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U'fp ggQOS US- Forces "Eouw j ? Congressman Mott has introduce bill to declare Japanese nation als now in this country to . be Amdesirabto -enemy -aliens -and or --derinc -"their rima-aediato-afcorta.? -tion on the cessation of hostilities. Congressman if ott asserted on the floor of -the bouse in support of his bill: . "I venture to say that if a poll were taken today of all the people in the- United States to determine whether they desired alien Jap anese to remain in this country after the -war, the verdict would be at least 90 per cent against allowing them to remain. On the Pacific Coast that verdict would be unanimous." - He " warned however that the bill would have to be enacted "during the war "because, if de ferred,, the sentimentalist propa Uganda which has always followed - every war would render its en actment improbaable j if - not im possible.' .- As far as the hell-raisers among the Japs down at Tulelake they have already proven themselves undesirable aliens and can be ejected without new - legislation and should be. But I think we should study both sides of the shield before kicking out the Jap nationals against whom there is no record of misconduct ' in this country. We are In quite as much danger from hysterical legislation In war time as from sentimental legislation after the war. If we kick out all the Jap nationals we can expect Japan to do the same with American nat ionals. Maybe Japan will do that anyway. But when the war lis over I we will want to resume (Continued on Editorial Page) Nazis Dare Not Leave Defense Lines in West LONDON, May 21-(Jfy-ln these last days before the June full moon Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt's army of the west has taken up its final defensive posi-tion-i-from which the naxis ad- . . . a 1 A nut iney aare not Duage even mj avert disaster : in Italy to 'meet the shock of a n. approaching in- saying the whole course rot,,' the wtr will be decided this summer.. The Germans, with a. nervous eye on -the French channel coast : and contending with the spectre of a" heavy assault by soviet. Russia from the east, also have haunting . fnr, , tttmt thm klliM - intend tA -break' into fortress Europe . through Scandinavia. - i This is' reflected in the worst wave of nasi terror yet experien ced in Norway and Denmark, ac cording . to reports from Stock- . MM . f A f X noun, iiunj uiwciu ytuniu have been, executed since May; t, and in Denmark 19 high Danish official and military men are un der arrest, charged with partici pating in a secret military organ- ization. the resorts said. 1 , Ready to spring, the allies to day warned Europe's underground . vasien armies fight their way into "the continent .from the west, to take cover from bombardment, to ; maintain discipline- and to fol low the orders of their leaders hn plicitly. The warning was beamed - ' to the continent from Gen. Dwight V. Eisenhower's supreme head quarters. . ' " . Across ' the 20-mile watergap which separate these two worlds, Britons went into their traditional " (Turn to Page 2 Story C) : New Fighting Breaks Out . CHUNGKING,- , M a y 27-P) Fighting has broken out in the neighborhood of Tsungyang, about 73 miles south of Hankow, in southern Hupeh province. Chinese communique reported to day, and the possibility was being discussed here of a vast pincers against the Chinese rear as a like ly l Japanese .move in central China, aimed eventually , at this wartime capital. " Chinese! dispatches claimed the Japanese drive in ' Honan prov ince, which; is north of Hupeh, has been stalled, and that a Chi nese counter-offensive is making progress, but if was believed pos sible that the invaders were ad Jus ting their positions and. bring ing up reinforcements for renewed assault - ,v.Vrvv4.. The Chinese communique re ported " "further progress; in the "Loyang sector," particularly east cl Lushih, but the fall of the an cient walled city of Loyaht itself, claimed by the Japanese, has been conceded as a probability of Chi nese here.' In the vicinity of Loy ang, planes of the Chinese-Amer ican wing of the 14th air force itrafed enemy troops yesterday,' a communique of Lt. Gen. Joseph 7,7. Etilwell's headquarters said, J illir.2 many enemy troops and I'--'- v'rt at least 30 trucks. AtTsuhgyang IHSTTTTOXniTH YEAH Americans . Land: : j ait Wet? jump Ehilipp Within 900 Miles j By:MURLlN SPENCER ' '''t ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Sunday, May 2& (AP) Veteran American Infantrymen forced, a landing at Biak island in the Schoutens yesterday ag-ainst strons Japanese resistance and battled their way toward airfields that will base allied planes for assaults on the Philippines. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, announcing' the Invasion to day, i said the hardened Yanks stormed the ' southeastern beaches of the island after dawn and by nightfall had estab lished a strong beachhead a mile east and a mile west of ' O Boenik. - -' Speakei LtCelea T.' Jenk"1tb 41 vision ' chaplain, whe has been mm flat? with twe embt airl- siens at Camp Adair since Aur as t,' 1942 4sd has become wide ly Iuwwb - as a pnblle speaker threogheut - Oregen - religtons, elvie aad( edoeational elreles,' will detfver the MeaaorUl dy address 1 n : Salem en Taesday afternoon - Memorial Day Program Set For Tuesday Tribute to those whoJuve given their lives on this nation's battle fields will be combined ' with pledge of good faith to men and women now under their country's colors - in Salem's Memorial "day observance Tuesday. ; - Lt CoL Loren T.-Jenks, 70th division infantry chaplain; speak er of the day, has chosen as his subject "The People Remember The address will be delivered at the . afternoon' exercises in - the armory. - " " -r'" '" - First on the day's program wil be memorial services at the Grand Army circle in City View ceme tery at 10 am, followed immed lately by services at nearby Amer ican Legion circle. -M Honoring those who lost their lives; at sea, services will be con ducted at 1p.m. on' the Marion Polk ! county bridge. ' " - V': The parade, for which CoL Carle Abrams, grand-marshal, Saturday issued general orders, will assem (Turn to Page 2 Story If) '. FDR Supporter Assumes Lead in North Carolina .;v";:'-j By the Aasodatod Preis ; " " i Former, Governor Clyde- R.' Hoey, a supporter of administra tion: policies, took a strong lead , last night in returns' from North Carolina's democratic primary to nominate a successor, to Senator Robert R. Reynolds, frequent ad ministration critic who did not seek reelection. v .Hoey, 68-year-old Shelby law yer,; held a better than two to one edge Over Rep. Cameron Mor- rison, ' his 'closest - competitor 'in the five-man race, in reports from about half of the state's precincts. The three ; o t h e r contestants trailed far behind f ' In the stale's three-man demo cratic' gubernatorial primary, R. Gregg Cherry, Gastonia lawyer, led the field by a wide margin with Dr. Ralph McDonald, Winston-Salem educator. In second place." . ; ; , ;v :CC '( Retvrns from 882 of 1921 pre- cincts, .in the senatorial contest Salem, Mrgs 2D PAGES iner founds This vault 200 miles toward, the Philippines from Wakde island, conquered only last week in an other jump up the New Guinea coast was hailed immediately by the general as the virtual conclu sion of the allied campaign on that huge island. The jungle-green-clad veterans of other New Guinea amphibious operations rushed up the sandy, gently-sloping beaches less than 900 miles from the southern Phil ippines after an intensive bom bardment by American and Aus tralian cruisers. The landing itself was one of the most heavily opposed of any made by MacArthur's forces in the' southwest Pacific theatre. The Japanese, 1 e d g e d In strong positions overlooking the beaches, opened np with heavy1 mortar and antomatie weapons fire. MacArthur's communique said,?, however,--that American leases In ' the ' operation were llgmX v-1- -' Simultaneously with the land ing enemy shore batteries. carried on a long-range - duel with the American and Australian cruisers and other naval craft A head-, quarters., spokesman said minor damage and casualties were suf fered by the naval force. - The last report at headqnar tcrs told ef the American infan trymen hammering ahead to ward the Mokmer, Seride and Berekee airdromes seven miles away. . Bat they were rawing, lato strong enemy resistance, j Announcing the landing on Biak, MacArthur said: v ."Capture of this stronghold will give us command and domina tion ' of Dutch New Guinea ex cept for isolated enemy positions. For strategic purposes, this marks the practical end of the New Guinea campaign." Then in a special statement the general added: . j - ijThe results ef the offensive -which was launched m this the atre 11 months age have more than fulfilled my J most eptl mist hopes and expectations. -The operations have apprecia- bty advanced us en ear way. J am especially thankfal for ear; , light losses. Nothing could more (Turn to Page 2 Story G) ? Lt. Norris Ballangrud Listed Killed in Actiori SILVERTON, Mar 27Friends have received word that 2nd . Lt Norrls S. Ballangrud was ' listed as killed in action on the European front recently. He 1s" the son -of Mr. and Mrs. H. Baflangrud now of Portland but formerly of Sil verton. Hi widow,"Anna G. Bal langrud, of Portland also sur vives. . , ' gave Hoey 83,263 votes and Mor iison 34,155. Reports from 929 precincts in the gubernatorial race gave Cherry 81,213 votes and Mc Donald 56,299 while the third can didate,' Olla Ray Boyd of. Pine- town, had only 614. -' Meanwhile, Connecticut and Utah . democrats jumped on . the fourth term bandwagon and boosted President Roosevelt's con vention delegate I strength to : i record-breaking 906. J The Connecticut : democratic convention closed with the adop tion of resolutions favoring fourth i term ; and with instruc tions to the state's delegation to cast - its 18 votes for the presl derjt s . " renomination. Delegates chosen, included Senator Maloney (DrConn.), Homer Chmimings, former attorney general, and f or- mer Governors Wilbur Cross and Robert Hurley. In Utah, ' the democrats heard I (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 23. 1S44 Americans f ' - ' i - Arafura Sea UARWIN-Vt AUSTRALIA Arrow 1 indicates advance by US troops freaa Ter river te reach aa airfield on Maffln bay. Black areas are Japanese-dominated. Biak, where American troops established a beachhead yesterday. Is also shewtf on the map Just north of 1st Tentative Signs Of Peace Appear hi Lumber Strike PORTLAND, Ore., May 27-(P)-The first tentative signs of peace 'appeared today in the still spreading Northwest Lumber Workers' walkout which has closed a dozen more plants since this morning. j . ; ? - : In the wake of an AFL charge that .the war labor board has shown "complete lack ot understand fag. of thejumber situation," Allied Airmen Get Warning -From Nazis stockholm May 27 1 (jpj German Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels, writing in the nazi nsWspapcr Volkischer Beo- bachte, declared today that allied airmen, bailing out over Germany no longer would have nazi police and military ; protection 'agatasi German civilians. . . ' - ': J Aftonbladet's Berlin correspon dent wrote that Goebbels article could be Interpreted as meaning that "American airmen who save themselves by parachute can con sider themselves at the mercy of the people who find them, under the old rule, 'eye for eye and tooth for toothV - "It doesn't seem possible for us any more to interpose German po lice and. the military, against the German people when -they are treating child killers as they de serve," ( r Goebbels' article - said. These Anglo-American war meto- ods must be stopped. Airmen can not' contend they are acting as soldiers under, orders. There is no law of war which says that I a soldier I engaging in crimes of this nature is entitled to freedom from punishment - particularly ' when their orders H are opposed to all human morals and laws of war.' Nazi Troops Prepare t-;t To Attack Tito" ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, May 27 -rV German troops massing in - northern Bos nia for a " new offensive . against Marshal Tito's Yugoslav partisans underwent a disruptive attack by allied warplanes today as other formations raided two enemy air fields. - : - - Flying Fortresses- of . the stra tegic command, escorted by Light nings, struck at the : nazi troop formations around Bihac, while Spitfires strafed a nearby i air field, damaging : or . destroying dozen planes on the ground. Fishermen Object To Logger Fishing NEWPORT, May 27-(ffHf strikinr sawmill men at nearby Toledo have gone fishing as they clabxC It b a rank viola tion ef, anion ethics,' according to waterfront conversation. - -i jj. With", commercial fishermen remaining 1 la port for higher fish prices, the sawmill move to lay off work to ge fishing would pot them la the strike breaker class. I f;-'"C: Advance 7 PodTac Ocean . , Moresby 2001 STATUTE MlttS Maffln bay, (AP Wlrepbote) ae I r"4 van tx m wwjuuan n ui umrani Lumber company in Eugene, Ore. called . upon ' fellow-unionists to return to work. Declaring that his stand was based only on the war's need of the 11,000,000, board feet of lum ber produced' daily by stalled mills, Burgess Robinson - said he would return to work - Monday morning. r-.' M. E. Jenee, president bf the Jones Lumber eempaay, Port laad, said thai abeat n-frth of his 15t employes, members f the AFL Lamber and Saw mill workers aaloa, re tamed te their jobs today la response a letter nrglng them te carry on with the war effort Operators in linn county, where (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Strikers Vote r To Continue Vital Service SILVERTON, May 27 . -(Spe cial)- Taking time off from "fish ing", members-of -the -sawmill workers local at a rum meeting Saturday night voted to unload 80 carloads - of logs' which were enroute When the fishing holiday was decided upon., ; " i . It was also voted to save the spinach crop now at the cannery by giving Cal Pack sufficient hog fuel to complete the pack now in : full' swing at the canery." It was voted- to provide, sufficient hog fuel for; the state tuberculosis hospital. : t - - , After the rump session members attended a dance held in the same halL j ' SQverton residents reported lit tle evidence - of fishing trips ' but there seemed some evidence that, lacking gasoline for transportation time was devoted . to " "washing windows", or just "helping the lit tle woman' with the house clean- tog. . . r v Reds Hammer Nazi Shippirig ; LONDON,? May 27 (ff- Pre liminary to a strategically timed offensive from the - far north; to the Black sea,' the Russians con tinue to hammer at German shipr. ping in upper waters, : tonight's Soviet 1 communique ' announcing the sinking of four more enemy transports in the gulf of Riga and Finland.'".?- , - i These actions signalling the first movement of German convoys in Weeks though their destinations remained obscure coincided With a . Berlin broadcaster's prediction that imminent Soviet drives would include a major attack in the Bal tic. - :y K : ' - v Both the Russians and the Ger mans reported quiet along the long eastern front. . - Fries) te EAF Hits : Goatliiie ; In Night ' Raid Follows Up Daylight Blows By 6000 Planes LONDON Sunday, May 23 (JPh The great allied pre-inva sion aerial offensive, which sent nearly 6000 bombers and fight era thundering against Hitler's transportation system yester day, roared on past midnight with alerts sounding in Berlin and the English shores jshaking from violent explosions along the French coast. ; The Folkestone area, across the narrow strait ! of Dover ; from France, got one of its 'greatest joltings of the war houses shak ing, furniture bouncing add doors banging again and again from the vibrations of the cross-channel ex piosions. f lares and bomb ex plosion flashes lit the channel sky. ; The attack yesterday was one ef the greatest coordinated blows ever strsck from bases in Eng land .and Italy as wave after wave ef " bombers sad fighters roared ever the European con tinent. . The blasting along the coast by the RAF night French raiders was short hut terrific For ilS min utes the British shores ' snook as if to earth tremors, and reverbra- tions were described as "like hea vy sustained i thunderclaps in i tropical storm. , . - - - Anti-aircraft fire was brief. Indicating that th ebombers bad aeon blotted oat tlok batteries. Great clusters ef parachute flares tit the target area mad (Turn' to Page 2 Story; I) Roosevelt May Make Journey To Europe WASH! NGTON, May Tt -IP) President ' Roosevelt's expressed desire to get ia closer look at the war, coupled! with a possibility that United Nations leaders might start joint conversations soon on postwar ' security organization, was believed i tonight to underlie his casual remark that he expects to see- Prime j ' Minister Churchill soon. . "--! " There are several . factors that might impel the president to make a trip abroad in the not too dis tant future. Assuming : that the battle for Europe will get under i(Turn to Page 2 Story H) Next State Legislature Will Be Overichelmingly Republican With the smoke of the primaries clearing it is possible to size up the complexion of the next ingly republican. In the senate, aside from Multnomah .county where each party has a full ticket for the 'five vacancies there are only three contests, and Josephine county Dr. Wn;A. i , w. wipperman, rep.; in uxso and Curry ; counties, George H. Chaney,'dem; is competing with Sen. William E. Walsh, rep and in the 17th district of south cent ral Oregon faius Peterson, dern is j running, f linst Sen. ' Marshall Cornets re?. , i l- In the cosei of me bout no democrats : nave been nominated in Tillamook county, Whngton county, Frfk county, Clarion coun ty, Douglas county, .Coot county, Jackson county, Hood River coun ty; Wasco county, Umatilla coun ty, Wallowa county,' Baker coun ty, Malheur cmmty; nor in the 22nd. 26th and 30th joint districts the central Oregon counties. No republican is running against Ver non Bull : In i Union county. Of course party committees may fill the: vacancies, jbut ' that is gener ally too belateid to be of conse quence.'. ; . ''; "i I : , The percentage of veteran mem bers who will Come to the legis lature is probably higher! than at any time in recent years. One vet eran who. will be missed is Alex Rennie of Benton, who died short ly before the primaries. Of the, 13 republican nominees for the house MeavfSUMlfwe QQLlu)'B Allies Capture Artena Afteij Drive of 9 Miles ; in Day; . Sezze Also . Falls Yesterday j - By EDWARD KENNEDY , ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, Blay 27- (AP)-- American armored forces fought their way into the town of Artena, only 2 miles from the stra tegic Casilina:. highway, and tonight began pouring a hetTjr shellfire into thit nuim escape. route' for eighi German divisions eomprising the' bulk of the forces below Rome. " WhUe American tanks enfy retreat line under fire, forces ra their closest drive the. town of Velletrl, 18 mllesO from the outskirts of the capital Velletri already was shrouded in smoke from blazing fires. ' - The Germans apparently alarmed over the" plight of their large forces to the southeast. threw reserves into the fight to keep the Americans . from block ing the all-important via Casilina highway j six Associated Press Correspondent Daniel D e Luce wrote from the front tonight : In the town of Artena Amer ican doughboys were waring a heuse-to-bouse battle with the Germans, De Laee reported. Ar tena, itself an Important resd Junction behind the retreating nasi tenth army was reached af ter a spectacular drive ef nine miles in one day. - De Luce said the Germans had attempted a sharp counter-attack on the secondary highway be tween Velletri and Artena but that American artillery was cov ering the Via Casilina and shells were falling on German positions IS miles from Rome. ' - - The ; allied armies - advanced (Turn to Page 1 Story E) RAF Cripples Nazil Blockade Running Lines . LONDON May 27 4')- The RAF coastal, command's torpedo and rocket bombers have crippled the enemy's blockade - running feedline in1 the Bay of Biscay to German war plants, while British Liberators and Wellingtons from Italy again have strewn the low er Danube military waterway With mines w 'tlmjttle another source of supply, it was announced today. 1 During the last six months , the coastal ccnmand planes have at tacked 563 1 enemy vessels and a total of - 61 have been, sunk - or damaged, the RAT announced, As- seasments on an additional 25 are still to be made. . , Ar-'. -The ', attacks were made -- by planes equipped with bombs, .tor pedoes and new rocket projectiles. No, figures indicating the success of the rockets alone are available. The coastal command has found torpedoes and rockets complemen tary weapons, the rockets having sunk medium-sized merchantmen ' (Turn to Page 2 Story D) legislature. It will be overwhelm those are against incumbents; in Moser,m!is contesting against In Multnomah county nine . are present members. : SUtemakers are already setting up the organization for '.the two houses. Sen. Walsh was early in the field-for presidency of the sen ate, ; though, he is not a holdover member. Sen. Ellis - of Umatilla, like.Barkus, Is "willln. Names. ot Sen. Zurcher of Wallowa and Sen. Bel ton of Clackamas are men tioned though " neither . has . begun any campaign', so far as : known and - both, are known to prefer worK in committee.' . !i The competition for speaker will probably - lie - between" Eugene Marsh of Yamhili county and John Hall of Multnomah., They head up separate legislative groups upstate and ' Multnomah. Hall is one of the ablest floor, leaders in the house, with long experience. Marsh will have the backing of the upstate crowd which when it holds together can pick the speaker.. Both houses will seek to avoid the stalemate which 'tied up the senate for three days in 1943 be cause of failure to elect a presi dent." t v - - Lime ' " ! 7 '! and field anna kept the other American fifth army toward Rome threatened . r i -.v Chinese Take North Burma WarongBase SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, May 27 Chinese troops battling their way, down the steaming Mo gaung valley have captured long encircled Warong, 12 miles north east of Kamaing in north Burma, and on the India side of the Burma campaign allied - forces virtually have annihilated a crack Japanese battalion of the 33rd division at the southeast edge of the Imphal plain, headquarters announced to day, r Lunging past Warong. Lt Gen. Joseph W. SU1 well's .Chinese 38th division ' seized, a supply dump in the valley, niflicting heavy ..cas-' ualties !on ; the , Japanese v 18th (Singapore) , division. To the ' southeast, , Brig. Gen.' Frank Merrills troops from Zig yun in the Irrawaddy bend ad vanced a mile and a half toward the north Burma enemy strong hold of Myitkyina, already about a third in allied hands, and beat off a small night counterattack north of , the town. On the Imphal front, RAF and IAF fighters and - dive bombers scored two direct bits on a M&ni- pur river bridge in the Tonzang area, ' again cutting communica tions serving the enemy 33rd di vision at the edge of the Imphal plain,, where a Japanese battalion commander was slain in the rout of his unit, the headquarters com- i" munique said. -tL- ,::'- - In the: same area,, allied troops repulsed a -Japanese counterattack 12 miles south of Bishenpur," and in local actions inflicted numerous casualties - as ; monsoon weather worsened and turned 'operations into slogging treks through heavy ' -mud. v - - . - i . ... Southeast of Kohima allied troops occupied more enemy pod- -tions on ' ridges during Thursday -night, and south of that city an ,' enemy raiding party was repulsecC LoseC Cards PORTLAND, Ore-May 27 Local rationing boards have au thority to call in gasoline coupon books issued for occupational pur poses . where the occupation has been terminated or the books no longer are being used for the pur pose for.: which they were isued, McDannell Brown said tonight' The" office ot price administra tion (OPA) director for Oregon a nd southwestern ' Washington said no fcoards In this district have ' so "far followed the 'lead of Tacoma boards in ordering idle sawmill workers to turn in B or CIearda,Ci; i'V C : "But liwon't be surprised If they do," he added. . - "B and "C gasoline rations issued to miUworkers and loggers of this area cannot legally be used to take- anyone - "fishin,,w .. Paul Hale, . field operations officer, for the Portland district of the office of price administration, said here Saturday, indicating that OPA regulations as. to ' gasoline use would be enforced In this area. Y 7calhcr M llaxlmam temperature Satur ay Si degrees; minimum 50; no' precipitation; river -t ft. - - : Partly . cloudy Sunday ani Monday with scattered thcr.'er storms In extreme eastern per tion Sandsy. Much cooler JEua day except along coast. ' Loggers May