The Oregon statesman., June 13, 1944, Page 2, Image 2

PAGE TWO
Yanks Clean
Jap Positions
On Biak Island
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"'victims of starvation and disease.
Headquarters announced known
, enemy casualties In .the Sarmfcd
uamn Day area now wiai iu,
and nl the HoIlandia-AitaB sec-
.. tor 4795, Including 629 prisoners.
r On Biak Island, largest of the
. Schouten group oil northwestern
Dutch New Guinea, allied heavy
bombers, attack planes and tanks
aided the infantry advances.
Of the Palau raid, the head-
quarters communique said: '
" i "Our. heavy units continued
night and day attacks on the main
airdrome. Inflicting, further dam
age on Installations and, parked
aircraft Two of 15 enemy planes
attempting Interception were shot
down. One of our planes is miss
ing. A total of 24 planes have
'.been destroyed on the ground."
Liberators from the Admiralty
Islands bombed Truk'a Dublon is
land at night. One failed to return,
but its loss was partially aven
ged -by the destruction of an en
emy bomber, on patrol' to the
south, by an allied reconnaissance
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The Truk-Palau attacks fol
lowed close upon powerful coor
dinated blows at Japan's Inner is
land defenses on the eastern flank
of the Philippine archipelago.
Texas Demos Refuse
To Reveal Pledges
' j DALLAS, Tex., June 12 -P)-
Texas officially constituted denw
ocratic . executive committee to
day rejected a proposal that Jt
submit .to the voters names of
presidential electors pledged to
vote for the party's nominees.
j Advocates of a fourth term for
President Roosevelt immediately
instituted action in the supreme
court at Austin designed; to in
'.surea place on the primary bal
vldt for a slate of electors pledged
i to vote for nomination of the
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dos will be sworn in Friday af
ternoon at the Elsinore theatre.
Eligible for the organization are
boys who buy bonds themselves
or sell bonds to other persons.
Commissions in the organization
also will hinge on bond selling
records. Arm badges will indicate
grades in the commandos.
First of the 12;45 noon broad
casts Monday over KSLM brought
to radio listeners the voices of
Chairman Douglas Yeater, Wo
men's Division , Chairman Wini
fred Pettyjohn, Industrial Chair
man Harry Collins and Retail Di
vision Chairman Robert FJfstrom.
A similar broadcast today will
present other bond workers.
First reports from bond sales
men and saleswomen are expec
ted today. .
Air Blitz Blasts
Reich, France
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ers participated in the daylight
attacks,; which met rising German
air force resistance. Sixteen en
emy airfields and six bridges were
among the targets.
DNB.I reporting the raid on Col
ogne, Rhineland industrial city of
750,000 : which has been bombed
130 times previously, said British
planes "flying in several batches"
attacked targets in west Germany
adn "dropped bombs on residen
tial areas of Cologne."
During the day German fighters
offered their fiercest aerial re
sistance since the invasion began
but still failed to throw great
numbers into the battle, possibly
because of the terrific beating the
allies have given their bases im
mediately behind the front lines.
Incomplete reports en today's
operations showed 53 German
planes destroyed la the air and
17 on the ground. Allied losses
were placed at seven bombers,
one medium bomber and 31
fighters, four pilots of which
were safe.
The American Fortresses and
Liberators loosed the greater part
of their bomb loads on 18 airfields
in a belt from Lille to Dreux,
about 43 miles west of Paris, and
on half a dozen bridges in the
Paris and St. Nazaire areas.
Medium bombers, fighter bomb
ers and lighters ripped targets on
the tip of the Cherbourg peninsu
la, over the battle area and south
east to Juvisy, just south of Paris.
Many of the medium and fight
er bombers concentrated on the
rail system and highways ringing
the base of the Cherbourg penin
sula. The heavyweights, in the great
est force ever sent on a single
mission, lost seven planes to flak
while their fighter escort shot 17
of the enemy from the sky at a
cost of 14 fighters.
The Mpreme command threw
every class of bomber aad fight
er into close rapport ef the ex
panding: Normandy beachhead,
and the Germans, patting up
their stiffest opposition since
the channel creesmg, were st
able te check this whirlwind of
allied aerial, might
US Fortresses and Liberators
scourged: air fields from St Na
zaire to lion to which the Ger-
ans had been shuttling their
lean air force, and one pilot de
clared that "every, airfield with
in a radius of 50 miles of our tar
get seemed to be under attack.
Other heavyweights planted ex
plosives on six bridges and other
installations, while clouds of light
er bombers, fighter-bombers and
fighters i filled the skies over
northern France, some engaging
in dog fights with as many as 20
enemy planes.
Airfields pounded were at Lille
Nord, Montdidier, Evreux-Fau-
ville, Dreux, Vitry-en-Artois and
Bauvais-TiUe, all landing fields
the Germans need for any sort of
serious defense against the allies.
It was; the second straight day
the Eighth air force sent large
forces of heavies to the support
of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery's advancing armies and fol
lowed a night attack on four rail
bottlenecks behind the battle zone
by RAF bombers,' out in force
over the continent or the seventh
straight night
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FDR Sees Jap
Defeat Sooner
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teglc and tactical, . will continue
with increasing power.
"On the west the hammer
blow which struck the coast of
France last Tuesday morning was
the culmination of many months
of careful planning and strenu
ous! preparation." Vl.
The president said "we still
have a long way to Tokyo, but
he reviewed the relentless Paci
fic smashes which have token
, the initiative away from the
Japanese. ; -' '- ;
Today we are on the offensive
all-over the world .bringing the
attack to our enemies.. '
The president recalled the
dark early days? of the war and
reminded his listeners that he
was eaUed "crasy" when he first j
suggested United States plane
prodnction of M00 airplanes a
year. t '
"Today, he said, "we are build
ing airplanes at the rate of 100,000
a year."
Mr. Roosevelt, speaking from
Washington, joined in an hour
long radio program opening the
big bond drive. Most of the radio
show, in which Secretary Morgen
thau, movie stars and others took
part, originated in Texarkana on
the Texas-Arkansas border. Offi
cials explained I Texarkara , was
chosen because of its position on
the; line between two states.
Morgenthau told the radio lis
teners the treasury will have to
borrow 357,000,000,000 during the
next year. Illustrating the costs
of the war, he gave these esti
mates: ' . ' '
"To march frem Naples to
Rome it cost six billion, seven,
hundred million dollars, includ
ing equipment, training, etc I
leave it to you to Imagine what
It will cost to march from Rome
to Berlin." v
"the cost of taking the Marshall
islands was six? billion dollars.
That includes planes, oQ, ammuni
tion, ships and the training and
equipping of personnel six biPi
lion dollars. Again I leave it to
you to imagine what it will cost
us to go from the Marshall Islands
to Tokyo." I t
The president, stressing that the
allies have attained a general of
fensive position all over the
world, said "everyone who bought
a war bond helped and helped
mightily."
"All of the things which we use
in this war, everything we send to
or flighting allies, costs money
a lot of money," the president con
tinued. "One sure way every man.
woman and child can keep faith
with those who have given, and
are' giving, their lives, is to pro
vide the money which is needed
to win the final victory."
Suite Has $3,600,000
In Advance Bond Sales
PORTLAND. June 12-6!P-Ad-
vance sales in Oregon's fifth war
loan drive that was launched of
ficially today total more than 13,-
600,000. E. C. Sammons. state
chairman, announced tonight The
total goal is 3125,000,000. ,
Bond, issuing agents throughout
the state reported opening day
sales off to a brisk start
Portland's campaign was
launched by a! parade of (2500
Camp Adair troops. Three Infan
try; battalions- were accompanied
by their complement of vehicles
and eouipmentl including leens.
trucks, ambulances, howitzers and
mess units.
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Allied Armor Massed, on French Shore
Allied tonka. Jccim and athcr vehicles mobllhte after reacMaar a Neraaandy beach, preparing to drive
inland In the invasion of France.
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ONtheHOMEFRONT
By Basel
Damp laundry may be kept for
day or so without danger of
mildewing if It Is wrapped in a
piece of rubber and stored in a
refrigerator. from Electric Man
ufacturers Public Information
Center.
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That Is always presupposing
that the family, is not standing in
line waiting for clean laundry.
damp or dry,! and that the WPB
doesn't know; you have a piece
of rubber. j
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From the same source comes
this bit of good news:
A major contribution to indus
try, medicine and even the din
ner table Is expected after the war
from a high speed electronic tube
that converts 2000 amperes of
electricity, at a pressure of 300,
000 volts, into a stream of XI
radiations.
The explanation makes it clear.
however, that the dinner' table
contribution is not in the convex
sational line (which we had hoped
think of what a shock would
do to some 50 per cent successful
wits and how interesting the ta
ble neighbor might be if all that
light were shed upon his or her
private life or our own certain
ly might start gossip). Scientists
foresee production of new foods
through the use of the days. Well,
we know some persons who claim
they would be happy if the rays
would just produce .enough Of
some of the ; old ones say, ba
nanas.
Churchill Sets Foot
Again on French Soil
SUPREME i HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 12 Prime Min
ister Churchill set foot on French
soil for the first time since 1940
today.
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Russian Tanks
Invade Finland
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constant daylight of the northern
aummer. -v? v-v . ' :v. J
" The newspaper - Pravda ' de
clared the break through was
''great and significant" and that
"now the hear of severe' re
venge has. arrived."
1 fhe Russians "were teponed; :16
have crossed the Sestra river,
which, flows southwest through
captured Terijokl , and to be
fighting through lakes, swamps
and hills of Karelia after break
ing steel, and concrete fortifica
tions in the powerful: push. Teri
joki is 27 miles north of Lenin
grad and 160 miles east of Hel
sinki.
The big Russian guns also
blasted the hopes of an armistice
which the Soviet Union nas been
trying to negotiate since mid
February.
A German high command
spokesman declared, the Karelian
drive would not be considered the
start of the Russian summer of
fensive, and that the red army
had so far used only "several di
visions."
DNB's commentator, CoL Ernst
von Hammer said aerial recon
naissance showed the Russians
had masked the bulk of their
forces on the lower Dnestr for an
offensive whose start would be
determined "by the present good
weather." He said other . drives
were being prepared in the center
and far to the north around Lake
Peipus. -.'
From Stockholm came re
ports, unconfirmed elsewhere,
that the Finnish government
might resign, presaging the ca
pitulation of Helsinki.
(CBS recorded a London radio
broadcast that "the Russians have
landed tanks by air behind the
Finnish troops" and this force
was disrupting the Finnish com
munica tions.)
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the regular communique, the Rus
sians said that although the Finns
were .putting up increasingly
stubborn resistance the red
army's Karelian offensive contin
ued .siiccessfully .yesterday with
infantry and tanks overcoming
all . obstacles. Heavy casualties
were inflicted on the, enemy, the
The, Russians said the red air
force, was playing an increasingly
larger role in the operations. T
Allied Beachhead
ALLIED SUPREME HEAD
QUARTERS, June 12.-Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the
beachhead of his allied forces in
Normandy today, including the
shattered town of Isigny, which
the Americans had taken two days
before. j
It was. the D-day plus six more
he had hurled the American, Ca
nadian and British shock troops
against the German. Atlantis wall
and opened the battle for Europe's
liberation. j
With Gen. George C. Marshall,
US chief of staff; Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, air force chieftain, and
Admiral Ernest J. King, com
manding the United States fleet
Eisenhower spent five hours tour
ing American sectors of the front
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Garenten Falls
In Bitter Fight
To US Troops
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square-mile area including the
port of Cherbourg. t
. ' Fierce .fighting between Brit
ish -and enemy" armored units
continued between Tniy-sur-Sealles
and Caenv east f , the
Ceriay forest :now oeeupled by
the Americans, the bulletin slid.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, su
preme "allied invasion commander,
made a five-hour inspection tour
of the AmeTicanfector, yesterday,
accompanied- by Gen. George C.
Marshall," chief of ;Uve' USlarmy
staff,' Adm. Ernest J. King, com-
mandef in chief -of the US- fleet
and Gen. Henry H. Arnold, head
of the US air forces. 'r
- Besides the . American . "big
four," Prime Minister Omrchlll
of Britain also visited : the Nor- ,
maady front 100 miles' across
the English chanaeL With him
were Field Marshal Jan Chris
tian Smuts, South Afriean pre
mier, and ' Field Marshall Sir
.Alan Brooke,' chief of the Brit
ish" imperUl staff.
Confirming field 'dispatches
which said the 'Germans had not
yet shown any 'sign, of mounting
a.. tnaior,.pbunterattack; with?re-
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serve forws. headauarters said
the enemy "is unable to take his
armor out o the battle to teform
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parently lacks Infantry , to - hold
the ground." - "
Headquarters said the US bat-.
tleships Texas and", Nevada were
bombarding inland . batteries . on
the- peninsula in support of the
push toward Cherbourg and the
western side of the -peninsula.
Rocket-firing . allied planes Just
before noon also attvked enemy
coastal -batteries near the tip . of
the peninsula and struck at a va-.
riety of nazi armored targets and
motor transport. .
London Has
Two Alerts
-: LONDON, Tuesday, June 13 (Jt)
London had two alerts early to-,
day, ; the -first in nearly seven
weeks. -
Hardly had the all-clear sound
ed after the ' first alarm, which
brought only a brief burst from
the big anti-aircraft guns fringing
the city, than the second alert
sounded. '
This time a heavier barrage
went up. The German raiders ap
proached nearer sundown and the
gunfire was steady and more
wide-spread. This also, however,
ended quickly. The two alerts
covered less than an hour.
It was the first time London
ers had heard the sirens . since
April 27.
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