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Newspaper Page Text; . ft I " ..... .. : i- ... , n . n y7r Z3 JLlCBI? p n r t-2 u ( 1 1 Yin -! ' - 1 i t Travel Letter No. 7 Chicago, June 22 Dewey and Warren on first bal lots is ."dope over at 'the Hotel Stevens where the vanguard , of the republican national j conven tion is beginning to assemble I had thought it would be Dewey on the second, which would give favorite sons a one-round ; run; and of course it may turn out that way or some other way, if Dewer fails to make it on 'the first two or three ballots. The New York state organiza tion is functioning as the Dewey GHQ while Bricker has la . head quarters at the Stevens too, with the Stassen rooms at the Sherman hotel. i :v s-,v:r-:: y Oregon's members of the na tional committee, Ralph Cake and Mrs. , George T, uerlinger are. here for the advance meetings of the committee. Lowell Paget is here to serve on the resolutions committee, which has already be gun preliminary sessions with Sen. Taf t as chairman. Wallace Telford of Boring, a first district delegate, is here. Walter Tooze; now a circuit judge in Portland, has attended to many! national conventions he couldn't stay away this time, though his office non-partisan. The other Oregon delegates are expected the last of the week. - " ;-r ':; j - : So much for convention pre liminaries. I regret I can't stick around to observe and report it. though it offers little promise of excitement .Thought I might see a ball game this afternoon, but the sign "No Game Today was tip when I got to the Cubs park. St Louis, league, leaders,, were billed, but a light rain at noontime scared the management out -: . :. ' By haunting the ticket offices .via telephone t , have : gotten an upper as far as Butte which serves to remind one of the cur- Tent question "Is this trip neces aary?" Perhaps not but I have to get home. , ... -.-- i ' Rccci: Look for More Storm Victims ' ; r ' . ..,-1 - ! - PITTSBURGH, June 24 -"weary rescue forces searched; for more victim today' in the ruin left by a great storm which devai . tated parts , of southwest Penn aylvania and West Virginia, tak ing a toll of 142 lives and injuring i hundreds. Almost hourly reports from vil- clages and towns hit by the tor I nado wmch traveieq a (narrow 1 twisting path from McKesport, Pa- near Pittsburgh, nearly 100 miles south to Slunnston, WVa brought grim detail of more -'deaths and destruction The Jiuge Job of relief was tin - . der way by' federal- and state i agencies, while many injured tie ftims lay in hospitals and homeless hundreds wandered through the I streets of wrecked communities, 'many of them looking for friends ct relatives who might have been 'killed. ' Latest reports showed 101 kil ed in West Virginia, 38 in Penn sylvania and three in Maryland just across the line from West Virginia. : Some families were wiped out ' Many of the victims were sleep ' v (Continued on page 2) Dewey- Warren Storm Into Chicago for Openin By PAUL MILLER I ' -Chief of Ui AMoclaUd Prewi i Waslungton Bureau j CHICAGO, June;24 iPH publican legions stained Chicago ; tonight for thehrfirst war-time - convention since 1864 amid In creasing talk of, a "hands across the nation" ticket headed by Gov. . Thomas K Dewey, of New York and Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia. : j : :. , After nearly a week of prelim ' inaries, the rank and file of dele , gates and campaigners' poured in. They toxed hotels and transpbr ' tation.;They perspired and argued in hotel rooms,' lobbies and bars, ; they overwhelmed restaurants. -' Jlost ef all, they got seriously: . excitedly ready to nominate a randldate for president of the , I'd,!".? 2 States but .. amid . spee- :.:n tlat cllmatie develop rienti miebt come even before ' tie convention starts. This speculation grew and ipread as plans were laid for caucuses of the big ' delegations ft California (Monday) with 50 ?, p t n n s y 1 va n i a (Sunday vc; '.t) with 70, and Illinois (Mon- with 13. I ' ' tr V- - : "ttates to :.. .-.'.--cr second ballot KHIETT -FOUBTH TEAR Close; 7T7D ? i Upon Vitebsk5 New Break-Thrbughs Widen Soviet White Russia Fronts To Approximately! 150 Miles - :; C .By TOM YARBROUGH ; LONDON, Sunday, June 2S (AP Two mighty red armies are closing pincers from, the north and south on Vitebsk in white Russia and the German-fortified town al ready is threatened with encirclement,! Moscow said early today. V - v " I Ji ;-:;'4y 'J .1 ' - More than -5500 Germans were killed in this area as soviet infantry fought its way forward with the massed sup port of artillery and aircraft, the Russians asserted.: In closing in around the nazi fortress, Hitler's closest remaining outpost to Moscow, red troops made two new break-throughs m nazi defenses to O the south, advanced forward up toi 25 miles in the north and length ened the whole central fighting front: to approximately 150 miles. More than 900 places were liberated In fighting on all fronts yesterday, including more than 200 'which had been held by the Finns in the lake region the north. : The early merning supplement to the Russian eommanlqne said the Germans were rushing rein forcements Into , the battle for Vitebsk by forced march from -the south. The last remaining railway bate the town from the -Germans' rear was eat Friday en the first day of the offensive ' on the main eastert JTronL :. . ' ''Fighting grew in ferocity, but the supplement- said red : troops were hitting relentlessly at disor ganized nazi formations and were moving ahead on both sides of Vitebsk. v . - - : r i : T- On the northwestern flank of the town r more' than 2000 Germans were killed and huge quantities of equipment destroyed or captured. Southward toward the rail junc tions of Orsha and Mogilev, where the new break-throughs occurred, the supplement said approximate ly 3500 German soldiers were slain in bitter battles. Six hundred dead were counted iff one small sector, Moscow added. Premier Stalin anneueed in special orders ef , the day that the two-day old offensive north west and southeast eT Vitebsk had been expanded to SO miles a each side ef the town and in addition new. break-thranghs ' farther Booth la the direction ef Orsha and Mogilev ; were re vealed. - v The momentous Soviet successes on all active fronts were recounted In a series of three special orders of the day by Stalin add the regu lar nightly communique, which said ar total of nearly a thousand places had been liberated in the wide-spread fighting. Announcing gains el 70 te 25 miles northwest of Vitebsk and 1 miles southeast ef that nazi-rortifled town in the first two days of the new offensive en . the main eastern front,, the " (Continued on page 2) I Ticket Talk Iric support - to Dewey would, ' his headquarters believed, clinch the nomination for the man who still says he's Mnot a candidate." 1 A break toward Gov. John VY. Bricker af Ohio would reverse the se-eaUed "draft - Dewey" tide, perhaps engineer a eom v plete torn there was continuing speculation also that if Bricker dees: net receive the presides-, tial : nominatien he might con sider the second spot, : : Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Mass achusetts, permanent convention chairman, arrived and predicted that : Gov. Earl Warren . of 'Cali fornia most-discussed vice-presidential possibilitywill take the second place spot if offered it Warren has said he wants nothing from the convention. " ! Martin, asked whether Dewey would ! accept . a nomination,' said with a; smile: ' K-Z-: ' . -I'm inclined to think he wiU." With aU this In mind, both Bricker and Dewey headquar ters went a!l-ent in the battle for delegates as National Chair man Harrison E. Epangler pre dicted a fast'movirf conven t::n, h!ihi:;V.ei by: - ' 1. Ewi.'t approval of the party's N.n. j-r 1 " . w r tieas urwe Arraw indicates Vitebsk-Mogilev seeter ef Xnsian front (broken line) where the Russians were attacking along a front of more than' lOO- miles In White East . and had made a breach In Ger man lines southeast of Vitebsk. (AF Wirephoto.) AlUed Planes Slash Berlin Flying Bombs i- SUPREME ; HEADQUARTERS ALUED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Sunday, 'June 25 HJP RAF Mosquito bombers' slashed again at Berlin last - night," and other bombers roared out over the southeast coast off England early today in a heavy attack on ob jectives in enemy-held 1 territory which Jwerf not immediately iden tified. a f , ;v-v,r,- : Apparently this fifth large-scale allied aerial mission in 24 hours was directed at the Germans fir ing-bomb I ramps, in northern France Bomb explosions in the Boulogne and Dieppe areas made windows rattle on this side of the channel.- (Continued on "page 2) . 20PAGF r ernes as Republican Legions g of Convention 1944 platform after its presenta tion to the' convention Tuesday by the resolutions committee. 2. Nomination of a presidential candidate by Wednesday night, a vice presidential candidate Thurs day morning 3. Speech of acceptance by the nominee Thursday afternoon. ? , Dewey partisans such as former Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, 1936 republican presidential nom inee,' adherred to predictions of 'Dewey -on the first or second ballot. - s ' , Governor Bricker reiterated; he was "confident of noinlna-" tion.n One : of . his managers forecast Bricker's nomination on the third -or fourth, ballot Dewey adherents , came here with fhore! pledged and otherwise favorable delegates than any can didate. A tabulation of delegates credited to;' Dewey by state party leaders, hif supporters hi the var ious states, and polls among dele gates theihselves showed Dewey to have at least ZSO pledged and claimed. The Bricker i camp through Pep. Clarence Crown of Ohio, floor mans fr sives Dewey 225 tie first l:" , t.-. '...-Uzs .Salem. Oragoxv i Candor Morning, Nazis Destroy Yank Planes In Russia ') y WASHINGTON, June 24-(fl3)-A number of American planes were destroyed in a recent German air raid on two Russian airdromes used . by the American forces in shuttle bombing operations over Europe, the war department an nounced tonight - Three crewmen also were lost as a result of the attack on the fields, apparently those used by Italian-based and ; Britain-based bombers in - the shuttle flights over axis targets. 4 : c v ' While the type of destroyed planes' was . n o t specified, they presumably were , Flying Fort resses or other; heavy bombers. The , text of the department s announcement: ' ' "A recent raid by the German air . force on two airdromes " in Russia' used in shuttle operations by our strategic bombers caused the loss of three crew members and a number of American planes. "Further details were not avail able." . i (The German radio 1 reported. Thursday 1 that mazi airmen had raided a Russian airfield at Pol tava in the j Ukraine, which the Germans identified as a base for the shuttle bombers.) . : - " " While not; announcement- has been made, concerning the sites of the shuttle bases in Russia, it is evident they ae located in both northern jind southern areas. Last Barrier To Hengyang Falls to Japs CHUNGKING,N June 24-(i)-,pie last major barrier In the 'swift Japanese march on vital Heng yang apparently - has ' fallen, ' and there were indications that the enemy' In this .drive would ; em ploy encirclement tactics against the Hengyang rail junction . simi lar to those which brought; about the fall of Changsha,' the Chinese high command intimated tonight. A communique placed the fight ing now four and one-half miles below Hengshan, the last Hunan province stronghold.' . north - of Hengyang. and. Slightly more than 20 miles above that Japanese ob jective; whose j fall, the Chinese have admitted readily, would have grave implications and would go far toward accomplishment of the enemy, effort to split China in two and-prepare against the eventual ity of American landings on the China coast" ' ; The Japanese - were ' driving fiercely down, both sides of the Canton-Hankow railway. Columns on the eastern bank of the Siang river - were engaged by ; the de fenders at Leichishih, and farther east at a point on the north bank of the Mi river about 12 miles southeast of Hengshan. ? Bloody fighting was proceeding in 'these areas, ! ';i,.,i::'-''. L To the west of the Siang river heavy1 fighting jaged on a, front stretching from points south "of Siangtan ' to. west of Siangsiang. This line, with' its western anchor (Continued on page 2) Monday Bricker's initial strength .at from 200 to 225, conservatively; with hopes of producing up to 300. There will be 1 1057 delegates with 529 needed for a nominatidn. Talk - of a dark horse; nominee being selected was totally lacking Even so, headquarters of Lt . -Cmdr. Harold '..Em'-' Stassen of Minnesota, now on Facifie doty, announced (1) that Stassen's name will be presented " te the convention come what may and (2) that they are not Interested In the vice presidency. Rep. Everett M. Dirksen of Illi nois and Gov. Simeon S. Willis of Kentucky, are represented by sup porters who are actively trying to get thenx the I vice presidential nomination. J The names of Gov. Dwight H. Greeti of Illinois mnd Gov. Dwight Griswold of Nebras ka also are heard, along With those of Eric Johnston, president of the US Chamber of Commerce, and William Hutcheson cf Indi ana: resident bf the carrenUrs' union (AFL). ' i . If the ticker turns up with two governors' it will lv? Lrjt tl: in history.- ' fun 23; 1344- German "Bazoohci?- V (2, Two Tanks examine a German version ef the nighly-effeeUve baaeoka , or rocket gtu, which they foond abandoned in a French Normandy coast town by fleeing enemy troops. Soldier at left holds projec tDe ssed in the gun. (AF Wlrephote from signal corps.) Americans 5 More Nip Ship 72 Enemy Planes : By LEIF ERICKSON : " : US PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS; Tearl Harbor; June v 2i-v?)-The sinking of five additional Japanese ships- and de struction of 72 enemy planes by American carrier bombers and fighters was reported today by Adm. Chester Ws Nifniti. - ' .''..The lmirala communique sent its planes against Japanese miles of Tokyo in a series of aerial O; .. l-.J,L1, smashes - designed to neutralize! v Nippon air : power, within easy range of American-invaded Sai- pan. ' : . :. -,.' H The planes were from the pow erful task force that earlier in the week ranged far westward to beat strong Japanese fleet units. - . The, latest reported aerial strikes carried American shy fighters ever Iwe island, m the Kaaaa icreap sotitli ef the Bon Ins, and ever Tinlaav ragan and Beta ht the Marianas. The Yanks loci five flatters, -!.4 ... . .1 Added to the toll of ships pre viously taken by the carrier task force were ' five Japanese cargo vessels, four small and one me dium, v " 1 A i dozen Japanese planes zu- tered through the Yn"t ' y screen ' to find . the carrier task force but ell were shot down by fightei;"---"; 1 Xf-;- :'. A twin engine bomber with ftvo. Zere escorts v waa Inter- . eepted seme distance from the task force and all six were de-! stroyed. . - .V-r ?i '' . ..." ; s None of the - American surface ships was damaged, a ! v.- i ': Airfields on Tinian island were bombed' r and shelled by naval guns." Japanese" coastal guns on that island, only seven miles from Saipan, in term ittently' have shelled ships at - anchor of f the in vasion beachhead..; t '. ' , Two Nippon planes spotted Just off Saipan were downed by. Yank fighters.' t . -' Pagan and Beta Islands were ' hit Thnrsday. . At Pagan ' four small earge ships were sank and four grounded planes destroyed. A wharf and fuel damp were ' blasted as were airfield ran ways and boildlngs, An aerial torpedo sank a . me- ( Continued on page 2) i RAF Sinks CO Nazi Ships in French Ports I " LONDON, Jut ti-(A) lElghty enemy vessels were sank by the EAF in the ports ef Le Havre and Boulogne In day and , night attacks Jane 14 and 15 : which pot a substantial proper tion ef German channel forces ' out of action, the .air ministry . .announced today;" -'.J:': ; J. Pfcotcmr' she wed some sh!?s sun's at their berths and . mswOutte:y the remainder CId Bet leave the tarbor tut were surA, V e tr -tsnrfement said. a tsmreratare 2taray 2 Czzrtes; mlnlninm 52; no rre- river -.K.'t t, r : r !y v.::t No. tl I said a' speedy Yank task force island strongholds , within 800 Old-Fashioned 4th Jubilee: r Lacking only the fireworks ' and the burned" fingers . the Glorious Fourth will 'find Marion countv celebratinsi " at" an - old fashioned all-day jubilee. - 1 I Rolling-back the calendar leaves 40 7ears, the committee har plan ned a " day of picnicking,", sports and entertainment in addition to the longest and most; colorful pa rade the area has seen since the cen term iaL . . - . . " ) .i-3 . : Center, and particularly unusual feature of the day is to be a bar-j becue. Thes. J200rpound stee- will pe done to a turnl underf: the watchful care of John Olson, King Bartlett and Harry Jevy, all bar becue '. authorities,- i CoL Carle Abramv chairman, declared Sat urday sugntr T - . . Every community in the county has been Invited to j join In pa rade, picnic and sports! Mayors will join Mayor I. M. Doughton, host city Salem, in the parade and as distinguished guests in the re viewing stand.' Every individual is bidden .to r-' (Continued on page 2), ; Marion Only 025,000 Off Rlillion Mart X Within $25,000 of I the million dollar mark, bond purchases were Saturday closing the gap between Fifth War Loan records of Mar ion ..county and the - state as whole... i Tickets were reported moving well for the bond premiere of the technicolor "Home in Indiana scheduled for, Wednesday night Sharing, honors with; the film the 70th division band from Camp Adair, which will play preceding the feature. Members of the fi nance committee : Saturday ex pressed their appreciation for the courtesy" f Gen.? John E: Dahl quist, commander of the 13th, fir. Maj. Elythe, ipecial service oili cer, who assisted them with the arrangements. ':' "Miss Oregon" contestants, sev era! of them, will sing, as v. iU also the -US National tztX trio, which has been heard on bond committee rsdlo broadens. . Miner's 'store cr.jlcycs wen ever the tcp late kit v.ctk an (Cr-'.I.-.ued ci 21 . . Prica 5c Destroy oses Ground ; Dy Gladwin Hill SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EX PEDITIONARY FORCE, Sunday; June 25 (AP) -American shock troops closing in for the kill last night jlrove to within 1000 yards of Cher hourg's southern city limits, and were so. close that observers could see the Germans destrovin" in stallations inside the city, iuc Mjiiusiuu ui aiuiuuniuon ciunips A dispatch direct from the field bv Dnn Whitehead, Associated Press front correspondent, .. , , , TtT , j azinesisiance to nee ROME, June 24-irV-The Ger mans hurled fresh armor and their ir force into the battle of Italy today but French elements of the Fifth army, thrust on through the mountains to the south bank of the , Ombrone ' river at a point a b ou t T 115 miles- northwest of Rome. r- ;' " !;r: ': - In this advance, the Fifth army overran' Roccastrada, ' w h i c h is about 70 miles southeast of Pisa, near which the Germans are pre paring a ; stand, and - the strong resistance apparently was a bid for more time. . The point reached on 4he Om brone was six. miles northeast of Roccastrada. The French had to fight through the heaviest enemy artillery fire of the week - and thread 5 through heavy minefields to reach it , '-: -: . . v- This spectacular gain severed ah important lateral road leading east from Roccastrada to highway 73, adding-to the problem of Riel Marshal Gen. Albert Kesselring in withdrawing his army through the mountains' V ,'".. West - of Roccastrada on the coast another column of .allied infantry and -tanks was fighting at the' outskirts of Fallonica which straddles the c o a s t a 1 highway leading north of Pisa;1 -tf Bad . weather, which has given the Germans some respite .from tactical air attack, did not keep a force of from 250 to 500 US lib erators from blasting the Ploesti oil fields of Romania today for the second straight day, and attacking a rail bridge over the Oltul river on a main line from Ploesti to cen tral Europe. ; Fires : blazed in,, the harbor and - (Continued on page 2) '. British Sink ; LONDON, J u n 23 (Sunday ) VP) T h r e e German submarines were sunk and several were dam aged is a battle with British ships and plane -inside the Arctic cir cle which developed out of an at tempted attack on . a convoy to Russia- in ApruV the British ad miralty disclosed todays ; H; - Six. enemy .planes attempting to direct the U-boats to the attack also ; were shot - down I by naval fighter planes. The only allied loss at sea or in the air : was one plane downed by a U-boat Its pilot was saved.' sv The U-boat engaged the Sword- fish .with gunfire but the enemy was" subsequently sunk by supporting-aircraft- - . ' : ScdsMmmt Stop "lei "iv.,a . 1 . ruttiAdva SaddleCliius Horse SIww ......... ; Salem's mounted posse opened the Salem Saddle club's third annual horse show at the fairgrounds stadium on Saturday night, with Vtast moving precision drilL' ; :;;tI"-:.':v V. fV ; Bohemian Girl, owned and ridden by Jean Brady, took first in the trotting class when the jud Richards noted her unusual trotting speed and "appearance in the ring. Second award went to ; Claudine '' Guef-. f - ; '" , ," ' ' " fray's Ginger,' ridden by the own er, third went to Highland Plume, owned and ridden by Capt Doug las McKay, and fourth to Glory, owned by the Salem Saddle , club and ridden by Esther Paulsen," - Competing in the parade' horse class, judged on appointment of horse and rTder and suitability to parade; Lee Eyerly on Honey Boy, defenders of the title, again Won the :Abner Kline trophy, Second place went to George Arbuckle and Lis Frisco, third to Roy Sim mends on Slicker and fourth to r.cse Llae frsnke on PaL -' ; ; In the stock horse event largest ci the show with, 30 entries, Kico demus 0'I.IalIey, a showy pinto, took .first ribbon; owned and rid den by 1,1a x TL Faurner, secord went io Sandy, owned and ri-.! . a cy v. . fjr.E-:-r.an, tr.ira U i ;y Ezy ri:'.' i ly Gecrs r.:"-x which also was torn by miu nerwurg was almost blotted from view by a bUck smoke pall as ; the Americarta ' ateadiiv -r. panded their deep J wedge, in the". Normandy, conferring with - Lt resistance. ' '-?'-'', -- : " The new American penetration occurred early last night said Whitehead's dispatch which was filed at 8 p.m. (2 p. rn. Eastern War Time). There also were some . signs of enemy demoralization, he naa said in an earlier report ; Headquarters commnniqae Ne, it issued st 11-30 p. uu, teld ef steady progress a semi-cir-eolar front areond the city and . said - each link In the chain of defenses Is being systematically . destroyed. v ' The bulletin said the Americana were less than two miles from the heart of the city,' but this version was outdated by late reports direct from the field. V ... A French civilian who reached American lines said Cherbourg's remaining civilians J had hidden winefand champagne with which to celebrate the. American's ex pected entry soon into the city. . The Tank infantrymen were , fighting through a maze of ra . vines : and 400-f eot plateaus where the Germans were dog In with gun so saoanted aa te lay idown a murderous cross-fire, " They also had cracked a formid able concrete barrier in the dty" southern outskirts,:fifiding onfy four bomb-dazed Germans alive in a pile of dead." '? ,li ? -1 . The first German ' attempt to - ; (Continued on page 2) . "' I."- . . ... .-. .':'v::; WfJ Graduation for Todav . . . - ' - - J. ' ' Drf Frederick M. Hunter, chan cellor of the state system of higher education will deliver the address to , Willamette university's spring graduating class at , 30 o'clock this afternoon from the pulpit of old Waller chapel. He has chosen as his subject "A New- Birth of Freedom. ---:;-.v : Thirty-five senior will toss the tassels on their scholastic caps and will receive from Dean Chester F. Luthfr their bachelor's degrees. Two others will be awarded the . degrees in absentia. Luther serves in the stead of President G. Her bert Smith, who has been called to. southern California,- ; Total of the university's graduates- this year will be 57, including those; who received degrees at the special fall - and winter convocat- . tionsi ;v : -; ; '- i i--:-f - ; Commencement Weekend activ ities, $ sliced - because of,- wartime travej. - problems and : manpower needs, willj however, include aa alumni meeting at 12:15 followed by a campus luncheon at 1:30 p. m. today. . Trustees held their -regular spring business meeting Sat- . . urday and . the apnual reception for the graduating class held Sat urday night in the Carrier room of the First Methodist church drew a large crowd. - . . , , . fourth to B. E. Cabe on Freckles. A Special event attracted atten tion, the iders to " bike, ' a ' non competitiv - event where horses are driven to sulkeys. Showing were Dr.. C. F. Millison with Ben gal Lancer, Harold Blake with Aunt Minnie and .George Ramp, wittrDirect Woolen. : , ; The next event the three-gait-ed pairs, showing both to English and western saddle,' was "won by Htb4 and ; Forrest Edwards on Joan and Burbee, chosen as an ex ceptionally well matched pair, with, perfect conformity and simi larity cf gait Second ribbon went to lrs. and ITrs. Lee U. Eyerly on Ulz-.x Ilcney Boy, third place to Dr. Fred Ellis on Pe-asus and Grr-t rErr'3 on Tal. Fcurth we-i to r;rtr.ra cn C;h i:cy3 i:,-'---l cr.l J: a C'-r.ti,.cd cn F-T- -x ""!