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Newspaper Page Texteg ; ;: . " :'i - " A n: n n . I f rx lip iPKMsiiiiiil TrsTel Letter N. 4 , T ' ' " Washington city hat the repu tation of having one of the worst possible of summer climates, and for some Reason or other it pro ceeded to demonstrate that its reputation was deserved the mo ment I arrived in town. With a temperature of 94 on Saturday and 93 on Sunday, accompanied by the city's characteristic humid Jty, there is really nothing more to be added. However it seemed just ' like good corn-growing weather which I thrived under for over 20 years in the midwest One just endures it unless he moves on to some place . like Oregon where it "rains- all the time." . Newspaper mortality reports after holidays, heat and cold waves, etc. are -quite unreliable. , The Times-Herald heading this morning for instance says: "Si deaths; three prostrations mark 9S-degree heat here." ' In the text of the story- though ; five of : the deaths were from drowning and one from heart failure, all of . which may occur on ordinary summer days. The heat, by the way, , broke all previous records for June 18. - f ;. .:. . 1 This morning I braved the con tinuing heat to attend the sedi tion trials under way in the dis trict-court under Chief Justice J X 1 L.m.1- 1 - ax m - mous case in which there are 29 defendants . including such nota bles - as 7 Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, Kev. Gerald B. Winrod of Kansas, Joe Me Williams; of Christian Front fame, Ceorge Sylvester Viereck, Mrs. Washburn. Law rence Dennis. They are accused under-the- 1940 act of conspiracy to promote sedition. .,,.' v . It isn't easy to get admittance to the courtroom. I arrived late and the public seating which ac commodates only 125 persons , was already filled. After a short wait however I got a seat It is under standable why : the spectators (Continued on Editorial Page) GOPs Pleased With Foreign Plank : ... By the Asoclted" Presa ; All republican factions were re ported yesterday to be pretty we! satisfied with a proposed foreign policy plank calling for interna tional coojeration-i-including use of military force when necessary to mauitam peace. . 5 . '. i ynue xne - republicans r wen a. j . '- ' eneaa wiui pre-convention pre- Jiminanes at Chicago, against background of feverish activity by supporter? - of f avorite ; for the presidential! nomination, there were these other political dev elop ments: ' V . " Toe the first time, political con tributions of labor unions J were brought within the scope of a pro jected concessional investigation of the elections. Setting up the usual committee to check on pos sible election frauds, the house authorized it to look into contri butions by individuals, partner ships, corporations, committees or labor unions. Heretofore, the bi ennial investigation of congress Jonal campaigns has been confined to contributions of corporations or other business associations. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont), op ponent of a fourth term for Presi dent Roosevelt Mid he doubted vthe republicans could elect their presidential nominee this year. He - -, (Continued on page 2) 7. Gen. Bouesteel To Take Post WASHINGTON, June 2I.-WV Maj. Gen. Charles Hartwell Bone steel, former commander of the United Nations forces In Iceland nd more recently : commanding general of the infantry school at Fort Denning, Ga., will succeed . Lieut " Gen. . Delos Emmons western defense commander,' the war department ' announced - to night " ! ! '' ' Gen. Emmons is leaving the San Francisco assignment for an un disclosed post A native of Fort Sidney, Nebr, Gen. Bonesteel, 59, was In Iceland from April, 1942, to June, 1943. He was given the Fort Benning command last September. ) He "was awarded 1 the distin guished service medal in ..June, 1943. , IVenereal Disease 'y. Jncreases in State ' V i PORTLAND, June 2l(JF)-A to tal of E5 new venereal cases in Oregon last week was reported by the state board cf health today. Ilessles ranked second in preva lence during the period, with 79 Policy IpiZTYTOUBTH YEAR M ile ; Froj'if CiierBoiiii' Main Army Massing Great Weight of Soldiers, Metal For Final Nazi : Destruction LONDON, Tharsday. Jane Z2-(j"P)-Tbe German-eentrolled " Ylckj radle declared -today that the battle far Cherbewg was ragtag taTa-U fury this mermg, with attacking allied troops sup . petted .by the bis; pat ef . warships lying effsherc and by large formations ef planes. ' ; - ' - " - - By JAMES M. LONG SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EX PEDITIONARY FORCE, Thursday, June 22- (AP) American infantry southern fringes of Cherbourg yesterday, reaching points less than one mile from the waterfront as the main army massed an overpowering weight of men and metal on the surrounding ridges in prepa ration for the final destruction of the Germans trapped in that vital Normandy seaport. Supreme headquarters in its midnight com- cnerbourg, and tne area held by Or the enemy is steadily diminishing. Our advance up the entire pen insula has been rapid. : Fall of the port appeared to be but a. matter of. hours. ' - .' - Ke ports reaching headquarters during the day said the advanc ing Americans had found a soft spot along the Cherbourg Inland read and railway, that leads ap front the south between the bristling forts Du Route and OcteTille, and had penetrated te within 109 yards ef the Cberbenrg waterfront Don - Whitehead, Associated Press correspondent' in a dispatch wirelessed from the scene late to night, reported -American patrols stabbing forward, testing out en emy pillboxes, but said the main forces still were massing for the kill. . The German defenses en the southern rim of the city Include blockhouses and mutually-sup-portinx pillboxes capable for sharp crossfire, Whitehead : wrote. ." . ; -i The German opposition is stif fening, he said, a street-by-street battle for Cherbourg is predicted by civilian refugees.; I A - rstallngrad" defense is un likely, however. Whitehead said, because of the tremendous su periority 7 of the Americans on land, at sea and in the air. The . Germans; now back, to their last-stand . defenses, still shew slgnr ef the confusion ' which overtook them when the (Con tinuedJon page 2) , Bill Would Give State 5 New Dams PORTLAND,. Ore., Jiih2MA The $20,000,000 Willamette basin project, included in the flood con trol bill approved : by the senate commerce committee today, would provide five - new dams in . Ore gon. . ;-: ' '' The dams, part of a network which ' already includes . Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge dams, would be located at Dorena and Detroit, and probably pending final decision by the army engin eers at Lookout Point on the Willamette's middle fork; Quartz creek on the McKenzie river, and Sweet Home on the Santiam river. Pomona Grange Favors Direct Officer lElection Opposing the system whereby Vpters pretend to leave, final se lection of president and vice pres ident to electors but actuually cast the deciding ; ballots ; themselves, Marion county Pomona Grange Wednesday went on record as fav oring direct election .of the chief executive and the vice president I Meeting at the Woman's club in all-day session, grangers also set aside , funds to be used as prizes for the fall Juvenile grange canning and .victory garden Pomo na exhibit tentatively 1 scheduled for October 18 at SQverton grange halL ? J ..::..:vW, ',:-:. i; 1 Supreme Court Justice George Rossman- discussed crime, police and police methods and new ideas in crime "detection during the af ternoon's educational and enter taining meeting. Herbert Aspin wall of Central Howell sang to his own guitar's accompaniment and yodeled. Little Frances Fox sang the song she -had sung at 12 PApS Saleou . patrols probed into the Allies Batter Italy Germans ROME, June 21-;P)-Allied troops have gouged the last stub born German defenders out of the ancient fortress city of ; Peru. gia 83 miles north of Rome, and tonight .were battering the, enemy steadily back through the h i 1 more than five miles beyond the stronghold. ; - 1 1 " ..' Across the breadth of Italy the nazi armies again reeled in retreat toward their long-prepared ''Go thic" defense line beyond Flor ence, paying a heavy price in cas ualties and equipment for 'their brief hour of glory when they stopped the allies af Cassino last March.!. .-'-"- i; . . It was estimated today that the enemy had suffered 70,000 casual ties since the allied "annihilation' offensive opened six weeks ago, and the end was not yet in; sight Fresh German graves and rusted trucks, tanks and guns marked the flight of the once-proud nazi army of Italy." ,;-Vj:'rv'. It was disclosed that the fifth army, driving up the west coast had . taken " prisoners from the 19th luftwaffe division, which left Belgium June 10," four days after the invasion of Normandy began. The allied offensive here thus had achieved another of its purposes to I draw;: strength from German defense! in, western Europe. A heavy rain which hampered allied movement ..for three days lifted today and in bright sun shine our armor raced after the enemy. (Forward elements of, the eighth army, after capturing Pe rugia, Quickly drove five miles northeast of the city. Another column j occupied high ground : to the northwest, , within approxii mately 60 miles of Florence. . The swift allied plunge up the Adriatic . coastal,- road brought seizure of Grottammare, a gain of 50 airline miles since the nazis began retreating in that sector. the - state convention, and James Bishop, who is to succeed Amos Bierly as 4H agent here when Bierly enters active navy service, was introduced. f Unless the harvest comes on unusually fast, the labor supply In Marion county will be" suffi dent W. G. Nibler, county agent told the group. Nibler also urged farmers ; whose crops' are bother ed by rodents to secure some of the squirrel poison now available at the extension service office in the postoffice building. - To guarantee safe preservation of food. "- the hew jar : rubbers should be ; processed after j pur chase, " Frances ' Clinton, Marion county ome demonstration agent, declared,, explaining the treatment and suggesting that women in at tendance, relay the information to others or tell others to secure the munique said "Allied forces made further progress in the battle for From Perugia '(Continuei oa yrw Oregon; Thursday Morning. Jun 11 : JLMan: 1 i j I Russians a. Finns Reported Ready I to Sue For Armistice LONDON, Thursday, June 22 (PHThe Russian . army opened two new s i r p r i s e offensives a g 1 n s t beleaguered Finland yesterday, striking far to the north, and east of the bloody battle xone on the Karelian isthmus, and Moscow said early today that Marshal Leonid. Al Govorov's crack troops were driv ing on well: beyond -Viipuri, the fallen second city of Finland. ' As a result today; the third anniversary ef Germany's 'dee larsiion efiwat en the soviet the red army was within miles ef the border fixed at the end of the l39-4e Easso-Fln-nish war and the nasts' chief associate! lit the war against Russia again was reported rea dy ; to sue for an armistice. A Reuters' dispatch from Stock holm reported last night , that a Finnish peace cabinet already bad beat selected. T; K V' , ".T ' ' Springing into action on the new fronts less than 24 hours after an nouncemot of the fall of Viipuri, Finland's second largest city,' so viet! troops struck north of Lake Onezhskoe (Onega) with a pow- (Continued on page 2) : Allies Issue Ultimatum To Germans - LONDON, :Thursday, June 22 - Wn-An ultimatum to the German garrison of Cherbourg to surrender by 9 a. m. today, British time was broadcast this morning by ;.; the allied army field! radio station in Normandy,! The broadcast was re corded here by the London Daily Sketch. . I ;' : ' - ; "If you do "not stop the fight now, you 1 will never see your homeland again," : the ' ultimatum said.1 " ". ' i . j . . "Your situation is desperate. Thousands of planes are waiting for the signal to rain death on you, Guns of the. allied,- navies are aimed at you. You have no other way out than to capitulate. : "Should you, the commandant not surrender, you will bear full responsibility for the lives of your men.1 t !.'- "We give you until 9 a. m. to day, June 22, to decide.". "Should .! you surrender, r send your t emissary to ' our staff under protection of a white flag to the crossroad on the Valognes -Cher bourg road at the village of Sloave at 8 a." m." " ; ; V. ' , The ultimatum warned the Ger mans in Cherbourg they were "completely cut off from the rest of the German forces in Nor? mandy: the ? American army is ready to attack: the sea cuts you off from retreat; no reinforce ments can reach you; the luftwaffe is absent as always." . V Mrs. Will Rogers Dies Last Night r SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21-(flP)-Mn. .Will Rogers, wife of the late famed humorist died to night She was CS. r 111 'several months, Mrs. Rogers returned recently from a trip to Oregon. . j ii'-A - ; V ;.. , . Death occurred at the Sunset Boulevard , ranch where she and her husband made their home. Funeral - services, it was an nounced, wili be held at the little church of .the flowers at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Weather! Maximum ' temperature . Wed nesday 67 degrees; Kiinimura 52 too predpitationj river -.15 ft ! Fair Thursday and Friday ex cent for clouds along coast Launch Drives 22. 1S44 'frier Scene of Possible VS-Jap Clash if WSM -SHsaitJuiw . .5 At Tiff V , "' ' ftfor 'At-' 1 !.:,r . krOceqir CHINA TaoNiH l:-;'1 - Mon42 llL " V' rj I :tAP ,- KWAJALtM V , S.jiat 7 4ea- 7 : VA ; - A . - . Circle with battleship symbels ha anas Jadkatea where, aeeeraiag te Adm. Chester W. Nlmlts, Aaser leaa and Japanese fleets possibly are meeting fat battle. Arrow from flag points to Salpaa Island, invaslsa of which by US farces breaaht Jap fleet from hiding. Other flags holdings. (AT Wtrepheta.) M ore Than lOOO VS : 7 ' Heavies Hit Berlin Eri Record Attack 4. ;. " " 1 By NED l 1OND0N; Thursday, June the RAF bombed Berlin again from the heaviest aerial blow 1000 US heavy bombers, some ox sia. " - DNB said Berlin was raided This hammering of the capital twice in 12 hours came las other US Liberators headed a stream of pianes in a rouna-ine-ciocK Dom bardment of the" comet launching platforms in the Pas de Calais area. - : : 77 " -?".yv" (CBS Correspondent. James Fleming reported last night from Moscow that for the first tune heavy bombers! ef the Eighth air force landed In Rus sia after attacking enemy tar gets in eastern Europe, j ;. (This new developineni in shut tle bombing, he said, followed the .first shuttle raids by US heavy bombers and fighters taking off from Italy.; This report coincided with - earlier -unconfirmed . ones from Berlin that some of the fleet that rafded. Berlin flew on east) .... The Americans twelfth , aa4 heariest blow, at Berlin cost 43 bombers and 15 fighters las they plowed threaah deads of . flak. -Ferty -. nine Germaa fighters were knocked dewa, i 21 by fighters and 2t by bombers' ; cans, j - ' ' A report from the RAF said some rocket-launching sites on the Cherbourg . peninsula had " been captured intact, 'giving allied scientists a chance to develop fur- " ' (Continued on page 2) Soviets Claiih 7,80000 Nazi Casualties - r -I" . , . LONDON, Thursday, June 22 (F-Tha soviet " information bu-t reau, In a review of today's third anniversary, of - the German at tack on Russia, reported tonight that more than 7,800,000 Germans have been killed and captured in the three years of fighting. - During that same period, said the review broadcast from Moa cow and recorded in London by the soviet monitor, Russian losses totalled 5,300,000 men killed, missing or captured. T 7" The information bureau said the Germans - had 1 o s t 70,000 tanks, 60,000 airplanes and more than , H0.000 pieces 1 of ; artillery, while -Russian losses were 49,000 tanks, 30,123 airplanes and 48,000 guns. . u .:, rl:i" '- ' -I . ... . I 1 In the course of offensive bat tles, the-review continued, "so viet troops have liberated some 1.500.0C0 square kilometers (JC3,- 200 square miles) of enemy-oc cupied territory and advanced nearly 2CC0 kilometers .-'-(1217 miles) to the west,; reached our frontiers ' on a front of great length, and entered territory of XIo. C3 area betweca PhUippuaes ami llari- Indicate Asaerleaa aad Japanese - ' i - .. J I" , 1 NORDNESS 22riffyihe' German : radio said early today while fires still blazed ever dealt the city by mor than wnicn new on to bases in Rus . "between 1 aj. and 2 ajn.'i O Congress Puts Control BUI On FDR Desk WASHI NGTON, June 21 -(JP) Congress C tossed o n j President Roosevelt's- desk today legislation to prolong wartime ' price, wage and " rent controls, breaking . a legislative deadlock that menaced plans for adjournment .this week end. Republicans immediately be gan -packing their luggage desti nation Chicago. l " 4 . .. ' -,-.;.';,' A compromise, the price - legis lation extends wartime economic controls for one year, to June 30, 1945, but changes the present law in several particulars. K v: : Administration 7 men called . It fairly satisfactory and Jdemocratic leaders . predicted Mr. Roosevelt would sign it although he asked for reenactment of the existing law without major change, f, But President Philip Murray of the CIO issued a; statement say ing the measure f "will . control neither-prices nor rent because it cannot tie enforced." The measure, r Murray said, "sets a green light for violators and a danger aignal for ; workers and every T American " family? "by providing that violators of the law may-escape penalty by proving -v (Continued on page 2) . 5c CoL Hayes Named Grand Marshal for 4th Pararde !"CoL S. D. Hayes, Camp Adair post commander, will s e r v e as grand marshal of the American Legion war finance committee Fourth of July parade, it was an nounced Thursday night v Planned v as a grand finale to the Fifth War Loan campaign and as a victory. march and celebra tion, the parade Will include , an especially interesting and varied military section and may feature also Junior Legion, baseball play ers in uniform and pioneer and farm vehicles, ' floats j and cos tumed marchers." -.i. , 7' ' ' v: Lasting: slihtly behind the ra tional bond purchase averas f.r the Fifth War Loan drive, 1 ' r ion county, nevertheless, faces tl:e best and r.crt frdal rcrticn cf its cair-pda,' workers d;c!ared Wednesday. - EtUl unreported are purchases in tr.-hcr cf IsJustries,- C-':::c3 rjn--. n LJ . " ! ' - Wp(mmg Siage- : Monday Night . , By LEIF ERICKSON US PAQFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Jun 21-(AP)-ynited States car rier planes swooped down on a powerful Japanese fleet between the Philippines and the Marianas islands about dusk Monday, Adm. Chester W. Ni mitz announced today, in j the opening stage of what may develop into the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific i " 'S'v &:&' - ' Contact with the enemy fleet, which included carriers; and battleships, presumably, was broken w , , . r . , O-off at nightfalL' Losses on ither Japs: Driving - KevR . - . . .:. ' :- -t:.!- v 7,7 .. . CHUNGKING, June 21 4 (JP1 - Japanese troops, bent on, spUttihi China in half, have pressed South ward from fallen Changsha along a sweeping. 80-mile arc and in a 10-mile advance have fought to within 55 miles of the big . rail Junction of Hengyang, the Chinese high command said tonight' The right extrfemity of this arc cleaving through eastern Hunan province was near Stangsiang, 55 miles north pf Hengyang. The left extremity swung down to engulf I the railroad town of Liling, 75 miles northeast of Heng yang; on the east side of tha Siang river. Lukow, in this same area, also feU. , t; i U K- y : - . A communique from Lt. Gen. Joseph W, Stilwell's headquarters said medium bombers and fight ers kept up a blazing patrol of the great Siang river, knocking out 20 supply launches, damaging other river Craft, and striking at Japanese positions. In Honan, the Japanese, weak ened mecChinese . hold on the Peiping-Hankow railroad with a 30-mile advance that captured Chengyang. This left only 30 .miles more to be wrested from the Chinese I to form a line . running from-the Lunghal railway east of their base ;at Chengchow to posi tions east of! Sinyang, their base in southern Honan. . - ! Fighting raged east of the rail way, in the sector of Chowkiakow, and the Chinese made further pro gress in that sector, the high com mand's communique said. But the' best news for China came . from the Salween front. where the Chinese are' pressing west in a I drive ; designed to re open a supply line from India by linking forces, with those Of Stil well's fighting through Burma. : - Here, the high command ' said, dogged Chinese troops t slogging through almost continual rain, fog and sleet in 40 days have cleared the Kaolikun mountains of Yun nan China's most difficult battle zone of all Japanese. King Peter Talks With Allied Heads ROME, une; 2l.-)-King Pe ter of Yugoslavia is in Italy with his prime minister for conferences with the allied supreme command, it was announced late tonight Premier . Ivan Subaslc -said -Peter, was conferring with the allied command on unification of fight ing forces I inside ' Yugoslavia. r Tha premier's announcement said Peter had visited In i Malta while t Subasie held conferences With.- the Yugoslav partisan Mar shall. Tito which resulted in "agreement on many points' be tween the partisan group and the royal . government-in-exile. . - and stores, and in some? because of vacation schedules the drive is Just 7 getting underway, t County War Fund Chairman Douglas Yeater pointed out-: Z-: - ; :. ,' .ry : .With three quarters of a million dollars practically, assured by the weekend, campaign organizers la bored Wednesday to prepare for a still more , responsive campaign next week.. 'r: I: ' At the alumina plant where em ployes of the Chemical Construc tion Corporation (not "the Colum bia Metals corporation as previ ously reported) purchased -57500 worth of bonds in a matter of mi cutes Tuesday, a similar rally will be held soon for employes -of the Northern Construction company. Store windows will dirplay as their "best buys'! war bonds and the things that .war bonds buy. Workers in downtown Ealem on i ' (Continue J ca r:rs 2) Forflensyana aHHub side had not been compiled, Ni- mitx said. T . ' There was no indication wheth er the battle had been joined again Tuesday. Maneuvers' Of both armadas through Monday bight probably , would , determine whether the long-awaited show-. down test between the American and Japanese navies was at hand. Scontinf planes frarn the United States fifth fleet, com manded by Adm. Kaymond A.' Spraaaee, spotted the eaeaty force Monday afterneea. Car rier bombers swept la fer the attach It was the first tlsae siaee the battle af SaaU Craa, la October af 1542 that Amerl can carrier pilots had a ehaace :: . at a Nlppaacae fleeC ' " ; 'Admiral NimitZy obviously without detailed information him self, promised additional com muniques as quickly as possible, He told a press conference 'Tues- ' day night that tha entire Nippon ese fleet may have been deployed for- an all out contest near tha Marianas, which American forces have invaded. 'A A massive American farce af hundreds af surface ships and mare than 1000 planes - cam r prised the Invasion fleet, Kem- ? (Continued on page 2) - I n -..V Wtfdlbce Says Jap Offense To End Soon , CHUNGKING, June 21 - (ff) -Vice President Henry A. Wallace told a state banquet tonight there was reason to hope the next 12 months "will be the final year of Japanese aggression in China, and President- Chiang Kai-Shek declared his nation and the three other great powers fmust shoulder the responsibility of , maintaining international peace." 4. Three essentials to maintenance of peace in eastern Asia and the Pacific, Wallace said, were Ide militarization of Japan, collabora- : tion among. the ntions of the Pa cific and self-government for the peoples of Asia. -. 7 7 7, 1 . Assuring his guest of honor that China was ready to assume her share of the responsibility. Presi dent Chiang' asserted that a gen eral system of collective security. backed If : necessary by Interna tional force, was essential. This, he maintained, must be carried out by the United States, the British commonwealth of na tions, the Soviet Union and China. The. Japanese are now trading space for time In the Pacific,": Wallace said, "but both the time and space are r against them. ' In due course we hope to find them trading space for time In China, but they will be faced with a de termined Chinese army receiving cooperation from American forces which willy allow . no .time for trading.. ' ; ur . rvv Wallace, said a way,' to order. law - abiding, self government should be left open to the Japanese after their armies are beaten. . Anti-New Deal Meet Planned i - ' - y .-.y '7V 7. CHICAGO, June ; 21.-VThe American. democratic national committee, which has decided to call a convention of Tall anti-new deal organizations' if the demo cratic party renominates Presi dent Roosevelt, announced today tha proopsed meeting 7 would be held in a southern city not yet ' designated. An executive committee has been appointed, the announce ment said, to effect a merger with . other anti-administration demo cratic organizations, z t , Robert O'Brien, secretary of the organization; said .the convention. In Tie event President Roosevelt received the democratic president tial nomination, "Would '; decide whether to endorse the republican nominee or nominate an indepen dent democratic . candidate fore president"-'? --jyym He said the convention p rcl a bly would be called f. within a week or two after the el:, j cf the democratic convention La Clu ctzo, which cjens'July 13.