n. n-n n II U--QJ f lit pne of the many dispatches - from' the -second front la a, brief ritem1 to-the; effect that! the allies x r using all their Secret weap ons" in their attack,', but no In formation . is - given as to . what - they are except that one is. an ' .1 T J ITT J - A ' l ' . - rnNETY-FOUaTH YEAR SoUm. Qragoflu Thurador Morning. June IS, 1S44 -file I9 Ko. 74 - w bim. v 1 1 1 n nn wv w i imii r n .' - . , i: v- - t . . - 1 - fir t ' T' A em MuiU 1 V 'v. - w . w ww w- v . of Information though as to the ; use of familiar weapons,; many of them t old:,! battleships, machine guns, grenades, rifles. Nor do we ; hear - anything r of: the!;" secret weapons" with which the German ' .high command . encouraged their ; countrymen: The rocket and the - radio-controlled bomb were " de-,- vekpments which the . Germans hoped would turn the trick, but they have been pretty well mas- tered by British and American forces already. ' ,.y ' 'X . But "secret weapons" In the - form of devices and surprise tac tics have played a part in mak - ing history. The Macedonian pha Ianx proved ; a superior! type of military formation and 1 enabled ' Phillip to conquer ancient Greece; .' and the Roman legion with its v carefully drawn organization of fighting men improved on the phalanx. Braddock's defeat taught - the British the folly of using , European methods of warfare, . fighting solid ranks when the f Indians were hiding behind - trees and rocks. In this war the meth , ods have followed quite closely the old Ind'an style of attack: : crouching and running in small ' groups, seeking cover, and Ufen ' resuming the advance. I In the seiges of Constantinople : the defenders warded off the Sar I acens by setting 'loose Greek fire among the 4 enemy shipping thai swarmed up the Bosporus. This . was an incendiary' composed prob . ably of sulphur and naphtha and quicklime which' ignited on the water. The fire and the confusion growing out of the surprise foiled ; the attackers. ? ' ij.. ' " ' - j Our own history has a good ex , ample of the , success of "secret j weapons". In i the Civil war the Confederates sheathed (continued on editorial page) J 14-,. Textile Part Of Control BiU WASHINGTON, June U-(JP) .The house passed the price con trol extension bill today after striking out the controversial i Bankhead-Brown cotton 1 amend i ment and writing in a provision aimed at guaranteeing - parity prices for all farm products by penalizing processors wh fail to pay them. .)- ' . I. r The Bankhead born proposal, which is in the version of the bill I passed last week by the senate, would require adjustment of tex ' tile ceilings to reflect parity to farmers and also- to -guarantee manufacturing costs plus! a "rea sonable profit" to millers. : : Virtually all the house republi cans i joined with administration forces against the textile: pricing change, which was beaten 87 to 191. The administration gave its pproval to. the parity-or-penalty amendment 4 lifter that vote," the house re versed a previous stand and in a 204 to 178 rollcall threw; out the administration - opposed ! amend ment of Rep. Disney (D-Okla.) to Increase the. price of crude oil 33 rents a! barrel. The administration's cotton and oil victories were somewhat off set by failure, in a 208 to 181 roll call, to throw out an amendment by Rep. Dirksen: (R-Ill) to open (Turn to Page 2 Story G) . f. Roosevelt OK's Investigation , WASHINGTON, June 14-JP) - Legislation directing an i immed iate Investigation of the! Pearl Harbor disaster was signed today by President! Roosevelt j but he - said the inquiry would be limited '. to what could be done without Interfering with the war effort. Mr. Roosevelt said he was con fident congress did not intend and Would not want any proceedings which would hainper. prosecution of the wai; Therefore, he said in statement, he was signing the bill . although the secretaries of war and the navy had suggested he disapprove it., 5 The legislation directs that the secretaries of war and. navy, make investigations and commence pro ceedings "as the facts may Justi fy." .They expressed concern to Mr. Roosevelt that this might re- quire them to recall officers from important war posts and bring out publicly information which should be withheld from the enemy,, '- "If there were any doubt in my mind that, the resolution might require such action by the secre- , taries of war and navy as would Interfere with the successful con duct of . the war, I would : have withheld my approval from the gcsolution," the president said, . House Defeats W.a kee JJL HJ. JLJLiLLHJ . '' 'i-- . " f : JLL .? Take OAetello Fifth Army Gains Huge Nazi Food Dumps Near Captured City; Germans Fight Back By LYNN HEINZERLING BOME, June 1 M)-American forces driving! up the Tyrr henian coast of Italy have captured - Orbetello, center of Ger man: resistance to the fifth army's offensive, and gained control of the enemy's immense food supply dumps on the nearby Orbe tello; peninsula (Mt. Argentario), field dispatches disclosed to night. ::: , ; j : Sid Feder, Associated Press, correspondent with the fifth armyi said in a story filed from Orbe-O ' ' jj '' tello that the whole mountainous peninsula with tremendous hid den stores of food had come un der allied control. His dispatch followed an announcement by al lied headquarters that the Junc tion of highways one and 74, a short distance north of Orbetello, along the coast of the mainland, had also been captured. The Americanswere pressing forward and engaging a strong force of nasls in the hills north of the road Junction, Feder said.j The food discovered in bunkers on various parts of the mountain ous peninsula, which is joined to the mainland by three causeways, contained nearly 300 tons of flour, hundreds of cases of ham, rations and biscuits, said Maj. John Paul Powhida 48, of 57 Locust St, Philadelphia, representing the al lied military government,- bvioosly is ene of the en emy's main feed stores," the major said. . -; f ' Along -with the huge supplies of food,, the allies "seized a garrison of 28 enemy soldiers. v",; - Im I the mean tains aear the ' road JancUen north of Orbetel- -lo several battalions. ef enemy f troops - were patting vp fierce r resistance, vsing machine -run ' and mortar fire and self -propelled artillery, Feder said. Bat late today the doughboys re- ported taking aosne high ground and making ether tactical gains. Many prisoners, most from the enemy's 182nd Turkoman division, were taken in the last 24 hours. , 1 Minefields around Orbetello were so dense American forward troops! required several hours to inch 'their way to , the nazi food dumps.' . Bagno Kegie, six miles south of Orvieto, was captured by the Fifth j army and NarnI, an im , portant road Janctlon southwest of Ternl, was taken by the Eighth army, headquarters an nounced tonight Considerable German rearguard resistance was developing at Ter ni, but British forces were making a determined effort to break into the strategic communications cen ter on highway three. Allied for ces now are well within artillery range of Terni and its fall was be lieved Imminent I Orvleto, another I m p o rtant ' road Junction northeast of Lake : Boise na, also were believed near capture despite some eontlna-' lag enemy resistance from the : west, j-.;, :' y (German forces who for several days had held up the Fifth army's drive before Orbetello presumably were trapped by the flanking maneuver,' their escape route to the north severed.) French in Liberated Towns Give De Gaulle Great Ovation ' - By DON WHITEHEAD . ISIGNY, France, June 14 -Jf) Gen. Charles De Gaulle visited his homeland today for the first time i n""f ni 1 f "V jrr- a rl countrymen lined the streets of beachhead vn-V lages shouting his name. The ovation was dramatic. The talL ' lean " leader of the French ! committee of national liberation appeared unexpectedly, but news of his trip across the channel swept through allied-held territory in a few hours. Wherever he went, crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of him and call greet ings. i - -r-n-; - Cries of "De GauUe. De Gaulle swept the streets. Old men vand women came stumbling out of the wreckage of their homes and busi ness houses. Children ran yelling out of the , rubble and clambered across the debris to see this man whose name obviously- was magic to them. 1 ; The people were begrimed and jTOOBS ves Job in Pacific ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, June 15 r(- Admiral William F. Hal sey, jr., relinquished his position as allied commander in chief, of the south Pacific! today to.. Vice Admiral John Henry, Newton, 82, his deputy commander, j - I - Halsey is being assigned to a new and as yet undisclosed role in the Pacific. The formal change of command of the south Pacific and of the south Pacific force of the United States fleet, was ac complished in a simple ceremony in the headquarters building here. . Halsey became commander j of the south Pacific area as a vice admiral October 18, 194.2. Forces undel his'conihiad'deJCdated the Japanese in the 4 battle of Santa Cruz October 28, 1942, and in the battle of Guadalcanal the follow ing November. 13 1 to 15. He was promoted to full admiral Novem ber 18, 1942. . 1 . ; n 1 halsey sent a ringing "well dohef message to' his south Pa cific forces, in a statement which said in part: y.f,. y.: "I send this parting well done to my victorious all-services south Pacific; fighting team. You have Lmet, measured and mowed down the best the eneroy had on land and sea and air. "You have sent hundreds .of Tojo's ships, thousands of his (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Sgt. L. E. Case Dies in Action PERRYDALE-Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Case received . word this week .that their ion, Sgt. Loren Earl Case, of the irmy force died of wounds received at Wadke .is land May 20. He Was 27 years old last January. Loren received his schooling' in Staples, Minn., and came to Ore gon with the family. He enlisted In September, 1941, and took his training at Camp Roberts and Camp Lewis. He went overseas In March of 1942. His parents had a letter from him written May 12, saying that he was well. f Mr, and Mrs. Case hive three other sons in the service, Dwain, who is in the air Corps, and Kenneth- and Claud, Who are in the navy. All three are still in the states receiving their training.! ill-dressed ani. the wreckage ac centuated . the dramatic back ground of the French fight, for liberation. There was no mistak- Mpjitrjof the welcome. : pole rose Mickey Kooney A baT coUarobateurs.' It was a chant that .H Ar the crowd and then as thov was a theme song for the occaj. came the sound of voices singing "La Marseillaise." ; . s . De Gaulle stepped from a Jeep and the gendarmes were unable to hold the crowd . back. They surged forward to speak to the general and shake hands wth him as he stood under a shell-dented street, lamp in the town's v bat tered square. ; f ,;" ;yi yy (De Gaulle urged the people of - (Turn to Page 2 Story C) : Over Halsey SS Trailblazer;Goes to Sea ' ' K - - ' S3 ."it i i . a it-, y Only ship of the United States' .World war II fleet named for aa army division, the 1808 ton tanker carried the name and insignia t the 70th Infantry division aa river at launching ceremonies at day. A record crowd of civilians in addition to the military attended the launching which marked the beginning af the 70th' birthday observanee. Trailblasera have elected to observe Infantry day, which is today, as their anniversary and will march fas review before thousands at a public eelebraties M ightiestiiiigleii ir Armadddn-:-HUtdry. Slugs Nam Europe 1 By AUSTIN BEALMEAK j 1 SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Thursday, June 15-;P)-More than 1500 US heavy bombers the mightiest single air armada , ever launched spearheaded a tremendous aerial assault on Hitler Europe by more than 12,000 ior ties yesterday and 'this record daylight at tack was followed up at nightO by fleets of RAF night raiders. A. very .strong force of British 'heavy bombers roared across toe southeast coast at dusk and . for a considerable period after mid night every radio station in Ger many was off the air Indicat ing that the RAF war attacking targets in the reich itself. Hundreds of medium bombers swept across the channel earlier in the evening to deliver an at tack, in the invasion battle area, returning within three-quarters of an hour. Altogether the day light raids mounted into the great est all-day operations" since iD- The wide-spread ' .operations . from ; Sritam encountered a minimum of ; aerial epp Itlon although antl - aircraft fire was, : heavy jit some points. -j.y. Reports up to.' midnight listed 15 US. heavy, bombers, three me diums and fighters and fighter-bombers as missing. Five en emy fighters were destroyed. -It also, was dlacloaed at head quarters that a aumber ef Ger snaa airfields , in ; France have been captured, bat are not being used at present because of ex tensive damage caused by allied bombing. ' " Greatest weight of planes and (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Sgt Dingmah Dies at BiaE . Wilfred John Dingman, son Tjnd Mrs. John Dingman of i ITYi was killed in ac- iak island in the ""u v.oarents were I WILL BUY Aa-TTseaS tor or H Ding I WILL SELL A ' BOND in sou. Name A brothO) is at MempT from wounds' r&w at Munda. - Three other brothers, Lyle, DoS aid and Ar dell Dingman, all at home in Independence, land two sisters, Mrs. Jessie SohiL jr of Independence and Mrs. Byron Painter, DaDas, also survive LHrea -? - - sher plunged into the Willamette Swan Island shipyard last Satur at Camp Adair this morning. Ncuds Predict Important New Events Soon 1 : ;- -:: , - ' -LONDON, Juno 14 -(ff)-German propagandists tonight, fore cast "important new events" on the Atlantic coast within 48 hours, reported limited US gains on the Carentan front and said huge nazi reserves were being rushed op for an imminent major battle at Cau mont and Villers-Bocage, south of Bayeux. : ...:'.:Vi-- Their radios said allied fleet movements '- in the channel and activity in English ports indicat ed new blows fwere coming, .and a Berlin DNB 'broadcast report ed Lo Havre was bombed by "su per heavy" allied naval guns. , , Other German broadcasts pre dicted an allied drive to take this great port on the Seine estuary.' ? Berlin said "It is admitted that the town of ThMy-Sur-Seulles is not in German hands." The town, southeast of Bayeux, has changed hands several times,. - - . American gains west of Caren tan were described by the Berlin radio as "a surprise blow by the First United States army which forded a river and gained ground in a drive west The Americans were said to have ' "punched two wedges' Into - the German lines here after fighting of "unprece dented violence." Berlin said the Americans were receiving rein forcements for a new ' leap for ward. ; , , i - The Germans ' declared Field Marshal Gen. Karl Hqdolf Gerd Von Rundstedt had; switched strong reserves to engage Genu Sir - '(Bernard L. Montgomery, com , ' ending allied ground cforces,' at fcjand and fillers. ' i . ' . aU l. : . H i 1 k 1 i l . SBl 4 : precipiUt Scattered showers imiR storms Thursday and Frtda sllxtUy cooler Thorsday ' v- f Finland Resists Fiercely --: 25 Miles South - Of Viipuri City - LONDON, Thursday, June 15 MfPh Fresh Finnish troops have been thrown into the de fense of . the Karelian isthmus and are now locked in a migh ty 'struggle about 25 "miles south of Viipuri, Finland's se cond largest . city, Moscow in dicated early today. -:" , "Evidence of the ferocity of the battle on Russia's northern front was contained in the midnight supplement to the Soviet com munique which said, that one un it of the red army "wiped out in three days 3000 of the enemy, de stroying 30 guns and 80 machine guns and captured 70 other guns." "Particularly fierce engage ments took place hi the area Of Katerselka and Jarvi?; yes terday the supplement said, . and added that many prisoners ' were taken. ' C J " -v ' ""Our. air ' force destroyed six artillery batteries,' blew up three ammunition dumps and ' smashed a motorized column, the sup plement continued. (Turn to Page 2-rStory H) US Navy Task Force Shells . Jap Islands : US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Juno 14-(fls)-Big guns' of American naval task forces simultaneously shelled the southern Marianas. is lands and the Central Kuriles Monday in the deepest penetra tion ; of Japanese . defenses ever made by United States warships, Pacific fleet headquarters an nounced today. ! ' : Both raids were coordinated with air blows. 5 The northern force continued its shelling of Matsuwa, , within 500 miles of the Japanees home land, into Tuesday. The carrier task force raid on the Southern Marianas was ex tended into its fourth' day and reached out to hit a fifth island. Battleships, - cruisers and de stroyers shelled both Saipan and Tinan In the Marianas. It the shpreguns replied their fire was ineffective, for Adm. Chester W. Nimitiz said none of the1 attack ing ships was damaged. The warships bombardment started large fires j in , Tanapag harbor, anchorage, on the western aide . of Saipan's volcanic hills. Large fires also blazed in Garapa, a town of-10,000 population just south of Tanapag harbor," and In Charankao, a sugar mill center on the southwest side of Saipan. It was the first surface bom bardment of these key "Japanese bases protecting the sea flanks of Japan and the Philippines. As the naval guns' opened! up,' carrier planes which began raiding the Marianas last Saturday,! bombed Pagan island, a satellite Marianas base about 175 miles north of Sai- Fifth War Loan Sales Total Near $275,000 for County The Fifth War Loan sales rec ord, in Marion county hovered around $275,000. One of the coun ty's larger industrial Crmspre; pared to celebrate at an over-the-top bond rally this afternoon, and a pair of small but outstandingly active river-edge ' communities made plans for a similar celebra tion Friday night. The chairman of the state war finance ; com mittee i told civic : clubmembers that this Is no time to "take it easy," , and - bond-purchasing : fans opened . the season " at Geo." E. Waters field. iy:,i:J, Thus passed Wednesday on the bond front.- ; . ;- -c While the beaches of France are ; stained with the blood of fighting men is no time for the civilian population to plan to take easy, E. C Sammons, Portland, k"-waa. finance . committee told the Joint luncheon ' ilem civic - clubs "'-cxs.'Xiwer Allies Stand Firm at Most 4. Areas But Americans Lose i : Their Hold on Mdntebourg . - By JAMES LONG . : ' SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION ARY FORCE, Thursday, Jane 15 (AP) Ferocious battles roared at both ends of tht allied lines in Normandy today, with the Germans pressing constant heavy counter-attacks against which the British-Canadian forces stood firm in the Tilly-Caen area but which cost the Americans their hold on Monteboursr on the Cherbourg peninsula. y ry-1) - - Iir the center of the ziz-za lOOmile beachhead, ;the Americans repulsed a German attack on Carentan, and the allies generally advanced southward, it was announced. ( M FeetdnFrench Normandy Sott ; LONDON; June 14 Gen. Charles de Gaulle landed on the Normandy beachhead behind the lines of the ..allied armies of libe ration today land a De Gaullist insisted that the French were not to blame for a shortage of liaison officers in the invasion. ' It l was understood, in London that De Gaulle crossed i the .chan nel on a French ." destroyer La Combattante while; Prime - Minis ter Churchill was side-stepping in the house of commons a debate on the jssue of recognizing his committee- of national liberation as the 'nrovisional government of France."' -1 -,r ; j ' Supreme headquarters allied ex peditionary force annouMed sim-4 ply: "It can now be said that Gen. De Gaulle has landed in- Nor mandy.' : De Gaulle was accompanied by French army -and navy,, staff off! cers, it was leaTned, : and, they were welcomed by British officers of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom ery's headquarters. j From the beachhead he toured liberated towns and villages. : A Washington report that the French leader had suddenly can celled orders for several hundred T French officers to lana witn tne first wave in the invasion was described by bis press attache as "most incredible", be cause, he said, no agreement had been reached.. s". We negotiated several ' months with the allies prior to the invasion,- he said, "but as the whole world knows we reached no agreement with: the American government - or . with the allied commanders either of the govern ment of the liberated territories or on sending liaison officers with the invasion forces. ; ' -. "As to reports that cooperation between the -French - population and the allied,, armies had been impaired that fts quite possible, but it is not our fault." Point-Free Meats May Go Back on Rationing WASHINGTON, June 14 -() Many point - free cuts of meat are likely to go back: under ra tioning next month, it ,was indi cated tonight y:yyyy'"yy ? An OPA spokesman said a det cision would not be made for an other week and that it would not be announced month. . ' until late this and - womanpower here ' to raise Marion county's quote," he de clared, maintaining that - "The money is here and the equipment it will buy Is needed." . . Sammons drew' a graphic pic ture of modern warfare and its dependency upon materiel, point ed out that losses in the Italian campaign have been larger than all of : this : country's ; losses in World war; I and drew .the con clusion that only by speeding the victory." could 4 continued further loss of life be prevented. -T : Today brings the Junior Com mando, .rally from 2 to, 4 o'clock at bond . headquarters, southeast corner of State and Court streets. "Boys and girls f gathering there will receive Information and bond application blanks, and will set ., out upon their own, quota of $140,000 for purchase of a Curtis- Commando plane to drop para troopers. Out at the Keith Brown Build (Turn to Page 2 Story F) Gaulle . The; Germans have thrown at least two fresh armored divisions -making a total of fourinto five successive counter-attacks in the 20-mile : stretch from Troarn on the east through Caen and Tilly-Sur-Seulles in . what headquarters described in its midnight commu nique ;as "a. furious; attempt to stem our .advance." , : "The -allies there, however, . are "holding firm and vigorous ly searching oat weak points" in the enemy attacks, ; headqaar ters stated. , Tilly-Sur-Seulles was believed to be in German hands, but fight ing there was fluctuating, and the British apparently retained com mand of high ground around the town; j r - ; " Troarn had changed hands sev eral times and was reported large ly held by the Germans. An allied spokesman said street fighting was continuing -there. ,f 1 Farther west, the Germans attacked vkloasly at Carentan, key rail, highway and canal floodgate hob at the base of the Cherbourg peninsaia, bat were met headen and f omght to tUBdtUU fcy tho Americana. The Americans brought up tanks to fire : point-blank op.- German paratroopers at Carentan" and then pushed ' - forward themselves in ' hifitflwdidad control" Of . high ground south of the town. Associated Press Cor respondent ' Don . Whitehead re ported in a dispatch sent from the Carentan . front late Wednesday night i ' ; " ; Be said the Germans attack ed, along the , Tire river in an attempt to split the American bridgehead and Isolate the Cher bourg peninsaia from the allied (Turn . to Page 2 Story D) - Public Invited 3 . " To Trailblazer CAMP ADAIR, June 14.-(Spe- cial-The public is invited to at tend every phase of the 70th in fantry! division's joint celebration, Thursday, of national Infantry day and the division's first birthday. A dawn - to- dusk program of mass parades, weapons displays, army athletic events, a GI carni val and dancing in the evening is scheduled. Invited guests of officers and enlisted 'men will be served lun cheon, army style, at all fresco ta bles inside the cantonment area. . ' Forivisitors who come by bus, there will be jeep transportation from the bus depot to the locations of various events. At 10 a. mv Major General John E. DahlquisV commanding offi cer of ;.the . Trailblazer division, will 'open' the day officially with a brief program of speeches, fol lowed by awards to enlisted men. , At 11 a. m, a full division pa rade will take place over a mile- i long line of march. "... ' :r i - Athletic and social events will keep toe observance In progress until late In the evening. Stanley Dies InfWar Area " i - . Winston G. Stanley, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stanley, route five, box 268, Salem, died in the South west Pacific area as the result of wounds received in action, his parents have ''been notified. The Purple: Heart vwas awarded to him posthumously in recognition of those wounds and has been be stowed upon his mother. ' ' , A brother, Pf c. Arley Stanley, Is serving in the Aleutians. An other brother, Harry Stanley, jr, is with the; army engineers, whereabouts unknown. One sis ter, Lela Stanley. Claflin is in the WAVES and -is stationed in Seat tle. Four other sisters reside in Salemi Mrs. Hugh , Smith, Mrs. Fred Burns; Darline and Shirley Stanley. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. IL Stanley, Nampa, Ida, and Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Crc ley, route three, Salem. Party Today 315 Court