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, first enemy attack fat . force la
i that area. . . - -i' '. . , -Elite
German parachute ? troops
.were given the Job but failed in
,va headon collision with Lt Gen.
Omar N. Bradley's doughboys.
Despite the loss; of ,lontehourg,
the Americans were- declared. by
headquarters to be holding firmly
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onto positions on both sides of that
Cherbourg- peninsular town.
Montebeiirf, M mttea south
east of Cherbourg and fire
miles inland, and Troarn. seven
miles east of Caen, , changed
hands several times. in. the see
saw ground conflict, which still
rared last ntzht. ':. .
In the 20-mile cauldron between
Troarn on the east and TUly-sur
Seulles on the west the Germans
poured four armored divisions
twice as many as formerly
against the British-Canadian -for
ward line, but faileuto gain ap-
-. preciably. - ; -ir-:, '.!'-
In a supreme effort, these four
armored diTtelonir launched at
tack sftrtatUikrow the
snMiUderinr ndns of those that
. had gone bcfopehKBt snied 1st
. army r1rtoup-lieadliMrTers de
clared' iu UiesHtffl' heid- the
Initiative, ok) jtbez iiintli .day of.
the inTiakviB4 , pointed utA
that the ene shad been: ua
able to offf4h aexar-f
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sive conn wriirWi , pusv y aaa .
been expected AiiUe-
"The enemy i fighting uur bat
tle instead of his ewn thSrrnJ-
- ground headquarter "a toouiored'
On the northwest .ct thX bridge
head line, on tne nanauoz tne Am
erican Fourth division, " German
counterattacks pushed the 'Amer
icans back slightly from positions
they had taken up astride the road
leading northeast from ' Monie
bourg towards St Vaast, but the
loss was counter-balanced by con
tinuing American gains southwest
of Le Ham, two miles southwest
of Montebourg. ; -
Equally strong German blows
failed to break the American
29th division's " gains west of
Carentan, road-rail, hub at the
base of the Cherbourg peninsu
la, where the German : radio
acknowledgod that . the Ameri
cans had advanced several miles
and taken several villages. With
' With six divisions officially dis
closed to be in action, the Am-
erican. army under Lt Gen.
v Omar N. Bradley was the lar
gest thrown Into a single battle
since 4919-1 v
Along the southern bulge of the
batUefront, from, the Cerisy for
est through the 'Illy , woodlands
; reaching eastward, the allies" held
; firm and were credited with some
: indeterminate gains toward St Lo,
but their advanced patrols gave
ground north of Cavmunt and Vil
lers-Bocage, 23 miles from the
coast
"" The allies deepest penetrations
: were slightly more than 20 miles
; inland in the. hills east of St Lo.
' The situation was ' too fluid to
trace an exact line as rival patrols
prodded forward and pulled back
repeatedly. The Germans said St
Lo was in flames. .
Ed Spa Killed
By Log Boom
: LYONS Ed Spa, 41, was kill
ed instantly when a boom struck
( him as he worked as head loader
"at the Mt Jefferson Lumber com
pany logging camp at the edge of
Lyons . shortly before noon Wed-
.: nesday. -: -'. t
Holland Berry, injured in the
same accident,' is believed not to
be in serious condition. He' -was
operating a donkey engine when
the boom fell on the cab. He is at
"Salem Deaconess hospital. .
. - Survivors of Spa are the widow
and two daughters, Jacqueline and
Marilyn; his parents in Portland
sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Jubb and
;, Mrs. Emma Ferguson of Portland,
and one . brother, Harry Spa, in
the navy now serving in the South
Pacific V . : - ; : ,; '
Funeral arrangements had ' not
i been completed Wednesday. v -
Multnomah Votes I
SiiUNotFflcd
The state elections bureau here
Wednesday was awaiting the
Alultnomah county canvass of
votes at the primary election to
complete the state canvass which
:has been in progress for three
weeks. "zr'r v:, :.
. Only close contest Involves one
or two candidates ior delegates to
' the republican national conven
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House Group Criticizes Colonel,
Contractor at Pearl Harbor " . f
WASHINGTON, June 14-iTl-The
German born contractor on defenses at Pearl Harbor were cri
ticized by the house military
report said, left the installations
for ..the 'Japanese 'J 1
While the work fell behind, the
Wyman, jr of the onny engineers
accepted lavish entertainment
from the" contractor, Mans -WIl-
helm BohL . in parties that in
volved. Uquor , "by the case" and
cneap, commercial party gins.
It said the colonel was at RohTa
home hr Hawaii when the Jap
anese struck Pearl Harbor,' and
that he rushed to his office "in ci
vilian clothes and in a drunken
condition.' ,
"Howl- did . it so happen," . the
committee - asked, "that after
nearly 30 years without taking
the - steps necessary - to becoming
a citizen, although . meantime en
joying the fruits of , government
contracts, he (Rohl) suddenly be
gan using every possible effort to
become naturalized in order that
he might be permitted to go -to
Hawaii,! I115 litUe less than
three months before the attack on
Pearl Harbor?"
Rohl was naturalized in Sep
tember und the Japanese hit
Pearl Harbor in December.'
Referring to the award to
RohTs company of some $125,
000,000 in contracts which in
cluded work in Hawaii and con
struction of a far eastern air
route by way of Christmas is-
ishdrCanton, Nandi, New Cale-
doma-artd Australia, the commit
tee cormaeT4fed:;A- -
ItjJsi ecedingifficult . . .
'comprehend inaat so crucial
i tijaiend wbjthjnecessity for
euiciency was paramount . . . a
man known to be a German alien
was selected- and actually put in
charge of the planning, specif ica
tions and performance of the con
tract . .;,
"It is not simply a matter of
conjecture ... that had the per
manent i aircraft warning stations
(at Pearl Harbor) been operating
on December. , 7, 1941, the ap
proach i of the Japanese planes
would have been detected."
In, Los Angeles, where he still
is in business, Rohl issued a state
ment through his attorney say
ing that an official report May 17,
1944, by Lieut Gen. Richardson,
commanding at Pearl Harbor,
"completes exonerates me."
Japs Gross
River Defense
Of Changsha
CHUNGKING, June" 14 -(JP-
The Chinese command announced
tonight that Japanese forces driv
ing on Changsha had crossed one
of the river defenses of the Hu
nan province stronghold, and
spokesman said the enemy -had
thrown! 200,000 men into battle
in an effort to take the city at
any cost
One force east of the provin
cial capital on a second attempt
threw a bridgehead across the
Liuyang river, which forms part
of the defenses north of Chang
sha, but was pinned there In se
vere fighting, then Chinese , com
munique said. A crossing at an
other, point was frustrated.
To the northwest reinforced
enemv ItrooDS hammered aarainst
kushanj, only six miles from the
-capital, but the communique said
the enemy was held all along the
arc of the front extending from
northwest to southeast of Chang
sha. US planes bombed and
strafed j Japanese concentrations.
The spokesman, P. H. Chang,
said Changsha was not encircled,
but was being hemmed in
three sides.
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colonel in charge and the
committee for delays which, the
incomplete and the way open
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committee said, Col. Theodore
Mightiest Air:
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bombs came irom Britauv where'
planes took off on an estimated
10,000 sorties that i rained explo
sives and bullets on the enemy in
France, Belgium, The Netherlands
and Germany in both tactical and
strategic support-of the invasion
ground forces, v I -
Simsdtaneoasly another esti
mated 2009 sorties were flown
from ! Italy and Mediterranean
bases against a half doaeat oil
refineries In Hungary and Tu
gslavia. ' S - f'.. r '
In all, about 4500 tons of bombs
were cast on enemy territory din
ing the day. i
The Italian-based heavy bomb
ers encountered considerable aeri
al ' opposition, but the British'
based forces reported little trouble
from the luftwaff e
Besides the great British
based mission of more than 1500
heavy bombers escorted by some
750 fighters, the skies reverber
ated (rem dawn until dusk with
the ; constant eomutg and going
of", medium, light f, and fighter
bombers closely- sixpperting , the
v cross - channel ground Assault.
On D-day, about 12.00S sortie
were flown, but at least 2009 of
these; were at night. X
The: communique pointed out
that the operations of the heavy
bombers "exceeded even yester
day's figures" when Fortresses
and Liberators slashed into France
twice,!! once in the morning and
again just before dark. f
Escorting fighters found only
meager a e 1 1 n in this role,
shooting down two German in
terceptors, and later swung over
to strafing numerous road, rail
and military targets In and bet
hind the battle area. J
Medium and fighter - bombers
ranged far into the interior of
France Traffic points and mov'
ing targets in Chartres, southwest
of Paris, rail trucks when of La
val and railway guns south of the
battle lines were pounded.
Then late in the day they
crossed the channel on a second
mission and carried out a series
of bombing and strafing attacks
directly behind the enemy lines.
One of their targets on this eve
ning assault was a strategically
located enemy gun position facing
American troops on the north'
western flank of the allied line fn
the Cherbourg peninsula. i
Approximately 400 Thunder
bolts and Lightnings alone flew
15 missions between daybreak and
P.Bt j . .
French Cheer
Gen. De Gaull
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Bayeux, I the first city, in France
liberated by the allies, to help In
the battle to free the country.
Canadian "Press I Correspondent
William Stewart said in a dispatch
from the beachhead. " f
(The general said he had come
to Normandy - to Salute the city
of Bayeux and he announced the
appointment .of .- a local repre
sentative. ; 1- ;
(Tou have seen the enemy flee
from here and he : will flee fur
ther,";! De Gaulle said. 44 We will
fight to the end. We will fight by
the side of our allies for the sov
ereignty of France so tnat our
victory will be the victory of
free people.") f :
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WASHINGTON, June 14 -Wi
The navy announced tonight-that
men were killed, 100 arc miss
ing and 380 were wouunded in an
explosion' that destroyed several
small land craft in Pearl Harbor
May 21.; . . T ' r;.
At the same time u reported
that a magazine at me ammuni
tion depot at Oahu island explod
ed last Sunday, killing three men.
Seven others are missing as a re
sult of this accident " -
The explosion emonf landing
craft in Pearl Harbor was report
ed previously by Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz, Pacific fleet; commander
chief, who said that it occur
red while ammunition was 'being
unloaded from one oi the small
craft . 'J
The casualties caused by the
explosion and . subsequent ' fire
were: Dead, army 8, Navy 9, ma
rine corps to; missing,-army .-53,
navy 21, coast guard 29; injured.
army 56, navy 143, coast guard "3,
marine corps 159, and civilians W
In the explosion last Sunday,
the Pacific fleet headquarters said,
several torpedo warheads being
transferred from a truck to a plat
form were detonated. Damage was
caused in the general ; magazine
area and minor damage was done
to power : lines and railroad
tracks. Names of the three men
killed and the seven missing are
being withheld pending notifica
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planes and tens of thousands of
his slippery minions whence they
came, never again to attack our
flag nor the 1 flags of our allies.
You blasted the Japs in grim
victory at Guadalcanal, you drove
him back and hunted him out,
you broke nis oiiensive spirit in
those smashing Bougainville-Ra
haul blows at his ships and planes
and troops in November, and you
smeared him: and rolled over him
easily to occupy Emirau. Now
carry on the smashing south Pa-
cmc traditions under your new
commander, and may we join up
again farther along the road to
Tokyo."
Vice Aimiral Newton came to
the south Pacific command early
this year after serving as depu
ty commander - in - chief of Pa
cific areas under Admiral Chester
Nimitz at Pearl Harbor.
Newton formerly, was deputy
chief of naval operations tinder
Admiral Ernest King, command
er-in-chief of the United States
fleet, and figured prominently in
planning and executing grand na
val strategy in the Atlantic and
Pacific, work for which he re
ceived the Legion of Merit ,
Allies Drive
Japs Back
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan-
dy, Ceylon, June 14-(-The Ja
panese have been driven from i
ridge 18 miles northeast of the al
lied East India base of Imphal
and RAF fighters have attacked
enemy dumps and motor trans
port on the road south to Tiddim.
an allied communique announced
today. - "!"'-"'
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While war - bond - buying pa
triots are at It,. they i might save
some rnoney on entertainment, we
figure -after hearing' E.I C Sam
mons tell about the style show he
and Mrs. Sammons put on recent
ly in their "lovely Portland: home.
One of the children .Insinnat-
actually came right out
and said that Poppa-was getting
fat. So Poppa boasted i he could
put on his sojer suit of World war
I and did after mucn noiaing or
breath., Which inspired Mrs.. S.
to get out her high school grad
uation frock. She got into it and
they paraded around thc house,
They and the "children are still
laughing, says State War Finance
Committee . Chairman Sammons.
Mr. - Sammons " company in
peacetime builds a furnace, we
might suggest mat laughing is al
so a sood way to keep warm
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Finns Resist
Reds Fiercely
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Tfier stout resistance of the,
Finns' , and the marshy nature
f the terrain which made tanks
almost uselessiln some sections
apparently was' giving the Sov
iet' forces difficulty. " :
The points they announced cap
tured during yesterday'i heavy
fighting wire oo small to show'
on maps available here.!
German commentators contin
ued to regard, the battle on the
Finnish front as merely a prelude
to bigger action yet to , begin on
the eastern front, j i
" A Transoeean broadcast from
Berlin ; emphasised, that - the
German high command expects
'the main blow of the imminent
"Soviet offensive In the south"
and added, the Soviets will
strike in the east v only when
fighting m western Europe Is
fat fuU swing." ii !
Moscow's only mention of -other
sectors of the front, was an as
sertion that German resistance un
its southeast of Stanislawow in
old Poland had been xefused.
At least eight more strong
points 'were captured by the
red army yesterday in contin
ued advances along-the Isthmus,
the Soviet command announced
la itg communique last night,
while the red air force in an
other spurt ef heavy twmbings
attacked ' enemy airdromes at
Brestlitovsk, Blalystofc Pinsk.
Minsk. Bobruisk and Orsha, be
hind the German lines on the
eastern front, destroying "many
German planes" and setting fuel
and ammunition dumps afire.
, While the main Soviet forces
still supported by strong alrpow
er and naval bombardment ef
coastal , fortifications i came to
grips with hastily - summoned
Finnish reserves, other red army
units slashed hard at the enemy',
flanks.
Moscow reported that Russian
forces were plunging through the
Viipuri highway "sector wi
knocking out an Intricate net
work of steel and granite gun em
placements and many anti-tank
traps. This tricky defense area
served by a recently-built . rail
way running . south from the old
Mannerheim line.
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ing Supply CoV bond workers will
set up small bank, 'cashing. pay
checks' and -writing; the bond or
ders, which will put . the plant
employes' group 'over the top
ahead' of every other industrial
concern in the county and among
trie 'leaders in: the state. andr na
tion. : i'v f r;:'z.d "v
The 340 persons on the pay
roll there wQ have averaged in
dividual purchases pf "10O each
before the bank? closes Its doors,
Industrial Division Chairman Har
ry Collins figures. County Payroll
Chairman George Riches, Fred
McKinne3r i from the First Na
tlonal bank and Lawrence Fish-
of the US National bank will
operate the payroll cashing enter
prise, central feature of the bond
rally. ' -. ' '
Mrs. E. B. Henningsen, Talbot
community chairman, ' and Mrs.
William Wiedekehr, Sidney chair-
man, are completing arrangements
for an over-the-top rally at Fri
day night's meeting of the Sid
ney -'Talbot Farmers Union. They
credit their committees with' the
rapid success in reaching Quotas.
On the Talbot committee 'are "Da
vid Turnridge, Delmar. Davidson,
Mrs. Ernest Truman and Keith
Allen! while t Ray Abheyy -Mrs.
Clifford Johnston, Jake Gilmour,"
Mrs. George Maria th and John
Finlay comprise the Sidney com
mittee. '- - r "
Douglas Yeater, county war fi
nance committee chairman, with
Art Smither, chairman of special
solicitation, Rex Gibson, secre
tary - treasurer of the Marion
county committee, and Gene Van-
deneynde, cities chairman, will
represent bond headquarters at
the-meeting. ; J
Wednesday night's successful
baseball season opener, concern
ing which details appear on to
day's sports page, was only the
first, of a series of special events
for the Fifth War Loan drive here,
Yeater declared Wednesday night
as he prepared for weekend re
ports of heavy purchases.
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MissBayliss
Elected.Girls
State Head
SUBLIMITY Margaret Bay-
lias of Albany was elected gov
ernor of Girls' State for the year
1944 as the annual self-governing
camp for approximately 100 Wil
lamette : valley girls opened here
this week. Miss Bayliss gradu
ated , from Albany , high school
mis year. . . .
, Gloria Fahlgren . was elected
secretary of state and Norma Lou
Kroeger of HiOshprp, state treas-
Dan McDade, department com-'
mander- of the American' Legion,
and Fritz ; Niessen, department
adjutant of the Legion, I'were vis
itors at the camp Tuesday. ;
Miss Seanor Stephens and two
members of her state library staff
presented the fireside program
Wednesday night as they review
ed books of interest to the girls.
Dorothy McCullough Lee, for
mer state senator from: Multno
mah county who . now is a Port
land, city commissioner, .'arrived
at the camp Wednesday, to serve
as a member of the-staff.
Hoiise.Defeats
Textile Plan
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federal district courts to tefts. of
OPA rules.. ,
1 . With the house changes, Ma
jority L e a d er McCormack (D
Mass) said there was an "excel'
lent chance', of perfecting in con
ference a bill which ! President
Roosevelt would approve -
Without the legislation, price
controls expire June 30. v ;
McCormack'i statement w a :
based on an expectation that sen
ate and house conferees, correlat
ing the separate measures, will
throw out the Bankhead - born
plan. :- . -. ;" ,,., - -T; :
The parity amendment which
the house approved overwhelm
ingly by voice vote provides that
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0Tenever you set a man waHung along en a hot summer
day with that tmort. cool, contented look . . . ten-fe-one
Us weening a4Fotd Palm Beach Tie by Beau Brummel
Tev w. you coa feel the temperature drop the moment
yW hot smart dimpled knot gentry against your
nedcEncv 4Fbld Palm Beach Ties are even cool to look
ot . ; . in their trotty-toned colors and patterns. And when
you knew they're guarain washable and have that
pateimKl dfoWJna.finingl ComtrvctioB--me what are
you waiting fotf Rush right in, today; and grab yourself
a handful of these 4eat-oeatersv
JXade ivtiA Cat
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AIOXLEY &
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416 STATE STREET -
any predecessor of an agricultural
commodity who fails to pay a par
ity price may '- charge nov more
thin ga per cent or tat-WA- ceil
ing price for the finished article.
(Parity is the price. whicnitne
agriculture-department figures
win give a farm commodity me
same purchasing power; in terms
of things farmers buy, that it had
in '-a past base period;: usually
Ren. Pace (D-Ga), author of
the provision said it would affect
cotton, ? wheat, rye ana several
other commodities now selling be
low Tjaritv and that it would mean
"hundreds of millions of "dollars to
the nation's farmers.'. 7: f 'fJY.i ":
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE; Thursday, June 15 -(P)
Two allied destroyers utercepted
seven 'German mine sweepers off
the coast of France early yester
day and sank three of them and
seriously damaged the other four,
supreme headquarters announced
today.,. ',V
In another naval engagement
yesterday northeast .of Cap de la
Hague, the communique said, tight
allied coastal forces attacked three
enemy patrol boats. "
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