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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
; CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher -
Member of the Associated Press
Tbt Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the tut tor publication of all
news despatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper.
X Marks the Spot
The choice of Normandy as the point for the
initial attack , on the western 'front confirms
the judgment of the armchair 'strategists who
argued' for a frontal attack across the English
channel. The Norman peninsula has many ad
vantages besides its nearness.' It offers a con
tinental base, once it is secured, with admir
able harbors, and a direct and comparatively
easy approach to Paris and the old line ! of
march toward Germany. ! k
But the final choice which was made by the
allied commanders was based not merely on
facts of geography. It was based also on re
ports of .their intelligence service. Without
doubt the allied intelligence had pretty good
reports of' the vaunted' .-Atlantic wall" and
knew where the strong and relatively weak
points were. The French underground could
supply the allies with considerable information
and air reconnaissance could pick up addition
al information from pictures. The intelligence
-service must have reported that the north coast
of Normandy did not have the high degree of
fortification of other points on the coast, j
" ; That the defenses in this area were weak is
attested by the report I of Richard D. McMillan,
AP correspondent with the invasion forces, who
said in his dispatch from France: I
What surprised me most was the weakness
of the .German defense line. I examined with -
great care the so-called Atlantic wall along
. this coast It constitutes the biggest bluff of the
whole war for it simply does not exist. Some
: prisoners told me that the Germans had been
frantically trying . to complete defenses but
that the task had been too vast for them. j ' '
. McMillan lets the secret out when he says
the I task of building the westwall in the style
displayed in German -pictures "had been too
vast" for the Germans and their slave labor.
In giving credit for fine judgment in picking
the point Of attack do not fail to include the in
telligence" service Which for months has been
assembling the information needed for making
he selection. . ' . T . !
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Railroads have been raiding the junkpiles of
half a century to get boxes on wheels that they
can use f cir passehgef traffic. We heard of one
train on the Union Pacific where the brakeman
went through one car lighting the old gas-lights
used before electric lighting. When a passenger
commented .on the antiquity of the coach the
brakeman remarked: .This is not old; thre's one
coach up ahead with this sigh 'Shooting buffa
loes from this car is forbidden."
The Pendleton East Oregonion has a boost
er editorial oh Oregon, and quotes William
Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" "take the wings
of the morning" which the E-O says may now
be realized via airplane. The E-O mustn't; for
get the other quotation from "Thanatopsis" -"where
rolls the Oregon . . . Yet the dead are
there." We always have that fact to consider
when it comes to progress. j
; Commenting on inflation in China the Ore
gon City Enterprise saysMt has "reduced the
; educated white collared classes to semi-starvation
and poverty." Poverty is anti-climax
; there. ... , " j
Interpreting
1 ' By KIRKE L. SIMPSON .. . -
I Copyright 1M4 by the Associated Ptmi I
' A logical pattern for the allied invasion of France
via Normandy beaches began to disclose itself as
the third day of the greatest military adventure
in history drew toa close although its supreme
'commander, General Eisenhower, still masked his
Intentions from friend and foe alike. j
His progress bulletins still lacked definite geo
graphical data by which to measure the j scope
and. direction of the assault that stormed ashore
Over a wide coastal front so successfully j as to
prompt an official statement that the first; phase
of the invasion had been completed and the second
begun. They also failed to reflect the optimism
of some eye-witness press accounts from the fight
ing front holding thai the vaunted nazi Atlantic wall
had been proven something of a myth in the -Normandy
area at least -.
Eisenhower, and his staff well know that the main
enemy defense is. not fixed. fortifications hut the
German army. The bulletins indicate that only
nazi local reserves have been encountered up to
how, and that 'strong tactical reserves are yet to
be met 'and mastered before the first strategic ob
jectives of the invasion campaign can be achieved.
t There is no authorized allied intimation as to
what those first objectives are. Piecing together
various German accounts of the fighting, however,
it looks as though seizure of both the Cherbourg
jtipped Normandy peninsula and its larger Brittany
coastal hump, to the west at the head of. which
stands the port of Brest, only 3500 sea miles from
New York, may be the allied purpose.
,i That would mean that the direction of the at
jtack, now. that its first beachhead salients along
the shore of the .bay of the Seine have been con
kolidated in some depth, would shift to the south
west toward Nantes at the head of the Loire estu
ary, and not toward Paris or. Berlin. The Berlin
reports reflect that, but without confirmation from
any allied source. ,
p They tell v of new air : landings attempted or
(achieved by the allies not only near the base of
the Normandy peninsula, west of the Vire, but
also in Brittany. Descents near Nantes, Lorient and
Ct. Brieuc were Berlin reported.
Nazi sources also announced that the first allied
push In force southwestward beyond the Bayeux
beachhead .'salient was in progress. Success would'
cut off the Normandy peninsula, trap its garrison,
t ad expose jCherbourg to investment from the rear.
, - Allied cepture of Cherbourg and its good weather
3 arbor would shorten and simplify the supply prob
i:rn cf the American troops apparently holding the
i ;ht L:r,ct the allied invasion line. They would
La in direct over-sea contact with the United
'r.aUs, via Cherbourg, avoiding ' supply and rein
L rccrr. :-t trrrs-sMpsicnts -In . England; It. was that
h r.s'.l.xz'-i Cut prenpied" assignment- of Per
, .in-'s troe. 3 to tl:e risht Cank in France in World
var 1, x:VX Tizr.zh Eay cf Biscay ports as their
'tasea. TLcrs wzs no confusion cf French, British
end An.jrirzn r.TPy Haes due to that deployment
Lloyd It. Smith ?
Lloyd R. Smith was one of those men of con
stant faith in whatever relationship in life he
was tested. He was always the honorable gen
tleman whether in business,. in politics, in so- '
cial relations. He was true th his convictions ;
in his philosophy of living, in bis views on C
public questions and in his affiliations. He was
deeply loyal to his friends and warmly attached "
to his family. As a public official, serving ai
state corporation commissi oner for nearly five .
years he was conscientious, practical and con
siderate, administering the affairs of his office
with firmness and equity. His death removes ;
one of Oregon's most competent citizens, one "
long- identified with its lousiness and political
life, and robs this writer as well as many others
of an intimate friend and wise counsellor.
The city of Astoria whittled its bonds down ;
to a point where it could refund them in the
amount of $1,800,000 at two and three quar-
ten per cent interest. This gets the city out of '
hock, though its debt is still large. The Astor- i
ian-Budget pats on the back the city executives
who had a hand in getting the city back into ..
financial respectability. While the road has been
long and hard, and while- the memory of the
default will linger long in memory, Astoria .
does deserve credit for finally working out of ;
its financial difficulties. Bond' men have es-
timated, however, that; because of the stub- f
bornness- of the city and port district in in- :
vesting, their cash in their own bonds when they .
were selling far below par the community lost
about half a million dollars. The bonds in-
creased up to par and those redeemed were re
deemed at that figure. The city and port "hired "
the money" though, so they really owed a
hundred cents on the dollar. -l-
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'Government Proving Ground9
Today's ffiadio Progirainnis
Thus far the Italians are not marching down .
the main street of Rome shouting "Nice", "Tu- r
nisia" as they did when Mussolini thought he
was boss of the middle sea.
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON
(Distribution fcj Klnc FcaturM Syndicate. Inc. Repro :
ductioa in wool or in part ptrlcUy prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, June 8 ! The administration is j
having a- difficult time putting down overly-enthusiastic
interpretations of the grand assault on
Europe, not only by the public but in its own ranks. .'
D-day was hardly over before business firms
started calling the men they had loaned to the
government for war work say- ;
ing the, war was almost over, (
and they had better come back I
as soon as possible to their reg- -ular
jobs. :
The treasury seemed skittish '
that the public also might jump -to
the same conclusion in con- ;
nectton with the $16,000,000,-,
000 war bond drive opening !
Monday. 1 '-
Actually, however,, it is un- ?
Paul Malum likely matters will break in
either of these directions! The dollar-a-year-or-more
men will be held to their jobs, and-auspices :
for the bond drive are bright "
WhUe the amount is $16,000,000,000 (two bil
lions above last time), the people have more-cash
that ever before piling up in banks, and their en
thusiasm should be lifted by the invasion to the
point where the amounts again will be oversub
scribed, fi
Bonds are the same as cash these days, and there
is no reason why $-110,000,000,000 should, have ac
cumulated in bank deposits and $20,000,000,000 more
in cash outside of banks(as carried in this col
umn May 31) when these amounts can draw great
er interest. I ;. -:
But ' the administration i itself inwardly is far
from prepared to meet the end of the war, or even
begin to meet it i . , ;
The popular Baruch scheme to transfer industry i
smoothly and efficiently back to peacetime oper
ations was drawn up last December, made pub
lic February 13, but not ; Until May 23 were the -beginnings
of action on fit even faintly ' visible.
Then Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman'
of the war production board was , appointed by
over-all Stabilizer Byrnes to start work, v-
One contract torminatioh bill (Murray-George) '
has been passed by congress, but surplus property y
legislation is just now being devised for congres-1
sional consideration. - -, T: ' :.
The matter had reached such a pitiful state
that Mr. Baruch, who would stand practically any-
thing from the administration, was reported in the ,
press to have presented his resignation, along with
that of John M. Hancock,- as the top two men at
the head lot what was supposed to be the post- ,
war policy-making committee, but which apparent- -ly
has not turned out to be as powerful as its
paper authority.
The administration has sought to keep the resig-
nation story from the press, possibly to get Messrs. "
Baruch and Hancock to change their minds. . -
The prospect now is that the new Wilson lead- '
ership may furnish the necessary impetus, to work
the matter out but the prospect is not as bright as
it was last February 15 when the Baruch report '
was announced, and everyone was led to believe ?
the matter was more or less settled. : 7 r
' Clashing personalities seem solely responsible
forthe otherwise inexplainable delay. At the top c
of the clash was Mr. Wilson himself. He had the -:
substantial backing among government officials .
from the beginning "as the man to lead the job.
His supporters included Secretary of the Navy '
Forrestal and War . Under-Secretary Patterson.:
But Mr. Wilson was only ' WPB executive vice
chairman to Donald Nelson, whose friends thought
he should have the job. Several times Mr. Wilson
threatened to resign like Messrs Baruch and Han-;
'.cock. v ' t
Apparently the greatest power of the supposed-
ly powerful authorities of the government is a re
signation threat -
Messrs. Baruch, Hancock and Wilson might have
done better if they had belonged to the CIO as it c
was net until the CIO unionists of the Erewstcr
aeronautical plant rushed down here with irate t
j'tdmplsints': after'-'.-their.; Ctsnpiay's1 contract-, had J
teen cancelled that any action was takea.cn the
Earuch report
XSLM HBS TRIDAT 13M Ke.
It's tb Truth.,
S.O Htwi.
1M Kews. ' '
Y:15-rarm and Home Program
IdO-Shady VaQey Folks.
T. -45 Today's Top Tradoa.
MDr. Talbot. r
. t M News.
S 45 Orchestra. 11 '
t0 Boaka Carter.
Pastors CalL
SiSS Midland USA.
9 Amazing Jennifer Loaan.
10. -00 Hardy. News. ,.
l:is-jck Berth.
1030 Luncheon with topez.
10:43 Batton tfews. i
11. -00 Cedric Foster,
lias Walt Time.
11 JO Skyline Serenade.
11 :4S Around Town.
12 .TO OrganmUtie.
UOSMews.
1J30 HiUblily Serenade,
1235 Neshrine Vartettes.
12:45 SpoUifht on Rhythm. .
10 New.
1)5 Interlude.
1:15 Lum 'n' Abner.
130 Music for Remembrance.
SAS-BroadwaV Band Wagon.4 y
S:15 Don Lee NewtreeL ' 5 1
2:45 Radio Tours.
3. -00 News.
3 M Concert Hour.
: 3:45 Johnson Family.
40 Fulton Lewis.
' 4:15 Care and Feeding of a Husband
430 Lullaby in Rhythm.
4:45 Roundup Revelers.
9)0 News.
5:15 Superman. -
530 Dinner Melodies.
945 Gordon Burke.
, 9:00 Gabriel Heatter.
9:15 Nick Carter.
30 Double or Nothing.
70 Commentary.!
7:15 Lowell Thomas.
730 Lone Ranger, .
9 0 Orchestra.
S :15 Evelyn Tyner Orchestra.
930 What's the Name of that Song?
9:00 News.
9:15 Cecil Brown.
930 Fulton Lewis.
9:45 Music in Swingtim.
10.-00 Sinfonetta.
1030 News.
10:45 Henry King. ;
11:00 Sign Off.
9:15 The Parker Family.
. 930 Gang Busters.
9:00 Meet Your Navy.
930 News Headlines Highlights.
945 Art Baker. New.
10 AO Fights.
10:45 Ambassador Hotel Music
11.00 Concert Hour.
KEXBN FRIO AT-1 19 EC
9. -Oft Musical Clock. ,
t 6:15 National Farm and Home.
6:45 Western Agriculture.
70 Home Harmonies ?
: 7:05 Top o' the Morning.
7:15 News.
. 730 James Abbe Observes.
7-45 The Listening Post.
9 AO-Breakfast Club
9 AO Noonday Meditation.
9:15 Voice of Experience.
930 Breakfast at Sardl's.
10:00 News.
10 :li Sweet River. I
1030 My True Story. , .
10:55 Polly Patterson.
11 AO Bankhage ralklng.
11:15 The Mystery Chef.
1130 Ladies. Be Seated.
13.00 Songs by Morton Downey. '
12 J5 Hollywood SUr Time.
1230 News Headlines At Highlights,
i- 1 AO News. --- i
j 1:15 Radio Parade.
i 130 Blue Newsroom.
i XAO-What-s Doing. Ladles.
230 Baby Institute.
i 8:45 Labor News.
230 Music.
L 3A0 Hollywood New Flashes.
' 3:15 News.-. ,
330 RoUie Truitt ' Time,
f 3:45 Music. - . - , . -:.
4 AO The Great Melody.
430 Hop Harrtgan.
4:45 The Sea Hound.
i 8A0 Terry and the Pirates
j S.-15 Dick Tracy,
i 930 Jack Armstrong. v T
8 :45-Captain Midnight
AO-Nqw Take My Case.
930 Spotlight Sands.
935 The- Story Teller.
7 AO Johnny HarreU Sings.
; 7:15 Top of the Evening.
730 Nero Wolfe.
9A0 News. -
KOW NBC FRIDAY S24 Ks.
4 AO Dawn Patrol 1
535 Labor. News. -SAO
Mirth' and Madness.
430 News Parade.
5 35 Labor News.
7 AO Journal of living.
7:15-Mews Headlines HlghllghU.
730 Reveille Roundup.
745 Sam Hayes.
-9 AO Stars of Today.
9 as James Abbe Covers the News.
. 930 Music of Vienna.
945 Dand Harum.
; tAO Person siity Hour.
IB Benny Waller's Kitchen.
14:15 Ruth Forbes
1930 Glenn Howard.
10:45 Art Baker Notebook, :
HAS The Guiding . Light
11:15 Today's Children.
1130-Ught of the World.
U:45-Betty Crocker. - ., .
12 AO Women of " America.
lt:15 Ma Perkins .
1230 Pevpet Young's Family. .
13:45 Right to Happine
I AO Backstage Wife.
1:15 Stella Dallas.
130 Lorenzo Jones.
1:45 Young Wtdder Brown. ;
SAO When A Girl Marries.
2:15 We Love and Learn,
a 30 Just Plain Bill.
245 Front Page Farreu.
.3 AO Road of Life. .
3:15 Vic and Sade.
330 B. Boynton.
345 Rambling Reader.
4A0-rDr. Kate
4:15 News of the World. (
430 Voice of A Nation. ,
445-. V KattenDorn. .
SAO OK for Release.
9:15 Arthur Godfrey Show, f
830 Day Foster. Commentator.
5:45 Louis P Lochnee. .
SAO Waltz Time. v
4 30 People are Funny. -
7 AO Amos and Andy. 1 : ; "
730 BUI Stern Sports NewsreeL
9 AO Fred Waring in Pleasure Time
9 5 Fleetwood Lawson. "
930 Your All -Time Hit Parade,
f AO Furlough run.
930 Service Show. c--
10AO News Flashes.
10:15 Your Home Town News.
1025 Labor News..
19:30 Thomas Peluso Orchestra. -
10:45 Paul Page. Singer.
1035 News. ; ,
II AO Hotel Biltmore Orchestra.
1130 War News Roundup. :
UAO-2 a jn. Swing Shift - V
SAO News. i I :
3:15 Lyn Murray Show.
330 SUrs of Today.
3:45 The World Today.
335 News. j 9
4.-90&ady of the Press.
4:15 Bob Anderson.
430 Friday ost Broadway.
SAO Oaten bcafcei i
8:19 Red's Gang. j -
830 Harry FUanery. News.
845-News
835 But Henry !
AO Hollywood Showcase.
830 That Brewster Boy.
7 AO-Jimmy Durante ! Garry
. Moore
7-30 Stage Door Canteen. !
SAOI Love A Mystery, n
8:15 Press. Club; M .
930 It Pays ta Be Ignorant
9 AO Kate Smith.
935 What's Become of T
10 AO Five Star Final. : i
19 J5 Wartime Women : !
1030 Stories -of the West: i
1030 Jan Garber Orchestra.
1045 Voice of the Army.1 j
11 AO Gus Arnhelm Orchestra.
1130 Air-Flo of the Air. ; .
11 35 Orchestra,
11:45 Orchestra.
.1135 News
12 AO Music.
Midnight to 8 AO jn. Musto 4k News
KOAC FRIDAY 559 Ke, ,
10 AO News.
10:15 Homemaker's Hour. '
11 AO Southland Singing. :
11:15 America Marches.
1130 Concert Hall.
12 AO News
12:15 Noon Farm Hour.
1A0 Ridin the! Range.
1 as Names In I the News.
130 Variety Time.
2 AO Club Women's Half Hour,
1 30-? Memory Book of Music,
3 AO News. . ' i j
3:15 Music of the Masters. i
4AO Music by jCugat. j j
4:15 Listen to Leibert. I
430 Dance Band of the Week.
445 Science News of the Week.;
SAO On the Upbeat.
530 Story Time.
5:45 If s Oregon's War. i
. 8:15 News. J
830 Evening Farm Hour.
730 Music of Czechoslovakia.
SAO Wake Up 'America. ! ,
S 30 Music That Endures.
830 News. -I v
9:45 Evening Meditations.
10 AO Sign Off. i
XOIN-CBI FRIDAY T0 Ke.
535 Breakfast Bulletin. -8
AO Gardening with. Bouquet
8:10 Northwest Farm Reporter.
. 8:15 Texas Rangers.
830 KOIN Klock.
7:15 Headline News.
- 730 News.
T:49 Nelson Pringle, News 1'
8:00 Consumer News.
9:15 Valiant Lady " - m
930-Light of the World. '
9:45 Aunt Jenny. . rj1 j
9 AO-Kate Smith Speaks. )
9:15 Big Sister 1
9:20 Romance of Helen Trent
945 Our Gal. Sunday. , .
10 AO Life Can Be BeauUfuL '
19:15 Ma Perkins.
10 30 Bernadine Flyna. -.'i v
10:45 The Goldbergs. -
11 AO Portia Faces Ufe.
lias Joyce Jordan.
1130 Young Dr. Malone.
1145 Perry Mason. , ;
13 AO-News.
12:15 Neighbor.
12:30 Bright Horizons. i
1345-Bachelor- ChUdrea. !
1A0 Broadway Mattnee.
135 Dorothy Fisher. . f
' 130 Mary MaVluw I
1:45 Mid-Afternoon Melodies,
. SAO Open Door. i .
i 3 15 Newspaper of the Air.' !
2:45 American Women.
Timnmre
' 1 - "
Nearly 100 years-ago
Dutch immigrants set
tied oa a thoa9sn4
acres of govciiuoent
land is Michigan sad
called it Holland. Cos.
toms and activities of
the old - country are
maintained to this day,
especially ia the tulip
htflliiUy.
, ,rTu!pen Feesf"
'7
Hzzn Cn
SvlOi nr sssi ii i ew 5 , d iw 3 mau.
Ilopinf to briafj tbeto
fp tadastry to Germany
the . Kasi robbers hve
(.been transporting IIoW.
Unas toest tup stock
aad even the Dated
eavta into their
country -
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for boys and young men and lias
. , served as a real cornmunity cen
ter for, innumerable others actih
vities. For years it has had the
generoua personal and' financial
.... support of i ,the "community's
leading citizens who have seen
' in the "T an agency making for
-- good - citizenship -; among '. boys.
Tuesday's luncheon to honor the
100th anniversary of the inter
. national YMCA showed by its
spirit and by its large; attend-
' ance the esteem in which the
local yr is held. j
If the "first hundred years
. are the . hardest," then the
YMCA can feel that it is "over
the hump, Inj truth though;, the
, "Y". is always J seeking . jnew
worlds to conquer, new service
to perform, jits world service
program ought to take a leap
forward when! the war! is over
because -,' its peculiar tjpej of
work should bis of great value in
liberated and j even in 1 former
; enemy countries. The . Salem
: "TT-also looks forward to en
Urging its now greatly crowded
facilities, so it can do a better
Job. Instead of Just coasting;4 it
v is ambitious to extend its work,
and will do so as rapidly as
' community support is f orthcom-
' ing. . '''-I' " j ; 1
G)mrnuriicible Diseases
Take Ship Drop .
EUGENE, June 8 -(ffj- A sharp
22 per cent drop in-communicahle
disease was reported by the state
board of health today. Veneral
disease, though ; still more " than
three times more frequent than
last year, decline five per cent
from the preceding week. . ' I
Church Sets
Note
Burning
Sunday is to be an important
day in the life of the First Evan
gelical : church at Marion ; and
Summer streets. Rev. J. Kenneth
Wishart, minister, announces this
will be the day for the burning
of the final note held against this
church. Rev. Paul P. Petticord
wul be guest speaker if or the oc
casion. Rev. Mr. Petticord is a
former pastor. He is at present
a - district superintnedent of the
Oregon-Washington conference of
the Evangelical church.
This church building, built in
1930, during tee pastorate of Rev,
A. P. Layton, and later served by
the Rev. C C Poling, father of
Dr. Daniel Poling, is one of Sa
lem's larger and more beautiful
churches. ; ; ' f -
Original cost of the building
was approximately 150,000, When
(he present minister came to Sa
lem the debt was placed at JS,
800. Under Mr. Wishaxt's leader
ship this -money has been raised,
and a balance is accumulating for
purposes of repair and improve
ment upon the property, tr
Many among the members .are
anticlating the accumulation of a
fund with which It Is hoped to
build or buy a new parsonage.
TlwucandsofParatrooopera ,
Landing Maltes ifolorhd Sight
, By S. L. SOLON
vV- sseiitftig the CoaaMned British Press . ( -. -, , , . f
- ' X)lstrQutadbyha Associated Press
WITH THE AIXTED E0PED1TIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE,
June 7-(rT)-Our forward troops, rested by a few hours of sleep
last night, are, moving steadily forward this afternoon against
OTilifflfnlehinGeTman resistance. ,
. We are on the outskirts of Caen and are joining up with the
Canadian. v A German tank counterattack has been smashed.
The luftwaffe is making desperate
eforts to hold up our advance.
There was constant bombing, of
the beach area last night, end the
skies were never without the roar
of planes usually v mixed, ' allied
and German. '.; 'JjfT
We were witnesses to the ar
rival of. a great allied airborne
army last night Literally hundreds
of . planes swept overhead, flying
very low, and disgorged colored
parachutes marking different para-:
chute units. The skies were Oiled
with these-bunches of brightly
colored silk like unfolding flow-
erSfc "
Frenchmen nearby cheered the
spectacle, probably the largest
formation' of airborne and para
chute units' used' in any military
operation. - ' V"; i ; - .
German prisoners also watched,
and were staggered by this mani
festation of power. They looked
with what almost seemed to be
admiration at the fantastic 'sight
of thousands of armed men pour
ing from the heavens, j j
German snipers are everywhere.
One has been haunting ns f or
hours now. He apaprently has
taken refuge in a church steeple.
Bren guns have opened up on him.
We hear his answering shots, but
cannot place them precisely. ;
The weather Is cool and cloudy.
Without kit, .we spent last night
shivering;. with cold under skies
criss crossed by anti-aircraft
shells and tracer bullets, j
In this sector the allies have a
pretty good hold on a big area
extending Well inland, - and our
troop are fighting superbly to
extend their hold and liquidate
pockets of resistance. . Some of
these pockets are tough and dan
gerous. Others are mere nests of
snipers.-' ".-'. : t
. At our farthest point inland a
battle of armor, ranged yesterday
evening for high ground com
manding the town which Is one of
our main immediate objectives.
All afternoon and all last night
our armor roared up from the
coast to the front in a thunder
ous torrent . to reinforce ' our ,al
ready considerable force engaged
with German panzers. I
In another part of this sector
pur glider - borne troops, who
landed yesterday everiing in im
pressive strength, are fighting, to
break one of the toughest German
defense areas., J
Parachutists who landed j ear
lier yesterday to secure bridges
across a canal and river on our
left obtained their first objectives
in an heroic victory over superior
forces. They achieved this at hea
vy . cost, particularly ; to one of
their battalions, but they saved
far greater casualties which must
have resulted from a frontal push,
and they did vital jobs in secur
ing our left flank, where the dan
ger of German pressure is great
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Aid May Get
More Funds
Expansion of the work of War
Prisoners'. Aid, YMCA, a partici
pating service of the National War
Fund, may be expected as the re
sult of the state department an
nouncement that Japan has agreed
to the purchase of $25,000 worth
of relief supplies a month for war
prisoners and civilian internees In
the Philippines, according to ad
vices received by Charles A.
Sprague, president of the Oregon
War Chest
The United States government
has made available the funds to
purchase the $25,000 worth of
supplies each month, but admin
istration will be carried on by
neutral 1 representatives working
for War Prisoners' Aid, YMCA,
funds for which are allocated from
contributions to each county war
chest In the state through the
Oregon War Chest The work of
locating supplies, purchasing,
packing .and distribution will be
undertaken by War Prisoners' Aid
in cooperation with other neutral
organizations. '
The state department in its an
nouncement of' this agreement for
limited relief for war prisoners
held by the Japanese stated that
"the United States government is
continuing to1 press the Japanese
government to grant full recipro
city in this respect
In the event that wider oppor
tunities for work with war pris
oners is afforded by the Japanese
government War Prisoners Aid
is prepared to expand its pro
gram to meet the needs, which'
authorities state are far beyond
the limited amount of supplies
thus far agreed to by the Japa
nese' government
. Announcement has been made in
London that the British govern
ment and the United States gov
ernment have agreed upon a meth
od for shipping supplies for war
prisoners in Japan, and it is ex
pected that as soon as opportunity
is afforded by the Japanese -government
for distribution that the
work of War Prisoners' Aid will
be widely expended.
Neutral representatives of War
Prisoners' , Aid, YMCA, have been
working in behalf of the war pris
oners held by the Japanese since
the outbreak of the war iri the
Pacific.
150 Sign Up
For Beaver
Boys State
Approximately 150 boys have
made application for enrollment
in the eighth annual session of
Beaver Boys State, sponsored by
the American Legion at Oregon
State college, June 25 to July 2,
according to announcement by
Lee Bostwick, of Portland. de
partment boys state chairman.,
First post to report in Oregon Is
Medford, where CoL W. H. Paine
has enrolled 26 boys. The Medford
delegation will include Harry
Nordwick, Beaver Boys State gov
ernor. Second post to officially regis
ter boys for the session was Clats
kanie, with three enrolled.
. Preliminary reports from other
posts throughout Oregon indicate
the following representation:
Hillsbbro 10, Roseburg 5, Klam
ath Falls 10, Aurora 3, Gresham
2, navy post No. 101, Potrland, 4,
Cottage Grove 2, Astoria 25, Sa
lem 35, Forest Grove 5, Berid 4,
Hood River 4, and Albany 10,
Reports are expected daily from
other American Legion posts be
tween now and June 17, the dead
line for filing applications, i
Arrangements have been made
with Oregon State college for the
use " of three fraternity houses,
Delta Upsilon, Phi Gamma Delta
and ,Theta Chi, John Schenk, of
CorvallJs, president of the board
of directors of Boys State,! has
reported.
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