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1 LONDON Wednesday. June - 7
f. (Py An indication that the Ger
man are weakening In their sav-
1 age ' eight-day battle near Iasi,
! Rotr.ania, was given by Moscow
1 early today; .- -v : '
: "The Germans in the last few
t days hare . suffered. .heavy losses
land Tuesday brought into action
' comparatively smaller ' forces of
1 tanks and infantry," the broad-
! cast , supplement to the Russian
j communique said.' ' :
-j MOSCOW, June 6 -P)- The
i three-year-long dream of a west
ern land tront came true for the
I Russian people today when they
heard by radio that the allies had
! invaded Trance.
Iasi
A ftnAlr
I -At the same time the red army
- was understood to be massing for
(hs expected blow from ie east
i following up the assault from the
west ,
i ; : News of the invasion was wel
I corned with a heart warming reac
V tion the full import of the ac-
tion being realized gradually here
as successive broadcasts brought
( the people word of . the
a
ments from London.
inen wu no puouc snouungi
and cheering, but Russian citizens I
events . with lively enthusiasm.
Foreign diplomats . expected the
reaction to the news . to grow as
f- ODerations develoned and the Rua-
sians saw concrete results. Loud
speakers had been switched on in
the streets and squares of the
capital for, the' announcements.
(The German commentator Von
Hammer - broadcast from Berlin I
T that with the attack from the west j
big Russian offensive is ex-
pected soon along the low Dnes-
tr "where a strong Soviet offen-
sive'.army has taken action sta-
tions and where Soviet artillery
r and mortar fire is gaining in in
' tensity." Other German commen-
, tators said multiple assaults could
i be expected..
(Tonight's broadcast Russian
communique, recorded by the
Soviet monitor in London, said the j
; red army had repulsed continu
ing nazi attacks north and north-
' west of Iasi in Romania and that
- Russian bombers had carried out
a mass raid Monday night on Iasi
itself.) j "
FDR Prays
For Victory
E (Continued from Page I) E
ence discussion left no doubt that
'- he thought an auspicious start has i
. been made on that task. His man-1
ner : was buoyant, despite his loss
: of sleep, when- be. said the inva- j
si on was "up to achedule" and 1
- authorized direct . quotes of the
words.
That, he remarked, was,., as I
Prime Minister Churchill said, a
, mouuuui. v It was disclosed that among the
v At the same time, he warned Allied armada was the USS Neva
against overconfidence which da, 29,O00-ton batUeship repaired
"f"u o aJ oown in war
,v proaucuon. tie said he knew the
l.wumw TOuniry was inriuea Oy W
; : deyelopments, and rightfully so,
-"Dut H' wr wasn't over by
lany means. Ji - I
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V What was he looking for in theftririr v.An ctit.
future, reporter aske and Mr.
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v.ops oi mi. ftooseveus pray-
. pwne to congress,
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and the White House put it out for
advance publication so that Amer
leans zmghtlje ifarmliar with it andl
pray in i concert . .with , the presi
dent in the . broadcast from the
White House at-10 p. zcl, EWT.
Exchange Ship
US
Continued
to Germany as victory- he
average German . still has
- great confidence that Hitler has a
trump card to play. There is no
thing wrong with German morale.
"They wont worry- until the al-
. lies set foot on German soil. Then
I think they will capitulate."
Allen said the German air force
was still powerful and that Ger
many had deliberately led the al
lies to believe that its strength
was waning. - ;
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flight leader, Lt Arthur" Wash-
r"u ruuavmc, a - a
beautiful- job."
The American beachhead was
going along very successfully," he
said, "but the British and Cana-
dians were retting th hn kat
out of them for a while. In the
afternoon their position eased
Off.J
Channel weather was adverse,
a strong northeastern kicking up
the waves. But this was not per
mitted to halt the stream of rein
forcements and supplies for the
forces hacking out positions along
a 100-mile front between Cher
bourg and LeHavre.
The German radio expressed
fear of further landings. Fresh
and strong naval forces were re
ported sighted this morning off
the Dunkerque-Calais area, op
posite Dover and some 200 miles
airline northeast of Cherbourg.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
supreme commander, was serene
and confident of success in the
great land, sea and air blow,
launched before dawn Tuesday
under a screen of bombs and
shells from 4,000 warships and
11,000 warplanes. -.:';
The Allied high commana dis-
- f
closed that more than 1000 troop-
carrying aircraft; including gliders
bore fighting specialists on in
vasion missions and said this phase
was executed with "unexpected
access.1' Allied bulldozers slash
ed out coastal landing strips.
Naval casualties were officially
regarded as "very light'
and restored to duty after she was
badly damaged at Peart Harbor.
The USS Amntfl nSfl.An
heavy cruiser on which Prime
Minister ChurchiU and President
Roosevrft iimirt ihm Atlantic
m . , . ..
tnanw, weni inio acuon as xne
cainpaign who cornmands "the
western naval tasktloree.-
Another American cruiser In
voived WM the.Ponoutaton Tus-
caloosa, i commanded by Rear
Admiral Morton L. Deyo.
Allied air forces maintained
their missions despite the wind.
us force alone flew
4,000 sorties yesterday. Clearing
the way' for ground troops, 10,000
tons of explosives crashed down
upon the! German positions from
the air, among them some de
scribed in a field dispatch as
'huge bombs of mysterious
type. i : - , v; ;
- Wifn 'Surprised as
Anyone9 Over Invasion
WASHINGTON, Jane f-(
'Secretary ef War Stimson said
teday he wee "abemt as aw-1
prised! asanyeae else when he
beard that the Invaslea bad
started. . ,
SUmson told a reporter that
he happened to awaka at 429
a. m. and tamed ea a radio be-.
side his bed. v . -.vr...-.
"I was Just as surprised as
anyone else when I heard a.
news eorrespondent telling bow
be bad Jastiretorned from an '
Airplane trip from France where
sarachatlsts were dropped,' be
Th
and
armored vehicles by Asaerleaa Itmim Samt before headlne
ceas
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OMeHOlIEFROlIT
lynAKLCmLM !l
Wi oWe an apology to the Salem
church f bells and the the persons
who tang them at approximately
one i'dork Tuccflav morning!
Likeseeing the forest for the
treesi. fe couldn't hear the noise
lor the; noise, but we nave u on
good information that the; bells
did ring. :Mf I
Arid Ihere were prayer services.
At St. Paul's Episcopal church
such'kerviees were held at 10 ajn.
and gm last night A commwif
ity prayer service was heldjj at
Englewpod United Brethren church
last night !
All ever Salem, church doors
stood oten for those who would
enter mere, leaving their "burs-
dens atethis minster gate, kneeling
in player and not ashamed!; to
to pray, while across the world
the
Suit of D-day continued.
V : 1
n now one apologizes to
. . . . . i .
eH-ringers I wouldn't know
hf make this pledge, though:
shic distances not interieri
iniyersity administration wilT-
1 lead the parade up intb
I old tower to ring the
s bell when the time is ripe.
n, if the city police thiik
efsomething to get even with
g the peace, always pro
they'll climb the wretched
to bring me down!
Medical Ivits
o
Throush contributiona bv Pi
Marunl county and Multnoriah
county 1 auxiliaries, the Medical
and Eurgical Relief Committee of
Ifica has sent valuable equip
kits to four. Pacific coast
Urgent pleas are frequent for
entarr medical man In I
or i use by pharmacist
n small, doctor-less craft
ttee has sunnlied over
tkfis to sub-hunting and pel
Ivessels and requests cbn
i pour in. The organization
ctepted the various dohal
cf over $634,000 worth' of
supplies, irxstruments tad
nt Oregon doctors who
s of the Medical ind
Relief cornmittee include
Dr. fr. Homer Coffen. and pr.
Thomas H Joyce of Portland and
Dr. fcussie Niles of Salem. Mrs,
U. Ci doe of Oswego Is the com.
mittee'S active representative! is
ure
Bond. Croups
T
e inosen
2f Salem industrial
. Icommittees " to help raise-
lA war loan win be organ!
Friday; night, those, plant
will meet with 3arr
Industrial chairman
fifth war loan, and 'his
r i comraittee to - plan Jth
Ct Of ' the camnaira. ' t.
signed o reach every worker Jn
w awe; nun or ner an onnortiin.
ity to purchase war bonds to! be
credtted to particular plant In
to the Industrial division, Itte
skeleton ulan waa workMi rA ai
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meeung oi me industrial cam-
mittoe Tuesday. ; .
Ship
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OSSGON BTATESMA2L Salem.
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Allied Planes
Land Troops
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also the air far Inlands Prime
Minister Churchill told parlia
ment that an armada of 11,000
front Line planes sustained the as
sault Some 10,000 tons of bombs
cleared the way for the ground
troops. US aerial losses were 50
planes 23 bombers and 25 fightl
ers.
The attacking planes which
swept through the French skies
encountered only 50 German
planes. At least 26 were shot
down.
"Continuous fighter cover was
maintained over the beaches ana
for some distance inland and over
naval operations in the channel,'
the supreme headquarters com
munique said. Night raiders pro
tected the troop-carrier force.
which included gliders, and ref
connaissance aircraft maintained
a day and night watch over ship!
ping and ground forces.
Scores of US heavy bombe
conducted the first American rai
of the war from their new
in Russia yesterday, showerin
tons of high explosives and incen
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diary bombs on an airdrome
Galati, a Romanian city on the
lower Danube river. The 15th air
force sky giants were escorted by
both soviet and American fighters.
A communique issued at a Bus
sian air base said that six enemy
interceptors were shot down and
two American fliers had not yet
returned. An Associated Press dis
patch from the base also quoted
returning American bomber ana
fighter pilots on the results o:
the raid, showing that the oi
ration was not of the shuttle typ
such as was the original lan din
of the American planes in Russi,
several days ago after the ham
mering of Debrecen, Hungary.
(The German radio claimed 1
American planes were lost ove
Romania yesterday and said, th
raid produced "fierce air battles.'
The 7500 sorties between mid
night and 8 ajn. made by alii
aircraft in the West yesterday did
not take into account the hail of
bombs, rockets and bullets that
crashed down upon - the French
coast in the hours following.
Sgt. Don McEldowney
Prisoner of Germans
MONMOUTH Mrs. Donald
McEldowney. received word from
the war department Monday that
her husband, Sgt "McEldowney, is
a prisoner ox the German govern-4
ment He was reported minin
in action oirr France, April 20i
and no further word had been re-4
ceived unto yesterday. He was tail
gunner on a bomber. He was grad
uated from Monmouth high school
in 1942. . . . -r. - .
tr I? t . ... . !
aa waac uves oere mu
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C L. T
kins. His mother. Mrs. T. L.
Eldowner. - a former
resident, lives at Burnt Woods, on
the coast road. . , . 4 . 1
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Canuck . Forces
Capture Base
Move Inland
By ROSS MUNRO ,
i Canadian Press War - Correspondent
. WITH 'CANADIAN -FORCES
LANDING IN FRANCE, June
In two hours and 45 minutes of
fighting on the beaches here the
Canadian i Invasion force ' won : its
beachhead; and shoved on inland.
This ' morning, the Canadian
commander sent this message to
Lt Gen. & D. G. Crerar; "Beach
head taken. Well on way to im
mediate objective." t '
The strip of coast, won by the
Canadians- in this .initial assault
was quite narrow, but u gave
them beaches and provided a base
for further penetration;
There was r some : stiff street
fighting in Jittle coast towns and
the: Canadians also met consid
erable enemy fire on the beaches
as they worked their way into
the defenses.
They had to' overcome numer
ous steel 1 and wooden obstacles
which had been placed out on the
tidal part of the beach and which
are covered at high tide to trap
landing craft
i However, the assault went in
just as the tide began to rise and
many oif these obstacles were
cleared away by engineers before
the water covered them, enabling
follow-up craft to beach and tin
load, y V ' : .. -
xne LAnanians suiiered some
casualties! from ' machine guns,
mortars and artillery.
By 10 4m. the Canadians were
about -1000 yards 'inland,' going
strong; and meeting . only small
pockets of Germans.
The first prisoners taken were
identified as belonging to a coast
al defense unit '
Allies Select
Landing Spot
MontlisBack
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high places as the Ciwmani again
and again showed marked signs
of nervousness about this spot or
that but never about the chosen
stretch. ". 1
Not until Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel's first extensive western
inspection in February did the
enemy show increased interest in
these invitingly bare beaches.
Even then he gave first attention
to multiplying mine fields in the
immediate: inshore areas, to
lengthening and deepening an ti
tank ditches close to the water
line, to emplacement of many
light field4 guns to fire each way
along the beaches and to general
improvement of the deeper de
fenses. . I
Only afjter the winter's storms
had blown out along toward the
middle of April did the four com
monest types of offshore beach
obstades begin, to appear. They
were thick along our target areas
although stul not as numerous as
at many other points.
any
Hitsr arragut
Salem's Victory Volunteers.
naval company of this spring's
high school graduates from the
mid-Willamette valley, will have
at least two anniversaries to re
member before they see combat
A telegram from Jim Crone.
ships writer, to The Statesman on
Tuesday afternoon pointed out the
fact that the 80 young men had
arrived at Farragut on June 6 and
were "backing up D day.x in
cluded also was mention of "hav
ing; good time."
Today, 18 months after Pearl
Harbor, they don navy blue. The
day of their departure was selec
ted so thai June 7 might be date
of their first appearance In their
country's uniform, Lt Cmdr. John
V Dit-J ,,ri a .
. ukq f vuawx- . w merge ox
recruiting for this district, said
here last week as he swore in a
portion of the company at a public
farewell party. -
Navy
Comp
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the Marion club for the purpose
of discussing. the organisation of
the coming bond diriyev ' r
-v Among the -guests' introduced
by Charles A Sprague,-master of
ceremonies, were Gov. Earl Snell,
a special guest just back from his
trip east, . Mayor, ti JM Doughton.
of Salem, Dr. G. Herbert ! Smith,
president of. Willamette tiniver-
sity,: and Paul B. I.Wallace, pres
ident of the .board
of directors of
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the Salem YMCAJ
: Other m e n introduced who
were - at the.: speakers'!, table In-
eluded the present
directors; and
two men who were
charter mem-
bers when the Saletn TfT was
founded ! 52 years
ago, John H.
Farrar and A. A. Lee.
- Following the conclusion of the
formal program, jthej luncheon
guests circled the swimming pool
to watch Nancy Merkl and Suz
anne Zimmerman, jnatlonai swim
stars of Willamette university,
give a ten-minute demonstration
of theif winning back - stroke,
side-stroke and reiay j free -style
strokes. 1 : i , ; '-
Head waiter at the dinner was
Don Yocom, assisted in table
service by girls from Salem ; high
school. The luncheon itself I wasj
prepared- by Mrs. Damon Fleener
and Mrs. R. V. Comstock.
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spread evt ever m wide area.
Whatever hope Nazi Field Mar
shal Gen. Albert Kesselring might
Jaavchad,of establishing a strong
defense line anywhere south of
the northern Appenine I range
guarding; the Po valley undoubted
ly suffered a sharp - blow when
the allied armies struck fat north
ern France The Mediterranean
air-force's methodical destruction
of rail lines. In northern jltaly and
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serves -that the .German command
must decide quickly and irrevo
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