Nauru and ! Japanese in the Mar-' shall islands. ? ' - ; .". . Heavy Liberator bombers of the Seventh army air forces, blistering Wake for the first time since May 9. set a-largeVfiTfeObifctive were Peacock point a'nd Wilkes island. ' Moderate ground' fire did minor damage to! two American planes. Wake Was captured by the Japa nese early in the war. . . A navy i search plane flew through light anti-aircraft fire to bomb and probably sink a 10,000- ton enemy tanker and a medium cargo ship in Truk's harbor in the? Caroline islands. : The same plane flew 200 miles west to Puluwat island where it strafed and j bombed the air strip and barracks area. Both the pilot and co-pilot were wounded there by ground fire. . Mitchell medium bombers of th Seventh AAF and navy . search. ; planes blasted the seaplane base, , air fields and dock installation on Ponape n the- Carolines. Th town of Ponape also was hit Mea- ger ground fire was encountered. Oregon Votes From 8 to 8 At Polls Today From 8 a jn. to 8 p.m. today Oregonians will express their preferences for and against men and measures at the polls. Only public employes working on this legal holiday will be elec tion officials; school teachers, law enforcement officers and .those employed at such emergency tasks as' the city Water system service. Banks as well as state,' county,' - cir offices and public library will be closed, j . . . - A "complete list Of the polling ' - places; in ;-Marion' county and a map of Salem's precincts appears ' on the editorial page (4) of this newspaper,.. "vW ""'' " '1 - ' .4 V I : As in years past The Statesman will gather and tabulate election , returns,', which will be broadcast throughout the evening by KSLM ' directly from this newspaper's offices. ? .V:-:' During the confusion of gath- ering and totaling the records of - the vote,' telephone inquiries and information t are' : difficult to un derstand, at best members of tho regular election staff point out . While many f the old "standbys will again be . working, war time changes in personnel' will be re flected in the election force. More telephones than in past years will -be. in use by reporters calling in. . .The advice offered to the cur- v ious Thursday night was: "Tun in on your radio; you will receive bulletins by j air faster, than they can come to. you by telephone or even across the counter should you come to The Statesman of fice. However, standing room in the busy downstairs cilice wfc era . most of the tabulation will Uke place will not be denied anyone so long 'as there is space i'A: able. - - - - -"-.S