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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Hcngyang Still In Possession Of Chinese VV '. .-CHUNGKING, June SO-flP)-Th vital rail junction of Heng iyang is encircled by r three -Jap-- anese divisions but still in Chinese 1 hands, a Chinese army spokesman j "said in a press conference today, and he reiterated charges that the . enemy was using . poison gas against the defenders of the city, loss of ' which would remove the ' last major Chinese position along ' the entire length of the Canton Hankow railway. (The Tokyo radio broadcast a I dispatch of Domei, Japanese ", " agency, dated yesterday "in the suburbs of Hengyang, telling of the fall pf the American air base in the area last Monday. This was - admitted yesterday in a communi ,que of Lt Gen. Joseph W Stil well's headquarters. (Another .Tokyo broadcast said . the city of .Hengyang was in flames since Wednesday, and that . reduction of the junction had reached a climax with fighting in - the streets). MaJ. Gen. C C Tseng said that captured field orders1 showed tlut ' a Japanese column which tried to bypass Hengyang on the east had as its objective the railway town of Leiyang, about 35 miles south southeast of Hengyang. He said this column' was halted north of Anjen, 38 miles east-southeast of Hengyang. Gen.: Tseng - admitted : the - pro-v ba bili ty that the Japanese, if they- occupied Hengyang com pletely, probably would strike southwest toward Kweilin, pro visional capital of Kwangsi prov ince, and south toward the Can ton area In Kwantung province, to complete the conquest of the Canton-Hankow railway. neasr lunge Ahead Toward Doomed Minsk (Continued from Page 1) debacle was ' made known in special announcement by Moscow, which said that the first White Russian army fighting for Bo bruisk had killed 50,000 and cap tured 23,980 and the second White Russian army which took Mogilev killed 30,000 and captured 3250. , - cWpled .with f 1 g a r e s an ., aounced Thursday for the third . White Russian aid the first r. Battle armies, the dead aloae la the week's operations amounted : to 132400." h' German losses in equipment over this period were equally as staggering. Moscow said tne Cer mans during the week had lost 941 tanks and self-propelled guns, SI 49 guns of various caliber, 3776 mortars, 16,054 machine guns and 29,662-trucks. I The part of this damage which accounted for by the two armies : flfhting from bases north and soath of Vitebsk had jbeea enumerated Thursday, bat the - flrares given tonight by Mos cow for the two White Ressiaa .armies striking along the seath- " era rim of the flamiag front were more Imposing than those f the day before. ' - In the Bobruisk-Mogilev sector German losses ? in equipment amounted to 446 tanks and self propelled -guns, 3075 .other guns, 2646 mortars,. 8464 machine-guns and 22,072 trucks. f , The regular nightly commu nique announced big advances for the Soviet forces all through white Russia as the German de fenses crumbled into nothing. NewCutrDue InCarRation WASHINGTON, June 3HV A deep new cut in the ration al lowance of new passenger ' cars was ordered tonight, following announcement of the complete re moval of Inner tubes from ration ing and . a alight increase - in the number of tires for motorists. The office of price administra- tioat said - it would release only 7000 new automobiles in July from the nation's dwindling sup ply of motor cars. The number is .22 per cent under the June quota and 30 per cent under May. Only 30,000 new cars remain to meet all needs until the gov ernment can permit the resump tion of automobile production, OPA said. This is a three-day supply in normal ' times. About 530,000 cars-were in stock when manufacture stopped. 1 ' I In a more welcome action, OPA ordered that motorists, effective tomorrow, may go ,' directly to dealers when tubes are needed, without applying to local ration boards. U -- i i aM at Wkl H ' 21 r -rtilT Czv'ixl Pest Na. t, American Lerf:a-.. British Drive Foricard in 1. : 5.. . , ii : C' "TV r A. British Tommies lie la a roadside kicks ap a trail of daat as allied . m . m. V , , M en a 01 tne normaaay Beacnncaa wdri mnwn a iierccH xu invasion tsh official photo. (AlWtiphoto vU! sisU eorpa radiophote,) Marion Bond $4,000,000 (Continued from Page 1) Our War to Tokyo," by Esthel Benner, state employe who is bond headquartert organist. The vic tory trio from the US National bank and the Top Hatters or chestra also provided music . A dance planned for tonight by the special .events committee has been con celled because the mili tary band which was to have come to Salem will not be able to be here, but Monday's dance will be held, committee members said. I Another park program Is planned also for Monday night. John; Olson and Waldo Geddes, who recently were in several com munities of Marion county outside of Salem, reported to American Legion and special events com mittee members, who jointly sponsor the Fourth of July cele bration here, that they found en thusiasm and interest running high and that a large attendance from towns outside of Salem and from I rural areas ' should be pected. ' J 1 ex- Among the bond sales reports Friday was that of A. R. "Pat" Johnson, chairman of solicitations in i the "Penney block," who brought in $120,000 worth, of sales. 1 1 Addition of a five-piece bed room suite, gift of Salem, furni ture dealers, and of a 65-piece set of Dresden china valued at $99, gift1 of Stayton merchants, to the previously-donated automobile all to be given as j prizes at the Fourth celebration' was an nounced Friday. ' GIPuts One Over on GOB FARRAGinV Idaho, June 30 Delbert W. Tripp, Salem, Ore., recruit; at this US naval training center,' recently received one of those morale j ' building objects known as a letter. C The handwriting revealed it was from the girl friend back home. ! He hastily tore open , the en velope,! only to discover that the letter wasn't intended for him at all it was addressed'to a soldier whom he didn't know tne "girl friend", was even going with. "The! army must be fuU of wolves,; he. commented dryly. Two Salem iVcterans Will Get Fiirlbujghs Cpls. Carl A. Couison and Andre Mihalisko of Salem shortly will arrive In the United States on furlough from the European thea tre' of operations, where they nave seved 20 and 18 months, respec tively, the Ninth service command Lhas notified The Statesman. Couison, son of Mrs. Roxy B. Loundagin, 453 Shipping street, served with the Infantry, while Mihalisko, husband of Maxine B Mihalisko,, is a member of the Rise Stevens Bears v 7-Pound, 9-Onnce Boy HOLLYWOOD, June 34-0r-A 7-pound, 9-ounce boy, Nicholas Vincent, was bora today ta opera singer Rise Stevcaos, wife of Wal ter Szurovy, -actor. Mother and babe are progressing aatisfactori a a . iy, me aenoing pnysician re ported. Th -7. ditch as a Sherman tank, followed forces advance along the road between Tilly and Caen at the eastern t L A, fl m A 1 1 I - . 1L. AM A EMU I . m I A v. British Drive Toward Orne River. Caen (Continued from Pags 1) the south which would permit the allies to employ their superior armor more freely J Vql'i .. The- costly nazi counterattacks on the southwest front J showed the German high command's con cern. At one time the enemy drove a wedge one mile into the base of the allied positions, but the at tack was broken by a storm of artillery fire. The British then swept; back ' and widened their salient o: ,',( ;..; ' : ;i H V I With the taitUtlve stlU firm ly fai his haads. Gen. Sir Ber nard L. Montgomery then . strack both east, i directly to t. oirecuy so- MSreeTSi ward Caen, and tug the salient ; Odes; and Orne livers. An s enemy broadcast reported a ' concentration of three j British infantry and three tank divisions southwest of Caen and said "it can be assumed that Montgomery expects a- decisive breakirough hare, i If so. the Germans have ' at least 34 fewer tanks. with, which to face the onslaught,: because that is what their futile counter attacks from ' the southwest near Granville cos them. A dozen were destroyed in the artillery barrage and the rest were knocked: out by rocket-lfiring ; fighter planes. Chaplain ill Sp(akjtdy4 (Continued from Page 1) kets to supplement the barbecued sandwich. The committee is pre pared d serve six thousand peo ple, and for this purpose a fine steer was donated by the Valley Packing Co. and bread for 6000 sandwiches donated by Salem bakersi Chinese Troops Move -Down Rail to Mandalay SOUTHEAST ASIA I COM MANp HEADQUARTERS, Kan dy . Ceylon June ' 30-(P-Chlnese frrVfcT rwftltwaae4 A 4Via rtnuA . held supply base of Mogaung in north Burma are advancing down the mam railway leading to Ml a dalay, a communique of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten'si head quarters ' announced today. At Myitkyina, some 35 miles east of Mogaung, Chinese troops have made further advances In the southern sector of that be sieged Japanese base, last major enemy stronghold in north Bur- ma. Taylor Pleads Guilty On Assault Charge ' Pleading guilty to a charge of assault j with, a dangerous weapon, Verl C. Taylor, who allegedly shot Harley O. White as the latter stood In ttie doorway of the Lowell White residence one night last' month,; was ordered held in the-: county Jail in lieu of $7500 bau 14" Marion county icircui court Friday. The case was con tinued to give the state parole board a chance to study it and make recommendations. mmwm l CoaUaaons from tr, (L : V ! Ilk as urn - CZSGOli CTATECT1AIL Solas, Caen Area by' saotorcyels dispatch rider, 01 ui conunenw 1011 as a oru' ( . i 4 US Promises Philippines ' (Continued from Page 1) commission to prepare the eco nomic and financial restoration of the. islands, : - However, President Manuel L. Quezon, In poor health for some tune, issued a statement from Saranac Lake, N.Y saying he bad supported an original draft of the legislation, as introduced by Sen ator Tydings (D, Md) to grant Filipino j independence outright within 30 days after its passage. Flying Bombs T79Tt 1 I U!: hildren ' In Nufser LONDON, June 3H)-Hitler F blindly aimed vengeance bombs v droned across southern England in deadly procession 'all dayto day,f lulling i a number of people. including babies in a rural nurs ery home. The sinister flying bombs came over in increased numbers by daylight, leaving dreadful scenes at widely scattered ' places, but none so poignant as the demolish ed nursery, where begrimed res cue squads still tolled tonight, seeking bodies. Twenty-six babies j less than two years; oldorphans of bomb ed families and children of ex pectant mothers r had been, bfl leted in the home with a staff o: 12 nurse!: i borne or the children were found only slightly injured. Other tiny bodies "were identified only by their anklet discs. ' Among: the crushed bodies were the remains of toys smashed hobby -horses -and wrecked per-. ambulators "The place was in flames," "re latediMrSJ E. JJ Smith,; wife of the nursery's gardener who lives in an adjfilninf cottage. "Boilers burst and there as water and steam eyerywhere. . t ; i official tabulation tonight ed that five babies and five members of the nursery staff had been 5 rescued alive 1 during the day. Five babies and three nurses were listed as missing. Independence 0W m ;.".' , 4this show Bay BatUe Bonds Invest la Victory's March! r , ;Ends Today! :,; : -';4?Allce'Faye- ' . '!':f .Carmen Miranda vt rThe Gang's All Here! "Enemy Agents Meet ' ! t Ellery . Qneen" ' . . A Thrilling; Story of Gurage ; and Loyalty I . IIcDsucIl : Donald Crisp IM ft H4 lit TtCUKlCOlQKl i - ' r " ' ,Uflnllti)jg) m Gayl Romantic Co-Featuret Oregon, rcrfurdccy Maxlng. July Yank Losses Running High 4 1 " . '(Continued from Page 1) but 4951 ' Japanese - dead already had been : buried. Many, dead - or wounded lad been- removed by the Japanese ar they retreated. As M Tarawa, which ap ta that time w the aaost costly victory ut niarine eerps. history the losses , on Satpan Were heaviest among the marine as sault force.' The total, covering . the period from the Invasion Jane 14 throucb last Wednes day, taeladed X289 killed in ac tion. At Tarawa 888 marines lost their Uvea. - t Army dead ' on Saipan totaled 183.- . : The wounded included 637? ma rines and 1023 army men. Miss ing were 827 marines and 51 army men. ,.- --";"; v. "' j. -r. A:, Despite difficult terrain and Intensified resistance, Americaa. groand forces scored new galas at the center of the island-wide battle line and en the eastera' er light flank. Nimits reported a dominating position had been eeeapied near the sanalT moaai tain town of Charan DanshlL v the eastera end of the front ' Enemy strong 'points in the Tanapag harbor area on the west ern side were being: pounded steadily by carrier planes - and warships. . The final showdown battle for the ' island may occur in that area north of Garapan. Neutralizing bomber d m ants continued against Tlnian and Rota islands to the south, and against enemy bases in the distant Caro line and Marshall island groups. US Breaks Off Relations With Finland (Continued from Page 1) Opinion here is divided ' as to whether the Finns '.will stay in the - war until smashed by the military power of Russia or throw their country into civil war in an attempt to regain their independ ence., . ' . ; v- ''--j .s'A -l - .v In the. highest levels of - the American government, , there ! apt parentiy is no thought, at least at time, of followinf up - the a declaration of war which woulcT-place thi Country in the same relationship, to Fin land that the Russians have made since . June, 1941, and theiBritish since December of that year , The severance of dlplomatie v relations was aecomnUshed ; at aboat 11:00 a. ax, Eastera War Time, today when Alexander Thesleff, , the Finnish ' charge d'affaires, arrived at the office of George T. Snmmerua In the state department. ' Stunmerlin, special , assistant to Secretary Hall, handed Thesleff his pass port and a letter from Hull an nonncing the.nreak. Meanwhile, in Helsinki, Edmund Gullion,! the American charge d' affaires,, had : received instructions to request passports .for himself and the five members of his' staff and members of their families. Tne bwiss government was re quested to assume protection of American interests. v 1 ; Oregon Bond Sales Total 106,S90,607 , PORTLAItD,'June 30-(ff-nfth War Loan 'sales in Oregon reach ed $10(5,990,607 today, well along toward the 3123,000,000 goal; but E bond sales dragged at $15,199,- 475r-tiU less than half the quota. i Tinhatters'at Swan Island ship yard' surpassed their ! quota: by more than " miHion dollats, and promptly tipped the original - goal to $4,000,000. - UContinaoasr from 1 P. M. Tcicrrct?! Becausel Yon Asked ... for It's Return! J s breaT-with ''Hi 0 '" I ' :cnay Tcfij I. ISil - . nr T T Kooertlti.MjenmanjJuyoy Restaurant From Frank Myers P.i- 1 .u c etr9nt and the close of Frank Mjrerf W-Jta career t the SUt. re SSttU Salem Weh 'I'fjS wy from Salemi the past lS yeitt, nJ, Charles A. Johnston. known to many Willamette valley residents as the former owner of Chuck's restaurant on the Pacific highway north of Salem, com pleted the purchase 1 deal witn Myers on Friday. I , ' j Frank V. Brown, assistant man ager of the Spa for the past 20; years, and other. members of the! organization will' remain with the j business when it is turned over to the new owners formally at an organization, breakfast this morn ing., - The Spa was established by Gideon Stolz In 1891, the same year in which Bishop's store went' under " control of Q. P. ' Bishop, j Both of those pioneer business' men; are dead, but George Will, who opened bis . music : store . 57 years, ago; remains i. in business,' dean of all Salem retailers, it Is believed. . , . Myers, reared on a farm at La- comb and with two years of ex perience in the Macleay store of Ttobert Craig, went! to work for the jStolz, bottling works in the early fall of 1899, first ; washing pop bottles in the basement of the factory. Promoted to an upstairs job, he recalls that - he was not enthusiastic about the next move, for when Stolz sent him - to aid his son, Walter T. Stolz, at the small, confectionery ' and lunch counter he operated ' on State street, the ambitious youth ' be lieved a career loomed in the bottling business. ' - To keep him at the Spa after several months, Stolz . offered Myers the opportunity to purchase an interest in the business. Mrs. Lenta Westacott-sister of Walter Stlx, advanced Ihe money with which Myers bought a fifth in terest He continued to invest in the place and in 1911, having be come manager and half owner, he decided to buy out all of the busi ness then known as Stolz fc Mc- Nary. ":-,..f.L:' Proud today of the organization in the restaurant, which now em ploys- 29 persons and seats 10 times as many is old the original sandwich shop and confectionery, Myers recalls names of many prominent persons who gained part of their business experience wmie w or King lor tne . tpa: Charles L. McNary, later US .sea ator and candidate for vice presi dent of the United States, who worked occasionally in. the candy shop; Dr. Harry Olinger, dentist, and Bert Ford, attorney, were among those. -. Myers, who . has never taken Commission to Report '43 Tax Rate in August The state tax commission short' ly before August -1 will announce the state income tax rate on 1943 incomes, Commissioner Earl Fish er declared Friday.. - Under the 1943 legislative act (Walker plan) the commission has authority to reduce the tax rate as long as there . is i more than enough revenue for state require ments. I :.:':' - : f : This year's reduction was 75 per cent but Fisher said the reduction for 1945 would be less. lion Stowirg '...Complete Owl Show After Midnlte! HIS LiHIuL.. HIS IS mm ISf us - VMivtim sWaiaa wrm -. tiOKKiS 1 M CFcdzrc! X U:jtst:H:z vc::z!; 1. 2i"eTT3, Fbsh! Attic!,! ca ;Chtrbocrsl Q-nrt confectionery, third oldest re- vacation of more than a few days duraince 1899, wffl atari to day to 1 "learn to . play. . . with the fitnily-1-nd to miss the oWrignt pleasure that has been mine all these years meeting and knowing thousands of Salem folk." ; Johnson Asks Public Stay Off Trains WASHINGTON, June 30-(ff) CoL J. Monroe Johnson, airecw of the office of defense transpor tation, tonight warned the public that "there is no room toaay on the country's trains or inter-city bus lines lor holiday travelers Estimating that more than 20 per cent of tne .present day rail road travel i was non-essential, CoL Johnson urged In a broadcast (NBC tiwt flonly those on essen tial business have tne ngnt to travel in these crucial days." "If you fail Jo heed our re quest, I must! warn you that your non-essential j pleasure trip may turn out to be rather unpleasant,", the ODT chief said. - "You niay be left stranded and unable to return when you wish. You will very likdj be compelled to stand for i hours - in crowded cars, be unable to find eating fa cilities, or you may even be evict ed from the nxee assigned and purchased .if your space is re quired for 'casualties. , . The situation' is serious, very serious, in. coaches, Pullman cars and inter-city buses' i 4 j Coll Johnson said that rationing of travel would not be necessary if the public continued, to coope rate in ODTs travel conservation program. The response from or ganizations and large companies to ODTs request for the cancella tlon of conventions and unneces sary trips has been gratifying thus far, he said. Italy Germans In Full Flight (Continued from Page 1) Lake Trasimeno, swept through numerous ' villages and captured the picturesque . town . of Castig licme Del Lago on the lake's west bantr British patrols thrust, to the vicinity of Magione on the east bank . and reached the CMasdo river above Perugia. The new break-through ap peared to be paving the way for the fastest allied advance since Field ; Marshal Albert Kesselrlng succeeded in checking the disor ganized flight of his- forces far above Rome. It virtually guaran teed that the allies would be smashing at the "Gothic' line long Deiore tne summer is out. f Bay Bonds for Invasion! ContinBous from 1 F" M. . ADRIAN .; EREHT r j OHthonOMEFROlIT. f-ct ' stock and barrel, Frank j MyTthis week aold th. Bg . Mt a u mn that. his three r,no 4,..fhit -the Sra is i AYnrexi at. w" , . - still. ours!"- - ' Thousands of us who M .hlgh . ..i .n Knvs have proudly . -et up ice cream sodas andcokes to our crowd at, the Spa under stand the pleasure that Marilyn . a ur Anrl .wcn little Patricia Claggett have already had out of the knowieage uw uic aaaaa rored fountain, the booths beneath the flower tesioaaea. wia uav , (ah, delight of ouf first downtown i.; v-t Twrtv the green gate rooin were all. settings for their - entertainment or xneir irieuu L t wyAp thL that Deace wai so satisfactorily restored after Mr. Myers -had maae a new ut wnu ,. it.. Tmrrhasm of the Spat The grandchildren are to have fountain Varying privfieges and the treat is on Grandp - . ' D.E.Nickersoiia Labor Leader, m PORTLAND. June 30 LT) Dellmore E. Kickerson, who rose firom a carpenter's apprentice to become executive secretary of the Oregon .State Federation, of La- . Sleep bor; died here today. - .-.-a; , Nlckerson, who returned pnlr , last week from- presiding at the state AFL convention in Eugeoer found dead this nornlng when his family tried to awaken him.' He was M. . ; - :tr';: The Portland man was a mem ber . of Oregon's , post-war read justment commission, the county civil service commission, the war ZJ . t a k . a, "'- - nousing . auuwriiy, ana vxe r gional war labor board? He was president of the state AFL before taking over . the secretaryship , in H38. : ; ;: Kickerson, born in . Willamina in . the "same house where his mother was born, began work as -a carpenter when he was 1C He became president of the Portland central labor council in 1919. - A union . official during ,tiie years ; of soon riots,. Ni&erson . A A I A in- bor terrorism. In 1939, when, he i was reelected to, his AFL post by the largest referendum vote ever cast, he urged "earnest .teamwork by business, employers an. work- ers as the only solution to,' eco nomic ; difficulties. . - j V He ist survived by the widow, Anna,' two sons, Delmore and Raymond; a . grandson, and a brother. ' . .- . Iaaat .Ttaaea Today I . f . Bath Terry "PISTOL PACKDT MAMA Bob Livingston ; "KAOEKS OF RED OAF" Harry! By That Bond! T-t fhk-C TmT HTS SUB.T Continuous from I P. M. Slzris Tcncrrow! ,They, Fought Like Wildcats for. the t - Indians' Oil Lands! , c:::mY3 O ! Co-Feature!- . YOUR FAVOrUTE COWEOY STAR! r " - ia 'r' ' i