1"'
Weather,
Uaxlnram tempt ratnre
Friday 14 degrees; mlnlmara
44; me- precipitation; river
-.7 ft. Satsvday aai Sunday .
fair; . emilaae&
!?CrCSirjQ
LHT? QQji
.( . pcundiid ICS! I -
The Weyerhauser interests have
purchased the Pillsbury block, of
47,000 acres of timber lying up
Coos river to the Umpqua divide.
This is the largest block of tira
ber left in private hands in f the
state, except that in -the hands
of operators. Two years "ago
went through this timber on the
old Coos Bay wagon road. It Is a
magnificent stand of Douglas fir
and ready, for harvest. The coun
try is mountainous but the drain
aee rives access bv valleva to the
. umoer op, jne - oenseiy wooaea
. slopes. " - .; ,- , . .
; .There are some interesting sto
ries in connection with this tim
: ber. When the Coos Bay wagon
.. road' company was lormed it re-
. . ctlred .as a grant the odd-num
bered sections of lands adjacent
:o. Its riglftof way. The Pills
m burrs who .'were flouring mill
1 - v f- L....L1 ....
. people m Minneapolis,, oougut uy
j - the even-numbered sections as an
investment After the wagon road
- ernment tr.e Pillsbury made an
, exchange v-jth the 'government so
that each got his holdings in solid
V; Mneki. " Just a few veari later
;.?curred the Tioga burn which
viestroyed most of the timber on
; the lands which PUlsburys had
" Pillsbury tracts escaped . the fire.
During the depression the own
ers whd were heirs of the original
holders were : divided in their
opinion 'on whether they, should
' continue to pay taxes on the
lands' or not. Some were said Jo
be in favor of throwing the lands
V upland letting the county take
- over. They decided to hold on
' . however.- and the sale to the
. :; Weyerhausers was made, undoubt
edly at a very good price in view
of the present timber market.
This sale gives the Weyerhau
sers title to about 100.000 acres
of timberland . in the Coos area.
They .- have purchased ' a millsite
at North Bend, so the timber. will
. flow down to Coos Bay for mill
ing and shipping. " ;
; This deal makes Weyerhausers
. ' even more of a dominating factor
in the Oregon lumbering industry
than before. -; A few years ago
they (continue1 on editorial page
Senate
Hits Seizure
iOIWard Maul
I - ";- ' r.- . ' " :.f. ...
i WASHINGTON, May 26-P-"
Every government agency con
- cerned with - the ; Montgomery
' Ward case was taken sharply
to task today in a senate judi
. ciary subcommittee report
which held r that President
'. Roosevelt had "no constitution
: al or (.statutory authority" to
order seizure of the company's
' Chicago plant. ''
. The report, which attributed
' VmBMu. ' misleading. fartU,
I Taut aad immaterial statements
', and allegations' to Attorney
CSeneral Francis Biddle, was as
: sailed by the Utter In torn as
r containing "aboard eenelasieas.'
, Biddle, target of the subcom
mittee's severest criticism,' declar
t ed he had been denied an oppor-
f tunity to appear before the group
and likened ' its investigation to
Group
i
: "star chamber methods.' .
"No eases are cited In the re-
; port," Blddlo asserted, in eon--,
rinding that the president did
not have the .constitutional
- v powers to aet In the Hontgom-
' ery. Ward ease. Ths snbeommlt-
; tec makes no reference to the
. : sspremo court eases which
i clearly reeognlxe sneh powers.".
! Biddle said he had referred the
subcommittee to, those cases since
; he had mentioned them in a brief
.. filed in the -Ward case. t
- '. ... The attorney general also, cited
I an. opinion ot; the US district
. court for-4he western district of
: KmtucKT. wmcn neia inai wiui-
' ' out oil act of congress there was
j -.v sufficient, authority ,by the terms
... t of. the constitution itself to Jus
- I tify" the federal seizure of a Ken-
J a 1 4 1 J lMkM .AwuBIB! a.
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Roosevelt Spealts of Coming Action
As Liberation Rather Than Invasion
By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
WASHINGTON, May 26-i5)
President Roosevelt - dropped a
hint today that the allied offen
sive against Europe is not far
off,' saying the actions coming off
this summer ought " to be called
the liberation rather than, the in
vasion of Europe, -u-'
, . In . a n e w s conference, Mr.
Jlcosevelt also said he hoped to
have another: conference with
Trine Minister Churchill but was
j.. icfinite' as to'the time -; '
" Arked if he expected to see the
British leader this summer, he
g:'i in the summer, the fall or
t.3 late spring.. ' ;
":hy not .winter?" a reporter
He 'didn't like to travel, par
ticularly on the Atlantic, in the
v : -.'..r, llr. r.oosevelt replied.
tnNmr-rousTH tear
Lumber
Walkouts
Increase
; WLB Drops Case
Until Men Go
7 Back to Work
j .. .... ,;
... PORTLAND, May 26
Lumber walkouts increased ov
er the northwest today, un-
j . . . ,
checked by a war labor board
(WLB) warning that only re
sumption I of work would' en
able further . consideration of
wage demands.
. Simultaneously . with . the
statement iof William H. Davis,
WLB chairman, that the board
will resume handling cases on ap
peal "when the' men have -come
back '" to work," 500 men walked
out of sii mills in the logging
center of Lane county.
! Both the CIO International
Woodworkers of America " and
the AFX Lumber ' and Sawmill
Workers have scheduled execu
tive meetings here tomorrow
: morning, however, and will con
sider the WLBs stand at that
time.
Indirectly, the WLB statement
held out hope of a change in the
wage increase denial which has
sent from 30,000 to 40,000 lumber
workers off the job.
Davis said the WLB decision,
"made after painstaking consid
eration," was final, bat empha-
- sized that it was based only on
lumber workers' contention that
an emergency manpower situa
tion existed In this area.
Wage increases, asked on other
grounds, could still be made if
they fell within the provisions of
the wage stabilization act The
WLB still has pending 77 differ
ent cases and a general wage ap
peal for lumber workers. The AFL
asked an increase from 90 cents
an hour to a $1.05 minimum, and
the CIO to $fc02V4. ; XV-Z
i A MAlfnel!I " Sim-m " wit?
IIS A FL SawmUi Workers
walked .'eat "today General !
Manager Elmer S. Worth closed
down his; lotting camp ' opera
tions, .charging anion officials
with responsibility for the
walkout J'
"Union, officials term of an un
official walkout is not accurate,"
he said. "Workers have been ad
vised that a vote taken in the fall
of 1942, when wage demands were
first referred to the west coast
lumber commission, was the basis
for the present strike, and that a
new strike vote is unnecessary 1
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8500 Japanese
' SOUTHEAST A S I A. HEAD
QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, Slay
25-VPWaPnes attempts to seize
the Imphal .plain in India have
cost them j 8500 men since March
and are continuing to bleed them
heavily, allied headquarters an
nounced today, while on the mon-son-drenched
North Burma front
at Myitkyina the enemy still was
reported clinging desperately to
all main positions in the strong
hold. ,,::.:-.: v..;.;---- - v .-r;
-.The slaughter was going on in
the Imphal area, with heavy cas
ualties inflicted upon the 33rd and
15th Japanese divisions plus re
inforcements which originally to
talled about 30.000 men, a head
quarters spokesman said.' .
-In a recent attack on allied
forward positions along the Palel-
Tamu road, the . Japanese were
thrown back- in an attempt to
penetrate positions on the south
west edge of the plain, and today's
communique said they left 200
dead on the field. - -. --.
It was i not developed whether
Mr. Roosevelt by saying the late
spring, meant , this year or next
year which would be after, the
inauguration o f,?,t h o president
elected next fall. . " ' , J
In a discussion of post - war
planning, Mr. Roosevelt said ideas
for a post-war plan for over-all
security have been reduced to a
rough draft and, in response to a
question, that he was finding Rus
sia a satisfactory and cooperative
collaborationist , ;.
The whole discussion began
with reference to a recent edi
torial in ; the Washington Post -
Calling invasion "a common or
garden episode in warfare", the
editorial .said the assault upon
Hitler's Europe was far more
than that ,
"It Is libcratiai," it added.
10 PAGES
Ikelr;vects
Trooggyisits
Kir George
V C3
May w 25-(ff-Gen.
Eisenhower, whose
woru ' .11 hurl the full might of
an allied invasion upon the nazi
bound continent returned to su
preme headquarters today after a
swift Inspection tour of British
land forces under his overall com-'
mand, well pleased with the thor
ough training of this army Bri
tain has assembled 'to wring ven
geance for the Dunkerque of four
years ago, ;
He pronouhced the men fit and
ready for their part in the job to
come and that probably was his
word to their king, whom he vis
ited briefly upon his return from
the field, f : " , "1
In Moscow, declaring that this
whole great fighting alliance was
poised on the "threshold of new
events which will be historic," the
official soviet newspaper, Izvestia,
said "the day is not far- distant
when the world ; will see . Anglo-Soviet-American
. military might
develop in all its power." . -
For fheirpart, the Germans ex
pect allied power to reach its
climactic maximum by this sum
mer, according to the nazi news
agency DNB.
Seeking to take the edge off
German tension, drawn taut by 18
months of fatlering defense top
ped by . looming defeat in Italy
and merciless battering by allied
bombers, DNB in a long dispatch
went back to its favorite hint that
Germans would not wait forever
for the invasion.
"There is no doubt" the dis
patch said, "that the German tac
tics do not consist of waiting on
the defensive for an unlimited
time." i It added that German
forces were charging up "energies
of which the enemy may have
some idea, but which! will surprise
him when one day they let loose
invasion or no invasion."
Mae s Planes
Pound Biak
In Schoiitens
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Satur
day, May 27- (JP) -Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's long-range Libera
tors are continuing their incessant
pounding of Biak island on the
route ' to the Philippines, head
quarters announced today.
. In their 22nd successive raid
on the major Schouten islands
base, 260 miles northwest of cap
tured Hollandia, the Liberators
dumped heavy loads Thursday to
bring their total tonnage to more
than 700.-
Ther was no report of the
progress for ground troops on the
Dutch New Guinea mainland In
their. battle for the partially com
pleted Japanese air base at Maf
fin, 10; miles up the coast from
Wakde ' island, which was taken
May 19.
Continuation of heavy air raids
on the Schoutens, following the
pre-invasion pattern of near-sat
uration bombloads, resulted in
three I largo fires Thursday, the
communique reported. Manokwa
rL on the head of New Guinea
across ! Geelvink bay ; from the
Schoutens, was hammered again.
Other bombers kept up exter
mination attacks on by-passed Ja
panese 'garrisons at Wewak, Brit
ish New Guinea, and Rabaul, New
Britain. The Wewak area received
75 tons Thursday and Rabaul 66
tons the day before. . -
MacArthur's' communique made
no mention of operations in the
Maffin bay area, but headquar
ters spokesmen said meager re
ports filtering back from the front
lines Indicated - the stubborn Ja
panese; defenders were withdraw
ing under heavy American infan
try and artillery fire. .
'That U a word of the heart Le
us then call this Invasion the lib
eration, the end and not the
means,', the civilizing purpose and
not the military mission, the war
aim and not the battle operation.'
Mr. Roosevelt said he heartily
agreed .
1 He went on to speak of liber
ation as more than the military
operation and recalled reading
recently that it was late in the
summer of 1918 before this coun
try began a study of postwar
problems. -:- ;i v
This time, he said, we are tak
ing up the problems and making
specific recommendations r
plans. There was the internation
al food conference last year, the
recent international-labor office
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Zcdwa. Oregon. Saturday Morning, May 27. 1844
Allies;
STATUTf Witli
Arrows Indicate allied drives In
American patrols from Anslo and
retreating to positions (broken line) north of the Appian way. (AP
3-Pqwer 'Super Cabinet9
Might Soon Be Formed
By ALEX H. SINGLETON i
LONIXJN, May 26-s)-I,onnation of a trl-power 'super
cabinet" to deal with the international diplomatic problems pf
Britain, Russia and the United States may be the next develop
ment in plans to create, before victory, an international organ
ization to keep the peace. . ..f
Just how far the idea has developed remains uncertain, but
its necessity hasbeen urged ;ioijOj
some time vaasya likely- mem
bership woaid be on a high level
men of such position as Ambas
sador John O. Winant of. the
United States, Lord .Halifax of
Britain and Maxim Litvinoff of
Russia. -J -
(Secretary of State Hull said in
Washington Friday that prepara
tions made by the United States
for organizing a ' post-war world
organization probably were ahead
of those made by any other gov
ernment but he said it was an
other matter whether they would
result in formation of an organi
zation before the end of the war.)
Supporting the possible crea
tion of such an . agency are these
factors: '- -; -? : ' "' v
1. Information in high British I
quarters . that the three nations
are planning to get together soon
to study the structure of a world
organization.
2. Criticism in the press, con
gress and, the house of commons
over failure of the European ad
visory commission to handle ef
ficiently such problems as the
Italian political situation, rela
tions with the French national
committee and the Polish-Russian
controversy.
3. Recommendations in some
places : that United Nations ma
chinery must be . established for
quick coordinated action to deal
with similar problems after the
invasion.' ... .
4. Current consultations in
Washington between . President
Roosevelt and Ambassadors Win
ant and W. Averell Harriman,
which have been " extended , be
yond original intentions plus the
refusal of presidential secretary
Stephen Early to confirm or deny
that Winant will be given another
assignment
3. Reports from neutral sources
that a three-way diplomatic shift
in the United SUtes set-up is be
ing planned, with Winant remain
ing in . Washington,", Harriman
coming to London and possibly
Sumner . Welles takine over the
Moscow post ,
President Roosevelt
Gets Health Checkup
' WASHINGTON, May 26-ff)
President) Roosevelt underwent a
brief physical examination at the
navy medical center ; in nearby
Bethesda. Maryland, today' to
make certain that his recent
month's . rest i in the ' south had
erased the effects of a series of
winter ailments.
-.The results of the examination
probably will not be made public
until next week, i- ; . : ;
- During - the winter the president-
was 111 with the flu, colds,
and bronchial trouble. . One : of
the purposes of today's examina
tion was to make certain al
traces of any bronchial disorder
hste vanished. . "i-
SIGH
u
Merge oh Ttco
Italy, where the two batUefronts
the eastern front met at Borro
Rome May Not
Be Defended
LONDON, May X6fP)-Tne
Vichy radio eaoted a German
saJIIUry spvkesouua Unlfht as
saying Rome woald not be de
fended and that the nazis next
stand weld bo on a thte Berth
of the city prepared soon ths ago.
This aaoertloa came as the
Germans opened a pnpagaada
eajBpaiga designed to ease the
shock at homo of what appar
ently was regarded as the tm
peadmg fall of the city. '
' . Qaoting the spokesman, the
Vicky broadcast, recorded by
"the aataktry of tafermstioa.
said eaptaro of Rotao "woald
raring o sew etemoat la the
geaeral eondnet of the war ex
cept for the prestige which
woald be gained by this
China Admits
Probable Fall
Of Loyang
CHUNGKING, May 25-iff-
The Chinese command announced
late tonight that contact with the
ancient Chinese - city of Loyang
had been cut and an Official ar
my spokesman said it probably
had ' fallen' to strong: Japanese
forces which have been besieging
it for days. Tokyo" claimed cap
ture of the city yesterday.
"Since the night of May 24 the
enemy has been, making continu
ous attacks on Loyang." said a
Chinese communique. "Since yes
terday, morning the situation, at
Loyang has been obscure, as con
tact with the defenders has been
cut J 1 ;.:"i&v::t
Mai. Gen. C C. Tseng, army
spokesman, said that although the
city probably had fallen be could
not announce it formally until he
had received confirmation. Loy
ang, six times capital of China,
lies sin northwestern ' Honan on
the Lunghai railway,, guarding an
historic approach to interior Chi
na.
The Japanese drive . through
Honan westward . toward Shensi
province has been halted at all
main points. Gen. Tseng said.':
' The spokesman denied official
Chinese reports of last Tuesday
that the Chinese forces in Yun
nan province along the border, of
Burma had cut the Burma road
by capturing the town of Che-
fang.
'The ofrici&l communique was
incorrect, he said, being based on
reports from the field telling of
the capture Of Chifan, a village
northeast of Tengchung, the main
Japanese base in Yunnan.
f7
Fronts
(black lines) were merged
when
Grappa. Germans were reported
Wirephoto) it
FDR Sets Meet
On Postivar
iuoney er-up
W A S H I NGTQN, May 26 -yP)
PrMMmt Rnncvl1t ipnt nut's rail
today for a conference 4f the
postwar money problems starting
July 1. L It :
He invited 42 j governments, in
eluding the French committee of
liberation, to send representatives
to. Brfetton Woods, NH, for con
sideration .of proposals which in
dude: j . i;
. 1. An .. international monetary
plan, revolving around an $8,000,
000,000 gold-baked stabilizatjion
fund, providing for a value in gold
for each nation's! currency and re
stricting fluctuations of any (coun
try's market transactions in money
of other countries.'' 1 i"
Under this plan, announced last
month as an agreement in prin
ciple 1 among fiscal experts I of
more than 30 nations, the United
States . would provide between
$2,500,000,000 and $2,750,000,000 of
the fund; Britain would furnish
$1,250,000,000, and Russia $1,000,-
000,000. . . ; . h MM
2. A $10,000,000,000 internation
al bank for reconstruction and de
velopment a sort of world RFC
Salem Hat Second"
Warmest Day at 84
- Second wannest day of the
year to-dato an lacking; the ex
treme variety j which featured
the record-breaking May S, Fri-"
day in Salem had a nmrimnm
tempera tore of; t4 d e g r e e s .
reached at I:3t pju.' Not antil
afteraooa did the mereary - la
the official 1 Weather bareaa
thermometer af the Salem air
port commence to mount with1
market rapidity, toppiar de
grees at tS ml . Minimvm
tempera tore was 44 degrees.
Veterans' Union Fees
Will Be CanceUed
Salem canneryworkers' union
will accede to the request Of AFL
President William Green and can
cel initial ' membership fees :for
honorably-discharged veterans' of
any of the United. States services.
members of the; local voted this
week. -rr'?T
- i -
Budget $500 Less Ceiling
Gets Committee s Okeh
Marlon county budget commit
tee " Friday morning approved a
budget approimately ' $500 under
the 9 per cent limitation of $764,-
Included in the . new budget : Is
approimately $400 for 5" per cent
increases ' in . salaries .' for ; county
employes, other; than . those hold
ing - elective offices. However,' a
$193 monthly; ceiling was placed
on such -increases after Commis
sioner Roy Rice epressed his feel
ing that a flat percentage increase
would give the j more ' highly paid
deputies a greater benefit Road
employes will hot come under the
percentage increase since ' their
wae negotiations are made sepa
rately. ;' " '. j -
i However,- in order to bejin the
Pries) Se
n
Yanks
Strong-Mold of Cor I
lnomna nion Drive
By EDWARD KENNEDY . , '
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, SUy 26
(AP) Hard-driving veteran American tank" mnd in
fantry forces tonight apparently were pughing the Ger
mans steadily out of Velletri, strong-point of the nazis
new fIa8t-ditch, defense line 16 miles below Rome.
The Americans - in : n
smashed six miles beyond newly-captured Gsterna and
took the Germans9 mountain
Lat tonight Daniel De Luce, Associated Press
correspondent with the fifth s army soutk of Rome,
reported that fires were raging inO
Velletri and that there were indj-
cations that the enemy had pulled
his artillery back into the hills
out of the city. '
He said there still were some
pockets of stubborn' enemy resist
ance near; Velletri, but indicated
these were being cleared up, quot
ing the " captain; in charge of - one
tank' force as reporting his men
had killed 200 'Germans in mop
ping up a single position.
The allied armies swept ahead
on ' all fronts, ! headquarters - an
nouncing the capture, of a total of
nine towns and half a dozen im
portant heights.; .
. The plunge to Cori carried
the beachhead forces - nearly
half Way from Cisterns to she
Via Caailina, .escape hifhway
for . tens of thousands of Ger
man troops hastily falling back
toward Rome from the ; shat
tered Hitler line In the Iirl
valley - and adjacent moantalns.
; The Imperilled, efteiny forces
represented the . balk ef the
German 10th army.
There was evidence the nazis
were aware of the danger and
were withdrawing with all speed
toward their new defense line.
Today they abandoned lofty Mon
te Cairo, towering height just
north of Cassino, and the town
of Roccasecca, eight miles farther
west. San Giovanni, at the south
ern edge of the Liri valley and'
four miles from the Via Casilina,
also was evacuated in the retreat
San Giovanni had been the scene
of extremely bitter fighting in
recent days. I
Captare of Cori by the Asaer
teaas breaxht aader control , a
moantain pass from which Ger
man7 Ung-ranre gaas battered
the beachhead for nearly foar :
months. The town Is only nine '
miles from where the Via Cast
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Red Planes Sink'
2 Nazi Transports
LONDON, May 27-ffrThe
Russians reported early today that
bombers of the red fleet air force
had attacked German troopsships
in the Barents sea,, north of Nor
wayt early Friday morning, sink
ing two transports and a destroyer
and damaging three others. ? , v
The soviet announcement, in. a
midnight war bulletin did not
specify whether the - transports
were carrying hew German forces
to Norway or Withdrawing troops
already there, j '. J . v"ki-
Earlier the tSermans, In a com
munique, had reported .'the attack
on their convoy and claimed to
have shot down, 69 of 80 attacking
planes. The Russian bulletin said
only seven bombers were lost in
repeated -"mass attacks with
bombs, gunfire and torpedoes.
proposed $7S,00Oi annual sinking
fund for the construction of a new
county, courthouse, budgeteers per
mitted the " public welfare , com
mittee an -increase, of only g per
cent over its budget of last year,
The '.welfare commission asked' an
increase of $28,239, of which $21,
33 would have gone Into the old
age assistance fund.' The budge
committee allowed an increase of
only $13,614, or a total allocation
of $214,014.
A $30,000 . allocation for the
roads and highways sinking fund
was adopted, as contrasted with
$1C0,CC0 : placed in the fund last
year.' after County Judge Grant
Murphy explained that operating
costs had been higher last year.
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No. S3
nv n n
9
Take German
eompanion ' drire today .
strong-hold of Cori.
..' , " ' '. "
Weather Gives
Nazis Respite
By W. W. HERCHER
LONDON,- Saturday, May 27
(iT) British-based bombers appar
ently were striking again l early
today after ' weather gave : Ger
many a 24-hour respite. iThe Ger
man radio reported enemy planes ,
headed toward the Dusseldorf and j
Cologne areas early today. . . I
. A few hours earlier RAT heavy I
bombers, . .flying in two main
streams were heard crossing the I
east coast in strength. .
The German radio reported at i
4 am. (10 pm. Friday " EWT)
that single allied, planes were in
vading western '.' Germany..
Between 500 L and 750 Italy
based - American heavy- bombers ' -blasted,
railyards at Lyon, funnel
point for nazi defenses In south
ern France, for the second, time in
two days yesterday, and ripped
other rail installations in the '
south of France, bringing a furi
ous aerial offensive against fort
ress Europe Into its eighth straight
day.; :X - !, :.u - ;
The weather halted the heavy-
offensive from Britain after 4 a
devastating week in which' mora '
than 32,000 allied aircraft : bat
tered pre-invasion . tarcets : with
some 35,000 tons of bombs.
American Thunderbolts opera ting
as Chter-bombers attacked en
emy airfields and rail targets is -
northern France in the afternoon,
however, and Britain-based Mos
quito ' bombers ' resumed their
harassment against nazi installa
tions in the same area, attacking
withous . loss;1: ; v-, i,: ,
More than 325 medium bombers
participated In the operation, in
which one Marauder and one
Thunderbolt escort were reported .
missing. One enemy fighter was
shot down. , : - '
The Marauders, racing 40 miles
southwest of Paris for their 17th
attack on Luftwaffe bases in sev
en days, were reported to have
caused heavy damage at Chartrea. '
The flak there was. Intense, but
lighter - elsewhere," returning pi
lot reported.;-'; f i
P-47 and P-38 fighter-bombers
bombed two airfields, machine-"
gunned - another and bombed " a
bridge in northern France. The
American planes claimed i IS
FW190s were destroyed on , the
ground and four JU88s probably
destroyed during the strafing ot a
field at Cormeilles,' 40 miles in
land." Fields near Creil were fat-
tacked by one group of P47 fighter-bombers,
while another struck
at a field near' Evreux, 55 roHes
northwest of Paris. ; The latter
group clainoed destruction of three
locomotives on the way home, T .
YanK Planes'
Pound Isles ' - 7
US PACIFIC FLEET JOAD-
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, May
26-(fls)-rThe navy announced to
night that army and navy planes
had attacked Kusaie and Ponape
islands, both In the. Carolines, and
also had , bombed enemy posWona ;
in the Marshalls. . & .5;t
f-Text of the Pacific, ; announce
ment: I - ;
"Single search planes" of fleet
air wing 2 bombed Kusaie island
during daylight on May 25 (west
longitude US- date).. Medium
anti-aircraft jfire was encounter-
ed. .r . : I
: VTonape island was attacked by
7th army J airforce Mitchells on
jJay 24. Jm airfield and dock
areas were hit Anti-aircraft fire .;
was meager. One of our aircraft
was damaged. 1 v . - , j
, V