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PAGE TWO Col. Gabreski . Top-Scoring liF anfeee i4ce ; 4"1 A US EIGHTH AIR" FORCE FIGHTER BASE IN BRITAIN, July ' 5-)-Lt CoL Francis Gab resld, 25 - year - old Thunderbolt pilot who wanted to shoot down '.a 23th German, plane before go ' 'ing home to get married, got bis " wish today when he knocked down ' a Messerschmitt 109 near Evreux, France, and became the top-scor- , ing ace In the entire US air force. U In addition to the 28 German planes he has shot down in aerial combat, Gabreski is also credited "with destroying two on the ground far a total of 30 planes. Capt Don S. Gentile, 23, of Piqua, Ohio, also is credited with 301 German planes 23 shot down in the air and seven destroyed on , ine grouna.. , .;. -. .v-, Just -when he' will go home is not definite. In joking converse- 1 inn with ffllnw Tlir tnntffnl aft er dinner, Gabreski said, "I'm go- A ,.i!t .1 Ml . . August" j . . 1 fl . a . ; Aau gci iu au ma u ac head of Johnston?" a friend asked, not knowing that Wing Commander J. E. (Johnny) John son, leader of Canadian Spitfire wing, had got two more Germans today for a score of 35. , uninung up xne aajs leu in July, Gabreski grinned and shook ; his head, "Aw, no, jjhat'd mean V too much. Gabreski got his 27th last week. tying MaJ. Robert S. Johnson of Lavrton, Okla., and MaJ. Richard I. Bong of Poplar, Wis.' He had been pressing ever since for the 28th, but returned disconsolately yesterday, exclaiming; we man 1 see thing not a damned thing. I's a sa-a-a-ad sack." Gabreski, an Oil City, Pa boy; 'went out again today and prompt ly got his German. During his 30- day leave he said he intended to marry Kay Cochran of Grand Rapids, Mich, a girl he met in Hawaii three years ago. Yank Troops Crash Into LeHayeGity (Continued from Page 1) amid the wreckage ef Carpiaeet village Itself, three miles west ef Caen, and beat eff several eMnterthmsts there. - Once a dozen German tanks in filtrated into the village, but were cleared out after running into in- tense fire , from anti-tank , guns . and Vickers machineguns. One nazi! assault before dawn was made with tanks, followed by German : infantrymen "shouting their heads off," a field dispatch said.. Canadians "dug into impro vised trenches and also, utilizing captured German positions, some ef which are 20 to 30 feet under ground, broke up that storming wave. , v' v British troops en the Canadian! flank else were locked la a swaying yidoas fight ea heights between Baron and Esqaay. fire miles soath ef CarpiqaeL The fall of La Haye, regarded as imminent, is expected to force the Germans into a five-mile re treat toward Lessay. A front dis patch from Associated Press Cor respondent Don Whitehead said American troops broke Into the city on the northern side while other units were engaged in an enveloping movement from the east and west, thereby avoiding two costly a frontal attack. t , An allied communique issued at II JO p. nv, and trailing by some hours , the actual events in the field, told of the capture of St Nicholas do Pierre,' three miles northwest of La Haye, and Neuf meanil, one and a half miles north of the German hinge town. Ranldn Adds To Big Lead JACKSON, Mist, July S -(ff) Rep. John E. Rankin and two of his house colleagues who also had opposition in the Mississippi dem ocratic primary yesterday, stack ed their leads over opponents higher today. '1 The latest vote tabulation gave Rankin 10,425, Charles G. Hamil ton 1963 and Drexel. Knight 658 for 197 out of the 221 precincts In the first congressional district For 177 of the 195 second dist rict precincts. Rep.' J. L Wbitten had 10,415, and Gerald Chatham 4438. v. y. -.:..;, Repv T. G. Abernethy, fourth district incumbent, piled up 5849 against 584 for W. T. Brown, the count for 181 of 203 precincts. YanlisGain C21 Ncemfcdr (Continued from Page 1) miles frcra the Philippines, guards the entrance to Geelvink bay as do the Schouten- Islands to the east Its droSe will surplement two already in use at Biak and Owi islands In the Schouten group. At IJaffla bay on the Dutch r.'ew Guinea ccast, 253 riles east of Noemfoor, allied troops which capturtd'the Maifin bay airstrip Jur.e 20 advanced" to within a mile cf Zivrzr, the remaining Japa nese field la that area, j Gen. Bradley Opens July 4 'Celebration' Li. Gen. Omar N. Bradlev. commander of Amerlcaa aroaad forces la "long torn" lSSnua gun at nooa te forces in Franco where American from signal corps radlopBote.) : Yank Advance Near Iivorno (Continued from Page 1) ljrfire into advancing Yank ar-J mor and infantry, which was re- ported to have reached the out SKlTtS OI tne XOnreSS-XOWn. I vasoie u. tisa, upon wmcn Am- erican troops made six attacks Monday, was the scene of bitter house-to-house fighting as it changed hands several times. Doughboys at last report had pen- etrated the town "in some strength" and were bracing to meet expected German counterat tacks. ff 99 TKJ new Cargo Carrier For Military SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 5. ()-The "weasel" was born here nearly two years ago, but the armv onlv todar oermirted a birth announcement. The "weasel" is a military per u wij CU bUCl iVi UWUW ICVUUUCUd sance or commando raids. It is known officially as "cargo carrier h M-29," but GI Joe calls it "weasel" because of its ability to strike swiftly and stealthily. H. S. Vance, chairman of the board of the Studebaker corpor- a tion, with the annj's approval, wsasvav0u aaTv .. fciuvw 1 had been in secret production at I automobile factories here for two years. It will operate in snow, deep mud, swamp. lands, sand or on paved highways. "The key to the weasel's abU- 1 . A M I or track-laying vehicles is light weight combined with broad tracks," Vance explained. "The vehicle seemingly skims along the ..rJ ground like its animal namesake, HeWasn'tihe Only Tired One ON THE NORMANDY FRONT, July 4 -(Delayed-iAVWhcn Ro bert Cape, photographer for Time and Life magazines, was trying to take pictures of the captured Ger man Gen. Wilhelm von Schlieben, and MaJ. Gen. Man ton Eddy of the US ninth division, at Cher bourg, the German - commander said: "I'm tired of this." Capa retorted in German: "Yes, general, and I, too, am tired be- Picm'cSrSanieX gen erals,H v. uu uiueui ux WOT- pooLi Justice Rossman Will Speak to Lions Today1 Supreme Court Jistuce Bn will apeak , cut "Bureaucracy" at this noon's luncheon, meeting of the Salem Lion's club at the Mar ion hotel. NOW PLAYING 1 iff uy to negotiate grouno; sunaceslgome weeks ago, cleverly camou impassable to convention-wheeled fiaged it ' l - commemorate the July 4th opening troops were planting ahead on a Flying Bombs Hit Hospitals InEngland LONDON, July 5 -(P)- Dozens 0f babies wert; carried to safety tonight by nurses --- some holding ,-.. rr fmir Mfanta in thir imu at a iime wnen B fl- 5 struck , hogpitailin southernEng land M the Germans' blind at- tacks were stepped up on the eve of Prime Minister Churchill's ap- pearance in commons to make a promised statement on the robots. All of the babies were saved and the casualties Were - small with only one fatalityi-a nurse. The blast of the bomb damaged both the hospital and an adjoin- 3v rt MtsvstAsi ISmvLsi l Later a second hospital was damaged, a woman nurse was kill ed, in the maternity ward. The bomb landed in 1 an unoccupied wing of the hospital but the blast broke windows and smashed walls throughout the building. A num ber of patients were cut by flying j glass- Famous pilots,'; who participat- d " batu ol Britain, now are taking a leading part in the fight against the flying bombs, it led by Air Marshal Sir Roderick TMt . . A1 . . . 0111, wiiiiiiMimmig- uie ouue uct fense -scheme against the robots, i wno too1 to the air himself today lor we secona ume ana jomea a neuter patrou I' L f fill XX )H f Come Out Eh! A FARM ABOVE GARAPAN, Saipan, June 27-(Delayed)-JP)- In a corner of a meadow on this farm Jananese soldiers duff a cave When' American marines in vaded the island and passed right l ' JtZJ ZZZT V ground. Then they fired a few by - the . Nipponese staped under bursts from their; machinegun. The marines went through the meadow and the - bill behind ft. surrounding the cave. They call a few times through an interpre ter for the soldiers in the cave to come out and surrender. They didn't The marines called up a bull' dozer. It grunted' and strained as it shoved a big pile of earth right up to the door of the cave, seal ing the cavern. The total of Japanese dead on Saipan doesnt include those; in side the cave. Nobody knew just how many there were. OPA Investigators Nlldist Camp saw rRiwrtsm Tni s -is TSr. f rxim utmlnlttn tion (OPA) investigators invaded an idylHc nudists' retreat in the Valley of the Moon today to find out how some 200 taembers go1 there with "A" gasoline rations. STARTS; THins, JEY.21 ; . I : if NT Ret mm la Partiwid fr r St mt IIIGHTLY AT0 ill . Beats av-ra. vv aia as e wi wui ewv. , . -wTtQ I VsncMlver. Wiik. ! J . ff SteB . I., aMHw4. writ MmMS m 11 J W ... tmmt, tm trmtrtimm Arm t nl ,- . i tt. -r .. . ... vr- ir . PrkV;i.53, $U4. $2.75 mmi $3X3, lcl.J:j fas. ; ; I - i Tfca OZEGOIl STATZC'IAIL Soiao. France, pulls theilaayard of a heavy barrage on German new, offensive, (AP' Wlrephoteloutheast by' an - outflanking ! - i' - I idlled Officer Neaii Astoria ASTORIA, J U I f 5.-()-SUte Policeman!. George i R. Cameron was crushed to jdeath near West Lake toda between) a passing! au- tomooue ana s truck ne ;naa halted to question the driver. I I 'State Policemafn 4 ack Olds said ktvli 1 he an Cameron I were talking j to the driver when! a ear, approach' ri Z i J .L.f Th. togonthermaeofjhegh- way, smasnea againsi ip.e quck. j Olds leaped to safety, The 21-tear-old (driver of tbe car, Harlet Oscar Clark, Astoria, was neia ior qviesuonang oj Clatsop county sheriff,! but the no I charges were, filed. n A Lo ' T i ? soviet Atiuuae W Toward World ' . " T f 1-114 Money Gpd BRETTON WODDS, NH, July 5 P-The . Russian! attitude toward n I .... . . - . rr:4irrL,rnn:: the projected w6rld stabilization fund and liternadiohal bank was characterized as! highly sympa thetic today by . an linformod if15 government offi "The Russians 'are eager to; co operate in a field in which they previously had tikeii little part," saia mis oiucuu, wno aecunea to be quoted byname.! 'It is not: easV to know what the Russian! are thinking,"; he continued, "partly because of the difficulties of language: land part ly because they ate fnore deliber ate and formal in fthcir discus sions. On th whole,! however,! we w i.i)!down Idaho's Salmon river in the attitude thevl have i disced on world probl olens ian atitt LL The Russian tude' was I1 rr. TTIlT :-?rJrJZZZilZ r w.M .r yj-j the acceptance (if i , number; of t... At i minor alternative proposals in the fund. The proposals had to do with the purchase of foreign ex: change from the fanid and would not alter the general operation as outlined in the Joint statement of principles under which the con- lerencaia wwnp (5 jj White, official conference spokes-1 9 a a a.aa.i I man, nisctosen iqn commmn considering a proposal relating to blocked balances, had been unable to reach an agreement and had decided 'to report the matter; toj the full commission. It will be up to & commissioii to decidsf wucuici law ! ixvwmm i. : wuKOi i unblocking Great Britain's war balances, will be bnade a part I of the fund. I -I I Diver Locates King In Columbia River liatm s4imvmi wuaj v , musas - captain of the jPartland Yacht club, tried a longl shot to recover the topaz ring she dropped tn the Columbia river ope1 night i She hired a diyer. He plunged into 12 feet "of water; and emer ged with the ring. 1 : Uiattee !? Fort lnd Arena, i. K CU::DAY t.!AT5i SEAT SAUE , o4 A- urn i JWQi. !2::0 1 I . i ; Orwjcn, Thursday Morning. July Jab Attacks Ccsti6000 . a ',.( . In 10 CHUNGKING,- July 5-(-The Japanese attacking the strategic Hunan province railway town of Hengyang ' have lost - more than 6000 men killed in 10 days of hea vy fighting; the Chinese high com mand said tonight, and the Chinese defenders are striking hard with air and artillery support 1 P. :HJ Chang, government spokesman.!, told --a . press confer-i ence that the bitterness ;'of .'the' fighting- .should dissolve, "suspi cions and rumors" that the Chi-' nese were not holding up their end. of the resistance to the Japanese. ; An American 14th air force com munique said the Chinese in Hengyang had received many tons of ammunition dropped to them by . lowJ flying B-25 Mitchell bombers, indicating close support of the Hengyang defenders. , The i communique reported widespread fighter and, bomber sweeps over Hunan province battle. areas and said heavy damage was- done July 2 in a raid on Hengshan, north .The Chinese command said Chi nese troops- had routed the anese rrom a town 34 miles aau vafl ,aiA Mia- ia a iwu iAitira eu4 es a t- PKinodo na taken "a large number" at enemy strong points on both sides of the f . a: a a - f -. Slang river in that area. Dewey Calls Conference i rz " ' V" Thomas E. Dewey dealt members ITtHMV MV T..1. KTOlr!-.. of congress and candidates in on Q republican presidential cam- -J an jnvit-tion t n,. stt. I delntion and Hov. rpntt jsai.1 tnnstnTt tn rvmfpr with him Kr Kionday ence that he planned further aim-1 uar iueeui(s ;Bssess.uie issues of the campaign Dewey sd he I naa. asxeu. xiep.; iosepa ; jaarun, .? ifSK the members of the Mas-1 sachusetts I group i as could come, Although reporters attempted to attach particular attention to Week's visit, since the latter is a I UlUfUIW UUU VUU MlliyWlKI Vi Wendell wmkie, Dewey denied there was any significance. Weeks jafaiingt the i unexpired term caused by the resignation of Sen. HenryCabott Lodge, Jr-to -enter the army and Saltonstall is a can - didate : for the post to ; which Weeks did not seek election." tt-i o m i , w-v f iLnffllieerS llilld I ' - ! i PORTLAND, Ore, July 5 -If) Eight Portland engineers have re- turned from i a spectacular trip search of possible future dam sites, I gineer in the Portland office of lv. www TV l. f . . . . 41 Lt CoL Theorn Bean, chief of the US army engineers, the party char ted several ites to Ae surveyed later this summer. Starting from IndianoU ranger station, 32 miles, above Salmon, Idaho, the party tan the 260-mile course, dropping. 2500 feet in ele- ,,73 thv eepj mountain goats, bear "hj w--.- alftn- v- 7 wnlch inr - cessible, except by boat much of . . y T"!! Heart : AttaClC lvlllS J j T ff lyOClirey JaOlimail A heart attack early Wednesday afternoon was fatal to Godfrey i -- am. . ,. Survivors include the widow, J Joseph A. j Hoffman, Salem; sev- eral nieces and nephews, including I Mrs. Birdie Dowd, Mrs. Violet Hoffman and Harvey Hoffman, all of Salem. j Arrangements j for 4 services, in care of the Clough - Barrick com-; pany, had. nor been completed li&jQsseiii MOW SUOWUiU . Andy's off to College - on . The Wrong Footl Co-Fecisrtt If I' EXTTJll Tela Cli dort - Cartooa TODAY IS : "Free Moi-ic Day!" Day ForMpnday Trip VZZtZXt fttAXSHAU f & I-i HALS E Y.This is Bew ef. cieisl Naw Dbetorrsph ef Ada, William F. Ealsey, Jr. who was 'recently appointed commander of tao Third U. s. neet eperouB .i la racuus.. , OH the HOME FRONT By BJLBZX CTTT.nS .... Down Salem streets the US agents o'Sarsw i .- it.-' ... crept Twas -broad 4laylight, but more than night workers slept! Here a car, there a car - r Minus a stamps they spied. -Here a slip, there a slip ; ' t ; Until the whole town was pied . With white paper notices Looking like lotuses 4 f But costing real dough to us j Who couldn't hide. ; l . Sad tales are told by motorists of !" How almost hub to hub, un stamped, they stood,- r But one was taken and the otner left! lJjf ' EvOTteS T11, TmUZ i iwii(v, jl a m b v mKiel Canal i , LONDON, July 5 -IP)- A dare- devil squadron i of RAF Mosquito planes braved the world's most I heavily defended waterway on the! moonlit night of May 12, sowing oiiim mat WUU.CU UUUt 1U U1C! Kiel canal for 10 days, in a spec- tacular pre-Invasion . preparation, it was disclosed today. I Timed to catch shiDDina on the! hrftal German, artery at its peak,! 1 ue attack was estimated by the ministry to have held up atj least ; 1,000,000 tons ; of cargo, to- eluding coal and military supplies that the nazis urgently needed to meet the invasion. The canal was closed for seven days, j reopened, for three days, men closed for three days more, " was aiscioseo. The Mosquitos, which bad not previously been used in mine- y were cnosen xor tne specuir job because the low-level accur- I been too great a risk for the usual four-engined minelayer. Gourity Must Keep Property Agent Marion county must retain its county property agent to service coum lda, check on the man 1 erous outstanding contracts fo: erous outstanding contracts for 1 purchase of foreclosed lands and ku woak, lew cuuai ties are still on the market ac - cording to Judge Grant Murphy. But the question of retaining a special land tax deputy district! attorney will be considered at to- day's special budget hearing meet-1 ing of the county court, the judge has. indicated. Because number of foreclosures has dropped sharply with in- creased prosperity, cost per par- eei of selling the last foreclosure list was approximately 300 per cent above the cost of the preced ing sale, the judge said. TODAY IS FREE : 1.I0VIE DAY! ' E-t A EcI At 'Our -Tlcfrsitxid Saarh- It liiQY cnovrc;G laaaw!,. lb aw l 3 - co-nTV : . . . . 5 , ... j ,. Report Says Hitler Decides On Reserves . Continued from Page 1) - a 1 already were much fanner wesx- WITO 5UIUC l 30 miles cf Wilno and also were striking within a few miles of tte Sintwl icze in old Poland tm the southern sector of the central front. . I more wan picco w . i capt sred la the day's wide spread flzhting, IncIuCinx tne district center of Saalmi est the Finnish front! The . evacuation of Kowel, German communications , center I0a miles norttt of Lwow in cen tral Poland, was announced by DNB, German official news agen cy. Moscow made no comment, but the city had been two-miros encircled for months and lying tmm to conauest whenever uie Russians decided to resume their advance on the southern sector of the sprawling: 2,000-mile eastern front I' i ?fg m plug Irermans (Continued from Page 1) impressive offensive since D-day yesterday with at least five strong daylight bomber forces and thous ands of fighters blasting the Ger mans from the channel to the Mediterranean and j American heavy bombers returning to their English bases after shuttle-bombing the 'nazis. from England to Russia to Italy- . . , , The 7000-mile circuit clamped tight an aerial ring of steel around Germany exposing the whole of Hitler's Europe: to the bombs of the "allies. '. - h : : ' ; t i The shuttle planes, ' which on June 21. flew f from Britain to Russia and then five days later went from Russia to Italy, re urned today via southern France, where they bombed the big rail way yards at Beziers, near Mont-pelier.- V . t'."'-';-1: f"' 1 "Simultaneously another fleet of heavies from Italy Liberators of the 15th US air force also sent to southern France and gave a I fifth pounding to the big naval j base at Toulon, That force re- turned to its bases in Italy. First J reports indicated it met no fighter VKUUW V1U IVIUWIt , n - -j grt IVJLIJIlCfeC VulUfet? . i - u- I linn tl" An 1-nTa 77T .-..V Jf- alon 'yun CHUNGKING July oFV-The an - Burma border toward a June- tion Gen Joseph w sm i well's American and Chinese for ces in north Burma, have reduced between them to 2 miles, the Chinese high command an- vlnaunced todav.l but th wild moutainous terrain threatens to de- j lay an eventual meeting. The Chinese r announced they had captured Chanhsi, 22 miles I chung and 28 miles east of StQ well's advance units at Sadon In Burma. Sadon is .31 miles, miles east of Myitkyina, embattled Jap anese north Burma base. Albany Concern Gets 1 Riff Hoiisinsr Contract I "... SAN FRANCISCO, July S -UP I The federal housing authority to- day announced award of a-S174,- I avv vwuu.v. iut uiwot nun 1 cators of Albany, Ore- to provide 150 portable shelters at Pittsburgh, caiit Work must be started by July IT and completed by Sept 15. rBXZ,MOVIE DAYl BUT A SOIID ess a snow rnzx: 4 OPENS ;4S P. H. - NOW SHOWING t ja ' Isitist ray tAIMTIX e Co- o r I -T" A ' - : . 4k. . ' i - j y ( , .. . . s h ...... j. lBBR !. ". Jitenaa11""" J I r j- I (.H......L.u,i... I -V-.1""1 r " g""-t r-7 i I anil av f 1; j- Polio Group . Has 50 nilliori Contributors (Continued from Page I) J lmm SimvsA 9vlwal - f trie uuria w un ujg jtayi In the county to be spent . local committee in taking-, cLe of ,th. medically indigent infantile paralysis patients of the . county. 1 , ' , ryrnnnnr expressed, a special . desire to meet Al Lightner. Statesman sports editor who or ganized a series of sports events Iduring the winter which netted many hundreds of dollars to the national foundation, and arranged a press conference just prior to the luncheon, to talk with local newsmen.' ..': t ; FREE MOVIE DAY! BUY A BOOT HERE SEE A SHOW FREE! ConOn freaa 1 P. M. Tka tcraea'saaMir v-l tataatod aaaatyA I ia a lef-atjd) I raaiaaeal , O C I QY.-.iina7ifi xuiisom CO-FEATCM! Utest World News with Lowell Thomas 7 rCEE MOVE DAYl Sirf A Bond Hara ' Cea A Tree Show! Opens C:tS P. H. . . . ThrQ te:the Deeds ef the Par-Traders tn the Tar Nertat -"I?cd;:! .;- , - Laird Crtar .I j S , j j Crs Tlcrney- rrzzTzzx co-nrr i . . .. i . 4 .....3 p. - . . 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