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: ;;''.' : n;'Si .!s: Xl-;: x. (X - i XXi'XX K--:" ' t -::iV:L..: .v....,,;.,...,.. tvvjv. :,i:,M,i,x,TXxx xi'i.:iXx::x:::: : ' A x: x... - v,v . .:: Xx-x tx v ::"-; -l,-x 'x-x'x -v;. "M-l 7eather ' -. Maxima sa temperature Friday 72 degrees; mini- A I&. N preciplUtlon. . Klver -3. ' " Partly e 1 e d y ' Sondar T and. Monday, little , change la temperature, Vv r 111 II Ir. V V . J 111 'I. . f lV Jill V S iirJUc-',!, 'A ' I I II I I II 'A Vl I I I I I I Jri I III II : ' t . George H. Williams was on of the treat men in Oregon politics, serving as United States senator, later as attorney general : In Grant's cabinet and still later,' at ter Ibis appointment to the federal supreme court! was rejected, as mayor of Portland. Returning to Portland in 1870 to campaign for reelection to the senate, he made this observation when he arriv ed: "I have a heart for any fate in politics." . : It was well said, and he needed such a philosophy duririg his long political career when he exper ienced both - victory and defeat One who .enters . the. political arena dare not wear his heart on his sleeve" It he cannot bear the stings of opposition or the blows f defeat, he had better stay in the' bleachers as a spectator. . , This is by way of introduction to ' the . comment that I entertain the same attitude , toward politics as (i Williams j expressed. I shall take, the adverse results of Fri day's balloting in stride, and go on with the new day's business. While . one does not relish being bested in a race, some one must lose in every ' competition, and the; Company;; of "also rans" . is generally large ; ; ' , Perhaps I should feel grateful to the republican voters, however, because their decision enable me to stay on at the occupation I love, . that of a working news paperman, and . particularly , to continue as editor and publisher of .The Statesman. That is where my heart is, and I am. happy not to have to. make any change. . . I In signing off I do want . to express my deep gratitude to friends in Salem and elsewhere over the state who supported my campaign loyally, and to commend to the voters next November my successful opponent, Senator' Guy Cordon. I hold, him in high regard personally and can support him without reserve. ' . Earl Adams Is GOP Winner For Constable -. - --..,.-.. 1 . , ? Late J IarionJ "county,, returns . which shitted the balance and gave ' to Earl . Adams the 'republican , nomination for Salem Justice dis r trict constable, office he now holds, i left comparatively unchanged from i positions revealed in earlier trends - the status of other candidates. Ad-f-ams had 2862 votes; Burgess, 2496; 'Long, 1055, and Odom 761. . ! CpL John. Steelhammer, on mil itary leave from his legislative ; post, H. R. "Farmer" Jones, W. W. Chadwick and Paul R. Hen- dricks topped the field in the 13 man race for republican nomina- , tions to fill the county's four - chairs in the house of representa tives. Judson received 3511; Paul us, 3267; Rigdon, 3184; McKinney, 3103; Lamkin, ! 3003; Settlemeier, .3000; Mclntyre, 2486; French 2292; and Armstrong, 1288. i Candidates for neither constable nor-representative positions were listed on the democratic ballot : Saturday's "official unofficial" canvass of the light vote (less than 50 per cent) did not include tally of the write-ins for any : office. -' Y . Among the write-ins, Thomas Dewey was apparently the leader, ' with several hundred votes for the presidency. Presidential prefer- ence ballots were cast also for Stassen, Bricker, Warren and Will kie, as well as for a few local "lights. . ' . v Charles A- Sprague, defeated .(Turn to Page 2 Story I) Peter Ousts Miliailovic To Woo Tito LONDON, 'May 20 - (T) - King Peter of .Yugoslavia has . ousted Genl' Draja Mihailovic as war minister in attempt to appease Marshal Tito .and it was' consid ered possible the cabinet' post might be offered to the partisans' leader. . i ( Tito has openly accused Mihail ovic of being a traitor and of help ing the Germans. ; 1 . v ; - It was also learned that the British had , dropped Mihailovic and there was no British military mission with his forces now. : Whether, Marshal Tito would ac cept the post was questionable, since this might strengthen the position of the monarchy for the post-war period! a subject which the head of the national army of liberation ' has said, must be de cided by his people after victory IS won. " - 7 'i It seems possible, however, that Tito (Josip Brox) might agree to some compromise .under which he would name ' his choice for the cabinet position which Mihailovic has held. ' " Tito's forces, with whom Prime Minister Churchill's son Randolph Is serving as a British liaison of ficer, has been getting the-bulk tt support from' the United States, Britain and Russia. I timETY-THQD YEAH ;j 20 PAGES , ; SoImb. Oragoo. Simdor MoreLag. LXor 21. 1944 . - - 1 TacTicT"- : N a,. I Miles Advance V ; Manolrwari : . . NEW GUINEAg ViV to 200 Arrew from American flag paints te Teem vOlaxe en the Dateh New Galnea coast and te Wakde Island effshere which have been seised by US forces in jmw landing. (AP Wtrephote) . - " : amk8 Wme Otrt aps B Mac's Soldiers mil 34 Nips For Every Doughboy Lost; Planes Bombard Soerabaja By LEONARD MILLIMAN 1- AstocUtcd Prcas War Xditor ' American soldiers, killing 34 Japanese for every . doughboy lost, have wiped out enemy resistance on Wakde island in the southwest Pacific, Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported today. -- Only a small number of Japanese were taken prisoner.' Five hundred and fifty were killed on Wakde and the nearby shores of northwestern New Guinea. MacArthur; listed American losses for the entire operation at only 16 killed, 83 wounded and two missing.-' .." .v.: ; : v-. Complete control over Wakde, 1000 miles from MacArthur's. goal on the Philippines, was established Friday afternoon.,, But enemy ar tillery, lire held up .the. advance on the coast' vs. ' .. ; . 4, In ether actions reported yes terday . and teday , allied war . planes striking at the northern and aeathenoL tips ef Japan's defense destroyed 1 enemy air craft and sank er damaged IS ships. Boston attack planes sank three Nipponese freighters off Manok wari, near the western tip of New Guinea and one of the greatest Japanese bases in the Dutch East Indies.' Aleutian based army and navy bombers wrecked two. Nipponese vessels as they struck for the sev enth time this month at Paramu shiro naval base on the northern road to Tokyo. Five thousand miles te the soath 10 ether surface craft were bit squarely and 21 Japa nese planes wiped eat Wednes day by 100 carrier-borne planes making the heaviest raid of the war ea Soerabaja. former Dutch naval base on Java. American, British, Australian, Dutch and French airmen participated in the attack, the first unified ae : tion ef the allied southeast Asia, southwest Pacific and' central Pacific commands. Ship repair and oil facilities were left In flames. ; Liberators from Australian blasted Soerabaja's rail yards the same night - Other Australia based "planes bombed three ships in the Tannimbar islands, also in the Dutch East Indies. Allied troops pressed their ad vantage in the complex battle for control of the Burma road, the supply route to China. .- (Turn to Page 2 Story A) igh Tension Man Saves Life of Injured Buddy s FORT LEWIS, Wash,! May 20 Vfy- Ivan Shindle, ,44, a high tension linesman, , hung uncon scious from his safety belt atop a : telephone ' pole today between two wires, one ; carrying - 13,000 volts, the other 2300 - volts. v 5 Yet daring fellw linesman, Ernest Browne, saved Shindle's life by an amazing exhibition of applying; artificial . respiration while both men were held to the pole by their safety belts and only a foot from the super-charged wires.- "' ' Shindle had been making re pairs; in some manner he came in contact with the 2300-volt wire. He slumped back, dangled in the air for a moment until his safety belt steadied, bis climbing irons still embedded in the pole. Browne caught up a length of rope and swiftly climbed the pole Realizing the shock had partly paralyzed his co-worker, Browne lashed Shindle to the pole with on New Guinea - a f I ' I STATUTI MB.ISI akde Fast Thinking ByIwo Men 1 1 oaves Lima r Quick thinking by two men saved the life of a seven-year-old . t . i . ... i. ,t boy! Saturday afternoon. - -Paul " Slader, 1690 MOT, had gone; fishing in Shelton creek and toppled into the 3 foot depth of water .Another youngster flagged a police car, operated by Officer George Edwards, driving west on Mission street Edwards hurried to the scene of the accident and was joined by Mason Chappel of 1850 : Lee street and William O'Neil, an employe of the Cherry CityjBaking'.Co. i "i: Chappel'plunged Into the water and carried the youngster out O'Neil turned the inert -body of the boy over on his stomach and began administering artificial respiration. Edwards meanwhile sent in a Call for the first aiders. The child had already begun to come round when the first aid men,! I Merle Crossen and Norval Hirons, arrivedhwith resuscitation equipment They took charge, stripped the child, and wrapped him in blankets. He was taken to his home, where his mother, Mrs. W. r, Bitle, was advised on fur ther . treatment and - a doctor called. ' j, . . V':":. :.i :- Both first aiders and the police officer insist that if it had not been for the quick action on Che part of .Chappel and O'Neil, it would . h a v e , been too late for them -1 to do anything effective since s the youngster was uncon scious, when he was brought out of the stream. the rope high around 'j Shindle's shoulders to relieve pressure on the unconscious man's chest and stomach, ' f.. :xx': , .:., ;, ; Browne circled to the opposite side of the pole, carefully eyeing the nearby tension wires. ' ; . Then he pulled against Shindle's back with his hands firmly.press ed against the lower, ribs. After applying this method time after time be succeeded in restoring the breathing of the unconscious Shindle. Browne then snubbed the pole with a "roof line" and pulley and .with .the aid ; of other workers lowered the -injured linesman to the ground.; Shindle was taken to the hospital where army physi cians 'laid his condition was sat isfactory. . . i It was only a few months ago that these ! same . linesmen . were taught by Fort Lewis safety offi cers the Identical ' rescue method used today. Greatest -. --- f " . ... . ... --- Hits Nazis j: Allies Send 6000 I - Planes Against L ; Nazis Yesterday. LONDON, May In the greatest mass air attack jof the war the allies hurled 6000 British - based planes at iHit-v ler's west wall defenses today; and ' blasted a, 150 inile atrjp from Britanny to Belgium with' a total of at .least 8000 tons Of explosives. : ; f- T Sixteen rail, Junctions, eight airfields and ' numerous ' ' other ' 'Installationswhich Hitler heped to use la eombatttng the coming western Invasion were Bounded In the gisantie onslaught which -began soon after midnight f and extended twice around the clock ' Into darkness tonight p H Allied i losses announced for. all the 'operations from midnight to midnight amounted to seven RAF heavies, . two US heavies, three American mediums, two American light bombers, , five . .American fighters and one American CghU er-bomber a total of 20 planes. . Every type ef plane based In Britain was thrown Into the un precedented bombardment with the allied expeditionary ; air force which win move into the continent In support of the , invasion landings flying more than 40QO sorties. " " 1" An American armada of nearly 1250 heavy bombers and fighters set the pace for the daylight blows with attacks in three airfields and one rail center after the' RAF had! started the day's cycle with at tacks on ' four important French rail centers. - The Americans sent out a four-: to-one escort 1000 fighters ac companying a force of approxi mately 230 Foitieaes ,aid Ltb erators in the principal - day light operation.; ' v -Jfi -: Possibly the air command sua- j pected strong fighter opposition and wanted to be prepared by sending: out one ef the highest escort ratios - of the war, but the precaution proved unne- ; eessarr. The fighters went look lag for trouble, yet sighted on-' ly a. few German planes and none of these reached the bomb : ers. . ;-. : . Two 1 nazis were downed while the American loss was two bomb ers and five fighters, most of them probably victims of ilak. , Long after the heavies returned to their bases the skies over France remained thick with the medium bombers, fighters t and other light planes of the AEAF. . Marauders and Havocs ' ' the terrible twins of the American side of j the AEAF alone ' dumped more thaa 850 tons of bombs on five airfields, the port (Turn to Page 2 Story B) , Throng Hails Don Gentile's Return JHpme PIQUA, O, May O-fjirVCapt Don S. Gentile came home tonight to a hero's welcome . that . devel oped . into such unrestrained fer vor that women ripped pieces from his uniform . and tore 'the captain's bars from his shoulders. The Mustang fighter pilot ; who bagged 30 enemy planes to' be come the top American ace in the European theatre had to force his. way through a throng that ig nored a driving rainstorm to hail his return i after three years at war. 1 He arrived by automobile from Columbus, to where he flew late in the day from Washington in an army transport plane furnished personally by Gen.' Henry H.! Ar nold, commander of the army air forces. -'vf':i -vk -; v':w" "C-.,; V: ' y. Sirens steered him down- the main street of this midwest farm ing town to a little white cottage on a corner where his father. Patsy Gentile, , and ' his 19-year-old sister, Edith waited. ; . v Thousands of : persons jammed the neighborhood and as . the es corted "motorcade screamed into (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Japs Disclose Deaths . Of Two High Admirals NEW YORK,- May 20-ff)-The deaths of Japanese Rear Admirals Torajiro Sato, "the pride of the submarine iunits,,, 7and Tomejiro Tamagi were disclosed today by Japan's" Dome! news age nc y broadcasting a list of 84 naval of ficers who were killed in action between August 1940, and; De cember, 1943. , tl Jap Torpedo s , - Coming la through heavy (upper) approaches an American aircraft carrier during jtbe April 2S-J0 attack by US" carrier-based planes oa the Jap stronghold of Truki Mortally hit the torpedo-earryhig Jap U close to the carrier (center). Then billows of black smoke marks the pyre of j the plane : (lower), near another carrier. Gets Fi rs From Eisenhxiwer By JAMES LONDON, May 20-3)-en. Dwight D. Eisenhower'i supreme invasion headquarters broadcast its first direct orders to Eu rope's underground tdday, telling that huge aiid revenge-thirsty army to make careful and minute, note of Germans every move to aid in the coming assult aIn due course ' the broadcast declared, fyou advice and instructions from theO supreme commander (Eisenhower) himself,", who "counts upon you as part ' of his forces now being marshalled to inflict final defeat on the Germans and bring about the final liberation of your coun tries." ,,.,;''' The first message to the T" army, . Implying; that: regular ' broadcasts would be made, said ! the next one would be oa Mon day. "When the allies come to liber ate you they , will rely on your help in: many ways. In no, more valuable jway can this be given than: by i information about . the en any." 1 - .: : .';..-r, ' l The - headquarters spokesman called on' the underground to note' Ithe r strength and ' movements of German troops, tanks; guns, to spot location' of supply ? dumps,?- and urged the patriot army to be "dis ciplined and vigilant" to bide ail your actions until the word is giv en.: i - v 4" ' i'-''M' x Meanwhile the allied air of fensive against strategle rail centers and by German ae-'; count at least swUt sweeps of the channel waters by enemy and allied ships were filling out the pattern which Berlin says win precede D day Urging everyone to care for his (Turn to Page 2 Story. E) Senate Passes Vew Tax Bill WASHINGTON, May 2(M-A "painless extraction' tax bill, de signed to excuse some 30,000,000 of the nation's 50,000,000 taxpay ers from having to fill out any more federal income tax returns, passed' the senate today by voice vote. ; ' r 1 The measure, which obligates the collector of. internal revenue to do most taxpayers arithmetic, was: sent back to the house for concurrence in . minor, technical changes.' i-'. l:- x ::a. ' -: :' tit reshuffles the entire income tax structure, scrapes . the - two-year-old victory tax and sets new normal and surtax rates and' ex emptions: while' holding the total individual income tax burden on ly $80,000,000 smaller than the present $17,000,000,000 level. Plane Downed I 1 . ,1 - r..-ii: A, 1 ! I anti-aircraft fire, a Jap! torpedo plane (AP Wlrephoto from! navy) f t! t Orders M. LONG t. v . ' j will receive Cordon Hi Over Election PORTLAND, j Mat 2D-P-Ex-pressing pleasure that he had been chosen republican candidate for the balance of ithe late! Sen. Mc Nary's term. Sen. Guy Cordbn in a telephone message from Wash ington today thanked nils supjport ers. ' - -;:'-. - :;h The large vote given ex-Governor Sprague Ideally jshows the high . esteem in which he is held by the people " of Oregon and . in which I am" happy to Join,"; Cor don said. ' i -i 1" r "I am particularly gratified, that the campaign was conducted with out leaving any scars. I hope that the republican party; now that the party contest is over, will j show November a united front at the election.' .1- "As for me, I shall Continue to try, to. Justify the confidence shown in me." ! ve OfDestroyin By WES GALLAGHER - LONDON. May 20-)-For 1 the first time in a yearlthe western allies are believed by military men in Britain to have a good chance to destroy a German army, thanks to Hitler's reported "fight and die: orders m "ltary f j : Hitler is understood to have is sued orders last "Winter : for the German ' armies !in Italy to' hold their positions and fight to Ithe last man, a strategy Which In -the recent past has; resulted in two great defeats. for. the- Germans. . ; First, there was the! debacle at Stalingrad, which resulted in the destrnction; of the German Sixth army by the Eussiaas, . and , the second, the big; defeat Jost s year are this month when Hitler lefr bis Africa corpe to ' its; fate in Timisla and 1 Gen. ; Dwight b. Eisenhower's forces wiped it ont.'- ! ! ;.;. At that time the German army still had plenty t of reseWes and could afford heavy losses. Now Allies Ha Nazis' Ldse7Medvily- En Men, Equipment, With Masty Retreat - v By EDWARD KENNEDY 7 1 i . ; AUlED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, Blay 20 (AP)-r-American ,gtnd Fre n eh troops, smashing through the crumbling Hitler line, pounded the whole southern half of the German front back today in a Wide swing toward a new wall anchored at Terracina only 25 miles, from allied might massed on the Anxio beach head. ' ' ? tjr The Germans lost heavily in men, tanks, and guns . as they were being forced back in disorder up to 15' miles to a new -"switch line" from Pico to Terracina, 1 1 O headonarters riHart j " Gordon M orse inners Dewey Leading f Stassen, Bricker j By Huge Margin I By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr. I PORTLAND, Ore, May 20 Jfy Late returns from yester day's Oregon primary election gave) Wayne L. Morse, former war labor board member, vic tory "over US Sen. Rufus C. Holman, while Seiy Guy Cor dan was i leading: I Ex v" - Gov. Charles ''A.-; Sprague) for the four-year senate term. with : 33 scattered rural pre cincts of 1828 unheard from the presidential, preference primary standings were: Dewey 21,502.. Lt Commander Harold E. Stas sen 2531. --"':: ! Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio 1233.- -?;V WendeU Willkie received 140 votes in 818 precincts although he had withdrawn. : " ' - Mom, 43, former Oregon law school dean and war labor board member, led 6-year-oId Sena tor Holman SU83 to 54J83 In unofficial returns from 160S of the 1828 precincts. In the republican race for the unexpired term of the late Sen. Charles . L. McNary, Cordon had 5713 in 1555 ' precincts, com pared with 53,057 for - Sprague, 5374 for John- McBride, and 5298 for Henry Black. - ' . r I Morse's November general election opponent will be Edgar W. Smith, Portland, member ef the state board of 'higher edo cation, who won the, democratic nomination easily from Walter . Wj Whltbeck, r v: : I Willis : Mahoney, former Klam ath Falls mayor, making his third attempt to get to the US senate, was unopposed for the democratic nomination for the four-year term. The Morse-Holman struggle was the most bitter of the campaign, Morse charging Holman as being isolationist, and Holman accusing More of being "a new deal stooge." : Rep, James W. Mett of Salem, the only one of Oregon's four congressmen to have opposition ii (Turn to Page 2 Story F) g Nazi A rmy the situation is reversed, but Hit ler's strategy to all appearances has not.'; . ; . In Sicily and dnrlnr the Ital ian campaign an til Naples was captnred last fall the allied ar mies had little chance to in flict a crushing, blow on the Germans, who f o n g h t rear- ' guard actions with a few divt . sions until reaching; the Gustav line. Then they brought in re serves and established a full fixed front and held It on direct ' orders front Bitler." , , :;' ''J Even When the allies landed at Anzio the Germans took their chances and held on. The strate gy worked while the allies had to build up' supplies and operate lim ited oflensives. ' : Cut now Genu Sir Harold Alexander, the allied comman der to, Italy, is givbui all-out on the narrow' Italian boot. The Germans could flgbt a long se ries of stubborn rear-guard ae (Turn to Page 2 Story D) Good Chance Link The'-eighth army successfully assaulted the fortified line far ther north and the French punched deeper into the mountains In the center. The nazi "switch line" , rune from Pico in the middle of the Italian front 21 miles .southwest through a horseshoe-shaped moun tain ridge to Teracina on the sea. The lower half ot the Hitler line originally had run through Pico to American - captured Formia nearly 20 miles east of Terracina. Visualizing; on a clock- what this means in territory it is as though the long hand "pivoting: at Poco had moved from 8 (For mia) - W 8 (Terracina). . Associated Press Cereespeu dent Sid Feder, travelling with the, adTancing fifth army along . the coast, reported from the front late tonicht that the Americans had reached a point 35 miles from the Anile beach head "without meeting more ithaa casual eppesitioa.' 4 ' . (If the point reached was along: the coast it would mean' that the : Americans were within about 10 . . miles - of Terracina, : base- of tho ; new German line. Early Saturday the London radio reported that the fifth army was a little more than 20 miles from the beach head, but no source of this report was given - and - later front dis patches failed to confirm it). t -Feder reported that the en- i emy had been; retiring before ; the Americans for the past two days ae fast that they left piles of equipment. Including cannon (Turn to Page 2 Story G) i r , , . . "I ; " - ' ' '. . ' 4 ' City Election Results Follow: Early Trends City election results largely fol lowed early trends revealed Sat- -, urday morning, with Mayor I. M. -Doughton retained In office, his s city manager plan defeated; fire- - - men s retirement fund and three mill levy approved. Salem's vote,' v heaviest sustained interest shown ' in the county, was better than .70 per cent of the registration. ' ! In ; the sixth ward, where a three-way race . for ' one ' council seat was close, "official unofficial" returns give Alderman Tom Arnv strong and Former Aldermon Fred : A. Williams the privilege of bat- tling in out in the November gen eral elections. Armstrong had 444 1 votes;-Williams, 428; H. Grace - Kowitz, 401. , - Other city' votes: . t Mayor . Doughton, 4402; Yea- ter, 3111; Recorder Mundt, un- opposed, 6218. Treasurer-- Han- ser, unopposed, 6359. First ward Kenneth C. Perry,- unopposed, 900. For second posi tion, E. W. Acklin, 564; George , . Lloyd, 306. . Second ward George F. Cham bers, unopposed, 776. Third ward " Lloyd !.T. Rigdon, unopposed, ; 354. Fourth ward Lewis. G. Mit chell, 409; Fred S. Anunsen, 253. - Fifth ward RT' A. Forkner, 807; Patrick A: JarvilL 847. Sixth ward -- James A. Byers, unop posed, 1016,; ; . t - ' Seventh ward Alderman How ard Maple, 653; Edward Majek S63..:iH":: ". -"x xxx'-i- '.l -'-'X't-.x.:-'',: :..-.-:v:; Water commissioner (three . named) Howard Jenks, 4635; ., W. L. Phillips, . 4460; Leslie A. Hamilton, 3745; Edward Rostein,. 3230,:.-'.'I'::::';:.:.a i ;' :-": Firemen's retirement fundYes, ' 3632; no, 3321. ; ? Council-manager form of gov- . ernment for Salem No, 4069; yes, 2325. . . - . Three-mill levy for expansion and improvement of sewer system, , parks and" playgrounds " -i Yes, 4717; no, 2077. ... ' "Counting boards In several pre- . clncts operated Saturday morning; with-reports from Nos. 6 and 15 last received. ' -vr