PAGS TWO
German Attack
At lasi
Looks
About
Finished
I LONDON,.., : Thursday, , June 8
ftThThC Russians announced to
y day that German attacks in Ro-
"mania north of lasi have "dimin-
ished. considerably," Indicating:
' that the nazis drive there, was at
. an end. . ; , ;
- A . midnight communique said
; that soviet troops, which Red
3 Stir, the army newspaper, re
' ported were ready to launch the
promised 'offensive against the
! nads from the east, bad captured
. ' two heights from the invaders.
The communique " broadcast
from Moscow and recorded by
; the - soviet monitor, said ; minor
; actiona had been fought north
. west of Tiraspol on the -lower
v Dnestr and near .Vitebsk- on the
' central front ''..'
The abortive German attacks
..In the province of Moldavia cost
the nazis more than 10,000 dead
and ; tremendous . losses in- equip
men! during the savage fighting
from: May 30 to June (. Moscow
announced tonight j'
A Berlin . foreign broadcast
claimed - at least 10 soviet rifle
divisions had been "wiped out or
decisively! trailed. j 7
The Berlin broadcast said the
' battle north of "lasi ended y ester
day and added "that only mopping
up operations were in progress.
This . coincided, with tonight's
broadcast .. Russian communique,
: which said." that ; action today in
volved only small forces and that
all German attacks were repulsed.
I The Russian . also announced
another bombing, attack had been
made last night on lasi ; itself,
. smashnig military trains and oth
er objectives at the rail junction.
Two planes were lost. '
In its recapitulation of the
damage inflicted on the nazis
during the' week-long battle, Mos
cow said 315 tanks were knocked
out 451 planes shot down, 62
field guns destroyed and that 29
armored cars and troop carriers,
400 trucks and 240 machine guns
had been demolished.
With the German attacks
smothered, there was a growing
belief j that - the Russians' long
- awaited plunge westward might
begin : at any time. Red Star said
Russia is prepared to throw its
full weight into the growing of
tensive against Germany and
stated , that "a strong, mounting
tuck of all the armies of the
-United Nations will be fully de
veioped." ' ,
Yankees Criab
Biak Airfield
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Islands in Geelvink bay, Dutch
New Guinea also has two other
airfields desired by the Sixth army
Invaders. " ' . . ;
Mekaaer's captors are poshing
Uward the Borekoe airdrome a.
few hundred yards to the west
The hard-won Mokmer coral
strip fell at )1 ajn. Wednesday
to Yanks who had made their waj
slowly , over the same line of
ridges, from which the Japanese
earlier poured down- machine gun
and- mortar fire.; Warships and
planes supported the .attack.
.. The Japanese apparent!? had
eeaaied oa 4he Yanks jmnmlnt
their coastal read drive' and had
: saaased their s trength there. . ;
"By a wide encircling movement
through, difficult . terrain, bar
troops .were enabled, to attack the
enemy's prepared positions from
the' rear,' .'today's communique
aid. - I -
'Surprise was thereby attained
and the enemy's forces were rout
ed with light losses to ourselves.'
' T pta down Japanese air ap
position, which has been persist
ent since the May 7 landing,
approximately 1 anOea freaa
Mokmer, allied planes pounded
. . all availabla enemy fighter
, hues la the GeeMak. kay
perimeter. V .
Headquarters also reported that
American forces, who have been
. on Bougainville in the northern
. Solomons : since last November,
extended - their; position. Monday
southeastward.; until they hold
- virtually all of the more than 25
' mile length of Empress Augusta
. bay. Although the Japanese oc
. cupy the bulk of that island. It is
' dominated by American air oases
-along the bay and other invasion
moves to the north long since
have cut the enemy supply line
to RabauL .
Yeas eyca are price!. '
They mast serve yon
v ; .' . Lsr a L.ctimc Dotal
,sako chances' with
lxmf
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Bradley Leads
Yank Forces
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scrupulous somebody to be ex
terminated. . -
Gen. Bradley is plain to look at
as homely as a Missouri corn
ebb pipe but carries himself
with - the same honest-awkward
grace that characterized him as a
small-town boy. - ', V ,
Although he takes pride in the
fact he keeps losses among his
men .to the absolute minimum in
achieving objectives, he was -genuinely
distressed when he was
quoted recently as assuring , one
division that invasion casualties
would be smalt : . .
That,' he asserted, was impossi
ble to tell in advance of battle
because none could foretell the
conditions under which the i two
armies would lock horns. But he
thought it was equally unreason
able to be pessimistic and predict
huge losses.
It Is axiomatic, Gen. Bradley
said, that battle deaths and
wounds are lower among troops
properly trained and utilized. 5
Before the sailing day: he re
marked that the American troops
in the huge amphibious operation
were superbly trained and equip
ped with the- best' arms borne by
any force in history and he was
confident in their fighting ability.
Pearl Harbor
Court Martial
Has Extension
L WASHINGTON, June 7-ff)
gSaavprotakiag senate-and house
differences, ' congress settled to
day on a six months' extension
from midnight tonight of the time
in which court martials may be
-held on any charges arising from
the Pearl Harbor disaster. .
A bin approved by both legisla
tive branches and sent to the
White House directs tha t "mean
time, the secretaries of war and
navy are to make . investigations
and take such action as appears
Justified., . ; v
The measure extends anew the
statute of limitations', which a!
ready had been extended for. six
months past December 1, 1943,
because the War and navy de
partments opposed Pearl Harbor
trials during wartime.-' ..'. .
Some legislators argued the bl
would have no effect- unless
President Roosevelt signed it be
fore the midnight deadline, V '
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Japs Retreat
From Koliim
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SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Kd, Geylob
June 7 -(?)- Their forces innorth-
eastern India sapped by .heavy
losses, , the Japanese" are retreat
ing so swiftly from'.the Kohima
area ; that: allied patrols cannot
keep pacej allied headquarters an
nounced today. T . . .
- In addition to occupying a vil
lage six miles east of Kohima, the
allies attacked northwest of Bish
enpur, an jenemy stronghold below
w t . f . . . .
impnai, asa gained their lirst ob
jective. J
Gert. Joseph W. Stilwell's
lurces. maae siignt aavances on
i j .....
the Japanese Burma base of My-
itkyina- while Chinese forces -to
the west pin the Mogaung valley
closed to ii within five miles west
of the threatened enemy base of
Kamamg,
Waynf Nelson Weds
In Annapolis Chapel
i ANNAPOLIS. Md, June 7-M)
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Fourteen ensigns graduated today
from the XJS naval academy were
married shortly afterward.
Amongjl those married in ' the
academy jbhapel here by Chaplain
William N. Thomas were:
Miss Dorothy J. Astriab, Mfl-
fard, Cojuu tor Ens. Leslie D.
Wells, Nsmpa, Idaho.
Miss Barbara Anne Johnson.
Klamath,' - Ore to Ens. Wayne
Stuart Nelson, Salem, Ore.
. I TO A MAC
1 WITH
j. : KNOW IXOYT-'
If .you figure you know your stuff
and want a - chance to show it
. -v. want to work with men who
take pride in their Job , : . . if
you figure a permanent company
is your kind of company, then
this is your ad. Here at Southern
Pacific, we want men of your
type to work In our big railroad
shops or roundhouses . . . to help
rebuild and " repair locomotives
and other railroad equipment. We
think: you'll like railroading
like seeing a locomotive (that you
worked on) go out and do a Job
pulling war freights on troop
trains. And like the . men you
work with the kind . of fellows
youll want to have drop around
to the house. New, higher railroad
wages. Liberal age limits. Medical
service. Fine pension plan. Rail
road pass privileges. All the things
that make this a really good Job.,
apply 'iir?
17. E. Barks, Freight Agent
Trade A Commercial EL Salem
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Nazis Admit
Breakthrough
In Italy Line
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of Lake Bracchiano. - The march
reached the important peaks.
Mount Grossara, Mount Agulro
and Mount Forno, commanding the
Bracchiano route for two miles.
Te - the west advance patrols
reached points three to five
miles from the sea and nearly a
dexen miles north of the month
of the Tiber. .
As the battered tenth and four
teenth German armies fell back,
Gen. Alexander broadcast to Ital
ian, patriots urging them to rise
up and do all they can , to dis
rupt the retreat. In leas than a
month the strength of the German-
armies . has been broken,
ho said, adding that "the libera
tion of Italy now is well under
way." i ,A : - ' e
The disergaalsed resistance
the allies were encountering was
from small battle troops made
np ef elements of various beat- .
ea 'Vadtew Already - aaero than
18,000 prisoners had been tak-'
ea by the fifth army alone, and
the total was growing; .
More thousands' were captured
by the British eighth army which
still was ; meeting strong- enemy
defenses northeast of Rome as the
Germans; threw heavy demolitions
and minefields into the .path of
the advance The Germans played
for time to retreat from the mouth
of a net closing in the hills above
Rome. P it , r
The hardest fighting Is. now
centered ' ' northeast ' of : Rome
said today's allied eommaaique.
The Gei mans were described aa
"offering strong resistance' in
this area.'
On the front 50 miles east of
Rome New Zealanders slashed
forward from Sora and captured
Balsorano seven miles to the north.
It was apparent tonight that the
new allied offensive had caught
the Germans napping and had
come as a i complete surprise to
Field Marshal 'Albert Kesselring.
As -a result the campaign has
roared from the, Garigliano river
to Rome in less than a month and
at a cost of comparatively light
casualties -i
It was announced officially to
day that h battle casualties had
"been on i a considerably lower
scale than expected' and that
great .proportion; of the wounds
were, not .serious.
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Speedily t 'heeding ""a- requesa? by
Secretary of War Stimson,; Chant
mai llaiu f.0aK.) of the ' hhni
mffitiry affairs' committee today
introduced a bill to increase -pay
of skilled infintrrroen 4:toQ
La. month.. , ,
Only a few hours Before JSdm-
son had asked for the legislation.
saying infantry, casualties are the
highest of any trrattch' of service.
In the north African campaign
including fighting' in Italy, the in4
fan try suffered 70 per cent of the
casualties, although comprising
only 19.8 per cent-of. the total
forces, Stimson said.
"Estimated cost of the proposed
salary boost is $53,000,000 to $71,
000,000 'yearly. Doughboys hold
ing the ; ! expert 1 infantryman's
badge would, get a 15 increase and
those havmg the combat in fan
tryman's badge, $10.
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D - DAY -
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We are deeply indebted to the' press, radio and newsreela
which, since the beginning; of the invasion, have kept us
folly informed as to the movements of the allied forces.
: This, the fpreatest achievement in the gatherings and
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dissemination of information ever recorded, .makes ns real-
ize what our
Tonderstand the depth of qu; obligation as
organizations! in backing up our armed
Our praters are with all who are participating in the
liberation of Europe;. Ani our sympathy goes out to the
families of thot who have made the supreme sacrifice. '
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OXYGON STATESMAN, Scdem,
Nazis-Move ;
s hy Air
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It was learned at supreme head
quarters that both American and
British reinforcements had been
flown in. - '
The continual mass attacks left
the entire Cherbourg peninsula
dotted with white and colored
vmie ana coiorea
parachute. M-th fighting flared
up over a. constantly widening
area. ,
During last night; and : today
hundreds of transport planes flew
in reinforcements in men, artil-
ery, jeeps, ammunition, gasoline
and food. To the beachhead for-
. ,.Tt : . .(w. I
Troop
as
A highly-placed officer declared
fhe, iwpm nf tYir .frhnrn fnrm I
was one of Vtie most satisfactory)
points of the whole invasion. I
Twelve C-47 transports and 12
gliders were : reported ': missing I
from the overnight reinforcing bp- i
orations, these being the first spe
ciCc losses announced. If fully
ioadedV." fhey' would' have, been
carrying slightly- - less . than 500
men, including crews.' .. .
f iThe US Ninth air force announ
ced that Its airborne units had
Sown more than 900 sorties on
D-day and had completed a rein-
forcing operation in mW-morning.
aiiii was ; e j
trpops deep inside the riunsula, wch beaches as that near theIn
many'tons of vital supplies were dependence ferry; the fertile ,001
thus delivered bv oarachutev torn lands and islands where grow
a MOinuw Pne.tnu
chutists contributed to the hun-lthey
ureas u wrua. t -
The xebre-striped gliders were!
escorted across the channel by
Mustang -fighters whose pilots
kept watch as the motor-less ships
SKimmea suenuy uuwu ; w weir
selected areas., r v
The rour-anreast strings of
towed gliders, wim tneir weMijjunrtte Vauey'?
paint and dim naviTiiix ligms
looked like something from a fu
turistic film, one flier said.
First reports of German airborne
counter-operations came from
British Mosquito fliers, who on
night intruder operations sho
down five Junkers-52 transports
over France.
Japs Only 9i
Miles North
i CHUNGKING, June 7.-fl)-A
Japanese force moving from the
north on Changsha has advanced
to a point within nine and a half
milee of the city, the Chinese high
command announced tonight. An
other enemy force was 12 miles
east of the city, a communique
Said.-":; ; a T'Lr-'
I The bulletin said a group of
Japanese from the forces east of
Changsha slipped behind Chinese
defense lines but were wiped out
t Between Tungting lake and the
Yangtze, the communique . said.
Chinese troops had recovered
more ground, including part of a
town. -This advance), the high
command said, nartiallv restored
positions prevailing when the Jap -
anese began their drive in this re
gion on May 27,
In Honan province, the Chinese
said heavy, losses were inflicted
on Japanese troops attacking west
of Shanhsien, 43 miles .from Tung-
kwan.
I Chinese units fighting along the
Burmese border in Yunnan pro
vince captured a number of points
in the vicinity of the Burma road
near Lumgling, the bulletin said,
and. other troops, by- forced mar-
dies over winding mountain trails,
advanced . within two miles of
LungUng- itself.
was the most critical day
Changsha
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Appropriate name of the ;weefc.
Spirit of Willamette VaHey-iwill
be carried by J
plane to he bought with the 125,-
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If it ever serves on batueironis,
men from the rich, green heart of
Oregon will speak to them! of:
The beautiful, river, and the
green forests and laden orchards
OD IOC OUJ MOOW, iwimniun pww
ona-yes, and carrots
and Spinach.
Men and women, boys anq gins
harvesting small fruits ana vege-
tables to feed, a nation scattered
over the lace of tne giooe, na
seeds for many nations.
Autumn and winter, spring, and
summer and the varying sunsets
behind the. "hils of home.; I
AH these and many more happy
'thoughts will surely come to mind.
And those to whom the valley
is unknown, those who will call it
the -WU-lam-ette," will ge some-
a a It 4aa ' Tap
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may guess that it has hos -
ipiau wiu mu ,w -
come xor we ui. m, wonu,bombe
generosiry, ana mai oweuers nere
could best be described as fnelgfa -
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best captured the -Spirit Of Wil
Allies Capture
i Bayeux3 Beat
Back Germans
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feature of the initial landings,
were - resumed Wednesday on a
"very large scale, the allied com
munique stated, while supplies and
men moved constantly to j ; the
beaches despite strong northwest
winds, which, moderated some
what tonight I j I:
Clearing the beaches of the en
emy treed the supply and rein
forcement convoys and men from
small arms attack, while . naval
forces silenced remaining German
coastal ' guns which had escaped
the first furious air and sea as
sault Tuesday. jU
Headquarters conservatively
stated: It is not yet known Whe
ther all have been finally re
duced. The US battleship Texas
and the British cruiser Glasgow
were officially credited in .this
work with aircropt spotters.
GOP Oiaiiization ; Meet
1 Slated f Or June 19
r
ft
The j organization meeting for
the republican county central com
mittee j will be held on Monday
night, June 19th, at 8 o'clock- at
the Marion hotel, according to Cliff
Ai Lewis, county chairman, who
is authorizing the can.
The ! county organization then
, selected will direct the party cam
paign . through the 1944 election.
The state central committee win
meet to organize probably, in ear
ly July, following: tiie republican
national convention which' con
venes June 26th. : j
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of our generation.
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individuals and
forces.
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Invaders Use
Aerial Cordon
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Aerial fighters blasted 1511 Ger-
1naraai vWt eVw 111 vMf
-JuZ. I 4a.
XVZLZTZh
The Eighth air force got 27,, the
Ninth one, and the RAF Second
tactical air force 23. Fighter pilots
"r-r" .
leas ao pianes on we xww.
(US gerenimentl monitor
tors
heard a. German radio broadcast
that allied faateaaee raiders"
were -. approaching southwest
Germany, possibly presaging; a
roiara esLXAT alghS attacks oa
the reich which has been spared
recently while bombers concen
trated en tactical targets.) j I
Allied fighter planes were hold-
k aerial cordon around the
beachheads that spelled hj Virtual
death warrant for enemy aircraft
trvine to atUck. while swarms of
other planes of nearly every sort
i -Qcwged the German reinforce-
ment routes. ". f j "i -k'
Flying weather continued bad
enemy resistaace slowly i
taereased, but the allied atrmea
flow lower thaa eastomarr to
pear explosives sad airborne
remforcements down jes the
- lighters in a 50-mile arcj straf
ed and bombed in advance of the
allied ground forces- and shot up
a tank cars, trucks, airfields and
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mnA T,n1 nn . 4--tiAn m
1 t. linelto the Brest
peninsula, where the Germans
said new landings had been made,
j Te - Gexsoans- said Iflytng
what, Wt this broadcast state-;
menlsnay have heea hy way ef
reaettoa. to the iarrvastoa." They
apparently either were eavgbt
flat-foeted by besng i cencen-"
traied fat the wrong places, or
lacked asable airfields in north
era France. ; -: I j U j "
The effects of the tremendous
nasi communications was reflect
ed in the disclosure that on D-day
only one railroad bridge and five
highway bridges were undamag
ed over the Seine between Paris
and the jsea, . - - J. !.''
Every railroad bridge aad all
except two highway bridges be
tween Paris and Eonen bad
destrored. Seme bridges
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ltey ere grateful for everything the.tdepnbne opcr
stots arc doing to get them a Long Distance line to
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. Thsyyill thoak you, too, ifiybu Iaave ths Long'
Distance virb Irom seven to ten for ths service men
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That fa the
THE PACIFIC TCLCPIIOnn AND telegraph company
sta fitact were captured hy al
lied Sir-borne farce before the
Germans cesld damare tlem.
The German air force, I absent
from the skies through most of
D-day, bejan to rise slowly to
Reichsmarshal Hermann 1 Goer-
log's order to fight or perun ano j
$ts losses mounted to at least io
planes since invasion began ; .,
Allied losses m a uxe ; penoa
reached 73 as air units threw cau
tion to the winds andr ceiled
alike to bomb and strafes enemy
columns, ..armor, ' convoys of
trucks, trains; railyards and air
I Half of one armored convoy of
75 to. 100 vehicles was- reported
wiped, out by 16 Thunderbolts.
Corpus Christi
Slated Sunday
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in. the Mexican - demonstration
which embodies many picturesque
and beautiful customs. The cere
monies here lack some of these
old world " features, but yet a
stranger or even a hardened
resident can scarcely help be
ing moved by the beautiful sight
of almost 2000 people marching,
praying or "singing, . through the
streets ' while : the band plays the
solemn Pange Lingua and little
girls in wreath and vefl and white
dresses strew Howers before the
marching altar boys and! priests,
one of whom carries the mon-
stronce . with the blessed sacra
ment . - ''
Three stops occur . during, the"
procession, each time at a- house
where an altar has, been erected
on the porch, and the participants
gather as near as the crowd will
permit. The entire mass of people
kneel as the Tantum Ergojisiung
by the choir and the pdesti lifts
the monstronce in solemn bene
diction. ----- . . . .j ;
After . each ' benediction the
crowd resumes the marchj Houses
along the way have holy pictures
or statues and flowers arranged
on porches or in windows. ! And
in many places old men and wom
en, too frail to march in the pro
cession, wait for their Lord to
pass by and -devoutly kneel and
bless themselves. . , r f;
.The march this year will circle
the few blocks north of the church
and the altars will be at the
hemes of Alius Keber, Mrs. Emma
Erwert and Conrad Schmaltz, -
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beet time many ; of them have to calL
Gezisrc&Wlio
Tallted Sentrs
Homei Demoted
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of army service. He is a native of
Salem, NJ, and lives in ' Miami,
Fla; . Jy,:,-'-:
A 1914 graduate of West Point,
Miller is a cavalry man who trans
ferred to the air forces.. In Eng
land he. was one of the command
ing officers of the US air force.
The dispatches from Shaef, held
up for security reasons until after
the invasion, told this story:
Miller is alleged to have! said at
the party in London "on my honor
the invasion will take place be
fore June 15 ; J;,j , -'
A woman guest reported bis re
mark to security police and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.- after an
investigation, reduced Miller to
the rank of lieutenant colonel and
sent him home.
The war department did
inot
disclose where Miller Is now.
House Group
OK?s Big Fund
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placement requirements in. men
and materials must, of necessity,
be large. i
The $40,109,002,795 recom
mended is . about 5800,00000
more than the army actually ob
ligated, during the current fiscal
year, but almost 423,000,000,000
below the record fund of $74,211,
249,961 voted the war department
last year. However 133,762,971,
000 of the current appropriation
has not been obligated and the
committee added it to $15,438,
031,795 in new funds for the new
year.. .
, The army air forces, which have
dumped : 174,719 tons of bombs
against Germany and 43,085
against Japan during the first four
months of this year more than
for the whole of 1943 received
the largest single allotment, $12,
610,200,000. 1
The committee cut only $241,
837,905 from budget estimates.
The new fund boots to approx
imately $390,000,000,000 the total
voted by congress for the war ef
fort since July 1, 1940. j
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8. F. Employment Kepresentative
17. C. Kurphey, 211 8. W. Ninth
7n Cl Cieet
Tslephone 3121
ForCand, Ore