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1 i i ose Soil : - f I li ; i ill I 1 I v I I I I I I I I I & 1 f - . nz-vi w - r I i ll tifii v. I I I i a i i . ; t i i i 1 1 . - r . mm m f i "i & v . v a a li iipi a at m . ..i mr v ix t . ami t- n . . a a a a v. ). m a i a m a ha a w mm l4LLTXTOUSTtX YEAR ' ' .tV . , Vv-,SoI;Ocm.)IiiwaoyMof7ly;4. -V . . : ( Pric Sc IIo. 3 J .1 J - i. I .! - Americaiiis US roops m ' ' i 7rv , . . ; I '- J Tr: Ti ' - , ;; .. .... . :. .............. . ... ' ... , 3 Miles Against : 'Stout Nazi Lines- By J AMES M. LONG 1: SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION ARY FORCE, Tuesday, July 4. (AP)-US troops exploded an offensive yesterday along a 40-mile front on the lower Cherbourg peninsula and in rain and mud drove as far as three miles into stout German defenses which Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had inspected himself two months ago and considered adequate. An artillery barrage plowed, the German lines, and then the doughboys went over the top in a scene reminiscent of the first World war, pushing through mire that bogged down SOTD0 Most people will find this a strange Fourth of July. There is small urge to go all-out on a whoo pee celebration, not while men are fighting in tough battles, not when town and country are drained of their young men. Why, there aren't . enough able-bodied men left to get up the traditional base ball game at a community picnic dad vs. the sons or fats vs. the leans. f J; j As for trips over the holiday, gasoline is so precious that only a few' hoarders can get much farther than the city limits. 'And those who do go keep quiet about it with a little feeling of guilt per haps over using their gas for such purpose. No, there will not be the long line of cars, bumper to bumper, on the highways from the beach resorts- tonight; just a trickle of headlights like fireflies . dotting the landscape. This will be a "quiet" Fourth too, with all gunpowder dedicated to blowing up To jo and Hitler. Nothing for firecrackers or roman candles; nothing for pinwheels and skyrockets to the great relief of mothers anxious about burned fingers and tetanus germs. No sa lute of cannon or of "50 anvils at i (Continued on Editorial Page) BigExplosion Blows Apart. Powder Works BEDFORD, NH, July 3-- Blowing scores of houses off their foundations and rocking an area of 70 miles in radius , a terrific explosion blew apart the John P. Bedrick Powder . works late f to night, creating panic in nearby Manchester and surrounding com munities. Despite the force of the blast which shattered windows in Wor- chester, Mass., 70 miles away, no fatalities were reported and hos pitals in the area reported only one minor injury being treated. Only shattered walls of one of the two "powder houses on the property remained after the blast A huge crater l was the only trace of the other building. . For a time frantic Manchester residents, milling about in the " streets of the city five miles from the scene of the blast, thought that nearby Grenier Field, one of New England's important air bases, had been bombed. - ; ; ; -:: j - The force of the blast cracked walls in Nashua, 13 miles away; v drove hundreds from their homes in Fitchburg,-Mass., 50 miles dis tant and r cracked , windows 70 miles away in Worcester. Mass. ; Thousands poured from their homes in Manchester and other smaller communities in,-th area .nsm sftor the blast at 11:15 D. m and police for a time were unabfe to reach the scene of the explosion because of wild confusion. 7eather Tixlr:r: icnreralure lion ,!,, 22 degrees; minimum 4f; IB 9 rrec!;IiatIoB.-; , '' Tn:'f c!sc y toiay and TTe )r - t c'o'.' .y on eeast; : ii t ;:r;.zre. ... -l . .... . T 3 : - I .8 rive I their tanks to within three miles ot La Haye Du Puits, highway hub six miles inland from the Atlantic coast ';: ' '" v :-; "; -7 . Battlefront reports said the troops captured a height dominat ing La Haye, possibly Bois D'Eten- din from whose 430 - foot, crest Americans could direct artillery fire to cut the one good all-wea ther road south of the town 2 miles to the southwest v ' '-Kzj- Doughboys feaght from hedge.. to hedge against machine ' gan. sniper and mortar fire, and bi the first surge ; captured mere than lOt prisoners, front ! Use dispatches said. ' V They pressed ahead 1 miles at one point and captured St Jores, ive miles east of La Haye, pois ing an outflanking threat to that communications center. While some Poles, probably forced to .fight for! the Germans, were among the first captives to come, back , from .the front the troops of Lt Gen. Omar H. Brad' ley before long had struck a tough line of all-German resistance Some of the Germans were from the Russian front The Americans fought through some enemy positions - which; French patriot said, had beea Inspected by Rommel, the Ger man field commander, who ex pressed plea sore" at their strength and strategic locations. The supreme headquarters com munique reported that while allied (Continued on Page 2) Pulpwood Gets Price Ceiling WASHINGTON, July 3-(ff)-In an effort to I halt diversion Of wood needed as fuel,' the office of price administration today an nounced thai producers' prices for pulpwood- in. the western half of the United tates may not exceed existing maximum prices for. fire wood established at. the producers level through local pricing orders. Effective July 8, the action will result in. some control of prices for pulpwood which were exempt ed - from j price control a short time, ago to . encourage diversion of pulpwood to woodpulp produc tion. .;' -.:'' . - : ,v-- 4-:"." OPA said this " resulted In serious diversion of : labor and production from firewood which tends to impair the already criti cil fuel supply situation in areas west of the 100th meridian. OPA said the new action allows some local price adjustments to be made in favor of pulpwood where deemed necessary. , . -'li van i l Townsend Plan to Have Spot on November Ballot Completed petitions assuring a place on the November ballot for the Oregon employment and ' ref tirement mutual insurance plan, as fostered by the Townsend clubs, were on file with the state department here today. ; Election bureau , officials; said the filing made certain that voters in the general election would have for. their consideration six' pro posed constitutional amendments, two initiative measures, and, one referendum. -' : : : "i; No other petitions for initiative measures or constitutional amend ments are In circulation, officials added. :v..,r - v The .Tcwnscnd constitutional amendment provides for a mini mum pension of $80 a month for all qualified persons who have tt tained the &se of C3 years and those -over -13 -who in incapaci tated. Fuiuls to t ;..-!s'.cr the Yankees Invade ..... r -.j Noemfdor .Surprise 'Attack f Sunday Yields J Kamiri Airdrome - f 1 , ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS New Guinea,' Tues day, July 4 A m e r i c an troops u n d e r Gen. Tiouglas Mac Arthur- have I landed at Noemfoor island off Dutch New Guinea. - .. ! In a surprise attack; Sunday Americans captured Kamiri air drome against slight opposition. Landing craft - threaded their way through dangerous feefs and caught the Japanese byj surprise on the island's west cpasi " Kamirt, one ef three ; dromes -oa Noemfoor, Is 800 miles from the Philippines, closest approach . to that sector yet made by the ' ' !.. t .; 1 Heavy naval and air bombard ment preceded. - the Noemfoor landing.' , J- ' Thirty partially damaged Jap anese airplanes were captured on Kamiri strip without a struggle. MacArthur's Independence day communique announced today. The communique also dis-; closed the capture: ef Maf fu I airdrome on the Dutch New ) GaiSM nsislud last Friday, tiitu expaaaing the allied peri meter which has been estab- lished In the Sarml-Maffia area'; for several, weeks. ' Noemfoor island, 15 miles long and 12 miles across" has been bombed recurrently during recent weeks, and over the week-end was shelled by P-T boats and given the heaviest bombing this sector has had for some time. One hun dred and fifty airplanes! dropped 230 tons of bombs there Saturday; MacArtbnr declared that the 1 new landing "will further dlslo- : rate enemy south sea defenses already seriously shaken." - Southwest Pacific' bombers meanwhile attacked l Msnokwari on the Dutch New Guinea main land 50 miles west of Noemfoor, and ' other Japanese; installations on Thuor island in the Dutch East Indies, Palau and Yap in the Caro lines, Wewak, British New Guinea, and at Rabaul, New 13ritain, and j&avieng, rew ireiana. i Stimson Party Reaches Italy ROME, July 3.-P)-Secretary of War Stimson arrived in Italy this evening and announced he will "inspect troops, hospitals $nd front line installations and hold confer ences with important persons. flying from the United States by way of Africa, the war secre tary was 'accompanied by Maj. Gen. - Alexander D. . Surles, the army's director of public relations; MaJ. : Gen. Norman T. Kjrkv sur geon general, and Harvey L Bund, special assistant The plane was piloted by Col. T. R. Keeps. Lt Gen. Jacob L. Devers, deputy allied commander in the Mediter ranean, met the party at the field. pension would be obtained through 3 per cent gross Income tax. The amendment furohibits the levying of a sales tax but gives the legislature, authority I to en large the monthly insurance - or annuity proposal, y j v The completed petitions, filed Monday by the Townsend State committee .'bf Oregon, s contained 39,099 signatures, as j against ' the 15,052 required by law; The. tax would, become operative on Januf fcry 1, 'next year, and the pensions In March. , : . ., The Petitions were brought her by -A. O. Soholm, Portland, state Organized for the Townsend organization, and Harold l. Wil cox, deputy organized; ' Amendments other than - the Townsend proposal include: " ? Increasing state support for common schools barfd on 5 cents (C::iL:::lnI.:i:) Edward e, Ames, Bwepe. . Noma S. BallangrvCUlverton.. Dean H. Letternah, Hubbard. H Charles J.! Barrett. Woodburn. MUton Bell, SUyton. . Orvilla Don Bennett Salem. Talbot Bennett.' Salem.' i ' . , William W. Blackley. Dallas. Leo Boeleas. Salem. ?'l . " Eugene E. Both well, Salem. -. Harold Brokke, Silvertan. - Charles J. Bryant, Lebanon. Dean Cadle, Dallas. William Calkins, Salenv Charles Canaan. DaytonJ Loren E. Case, Amity, f : , Lyle Charpillos, Bllverton." Louis Chun. SeotufMUls. . 1T.V. 1 Allison Burton Conrad, Silverton ; Ltoyd C. PhlUips, Salem. ' Eldon W. Cook, McCoy, . William Crsbtree, Lebanon. E. D. Crook, Monmouth. ." Harold VT Crook. Dallas. . -C C. Cunningham, Salem. Richard M.! Dam, Salem. Clayton. Davis, Salem. Alvin E. Dilts, Independence. Wilford John Dinfman. Indpdce. Agnes .Snyder.v Aurora. Myron . Dlrlckson, Silverton. . Hollia rauble. Aurora. . ' Kenneth Merle Foote, Silverton. Truman Trobis,' Lebanon. . Gotthold iGehring. Silverton. Leon William Clrod. rrutUand. Cecil Glass, . Zena. Carrol Greenfield, Silverton. Donald KaU, 'Jefferson. .L .,' ' : G. ;W. Huffman. Salem.!. . narvey u. Kcnneay, nuvenon. sussell X Waetz. Aur&ra. - Max Kennedy, Crabtree., Jimmy oe jJones, Dallas, , . i . ,. ... Japs South : - ; By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, against a strong enemy spearhead of ; encircled Hengyang on the Canton-Hankow ; railway, : the Chinese high cocnihand announced tbnight and bloody j fighting raged in the area jwhere the Japanese were attempting to seize the entire 4000-mile north-south rail route across China. This Japanese force had swung O suaaeruy 10 me soutnwest irom the outskirts of Anje, 38 : miles southeast of Hcjnyang, where the Chinese; satd they had once checked the enemy assault. . f - The enemy, smashed at Lei yanr. 34 miles below Henyang, and that railway city apparently had fallen,' A eommnnique of Lt Gen. Joseph W. StUwell's . headquarters reported American bombing and strafing of Japan ese positions In the! city. t The Spearhead then pushed southward for another 10 miles, where a crossing of the Lei river was! forced. Henvy fighting, with severe casualties on ; both sides, was raging at points eight , and 12 miles below Leiyang, the Chinese bulletin said. , J ;- ' ? This new penetration placed Japanese f t e e jonly slightly more than 10fl miles from' Kn kong, provisional capital of the southern province j ef Kwang -tang, rom which another Jap anese drive was pointed north-" ward jTrom Canton. , There was ne : neW Chinese word on the ; (Continued on Page 2) Radio Pleas Fajl to Hilt Dane Strikes STOCKHOLM, July 3.-iP) -Radio pleas by prominent Danes and a pledge of German concessions had failed tonight t4 stop Danish workers', strikes I an4 demonstra tions, which reportedly had spread front besieged Copenhagen to 20 other towns, while the Stockholm newspaper Aftohtidningen de clared that the Danish nazi Schal berg corps might be removed. ; f i (The German- foreign office's. NPD agency said today in a dis patch reported by thej federal com-' municaiions commtssioo that the Danish capital would "remain cut off from all provisions" until the strike was ended. The dispatch, transmitted to German diplomats and agents abroad, declared the !Copen)iagen, clique,.;, had,run riot" in an attempt to frepay Jh German security regime." " s (Earlier the' German transocean igencyj had claimedj in jan . over seas ;w3reless dispatch that, "the strike fnt Copenhagen'' was falling off.) f - - ' -:y:"'r, ;t. The iDanish Free press said oh the bas of fragmentary Informa tion that as, electricity and ureter suddenly were shut off in Helsing for the! dsinore of Hamlet fame. Aarus, the secend icrncst.cily, and Kalundborg also, .were said to be involved in the d'sorders, now in the fouil'i C j. ' , Wallace Joaes, Dallas.' y Robert D. Lindstrom.' Salem. ; Ernest Little, Dayton. , , - )f Frank Lynch, Salem. - Blaine 'UcCordV.. Woodburn. " 7 Maurice "Mantis,. Salem. - - Ilwin T. Mann, Canby. . , ! Ralph Marthall. Silverton. ' ; Wekfam X. MarUa. Salem. ' - : Melvin S. Mkert JaUa. " ; Charles Henry -Meithcf,-Brooks I Russell Clinton Newbouse, DyhL j Stanley Nets. Salem. i Harold Odman, Silvertonl ' f William Warren Page, Salem. Robert Peterson, Lyons. , George F, Pro, Salem. Alfred O. Quesseth. Salem. j John 3 Reynolds. Hayeayllle.' ! Jack Roach, Salem.' -': James Ross, ' Oakdale. ' Verdi Sedentrom, Saiem. H. Earl Sever. Dallas.. (Falren Sion, Dayton. , Winston C. Stanley, Salem. 'Raymond M. Stephens. Salem. .- Gerald SwatzbeVg, Salem. Earl W. Thorp, Stayton. 1 " Merrul Van Cleave, AumsviUc. Charles T. Wagner. Mt AngeL , Earl Wallen, Salem. . ' ' LoweU Arthur Walling. Kelxer. I.Leonard Waters, Stayton. . Lane M. Weinberg. Scio. " - Jaek. White. Salem. ... tfj Wgmr WrtlntTOMl, EUvertoo. Hit f46 Miles of Bengyarig July 3-(P)-Chlnese troops have - been hurled which stabbed 46 miles south Allies in Italy Capture Siena, CecinainPush ROME, July . S-HP)- American and French forces occupied the medieval , city of Siena, 31 airline miles from, Florence, early today without jdamage to its famous art and: architectural treasures,' while Yank troops on the west coast coast evicted the nazis from Ce cina ! in ; bitter house-to-house fighting and thrust on' within 15 miles of the prize port of Livor no (Leghorn). . The quick and virtually un contested - capture of Siena . by French infantry and American ar tillery and tank ' units followed weeks of - hard fighting on Its mountainous approaches. A spe cial j announcement of the dty'i fall f came 4 immediately j after a communique said the French had fought to within two miles of its ancient walls. ;" P; -'.Rv ri Siena is rivalled only by Flor ence; in ; the wealth of its Ren naisance art Its, black and white marble cathedral is regarded as one of the world's most beautiful structures. American units stormed past Cecina despite some of the most stubborn German resistance since the fall of Rome. . . ? It was ; believed today ; that Lt. Gen: Mark W, Qark's fifth ar my vanguard was within 20 miles of the nazis vaunted Gothic de fense line running I from Pisa, just ! above Livomo, to Reminl on the Adriatic coast. ; The ; Germans were reported throwing reinforcements steadily into 1 the fighting, with elements of 10 divisions facing the . fifth (Continued on Page 2) That ML May Know " The "In Memoiiam of hero-dead ,pays. reverent honor to those who died that the day of liberty may live. ""The names were, pro vided 4 by- official." sources, service organizations and or vapey correspondents, and if there are Inadvertent omissions we would appre ciate . having them called to ctir-attwZ. z ' ".The -cover "pzre to-Ixy' t-t color.-. Is ' The x Utesnias'a, own e-r:--':.3n 'to.rr?-'; f :t rrr I til. A 1 1 i.A :.:-; -tivi:s J.r :11s rji'. c::t?-r-? cf :the r--r. . lOFmaBcll.v - V Parade at 10 a.m. Starts Full Day's. Slate of Events J, t - -- ' ..- ". .. ? ! : - " A ' . . :. . It a. m. Grand rarade,' from i School Administration - (Old High School) Building to Mar s.loit; Square. - ' . ' 11 a. m. Pataiotio exercises. i 12 Jioon, Barbecue and baa- fkei loncheon. , f. : 'r;.:?r " 12 noon. Navy Blimp Files! i Over Gity for 45 " Minutest ' j ; t p. m. Children's Costame' ! rarade. Begins at Coorthoose. -X p.-an. Army Demonstration . of Training and Use of Car rier Pigeons. " I: JO "p. an. Children's . Race ; knd Sperts.- t :. .'- 4-Jt9, p. m. Musical Show. ..: 8:30 p, m. Blimp Makes Be-, turn Visit to Salem. . 7:31 p. m. Floor Show. t p. am. Awarding of Ante-, mobile and Other - Merchan- dlse Gifts. . ! Without rockets or firecrack era but with ' thousands of Marion county resident join ing in parades, programs ' and an old-fashioned community picnic, Salem :plays host today to Uie ;largesf j Totitth of July celebration in its history. , j Starting with the g r a n d parade at 10 a. m. to be led by a 55-piece band from the 70th div ision. Camp Adair, : and ending with the exciting 9 p. m. awards assembly when : the war bond automobile, bedroom suite, dishes and other merchandise will be given away, details of the day have been carefully prepared, c conling to CoL Carle Abrams, chairman of the American Le gion's celebration commission. In Cooperation with the Marion county far finance committee, the Legion is sponsoring the full day's events which center at ' Marion square. ' " !.. -; -X Latest addition to the many i attractions Is the promise that a navy blimp from the Tillamook base wUl circle the capital elty ; for 45 minntes this noon and wiU pay a return visit at 5:3 p. m. (Continued on Page 2) Lt. Col. Sclmltz Dies in Action SILVERTON, July , 5.-Lt Col. Maynard S. Schultz of 24th ma rines, Fovurth division in Pacific area, was killed in action accord Ing to information received by his wife (Doris Davis) of San Diego. Her mother, Mrs. : Charles Davis in Silverton received - word - from her daughter Saturday. : LL CoL Schultz was well known as "Heinle'' Schultz, for his out standing work in football at Ore gon State college. , July; 4th Program All Set M a fion Within Half Million of Bond Goal If the bond booth at i Marion square does a land office business today, Marion county will cele brate in one big splurge the Fourth of July and the grand finale of the greatest war loan campaign in its history. ; Larger by one and one-half mil lion dollars than gjiy previous quo ta, Marion county's $5,477,000 share of theTifth War Loan this morning is within a half million dollars of completion, according to' War Finance Committee Chairman Douglas Yeatef. lf High among Marion county com munities, Gervais has overwritten by- more than $40,009 its quota for this, campaign and doubled its quo ti!cf .Uteris; Geor2.72dswcrth, chcinrn- cf .-the xcnuniilee. there, ca''in-b"nd . headquarters ihere ,rr .vt, ,rrr :t:i-a-.tctal ? a 4if-Uiat.in . il - bonds. The ccrr.-rsun:y's entire-quota"' was v- By Russell LONDON, Tuesday, armies closing in from opposite sides crushed all German resistance in the White Russian capital of Alinsk yesterday in about 12 houra," routing the nazis from their last majorr stronghold on soviet soil, Moscow said today, as the mighty, Russian ad vance engulfed more than 1150 populated places end stabbed Hvithin 39 miles of the Latvian city of Daugavpils (Dvinsk). u . ik. , : The great soviet summer offensive, covering 150 miles or almost one-fourth o : ' ', ; . the distance to Berlin in 11 days, surged westward ? on all fronts . in White. Russia .and Mos cow announced that K red troops were fighting J with bayonets and small arms for possession of the rail-junction of Polotsk, and had begun to battle their way through the streets also in- Molodeczno, another rail center : farther west in old Poland. . ' . , The victory at Minsk, ever a force x of German defenders reported to somber possibly 17 v divisions,, was accomplished with spectacular speed as en emy opposition collapsed nnder the steel pincers of the first. ' and third White Rnssian armies. , The early .morning -supplement to the Russian .. communique said mobile .units, broke into , Minsk Sunday .'night" from .three sides, the northeast,' east and southeast By. 7. a., m., the Germans were cleared entirely out of the east ern part of the city and by noon the capture of the . capital f was complete. v , ;' '4 A. report on German losses .. has not yet been made by the Soviets,' : bat the supplement said many prisoners and large . -quantities mt -war material were taken. V.- ' rrlX-W:''7 . The liberation of Minsk came - (Continued on Page 2) ;k.v" "'.' ' ':: Gouncil Adopts '44-45 Budget Without Beef i ...-. . . "''. -Adopting without comment the 1944-45 budget calling f or expen diture of $440,945.46, Salem city council hastened through a brief city council meeting Monday nighi ti . j By postponing to the next ses sion the third reading of an or dinance .for vacation of Water street south ot Norway, aldermen avoided . . "fireworks' on the eve of the Fourth of July. When the ordinance was . introduced , two weeks ago, opposition to such "ac tion was voiced on the ground that the city would be giving to Oregon Gravel Co., : petitioner, valuable industrial property, t First steps, were taken to auth orize issuance of 1944 series re funding refunding bonds to take up a 193? series of general fund obligations at. lowered Interest World war " veterans f organiza tions may construct their propos ed 1 16x32 wooden I cottage on the east ; side of the courthouse grounds so far' as city building regulations are concerned. The council by ordinance set aside those regulations to allow the structure to bo erected, on a tem porary ' basis, authorizing it to stand for a period of no more than two years. Provision was made for its removal at any time by order of the county court, should work on a new courthouse start there. Drainage difficulties in the area parallel to Mill street between A (Continued on Page 2) When the last checkup of west ern; counties was made late last week, Marion stool eleventh am ong the 12 in E bond sales. The privilege . of ', naming a Victory ship from the Kaiser yards will be awarded to the one of those 12 - counties making the great est E bond sales per capita. The winning county will be de termined on the basis of the ac tual sale of E bonds reported by the Federal Reserve bank,; divid ed by the official ration book , 4 figures' issued by the office of price administration. , Two more block purchases like that ' of Salem -Federal Savings and: Loan Co which has taken $250,000 worth of bonds during the jFifthl War Loan drive would put ; Marion county over the top so far. as its- general quota is coccraed." But-- only Individuals tray, make - the . particularly . at traclive E bond investments and then .In-quantities 'rot to exceed per year. Landstrom July 4-: (AP) -Two red Yanks Close In' Of Saipanlsle US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- UARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July 3.- tP)-Battle scarred marines and in fantry dosed in relentlessly today on the Japanese defenders of Sal- pan, squeezing them into the nar row northern neck for the final battle for this strategic island of the Marianas. " - ; .' -! f.- The capital city of Garapan, on- the western coast, had been razed. said .field ' dispatches.' Patrols !of the American- Second marine divi sion probed Its blackened ruins for isolated. Nipponese units still hold-' tag out" 7" : -- f The leathernecks held new ridge positions , east , of Garapan, from which ey dominated the escape corridor to the north. American warships standing out at sea lob bed shells Into the rubble of what once was a city of 10,000 popula tion. " ; : M i. .: The Fourth marine division had advanced, up the eastern coast lot the island to within five miles' of the northern tip. . With the 27th army division,- the marines were cleaning out the hills commanding Garapan and Tanapag harbor, Jiist above Garapan. T -X'" 1'"'' While the Second marine divi sion penetrated Garapan In pur suit of the enemy, units j of tiie Fourth and 27th divisions pressed in on the Japanese eastern flank. It appeared the showdown fight would come in the Tanapag area. A battlefront less than five miles wide was indicated., Into the nor thern neck of the island had been compressed the remainder of tb Saipan garrison, once estimated at 20,000. j. . I Global Battle Costs Nation $199 Billion W ASHIN GTOIt July 3 -(ff) , Fighting this global war and get ting ready for it has cost the na tion $199,040,000,000 since July 1, 1940, or about $140,500,000 a day. i This Was disclosed by the trees- - ury today in a year-end report putting the cost of war aetvitiea in round figures during the fiscal, year ended June 30 at $89,721,- 000,000, including $2,682,000,000 out by the reconstruction finance corporation and subsidiaries. , ' These outlays and the Interest on thev war debt, - the treasury said, accounted for more than 83 per cent of the "unprecedented" total expenditures $93,744,000, 000. The total was $15,565,000,000 more than in the fiscal year 1943. ; While I spending Increased, the government's income zoomed. Re ceipts amounted to $44,149,000,000 or nearly double the $22,282,006-. 000 taken in during fiscal 19434 Despite this record r breaking take," the government was left with a deficit of $49,595,000,000, a reduction of $8,303,000,000 from last year's ; but still enough to shove the public debt, including guaranteed obligations, to v $202, 625,456,521,98 as ot June 30. ; In round numbers, this is the nation's annual bill for . war 1 ex penditures, including RFC dis bursements, during the fiscal years 1941-44.1 Mitscher Has j Cloze Escape ABOARD US CARRIER FLAG SHIP, Marianas Islands, June 15, -rp)With attacking Japanese planes roaring on all sides cf ih:j American carrier force during D day operations off Saipan island. Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher, com mander cf the outfit, sat cn lii bridge-watching the fireworks. ; A low, flying 'Japanese plane flicked past so close it seened tn? could alotast touch it by reaching out from the bridge. i The adrrJral dacksJ, f-.'n ti Ij remarked, uT.hzl u ts c. j.'' ; On Defenders