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PAGE TWO Thm OZIGOn STATESMAN. Salem Oregon. WadaMday Yloralng. July 5, 1341 Chinese FoVbe aBsGhahEsi 5 iFi In Yunnan -1 . : ;: . ; r ' 'CHUNGKING, W edneid ay, s, t Vjuly J. () - Chinese troops in western Yunnan ' province : have .captured the village of Chanhai, -22 mfles west of Tengchang, thus ; narrowing to 28 miles the distance Veparating vthem, from IX Gen. K Joseph W. StflwelTa forces to nor- them Burma, a. Chinese commiin ' Ique announced today. Unit of Stilwell's forces' near est the Chinese spearhead at Chanhsi are occupying positions ' - at Sanon, 31 miles east -of the be ' sieged Japanese base of Myitky- ina. " " v. . rvrtTxmrrKCi:- Jul 4 -f m-The '. Chinese high . command asserted i ' tonight mat ; heavily - reinforced , .Japanese troops, charging in close t formation behind a barrage - of i mustard gas and artillery fire, "" J violently assaulted Chinese posi , ;.J tions in- Hengyang Sunday and ' Monday hut failed , to budge the ' defenders of that beleaguered railroad .center in Hunan . pro :' vince. -' - "Under cover of a heavy artfl- - lery: barrage and a large quantity ' of mustard gas, close enemy for- - ' jnations, all stripped to the waist, ' launched repeated fierce assaults r t on our positions in the northern i and western suburbs," said a Chi nese communique "Although a. portion of them - were poisoned, our def enders ti. stood their ground and struck .:. back, regardless of sacrifice. After t bitter all-night combat, our troops ,. counted at least 1000 enemy dead, .including a high commanding of ficer. ':. : r - , ' ' ,.K "Meanwhile, Chinese , and Am- ' . . erican air forces gave continu ous support to our troops and .scored brilliant successes. , f The communique said that as of last night heavy fighting still was j In progress but declared "the en t trenched Chinese defenders still : 1 are holding their own, with Heng . yang still safe in their hands." - Meanwhile, Japanese f o r c e s t which had bypassed Hengyang on j the east and were last reported .48 miles south of the city were making .further progress in their j drive to seize the entirety of . the j Canton-Hankow railway on j which. Hengyang is a key point 1, Yanks Make Strong Push lit Normandy (Continued from Page 1). that used by Gen. Sir Bernard X Montgomery ; in breaking 1 Rom- mell's 1942 line in Egypt at the beginning of the allied North Af rican conquest, i Heavy fighting was raging, along 20-mile front from Car en is a to the sea on the west side f the Cherbourg peninsula as the L Americans hammered out twoday gains of two to four or more miles. . Four more vil lages fell to the Americans, one of them only one and a half snlles from La Hare. The Germans were fighting in the hedges on one low hill guard ing La Haye. Headquarters disclosed that St Jores, road and rail point six miles east of La Haye, had chan ged hands since the Americans took t it Monday. The Germans again were thrown out of .there today, front dispatches' said. An allied eommanlqm Issued at 11:50 p. bl, told of "substan- . Ual gains' around La Haye, In-: eluding the capture of demln- Una heights eatslde the tows.'' and also announced the fall of Caripiqnet and said fighting was raging for possession of Its , airport. -- . Vicious hand-to-hand fighting occurred between the Canadians and Germans around a hangar at Carpiquet airport, front dispatch es said. British ' rocket-firing ' typhoons supporting the Canadian advance fired: on the Germans' at point blank range, while British troops on the Canadian right wing swept ahead , from one to ; two . miles, capturing Verson, two miles be low Carpiquet and four miles southwest of Caen. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -P-f,Oscar,,, a six - weeks - old red squirrel has become the track . team mascot at Pennsylvania S' ate college, but isn't missing out d on the academic side of college JJife. r--r4 ? He attends classes 1 and dines, too, with Miler Coyte Hunter, na- Ivjr V-12 trainee of Charlotte, NC, . who discovered Oscar" on the ' campus. He sleeps in Hunter's COURTLAND, Ala -vP)- Steff Sgt Francis Nyberg, of Court- land, is convinced that American' troops to Italy have little time for letter writing. j'-i From his brother, Sgt Clifford llyberg, a y veteran of the north African, Sicilian and Italian cam- patens, he received this letter. "Made staff , (sergeant). Post Rome. Chasing Germans like Vn1 i.r m w. tit ' At the residence. 833 Hood street July 4. Sarah Elizabeth Means, aged (I years. Sister of Charles Maans, Portland. W. G. Means. Los Angeles. , I til. Aural'a LeDuc. Gervais. and Mrs. liry Whiiely of Nebraska. Several raeces and nerhews also survive. An- rouncemcr.t cf services later by W. T. r.ijdon cor::-any. v. . . 5 . . CANNON ROLLS FORWARD Part f th eentiaaoas stream af supplies that Is going to Anted tavastea forces la France, this rabber-Ured canae roll ashore.! Sgt. Hazelton, WinsSilver Star Aicard WITH US ARMY FORCES IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA When his lieutenant ; was killed in ac tion, during recent landings here, Tech. Sgt Byron W. Hazelton of Salem, Ore., : took . immediate charge of his platoon and led them on through battle, j Because of his courageous ac tion and - brilliant I leadership, he has been awarded the coveted Silver Star by Maj. Gen." Horace H. Fuller, commanding general of the famed fighting 41st infantry division. . , j-' - :.j Sgt Hazelton's company com mander, Capt jThomas H. Ward, made the following citation: r "On April 25, the third bat talion of the th infantry was ad vancing from the perimeter area along the track toward the air dromes. th company was held up by enemy fire on the hill abreast of the tract The third platoon of my company, com manded by Lt. Walker, was sent to high ground on the right flank. During the movement Lt Walker was killed. Tech Sgt Hazelton im mediately assumed command of the platoon and in a particularly active manner directed the pla toon's fire. He went td the for ward elements of the platoon and gained direct control immediate ly. Due to his courageous actions I believe sincerely the men were in stilled to hold their ground and successfully destroy the enemy. Though the loss of his platoon leader was a sudden shock, under the most severe conditions, Sgt Hazelton coollyf and ably led the platoon during the action and throughout the day." jl Sgt Hazelton entered the army Feb. 26, 1841, at Fort Lewis, Wash, and came overseas ! in March, 1942, under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the aouthwest Pacific theatre of op erations. In July of the same year he was made a sergeant and a !i6taff sergeant a year, later. In February of this year, he was boosted to the grade of technical sergeant In addition to the sa ver Star j award, he also wears Good Conduct Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbons ' His mother, Mrs. Lucy R. Haz elton, lives at 1690 Berry street, Salem. He attended Sacred Heart academy, and was a paper maker before entering the service. A ne phew is with a coast artillery unit Allied Armies in Italy T (Continued from Pagg 1) lake, was taken after struggle. , . bitter In advancing to within ffct mUes of the inland communica tions center of Arezzo, 06 a main highway to norence, Brfesh and Other FJrMh arm. ed upon the Germans wlat officially announced as &e' hea viest losses since the Hller line was broken. - . F j b. It was in this mediate ju-ea that Hannibal annihilated a ftrapped Roman army of 13,000 men more than 2100 years ago. " From historic Siena, ' occupied early yesteray almost without a fight, French colonial tofantrr and American armored units pushed on toward Florence, 31 airline miles away, after pausing only long enough to raise their flags over the city. Only a small garrison was left to Siena. ' Hera to Rome there was a dra matic observance of American In- wyuiuuM uj. - iue same worn fAmerican flag which flew above the capitbl at Washington when the US was attacked by. Japan. Germany and Italy was raised In the Piazza Venezia before j Mus solini's empty, balcony. Too Late to Classify STRAWBERRIES for sals Wednes day and Thursday only 10c per rb you pick. Bring own containers. Carriers will be furnished to pick tn. 5 mi. K. of Staytoiv mi. off 11 wy. 222 on Fern KId-e Boad. Douglas Heater, btaytoo, ure. . , . , - -;V- t i 1 - v S 4. All UtnAv&AA.'it TREATMENT, rhirnucist's Itaia 1C D.l M. MertUIa (left). Ligonter. Pa-, and Hospital Apprentlee 2C Charles H. Iacn, Brooklyn, N. treai- singed paws of five We-week old j , kittens reseaed from blase at Parris Island 8. C .,- . OH ite HOlitE FRONT By BMEL CHHD3 ! There; is at least a remote possi bility . that grandchildren may some day listen ' open-mouthed to tales their grandfathers tell of a Fourth of July .without fireworks and without griejt over; their lack For the rapt expressions on the faces of hundreds of small Salem boys yesterday should have let us in on what was really no secret: Sitting on a real cannon (which may be an extravagant name for the mounted weapons the Trail blazers brought to Marion square) is considerably more fun than set ting off a toy one! . 1 'h-v- . And when, in old age, those same small boys of today tell the story, we shouldn't be surprised if they would tell of the. great suver blimp . which appeared overhead on such perfect sched ule that we could have-. set our watches by it ! ! -v 1 AMBLER, Pa(flVTwenty five trees have been! bowled over, ten miles of telephona wire removed and then rehung, and a half dozen bridges reinforced between Allen town and Philadelphia. - .j But workmen I are determined they will deliver the base of a 20-ton smokestack, 24 feet wide and 18 feet high, loaded "on a trailer truck. 1 Thev narked th!r rinrrtm !n to garage today, 12 miles from Phil adelphia,; to give holiday traffic a chance and the scenery, a rest MERIpN; Psl-CSVA patrolman rapped at the door of Mrs. John Steele's apartment at 4:30 : this morning.j : ,j j "Madam, is your child home?? he asked! .;: j y -. M ' : ' -.. ' "Of course,' she said, "he Isn't two years old yet" - i But she looked in his crib and her son, Michael, was gone. . "He's- down at the station.? said the; policeman, "we .found him wandering ' around to the rain to his undershirt and diaper." NOW PLAYING i : m 'I i : t County Goes Over The Top In War Loan f (Continued from Page 1) DeVall. John Baker received ! the suit and Louisa Lamb the child's coat Lost 'children, featured through out the day's program at toe stage set up on the -north side of ithe park, helped select the winners. Sixteen such youngsters had their names broadcast during the full program. ;' -p Entertainers from KGW studios drew generous applause from an appreciative ; audience i u e s a a night as did local performers: at 4:30. - 1 ! I One of toe big crowds witnessed the release of 200 pigeons and the start of their; flightl to their Salem air base home. Lt Charles Stapp and Sgt Van Rengen regaled the spectators; with stories of pigeons' Dartici cation? in Wars i and told something o the training at tb air base here. : - :. i . Bond buyers saws several of the pieces of equipment their loans win buy, ' ranging ;froni arms of the infantrymen through mounted weapons to the US navy blimp which circled overhead at noon and again at 5:30 pi m. j ..'.' .. i ; j . ?;.-.: 1 '-I-.;- I Willkie Denies Dewey Talk With Rep. Luce iWHTTE i PLAINS; NY, July; vP)-WendeIl L. Wijlkie, 1940 re publican presidential nominee, to night denied reports , that he had discussed with Repi Clare Boothe Luxe (R-Comi) plans for his tak ing an active part in the presiden tial campaign; of Gov. Thomas E- Dfwey. ; I ' ' j - ! . Willkie said reports were cur rent that he had had such a con- jeersation with Rep. - Luce. - How' Playing Two Really Good Pictures i 1 " a' ' " . . Paratroopers Help Yankees On Noemfoor ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, New Guinea,, Wed nesday, . J uly 5.- (P) - American troops have parachuted down upon Noemfoor island, off Dutch New Guinea, to reinforcement of the; force . landed there by water last Sunday. . , : , - Aided by. the paratroops and by tanks hurriedly brought . in,, the Americans, who took.Kamiri air drome on the west coast within two hours of the invasion, laun ched a new attack Monday morn ing. V The Yanks by noon had' cap tured Biefoeri village, 2000 yards northeast; of Kamiri apd more than a third of the distance to Korhasoren airdrome. . A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today: - , , "Our farces also have occupied all territory to the beachhead area south, to the Kamiri river. We are, progressing toward Korna sot en." xfPi'S NoemfoorY third airdrome, Namber, is about 10 miles south of Kamiri.-. f . :,' The three dromes would place American planes within 800 miles of the. Philippines. l v H t Paratroops started landing on Noemfoor at 10 a. A. Sunday, two honrs after infantrymen' had swarmed ashore from' landing craft and only a few minutes aft er Kamiri airstrip had been taken. Today's ; commnnique reported that seven medium-sized artillery pieces and much booty have been captured. - 4 Die When Train Derails (Continued from Page 1) the wreckage with such force it was necessary to cut one end away, with blow t torches to reach the dead and injured ;.. With Indians tending bonfires to provide light for rescue efforts, army; and naval personnel aboard the train took charge.' Some of these were; doctors. In snite of calm direction from the military. Deputy Sheriff I. L. Shanks, one of the first to reach the scene, said most of the pass engers, suddenly awakened, mm ed about to confusion. He said most- of them were too excited to telU-whaf happened. ;- One of the dead was identified by Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios fr KnTTvwfvvl X S ' MtLeod of New; York City; head of all MGM film! exchanges to the nation. IPL. , Vtll nJ tiro..' TV TT Edwards, fireman, of WInslow, Ariz.; H. H. Helper of Los Ange les, and Mrs. Ann Bradys, Ham mond, Ind. !; l (None of the injured were list ed from the Pacific northwest) The wreck occurred at 1137 pmj MWT, about 20 miles west of here. t Railroad officials who came here from Winslow to inspect the wreckage said it was a miracle that i no more Were killed,, They said this probably was due to the fact that the streamliner carried the latest equipment Nurses Aides - - i - -;- i Rank First (Continued from Page 1) supervisor of Red Tfross nurses aides to Marion county; Her as sistant is Mrs. Maxine Hartman, former floor ; supervisor at Salem fceaconess- hospital, ., who began her new duties May L Mrs. Arne son and Mrs. Hartman instruct the classes I and supervise the aides when they begin their hos pital training. Marion county chapter of nurses aides ' was organized into one unit March 14, 1944; ; Mrs. Grace Mandell was elected corps leader; Mrs: Daniel J. Fry, Jr, assistant corps leader, and Mrs. Ruth Wlttner, secretary. The first mimeographed paper, published by the chapter, was released June 18 and mailed , to all nurses aides. The paper, entitled SOS Pinafore; will be published monthly. ' 1 Q t Berlin Buy Beads Opens 6:45 P. M. ml . Ill WVKWBWUS TECHNICOLORt )fm.f WALLACE DEEDT f f9f taiafr Reginald Own Key Luke J v o-Featoret O 'V r ' ,k . ! .r Russians Talte Pains Not To Disturb Romanian Life WITH THE RED ARMlT IN ROMANIA, f1" be- said with complete conviction that the Russian, to tta . InWrf venture of this war beyond their borders have adopted a strict attitude of non-intervention in local alfaira.. . . . Three months after the red army entered f ed; resDondents have been permitted to come to the northern corner of the countryheld by the Rus-j sians," for an investigation of the red. army occupation. We have been given the liberty to talk with anyone and . see anything we please." ' - It was the unanimous consensus of American, British and Chinese observer that the Russians are not interfering to any way with the political; economic or.: social life of Romania. . , ' German propaganda has been frizhteninz small nations of east ern Europe by reviving the old Bolshevik bogey. It worked to such an extent that many Ro manians fled: before the arrival of the red army. An investigation showed that such fears were false. Th Russian occupation is ad ministered by military command-. ants whose sole preoccupation is the maintenance of order, security and health for their troops. They are :,- not . specially selected or trained, and bear no resemblence to AMG officers. They are desig nated; by army . commanders to serve as commandants temporarily while billeted to towns, and then they7 move on with their units. ,; V The .local officials, ,: Including mayors of toe towmv prefects of regions are left to carry on their usual functions. - .? . i Local laws, including those with antisemitic provisions, are left un changed, pending later change by the people themselves. This atti tude is applied even to the Ro manian act: outlawing the com munist party.j which remains on the books. If an underground or ganization exists, no one admits it ' Landowners who do not flee are permitted to continue operating their estates. Property which was abandoned is keptoup . by prefec tures. Private trade, religion and other normal aspects of Roman ian life are; untouched. J. The Russian attitude is based on Commissar of Foreign Affairs Molotov's statement of April 2 that the Soviet government "does not pursue 'the aim of . acquiring any part of j Romanian . territory or altering the existing social sys tem to Romania.' Copies of this statement written to Romanian, are posted to all the occupied ter ritory, i ' . .:, ' ..' US Air Fleets Put on Show (Continued from Page 1) a bridge and railroad shops at Pitesti, in the same country. An equal number of Fortresses and Liberators from Britain cele brated the second anniversary of the first American bombing ! of Europe , by bitting German air bases in northern France. ; RAF Lahcasters and-Halifaxes resumed theif attacks on the fly ing-bomb bases on the French coast after a day's Interval. ) '.j ; Some 200 ;American Thunder bolt Mustang and Lightning fighters, operating just ahead ! of the American, ground forces push ing south - from the Cherbourg peninsula, ! ripped into enemy troop concentrations, gun. posi tions, trenches, supply dumps and railroad lines. The . attacks - ex tended "from ; the front line area 50 miles south to Vlre where the east-west railway was cut THt woi c TMAT HITS BtHLT Opens 1:45 P. M.. How ! . ThrHl to the Deeds ef the FvT-Traders to the Far North! 1 C Pad Ilcsi Laird Cresar Ml nuDSOirs :. DM' fit Gene Tlerney ' western co-nrr ' Tex O'Brien' J Jiia rmio Bandits- 'TeriLjTxf the Northwest I.Iocated O Lcle Ict.s O A Power. Plans Disapproved By SEC Men : : PHILADELPHIA, Xulf Four reorganization plans for Port land (Ore.) Electric Power, com pany, filed with the securities and exchange commission, have been disapproved as neither fair nor equitable, the commission an nounced vtoday . , , : - The SEC has suggested an out line of its own; plan, and allowed SO : days for filing of ' amended plans. . ' The four plans were filed by the trustees, a; committee repre senting prior preference stock of the company, a bondholders' com mittee and Guaranty Trust com pany, New York, Indenture trustee for the company's defaulted in come bonds. 1 ' 'i'y'rpif The commission approved the principle on which all iouf plans were based distribution of assets to the company's security holders to accordance with rights and pri orities of the securities. : : It - found the first two plans, however, unfair : to - bondholders and the latter two unfair to stock holders, v - -:;.. --v 2;;;; '";; -f The commission questioned the different valuations: of the com-, pany's assets, ranging from 113, 000,000 - to $36)00,000, and con cluded that assets at the end of 1942 should be valued at approxi mately $2273,000. Sec. Stimson , Reaches Rome (Continued from Page 1) : supplies was more than a symbol of the allied desire to help Italy regain what she, baa lost to the past years. Unless his schedule is amended Stimson will confer with Pope Pius tomorrow. - A . Rommel Suffering From Liver Ailment ', ; NEW YORK; July 4 -tip)- Ger man language broadcast' heard in New York by NBC said today that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is suffering ' again from a liver ailment and that his ' personal physician has been called to the western front ! narry! Boy Those Bonds MfcYP'g fHh fMOj.C ihilp jr 1 Continaous from 1 P. M. Now Showing! Tkesereea'saaettl talented Weaiity In ey-faaiBaed raieI pit 1 UllSOt! kl fEEl unums stoaa CO-FEATCRE! . Patau aa Ma wm wti. tnnom. Latest WcrlJ News with Lowell Thomas 6 Ccl:r Cirtcca o . a (In f 5 f ' N ( Maiaait A 46 n - L EigkPraks From Chaplain (Continued from Page 1) er intimated, but the United States reco mixed and admired the quail ties of simplicity - and homespun h e n e st Intelligence which elsewhere would have remained vnsoag. Where eth er nations would nave observed " av eovntry lawyer, this eoantry discovered i ttm "honest Abe," Pendleton emphasised.- ' In its attitude toward God, too,, the United States is apart from other nations, of the world, ac cording to the speaker who point ed . out "it was this nation that , first set aside a day for worship, not to petition but to thank God for hi bounties." ,- - Two great documents, the Dec laration of Independence and the Constitution, Pendleton ' said, re- cord a nation's desire for spirit ual gains. Among other "living documents" of this country, he mentioned (the Monroe : doctrine ' and the Gettysburg address. This day a new document Is being drawn.". the yonthfal speaker to army khaki declared. Life and flesh and blood are pumping breath tote It en the batUefronts of the werld, be said, describing -it as ;ma to . : which the allied nations nder take to provide for their own and the peoples of all the world freedom from oppression and evtt. , Music by the 55-plece 70th di vision band opened the program. The invocation was by Rev. George; Swift of St .Paula' Episcopal church. John Olson. Capital post No. 9, American Le gion commander, delivered a brief welcome in . behalf of the Legion and war finance . committee, joint hosts for the day. Mayort L M. Doughton introduced mayors, of other Marion county municipal ities. Dean Melvin Geist of the Willamette university , school of music directed group singing and, with Maurice Brennth, .Lewis Pankaskie and Corydon Blodgett of the university faculty and stu dent body, sang a group of num bers. County War Finance. Com- mittee Chairman 'Douglas Yeater made the war bond announce ments. Master . of ceremonies for the program and general chair man for the day'a events was CoL' Carle Abrams. . . Doors Open f :45 -7 1L ; IIou Sbwfcg COMPANION TZATURI Tsrriay Is Frca -Il3vi3 Day! Bay m Bond at Our Theatre Se the Show Free! Continuous from ' 1P.M. 7 It TTllh Dana Andrews COMPANION FEATURE Slirriitg! , Roxisiaj Action! ; 7ra.Boyd ;s- '; .4. as .;" . . EcsaloBg i CassIJy la "False " Cc!crsw . with ' AnJy CljZs"'.- i 1 irr? 'jy Ii Tree :( I ; '.) ' - t 1 t hi - - -v " : D